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Friday, December 26, 2008
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Fix An Incorrect Or Duplicate Windows Boot Entry

11:30PM Jason Fitzpatrick | If you’re annoyed over a duplicate or unnecessary boot option in your Windows XP boot menu, excise it with a handy guide from the How-To Geek. The guide covers removing and modifying entries in the boot.ini, whether they are phantoms from previous installs, recovery partitions, or other operating systems. The guide also covers a low risk way of disabling the boot menu all together to boot directly to Windows without the delay of the boot selection menu. How to Delete, Modify or Disable an Incorrect or Duplicate Entry on the XP Boot Menu More »
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008
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Make Vista Use Multiple Cores to Speed Boot Time

10:03PM Kevin Purdy | Windows Vista tip: The Hackosis blog points out that Windows Vista uses only one CPU to boot itself by default, regardless of whatever dual- or quad-core hardware you’re using. Enabling multi-core boot might save you a bit of time, and the fix is pretty simple. Run msconfig from the Start Search box (or after hitting Win+R), then head to the “Boot” tab, check “Number of processors,” and change the drop-down box to fit your processor. I haven’t tested this myself, but given how long it takes Vista to gear up to running speed on my dual-core box, it probably couldn’t hurt, either. Let us know if you see any gains in the comments. Quick Way to Boost Vista Boot Time [Hackosis] More »
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