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...your System Folder, leaving a mess that bogs down performance. You should prune old extensions from your System Folder every few months. But don't put them in the trash right away, in case you take out the wrong file; create an "Old Extensions" folder on your hard disk and put them there instead...
Windows 95 users are in luck, though, since Microsoft requires that all programs bearing the "Designed for Windows 95" logo come with a built-in uninstaller program to remove themselves completely from your hard disk...
...While disk caching speeds up the browser, however, the directory can get huge--as large as 100 megabytes in some cases. Be sure to use the "Clear Disk Cache Now" option under Network Preferences every few months...
After you've removed old files and useless programs, you should probably "defrag" you hard disk. A defragmentation program resorts the data on your hard disk to speed up its performance...
...knock against palmtop computers has always been the same: too small to be useful as PCs and too big to make a mark as a personal organizer. But computer companies are getting better at miniaturizing everything from color screens to disk drives, and the result is a new collection of very small, very powerful computers that are surprisingly useful. Below are just the first in a series of small computers set to hit the market within 12 months. The machines are small enough and powerful enough to find a real home as communications and productivity tools...