windows xp

It’s clear that Windows Vista isn’t a dead OS, in fact, as we all know, the next operating system, Windows 7 is based on Windows Vista. It also seems that Microsoft is working at the next Service Pack for Windows Vista, namely SP2. While the beta invites were sent out not so long ago, rumors are that Windows Vista SP2 will be launched somewhere in January 2009.

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There is no doubt that having multiple running applications at once can slow down your Windows XP machine or even produce some crashes/errors. There are several ways of closing your XP’s running applications with ease. First and the most common is the task manager (ctrl+alt+delete). Using the task manager, you can see quickly what applications at running at that time and how much of the system’s resources they eat up. Pressing the mouse right click and then “End now” will close that selected application but you can also hold the “Shift” button and drag to select all applications then selecting “End now” while pressing the right click.

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