Technology

There are several windows services that run in the background that you do not need. Removing them will speed up your computer. Let`s go through them the.

Go to Control panel, administrative tools, services:

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if you are like me, you have probably realized that after installing windows xp and using your system for a while ( a few months maybe) , it starts to run slow!

below are ways i am trying in order to improve my computer performance.

1 - use disk clean up : right click on your hard drive and choose property
2 - defragment your system frequently! it speeds up access to data
3 - remove unused programs

4 - Detect and repair disk erros : right click on your hard drive and choose property then choose Tools, Error-checking

5 - check for virus, spywares & adwares, malwares

6 - Adjust visual effect for best performance :

. right click on  my computer then properties ( or go to control panel then choos the System icon)

. choose the Advanced tab

. choose settings under Performance

. select Adjust for best performance

6.1 Adjust Memory Usage :

go where u went in 6.

then choose the advanced tab

for Processor Scheduling choose: Programs

for Memory usage choose : Programs if you do not have enough RAM, choose System Cache if you  have lots of RAM (>=1G )

6.2 Adjust Virtual Memory :

for your information,  Virtual Memory is an area of the hard disk that the computer uses as if it were RAM.

you want your virtual memory to be 1.5 times bigger than your RAM

if you have additional hard drives and they are just as fast or faster than your hard drive ( check the RPM, they will most likely have the same speed).  you can place the page file (virtual memory ) in a separate disk different from the operating system. you can span the page file across several disks to improve performance.
7 - Stop programs from starting on windows boot

my goal at the end of the year is to move under 1,000,000!

I took my friend to buy a laptop. well it had a lot of features most i know, some i don`t.

One of them was that firewire thing. You always hear about it but never bother to find out what it was.

First invented by Apple but now running on mos PCs, Firewire is a technology that enable digital devices such as camcorders and cameras to communicate with the computer.

a similar competitive technology is usb (universal serial bus) which is currently more popular

so the next you go buy a computer don`t be too impress when you hear firewire and buy the computer just because it sounds cool. Consider first if some of your peripherals need it.

firewire is fast than usb, but you really only need for high performance devices such as digital digital audio and video devices.

Did you know?

1. In terms of happiness, the difference between making $5,000 a year and $50,000 a year is dramatic, but the difference between making $100,000 and $100 million is negligible, almost nonexistent
2. Heck, money and happiness even seem to go together better than love and marriage, which, statistically at least, continues to have the same success rate as a coin toss.
3. Obesity at any age is associated with health woes like sleep apnea, fatty liver disease, atherosclerosis, loss of vision, and some types of cancer, in addition to diabetes.
4. some jobs that can pay you $100,000
   - Court reporter
   - Professional (life or career) coach
   - Mine manager
   - Salesperson
   - Truck driver
   - Pressman
   - Technical writer
   - Restaurant manager
   - Air traffic controller
   - Elementary school principal
5. 666 is an abundant number. It is the sum of the squares of the first seven prime numbers.
6. Approximately 8–15% of the adult population is left-handed
7. Only 10% of the human population are left-handed
8. In the United States, the mean mass of an adult male is 78.5 kg (173.1 lb), while the adult female mean is 62.0 kg (136.7 lb)
9. The Toyota Prius is the first commercially mass-produced hybrid car.
10. The length of your foot is the same as the length from your wrist to your elbow.
11. the fastest muscle in your body is the muscle that lets your eye blinks.
12. 2/3 of your body weight is water. Blood is 92% water, the brain is 75% water and muscles are 75% water.

Sources
http://www.slate.com/id/2148093/?GT1=8483
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/666_%28number%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-handed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_dimorphism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Prius
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Retiremen

If i had to make a dream team, I would consider these guys below among my first choices. why not?

Marcus Camby	Kevin Garnet	David Lee
Ron Artest	Steve Nash	Carmelo Anthony

well carmelo lead the league is points/game, Garnett in rebound/game, Nash in Assists/game, Marcus Camby in blocks/game, David Lee in field goal percentage and ron artest in steal/game. That makes for a pretty good team, doesn`t it ( aside from David Lee). Of course stats are not every thing. But if i didn`t know much about basketball and i had to make a decision then those guys would make an outstanding starting five.

Astronomers are tracking an asteroid named Apophis. It is estimated that it has a 1 in 45,000 chances of striking our planet in 2036.

are we doomed to experience what the dinosaurs did? not likely, such an asteroid could take out an entire city or region at most.

which region? it is rather difficult to predict the point of impact.

in any case, A mission to prevent such a collison may be the responsibility of the U.N.

sources: http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/02/19/asteroid.deflector.reut/index.html

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