This all started from me being spammed by some "Online Adult Dating Service" spam email. Of course my Spam Assassin caught it, and labeled it appropriately though. I guess I just had some weird inclination to go look around. No, no, not at the dating service, but at the website. You see, the website was buried in some folders, and just seemed odd to me. It only took me a minute or two, and then I realized there was no index file on the root of the web server. You know what that means don't you?

Windows XP Professional x64 is here, bringing 64-bit computing to a wider audience. But it's a challenge to find the right hardware, drivers, and software to use it. Here's our guide to installing 64-bit desktop Windows.

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XP Media - A Windows XP Media Guide v1.0.0

Media editing in Windows XP requires having the right software. This guide will show you the best Free Applications that will let you create, edit, playback and display Documents, Reports, Spreadsheets, Multimedia Presentations, Graphics, Photos, Pictures, Audio, Music, MP3s, Video, Movies, DVDs and CDs.

A complete guide at Madshrimps about working with Dry Ice so you can reach sub zero temperatures with your CPU and graphics card. Details on building containers, where to buy Dry Ice and important tips and tricks.

In Windows XP, these background processes are called Services and they will be the topic of this edition of PCSTATS always handy, never quite printable (we're working on it!), popular Beginner's Guides. We're going to look at what the WinXP Services are and do, why they are necessary, which ones should be running on your system and which ones you can do without.

Join us as we directly compare the gaming performance of Windows XP Pro (32-bit edition) versus Windows XP Pro x64 Edition on the latest ATI and NVIDIA video cards. We?ll find out if moving to Windows XP Pro x64 Edition with an AMD Athlon 64 has any benefits or pitfalls for your gaming experience.

We all know that we should back up our system as soon as possible. But if you're like most of us, you will get to it tomorrow. The problem is that tomorrow rarely ever comes until you experience a serious computer failure and then it?s too late.

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After teasing you with a one-page placeholder, and after plenty of delays, I've finally released the final version of my Firefox Tweak Guide. Whether you're a first-time user or a veteran, this Firefox Tweak Guide brings together all the major tips, tricks and tweaks for Firefox. From the basic to the advanced, the 12 page guide is sure to enhance your Firefox experience. Most of all you can rest assured that the guide is not written by a raving Firefox fanboy - it's a true objective TweakGuides tweak guide, and not a gushing ad for a free web browser.

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Clean Spyware and Viruses + Optimize Windows XP to improve both work and gaming performance safely. Windows XP's default configuration is far from optimized. This guide will help you improve your overall system performance.

This is the second article looking at how to allow your visitors to post content using bbCode. While the previous article looked at the client-side processing this article will deal with how to treat bbCode formatted text once it reaches your server.

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Ever wondered which memory chips are used on which manufacturer's modules? This database tells you.

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Extended64.com blogger Wiak, has posted instructions on how to get the ATI Catalyst Control Center running in Windows x64!

It seem no matter where I am, I can open my notebook and find a wireless network to plug into. However, there are times when I'm logged into a wireless network and suddenly lose the connection or the speed suddenly drop to an unbearable level.

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In this Beginners Guide, we'll cover all the necessary steps for installing and preparing a second hard disk drive on both Win9x/ME and Win2K/XP systems, as well as setting up the hard drive for installation on a brand new computer with no operating system. As both IDE and Serial ATA hard drives are used in modern PCs, we'll also investigate the differences between these two types of hard disk.

Due to one of those engineering accidents that will be funny once we get past the humiliation, we have recently been able to run a full battery of tests on a single channel Athlon 64 4000+. Since a lot of factory-made PCs these days are shipping with single 256 or 512 MB modules, we thought we?d take the opportunity to compare single-channel RAM performance with its double-channel counterpart, to finally answer the age-old question: is the second stick worth it? Let?s have a look.

In our latest guide we investigate DDR-2 memory on the Intel Pentium 4 platform and the differences between high bandwidth and timings to figure out which offers the best system performance. What is better - higher clock speed or super tight timings? We discuss the reasons why one is better than the other and prove our claims through a range of different system configuration benchmarks.

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You?ve got some RAM, and it used to be enough. Now you have to run anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewalls, and more, and your computer is slowing down. What do you gain by adding more RAM, and how much should you add?

Find answers in multitasking benchmarks at aworldofhelp.com

Clean Spyware and Viruses + Optimize Windows XP to improve both work and gaming performance safely. Windows XP's default configuration is far from optimized. This guide will help you improve your overall system performance.

PCstats Beginners Guides explain computers, software, and all those other wonderful things that cause you frustration.

When you fall sick you go to a doctor he asks you some questions as well as taking a look at your case history before giving any medication to you. In a similar way you have to find out what?s wrong with your PC before treating it.

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