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50 Fixes for the Biggest PC Annoyances

Windows gone wacky? Hardware gone haywire? Software gone screwy? Take a deep breath--help is here.

Steve Bass

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Did I ever strike a chord: Reader response to last October's article on the biggest PC annoyances was overwhelming. But that story barely scratched the surface of what bugs me about hardware and software. Countless other nettlesome irritations and exasperating glitches await fixing. So I'm back--the king of kvetch--with 50 more cures for aggravating PC foibles, from software that won't stop nagging to CD drives that won't stay shut. I'll introduce you to five de-annoyifiers, utilities that take the sting out of computing, and I'll tackle the programs that clutter your system tray, desktop, and Start menu. My fixes will put your PC back on the straight and narrow.

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