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Create a Guinea Pig PC
(How To) Play it super-safe by keeping a second Internet-connected PC handy.

Keep the Power Flowing
(How To) How to extend the life of your notebook battery.

Hardware Tips: Make Your Hard Drives Faster and Safer With RAID
(howto) Hardware Tips: Make Your Hard Drives Faster and Safer With RAID

Planning Your RAID Setup
(howto) Planning Your RAID Setup

Eight Fast, Simple Ways to Give Your PC More Pep
(howto) Eight Fast, Simple Ways to Give Your PC More Pep

Home Office: Need a New Hard Drive? Dig In
(howto) What to buy, where to buy it, and why; secrets of beer microbiology.

Home Office: More of Bass's Top Tips for Better Computing
(howto) User groups, AOL tricks, keyboard tips, Despair.com.

Customize Your Windows Desktop
(howto) Want Windows your way? Follow our tips and whip your desktop into shape.

Answer Line: Print Documents Faster the Second Time Around
(howto) The downside of 'Keep printed documents', the best way to connect a cable modem, changing BIOS settings, and printing photos.

Windows Tips: Give XP's Search Tool a Good Going Over
(howto) Get more out of Windows XP's Search tool.

Step-By-Step: Partition Your Hard Drive
(howto) Divide your hard drive into multiple partitions to improve performance and simplify backups.

Hardware Tips: A Cool Breeze Keeps Your PC's Innards From Frying
(howto) Here's how to beat the PC heat, make the most of your AGP graphics card, and solve mouse conflicts.

Answer Line: Quick and Easy Data Backups to CD-RW Discs
(howto) Open Outlook attachments, give unwanted icons the boot, and say adios to Me's splash screen.

Windows Tips: Take Charge of Windows Audio Controls
(howto) Control Windows' audio commands, fix problem applications with fast access to the Task Manager.

Eight New Year's Resolutions for PC Users
(news) Get your PC safe, in shape, and tidy with this checklist of tips for better computing in 2002.

Windows Tips: Right-Click for Faster Windows Navigation
(howto) Right-click around Windows, sort better in Details view, edit the Registry safely, remap your keyboard.

Web Savvy: Forgot Your Site Password? Just Yodlee
(howto) Stop logging in to multiple sites and start viewing your Web life in one place--with Yodlee.

Hardware Tips: Jog Your Memory for Faster PC Performance
(howto) Make the most of your memory, play DVD movies from foreign lands, unplug PC Cards safely.

Step-By-Step: Get a Free Tune-Up for Your Windows PC
(howto) Use Windows' built-in tune-up utilities to return your PC to tip-top health.

Remove Unwanted Icons From Your System Tray
(howto) Follow these steps to regain lost screen space--and system resources.

Internet Tips: Free Tool Nabs Web Bugs
(howto) Stalk and block clear-GIF Web bugs, use IE's P3P to crumble cookies, e-mail long URLs with ease.

Windows Tips: Have You Clicked Your Links Toolbar Today?
(howto) Get the most out of the Links toolbar, see full title paths in folder title bars, start up the way you want.

Windows Tips: Search Me--and Every Other Version of Windows
(howto) Find files and folders fast with Windows' search feature, extract icons easily with a special utility.

Hardware Tips: Conserve Energy With a PC Power Regimen
(howto) Save power and protect data from blackouts, USB 2.0 vs. FireWire, increase a page's printable area.

Answer Line: Can You Trust Important Data to CD-Rs?
(howto) Keep data safe on CD-R discs, paste text into Word minus the formatting, control which programs run at start-up in Windows 95 and 2000.

Clean Up and Speed Up That Sluggish PC
(howto) Steve Bass shares tips, from cleaning your hard drive to viewing the Milky Way.

Answer Line: Fix System Files Without Reinstalling Windows
(howto) Fix system files without reinstalling Windows, share address books.

Answer Line: To Delete or Not to Delete?
(howto) Identify files you can delete without regret, stamp out browser pop-ups.

Answer Line: Move Your Old Drivers to a New Computer
(howto) Move your drivers to a new system; make a hub-free network for two PCs.

Microsoft Word: Essential Formatting Tips
(howto) Make your documents and company look a million.

Home Office: Uninvited Icons Cause More Than Clutter
(howto) Iconoclast Steve Bass tells how to clear the junk from your system tray.

Hardware Tips: The Essential Guide to Hardware Gifts
(howto) Look no further: your guide to hardware gifts; the danger of overclocking.