When you go to your favorites, is all you see the same old internet symbol for each one of your favorites?  Would you like to see the logo for the web site instead? Here is some information about a nice little freeware product that takes care of that problem for you.

AM-DeadLink detects dead links and duplicates in your Browser Bookmarks. If a Bookmark has become unavailable you can verify it in the internal preview and delete it from your Browser. Additionally you can download FavIcons for all your Favorites and Bookmarks.

AM-Deadlink works with Internet Explorer, Opera, Mozilla and Firefox.

AM-DeadLink is Freeware!

Click Here to download —>> AM-DeadLink

One feature that I can do without is error reporting. Every time a program crashes it tries to send a report to Microsoft. Read below to find out how to disable this feature.

 Open control panel
 Click on performance and maintenance
 Click on system
 Then click on the advanced tab
 Click on the error reporting button on the bottom of the windows
 Select disable error reporting
 Click ok

Alternate way to disable

Click on start
Right click on my computer
Click on properties
Advanced Tab
Click on advanced tab
Click on the error reporting button on the bottom of the windows
Select disable error reporting
Click ok

Clear temp files tweak

I can’t tell you how many computers I have worked on that never have had the Temporary internet files cleaned out.  On this tweak I will show you how to clear them each time you close your browser. 

Launch internet explorer
Select the tools from the menu bar
Then select internet options…from the drop down menu
Once the internet options has loaded click on the advanced tab
Under security find where it says
(Empty temporary internet files folder when browser is closed)

Check the box and click on apply

As your PC gets older and you accumulate more files on your hard drive, your computer will start to hesitate or become slow.  It may take longer to open a file or start a program.  It may take several minutes for your PC to boot up when you turn it on.  That’s why it is so important to run routine maintenance on your PC.  Here are a few things you can do to help speed up your computer’s performance.

• Make sure you are updating your PC’s operating system, anti-virus, anti-spyware and PC hardware drivers on a regular basis.  At a minimum, at least monthly.
• Do frequent scans of your PC using your anti-spyware and anti-virus programs.
• Run a Defragmentation on your hard drive every month or two.
• Run a Disk Clean-up on your PC every couple of months.
• Limit the amount of programs that open at computer Start-Up.
• Disable Hibernation Mode (Windows XP Users)

If you are not sure how to do all of these things, just follow our easy to use tutorials in this article to help walk you through each item step-by-step.

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