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Taskbar Meters Monitor Your Windows 7 Hardware In The Taskbar
5:00AM Whitson Gordon | Windows 7 only: If you’re not into Windows desktop gadgets, there is another way to easily monitor your computer’s CPU and RAM: Taskbar Meters puts simple, attractive resource monitors right on your Windows 7 Taskbar. More »
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Real Temp Monitors Your Overheating Laptop CPU
2:00AM The How-To Geek | Windows only: System monitoring application Real Temp monitors your Intel CPU temperature from the system tray—so you’ll know when it’s hot enough to cook some eggs. More »
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SecureAble Tells You If Your Processor Will Support Windows 7’s XP Mode
11:30PM Jason Fitzpatrick | Windows only: If you’re curious whether your processor will support XP Mode in Windows 7 or not, SecurAble is a simple freeware application you can use to find out. More »
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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 »
