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		<title>A Probable Adware/Spyware Infection</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Subscriber Fran wrote recently about a problem she was having:
    When i go to control panel. Then i click on network internet connections. It just flickers. I can&#8217;t change any of the settings,or my home page. Also when i click on tools then i click internet option. It just flickers. what can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.computerforchristmas.com/blog/2008/06/27/a-probable-adwarespyware-infection/</link>
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		<title>HowTo: Screen Print - Print Your Computer Screen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many times, we want to print the contents of our computer monitor — not just the contents that will print when we use the File > Print function or press the Print icon (in a program that has one).

Tech Tip
There&#8217;s another way to trigger a program to print, assuming that the program can print. You [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.computerforchristmas.com/blog/2008/06/22/howto-screen-print-print-your-computer-screen/</link>
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		<title>Why Buy a Notebook Computer?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve mentioned many times that my main computer is my notebook computer. Sure, I have a desktop computer, too, I just don&#8217;t use it very much.
Before getting my Inspiron 8600 in 2004, my primary computer was a Dell Inspiron 5000, which was also a notebook. That notebook taught me a number of important things to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.computerforchristmas.com/blog/2008/05/26/why-buy-a-notebook-computer/</link>
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		<title>Speeding Up Windows XP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Remember back when you got your latest computer? It seemed so fast, so much faster than your previous computer. Now, if it doesn&#8217;t seem to drag, it just doesn&#8217;t seem as peppy as it used to&#8230;
Part of that effect is our memory — not the computer&#8217;s memory but the memories stored between our ears. We [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.computerforchristmas.com/blog/2008/03/28/speeding-up-windows-xp/</link>
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		<title>Microsoft Anti-virus?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my newsletter readers wrote to ask about antivirus recommendations:
I have been using Norton antivirus programs for 10 years. In May I purchased Norton 360 which has been giving me fits. When I shut down Windows, everything goes off but the tower. I have done all their troubleshooting to see which program I have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.computerforchristmas.com/blog/2008/01/14/microsoft-anti-virus/</link>
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		<title>Google Desktop - Free Software to Search Your Computer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Google Desktop is Google&#8217;s free search system for your own hard drive. Google Desktop is designed to run all the time, but to do its real work — indexing your hard drive to get the information for its search results — while your computer is idle.
Tech Tip
Since Google Desktop only does its indexing while [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.computerforchristmas.com/blog/2007/11/22/google-desktop-free-software-to-search-your-computer-2/</link>
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		<title>Eee PC History</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Forbes has a nice Eee PC article on the history behind the new product from Asus.   Chairman Jonney Shih was looking for a new growth product for Asus - well, he found it!
Whether you&#8217;re a road warrior wanting to stay in touch, a computer newbie wanting a simple way to get to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.computerforchristmas.com/blog/2007/11/04/eee-pc-history/</link>
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		<title>Care and Treatment a Notebook Battery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Recently, subscriber Don Hammons wrote to ask about how to treat the battery in a notebook computer. Don is the proud owher of a new Dell notebook.
Hey Terry,
I have searched your site looking for info for a new Notebook user.  I was interested in how to handle power for the Notebook, especially whether [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.computerforchristmas.com/blog/2007/10/28/care-and-treatment-a-notebook-battery/</link>
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		<title>Using OpenOffice Calc instead of Microsoft Excel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With your first computer (or even your fifth!), don&#8217;t be too quick to buy Microsoft Office &#8212; there&#8217;s a great, free alternative called OpenOffice.
First, let me say it this way: &#8220;If you can use Excel, you can use Calc.&#8221;
It&#8217;s really that simple. Learning to use a spreadsheet — learning the concepts of putting variable data [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.computerforchristmas.com/blog/2007/10/23/using-openoffice-calc-instead-of-microsoft-excel/</link>
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		<title>My Anti-virus, Firewall and Anti-Spyware/Anti-Adware Choices</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A lot of people choose one of the big-name security software packages from Norton, McAfee and such to protect their computers.
I&#8217;m not one of them.  I tried them in the past, but I learned that I didn&#8217;t like relying on a &#8220;it will do everything&#8221; security package &#8212; sure they were cheaper, but I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.computerforchristmas.com/blog/2007/09/14/my-anti-virus-firewall-and-anti-spywareanti-adware-choices/</link>
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