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How to keep a flaky network connection from slowing you down

cdaehn@fixmystupidpc.com (Cory Daehn) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:26:25 +0000

Every once in a while a Windows PC will come across a network connection (wired or wireless) that just doesn't seem to want to stay connected. This can be caused by a bad switch/router, low...

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How to free up possibly gigs of wasted space on your Windows XP computer

cdaehn@fixmystupidpc.com (Cory Daehn) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:13:36 +0000

Windows XP has a secret "System Profile" folder hidden within Windows folder that can possibly contain Gigabytes (yes, with a G) of data that could be deleted from your hard drive to save space which...

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AVG version 9 release reviewed

cdaehn@fixmystupidpc.com (Cory Daehn) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:16:04 +0000

AVG has finally released version 9.0 of their Antivirus, Antispyware, Antispam, and Internet Security offerings. Since it’s been out for a few days, I figured it was time for a review and me to...

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How to actually get your credit reports for free

cdaehn@fixmystupidpc.com (Cory Daehn) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:14:30 +0000

At this point, due to their thousands of jingle-filled ads, surely everyone in the United States (and a few in Canada & Mexico) has seen or heard an ad for freecreditreport.com. ...

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Virus Info and free Online Virus Scan

cdaehn@fixmystupidpc.com (Cory Daehn) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:24:04 +0000

Since many viruses these days disable whatever antivirus solutions you have installed on your machine, we've provided virus advisories and an online virus scanning and removal tool as a public...

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What is the Telephone Number to Contact Yahoo!?

cdaehn@fixmystupidpc.com (Cory Daehn) — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:00:00 +0000

Yahoo! seems to get a kick out of making it as hard to find their phone numbers as possible. After several hours scouring the 'net, I located 3 phone numbers for Yahoo!. Two are for...

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