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Do you know anything about a defrag tool called Defraggler? If you do, I'd love to learn more about it. Thanks for any information you can share!
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You know, I'm really glad you asked this question, because I actually just heard about Defraggler the other day and after trying it out for myself, I knew I just had to tell all of you about it as well! It was even mentioned on WorldStart's message board the other day (thanks to user "yorkshire lass"), so you know it must be worth discussing. So, what do you say we check it out?!
Basically, Defraggler is a free defrag program you can download that allows you to defrag just the files you want. That's right, you no longer have to process your whole hard drive if you don't want to. Once you download the program, you simply run it, select the files you want and let Defraggler do its thing. It makes the process go a whole lot faster and you get peace of mind knowing exactly what's being defragged on your computer. And from time to time, if you want to defrag your whole hard drive, you can do that as well.
Another great feature of Defraggler is it's very compact and portable. It was designed with a compact architecture, which results in a single EXE application. Therefore, it can be copied over to a flash drive or other portable device so that you can use it whenever you need it, without installing it again. The EXE application itself is only 1 MB in size as well. It doesn't get much more compact than that!
Now, I'm sure you're wondering how the whole defrag process works, am I right? Well, like I said before, all you have to do is download Defraggler and run it just like any other program. You then select the files or folders on your computer that you would like to defrag. Once the defrag is done, Defraggler will tell you the job was done successfully and if there are any, it will give you a list of fragmented files still on your hard drive. If you click on them, you'll be able to see exactly where they are on your drive, which should help you better understand why they couldn't be defragged. Cool, huh?!
Also, just for some additional information, Defraggler works with Windows 2000, 2003, XP and Vista and a 64-bit support system was just added. It was also created by the same company that brought you CCleaner (Piriform) and I know several of you are fans of that. Once again, Defraggler is 100 percent free of cost and you can download it for yourself right here. Just click on the Download Now link and follow the directions. In no time, you'll be defragging your system with absolute ease. It doesn't get any better than that!
~ Erin
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What's in That E-mail?
Are you tired of opening e-mail after e-mail, only to find it's of no interest to you?
Feel like you just wasted all your time with the open, close and delete process?
Are you looking for a way to see what's there, without actually going through the hassle of opening the message? You know, just get a little preview.
If so, what you're looking for is MS Outlook's Preview Pane feature (in Outlook 2007, it's called the Reading Pane) and it's only a couple clicks away!
In older versions of Outlook, you need the View menu, Preview Pane choice to activate this feature.
In Outlook 2007, you need the View menu, Reading Pane submenu and you can then make a choice as to how you want the Preview Pane to look in the program window.
Voila!
The bottom portion of your program window becomes a separate pane where you can scroll through the e-mail, without actually doing the extra work of opening the message.
Here's another little piece of important information: you can alter the amount of window space the Preview Pane uses. To do so, simply run your mouse pointer slowly over the border between the Inbox and the Preview Pane.
When you see the double-sided arrow, click, hold and drag the edge of the Preview Pane to the location you desire. Then just release your mouse button.
You can see as much or as little of the message as you wish, all without ever even opening it. Yes!
~ April
43 Things
From taking a few college courses to getting out of debt, everyone has at least a few things they would like to do with their lives. So, why not keep track of them? And with today's topic of 43 Things, it's even easier!
43 Things is a social networking Web site with a twist! With it, you can meet new people and share your information, but you can keep track of your to-do list there as well. And by a to-do list, I mean everything you want to do, everything you've done in the past and everything worthwhile in your life that you'd like to share with others. This site gives you the opportunity to do all of that and more!
For example, let's say you want to make a list of five goals you would like to accomplish within the next month (or day or year or your whole life!) Maybe some of those goals are:
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Lose a couple pounds (or one kilogram of weight)
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Keep in mind that it's better if your goals are more definitive (for instance, "Lose a kilogram" is better than saying "Lose weight").
Once you have your goals in place, you can keep track of them from the Profile section on the Web site. You can keep an eye on your own goals, as well as, see how many other people are trying to achieve the same ones.
You can even ask 43 Things to remind you via e-mail that you need to accomplish a particular goal within a certain amount of time. Yep, you can set your own time intervals. It's all very handy!
Also, for each goal, you can write a mini blog about your experiences and update others on your progress. Here's a sample blog entry:
That way, your friends on the site can help cheer you on!
So, stop procrastinating and start getting things done today!
~ Brandon Zubek
