Your processor's swift, your RAM's abundant, and your hard drive's regularly reformatted. But don't stop there. It's the little things that separate a pro PC user from an amateur, so here are 75 ways to make the most out of the time spent in front of your computer screen.

From 10-second shortcuts for everyday tasks to performance-enhancing tweaks, get ready to supercharge your daily grind with timesaving tricks that are guaranteed to boost your productivity, crank up your PC performance, and turn you into a virtuoso at the keyboard.

Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Internet Explorer		 Mozilla Firefox
Google and GMail
Home networking
Audio
Maintenance

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Brendan
11/12/2006 02:18 AM

For the internet explorer part, tabbed browsing is a base for IE 7 and dont need to download the plug-in

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b1xvcc35
03/06/2007 06:56 AM

Thes tips & tricks are greatly appreciated

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jaisonchris
15/07/2007 03:00 PM

i like this

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saawariya95
01/02/2008 04:13 AM

i want that my pc gave high performance . And run with high speed. so that i achieve the best result.

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