• Five Insane Upgrades That You Should Never Do (and How to Do Them!)

  
  Feeling a bit nutty? These five upgrades are a little risky and time-consuming--but if you're up for a challenge, you could end up with the coolest rig on the block.

• How to Clean Your Windows Registry and Speed Up Your PC

  
  A cluttered Registry can slow Windows to a crawl, but cleaning it up effectively isn't easy. Steve Bass reviews some of the leading Registry cleaners, and offers tips to help you get your Registry down to size and improve your PC's performance.

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• Five Insane Upgrades That You Should Never Do (and How to Do Them!) Feeling a bit nutty? These five upgrades are a little risky and time-consuming--but if you're up for a challenge, you could end up with the coolest rig on the block.
• How Do I Remotely Troubleshoot Someone Else's PC? I answer BobJam's question, originally posted on the Answer Line Forum, on remotely controlling his sister's PC to help her with a technical problem.
• How to Clean Your Windows Registry and Speed Up Your PC A cluttered Registry can slow Windows to a crawl, but cleaning it up effectively isn't easy. Steve Bass reviews some of the leading Registry cleaners, and offers tips to help you get your Registry down to size and improve your PC's performance.
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• Detecting Digital Photo Fakery What's real? Learning to tell truth from fiction in the Photoshop Age.
• Better Music, From Your PC, for Free Easy-to-use tool helps ensure that your high-quality music sounds the way it should.
• Beautify Your Photos With Blur Add artistic accents with your photo editor or specialized software.
• Replace Your Laptop's CPU Upgrading your laptop to a faster, more powerful processor can extend its life span and boost your productivity--but it isn't a project for the fainthearted. We show you how to do it.
• Turn Any PC Into a Media Center Looking to turn your computer into the ultimate home-entertainment device? Here's how to get a top-notch media experience out of the PC you already own.
• Clever iPhone Tricks Did you know you can dictate e-mail messages to your iPhone? That's just one of the tricks up our sleeves.
• When Is Vista not Vista? When It's Mojave! Microsoft resorts to subterfuge to get people to try Windows Vista, as Steve Bass recently found. Plus, tips for Outlook and Windows passwords.
• 10 Quick Fixes for the Worst Security Nightmares Most security attacks are targeted at a few weak points on your PC that aren't that hard to protect. Follow these simple tips, and you'll suddenly be a whole lot safer.
• Sharpen Up Your Photos Make your photo's subject clearer, without oversharpening the background.
• Give Your Chats a Personal Touch With Free Videoconferencing Video chat is finally becoming more than just a nerdy novelty. Here's how to get some face time with your family, friends, colleagues, and customers--with or without a PC.
• Troubleshoot Your Boot-Up and Shutdown Problems Does your PC hang, complain, or flat-out blue-screen when you start it up or shut it down? PC World's Lincoln Spector has answers to readers' most perplexing boot and shutdown questions.
• Assurz Folds--Are Customers Stuck? A company offering a "satisfaction guarantee" for major online retailers is going bankrupt; Steve Bass has details on what to do.
• Frequently Asked Photo Questions for July Here's how to deal with a misbehaving white balance control, take good action shots, and more.
• Step-by-Step: 5 Laptop Upgrades You Can Do Yourself Your notebook may be old, but that doesn't mean its days are numbered. We'll show you how to breathe new life into your portable by opening the hood and upgrading some basic components.
• Essential Gear for the Business Traveler, Part 1 Traveling lightly is a must these days, but Jim Martin found two gadgets worthy of a spot in the carry-on.

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