Although some programs allow the user to minimize them to system tray, there are far too many programs which lack that feature. AutoHotKey has a simple script which allows you to easily place any window into the tray menu, using hotkeys. This can be very useful for the programs which are constantly running on your computer (Web Browser, E-Mail applications). Here’s what you do:

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Starting the computer and having to wait for that Windows loading screen can get irritating. However, there is a trick that you can use to speed it up dramatically. This trick is done by moving the Virtual Memory from the system hard drive to any other hard drive. Unfortunately, this only works if you have two or more physical hard drives (not virtual/partition):

To do this, follow these steps:

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It’s always a shame when a great program is not heard about by most people - especially when it’s free. Here are the top 10 freeware software that many people still haven’t tried, but definitely should.

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Don’t like bloated software? Don’t have a lot of RAM to spare? Then this is the list for you:

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BitTorrent has been getting more and more recognized by the day. Although bittorrent is a nice tool for file-sharing, there is an even better way of doing it: Usenet (aka newsgroups). Newsgroups have been around forever - even before the world wide web. It’s very surprising that this method of sharing files has not hit mainstream yet.

There are many reasons why using newsgroups to get files is better than bittorrent:

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