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		<title>Essential Free Downloads For A New PC (Or An Existing PC)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you just bought a new desktop or laptop, no doubt it came with 30-Day trials of typical well known AntiVirus, AntiSpyware applications along with a host of other applications whose licenses expires within 30 to 60 days. The good news is, you can let them expire. The reason being, there are plenty of just [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nyctechtips.com&amp;blog=2602454&amp;post=38&amp;subd=nyctech&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Encrypt Your Flash Drive Using TrueCrypt</title>
		<link>http://nyctechtips.com/2008/04/27/encrypt-your-flash-drive-using-truecrypt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nyctechguy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note: Understand that to use TrueCrypt, you need to have administrative privileges [admin rights]. If you are a home user, then most likely, you are already running your PC as an administrator. At work, it might be a different story.  Your system administrator has probably locked down your PC.  The reason you need admin rights [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nyctechtips.com&amp;blog=2602454&amp;post=35&amp;subd=nyctech&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Shortcut or Hotkey for &#8220;Ejecting&#8221; USB devices</title>
		<link>http://nyctechtips.com/2008/03/15/shortcut-or-hotkey-for-ejecting-usb-devices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 02:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nyctechguy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How-To Geek has a nice writeup on how to create a shortcut or hotkey for the &#8220;Safely Remove Hardware&#8221; dialog. Comes in handy if you&#8217;re like me and use a flash drive alot.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nyctechtips.com&amp;blog=2602454&amp;post=34&amp;subd=nyctech&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Running Windows Apps in Linux</title>
		<link>http://nyctechtips.com/2008/03/15/running-windows-apps-in-linux/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nyctechguy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lifehacker has a great writeup on running Windows apps inside Linux with VirtualBox.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nyctechtips.com&amp;blog=2602454&amp;post=33&amp;subd=nyctech&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tweak Windows XP</title>
		<link>http://nyctechtips.com/2008/03/04/tweak-windows-xp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MaximumPC HOWTO on tweaking XP, from speeding up the Windows Start Menu (to give the appearance of a boost!), to diagnostics, and other enhancements.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nyctechtips.com&amp;blog=2602454&amp;post=19&amp;subd=nyctech&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Get the right codecs to play your media file</title>
		<link>http://nyctechtips.com/2008/03/04/get-the-right-codecs-to-play-your-media-file/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CodecInstaller helps determine what codecs you need to play a media file properly. If you end up using the software alot, drop the guy a couple of bucks, since the app is free.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nyctechtips.com&amp;blog=2602454&amp;post=18&amp;subd=nyctech&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Disable Vista Permissions Prompt</title>
		<link>http://nyctechtips.com/2008/03/04/disable-vista-permissions-prompt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nyctechguy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Lifehacker, disable the &#8220;Need your permission to continue&#8221; prompt<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nyctechtips.com&amp;blog=2602454&amp;post=17&amp;subd=nyctech&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reclaiming System Memory (Windows)</title>
		<link>http://nyctechtips.com/2008/03/04/reclaiming-system-memory-windows/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:53:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nyctechguy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lifehacker has an article on how to reclaim memory by managing running processes. Not for your average user.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nyctechtips.com&amp;blog=2602454&amp;post=16&amp;subd=nyctech&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Unable to open shim database version registry key &#8211; v2.0.50727.00000</title>
		<link>http://nyctechtips.com/2008/01/28/unable-to-open-shim-database-version-registry-key-v205072700000/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Problem: Event log was registering the following .NET Runtime error: Unable to open shim database version registry key &#8211; v2.0.50727.00000 The problem didn&#8217;t manifest itself in any way that affected the user, or application, that I know of. In other words, the user did not complain. But I figured I should fix the &#8220;problem&#8221; anyway. Solution: Using [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nyctechtips.com&amp;blog=2602454&amp;post=8&amp;subd=nyctech&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<link>http://nyctechtips.com/2008/01/28/faulting-application-iexploreexe-version-6029002180/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nyctechguy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Problem: User&#8217;s Internet Explorer crashing alot. Event log registered the following error message on numerous occasions: Faulting application iexplore.exe, version 6.0.2900.2180, faulting module unknown, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0&#215;00000000. Almost ALWAYS, this error is caused by some third party adware app that&#8217;s installed. Sometimes it&#8217;s a fancy IE toolbar (not yahoo or google), such as some [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nyctechtips.com&amp;blog=2602454&amp;post=5&amp;subd=nyctech&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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