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Weekly Tips and Tricks to a healthier (and faster) computer:

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Be sure to have running both SpySweeper and Norton Anti-Virus

DO NOT use any of the HotBar programs!!!! HotBar is evil. Sure, it looks nice to have all of the smiley faces but that software is what installs all of the spam and Spyware on your computer in the first place.

Disk Defragment: Once a week (or at least once a month) do a Disk Defragment. As time goes by and files are copied to your hard drive, accessed, and otherwise moved around, the file system become defragmented. To access the DEFRAG instructions, click HERE.