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Making Aero theme settings stick in Windows (resetting on log off)

Published 2014-01-12 Modified 2014-01-12 Tags theme / Aero / Windows / lag / delay

How to fix Aero visual effects settings that keep resetting to default in Windows.

How to delete directories that respawn in Windows 7

Published 2014-01-11 Modified 2014-01-11 Tags annoyance / respawn / folder / Windows

How to delete seemingly undeletable folders that instantly reappear in Windows 7.

Windows Update locking up on XP when checking for updates: fixing the svchost.exe CPU usage problem

Published 2013-12-11 Modified 2014-01-04 Tags hog / 100% / XP / Windows / freeze / CPU / update / security / fix

How to fix the recent (2013) freezing of Windows Update on XP machines due to svchost.exe being stuck at full (100%) CPU usage.

A beginner's guide to OS encryption: dual booting and encrypting Windows and Ubuntu

Published 2013-09-17 Modified 2015-10-26 Tags disk / Bitlocker / Linux / Windows / encryption / TrueCrypt / drive / Ubuntu

How to encrypt Windows and Ubuntu in a dual boot system.

Firefox 21 annoyances

Published 2013-05-17 Modified 2013-07-14 Tags annoyance / Windows / Firefox

A couple of recent Firefox features that annoyed me.

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