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Annoyance Busters

24 great utilities and tools that smack down hassles with data, security, Windows, and your hardware.

Michael Desmond

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Do you suffer from high blood pressure, migraine headaches, and a near-irresistible urge to throw expensive computer gear out the window? Your PC may serve up more disappointments than the Boston Red Sox in a late-September swoon, but hope is not lost. An array of useful utilities and tools can do much to smooth over your system's most glaring flaws. And you may be surprised to learn that many of the fixes for these niggling annoyances can be had for free.

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