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There are many ways to Defrag or Defragment your home computer. One way to do this is

1. Open My Computer.
2. Right-click the local disk volume that you want to defragment, and then click Properties.
3. On the Tools tab, click Defragment Now.
4. Click Defragment.

The next way to defrag computer in Windows XP and Windows Vista

1. Click Start

2. Click Accessories

3. Click System Tools

4. Click Disk Defragmenter

The next way to Defrag Computer

1. click on the “Start” button at the bottom of the screen. Then, click “My Computer”.

2. Right-click on the disk drive you want to defrag. If you want to defrag your C: drive, then right-click on “Local Disk (C:)”.

3. Click Properties

4. Click the Tools tab

5. Click the “Defragment Now” button.

6. Click to select the disk drive you want to defrag on a PC and then click “Defragment.” For most computers, this will be (C:).

Disk Defragmenter is a Utility included in Microsoft Windows designed to increase access speed by rearranging files stored on a disk to occupy contiguous storage locations, a technique commonly known as defragmenting. The purpose is to optimize the time it takes to read and write files to/from the disk by minimizing head travel time and maximizing the transfer rate. As of Windows XP, Disk Defragmenter is also used to improve system startup times.

You can also defrag your iPod.

This error code 0×80240016 happened to me while I tried to update Windows Defender. After some searching I found that it may be a problem with Skype and its associated plugins for Firefox and IE. When I clicked on the windows defender update icon in the lower right of the screen vista admin did not popup and ask if I wanted to OK this.. Only after I disabled the Skype plugin for Firefox then clicked on the lower right screen icon in the tray that the admin screen appeared then I clicked approve and windows defender updated with no problem.

Maybe I just got lucky, but I hope this might help other people with the error code 0×80240016 problem.  This may be an Access Denied. Meaning You do not have sufficient permissions. Be sure you are logged on as an Administrator. I was already logged on as admin but it did not let me update the first time but it did the second time. If anyone else was able to fix the 0×80240016 error code problem please post a comment.

Other possible fixes to this are:

Reboot (log on as admin)

Try Updating again.

Uninstall Skype

As a power user on Windows and getting there on the Mac, I make it my duty to find and use every possible loophole of efficiency.

Here’s two that I use, or used to use on a day to day basis: (I say used to use, because now my primary computer is a Mac)

The First video show’s you how to move and manipulate your Taskbar. I made the video under Vista but it should work on XP.

And this next one shows you how to save surfing time by putting your favorite sites on your desktop:

I hope you like those tricks as much as I do, and if you have any other Windows power user tips, please email me: helpmetechshow@gmail.com or leave something in the comments.

One of the coolest features in Vista is the cool Flip3D feature. Currently the only way that this could be done is with the Aero theme on. Now for users who sadly do not have the power to have Flip3D they sadly will miss out…until now!

Today i discovered this useful application called TopDesk. This neat little application emulates the Flip3D inside Vista for both XP and Vista basic themes.

After you install this application and run it you simple do Windows + Tab and and you have Flip3D emulated on your PC. Please note that the application does cost $17.95 but in my opinion this is still a good deal if you want that bit of Vista functionality but don’t want to install Vista.

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According to the Fraps 2.9.0 Release Notes this is what’s new.

“Fraps release adds support for Vista and DirectX 10 games. With games starting to appear using DirectX 10 graphics we are happy to report that benchmarking, video capture, and screenshots are now all fully supported for these titles.”

With more DX10 games coming to store shelves, it will be good to see some more DX10 game video coming online.“ Vista also includes a rewritten audio subsystem. Fraps can take advantage of this and directly record a sound stream from the machine without requiring any support from the soundcard driver. This allows you to capture in-game audio even if you are using a USB headset or other audio device which does not normally support a “Stereo Mix” or “What U Hear” recording input.”

This is very good to hear.

“Since the Vista Desktop Window Manager (DWM) runs through DirectX we have also added a new option to monitor the desktop under Vista. You can now take screenshots and record video from the desktop just like any other game or 3D application.”

Other fixes are:

Added support for DirectX 10
Added option to monitor Desktop Window Manager under Vista
Added Direct Stream sound recording for Vista
Fixed screen tearing in video captured from DX9 games
Fixed G15 LCD output running fast on Vista machines
Improved resource sharing with multithreaded games
Added numerous crash and compatibility fixes

I always liked Fraps for capturing gaming video and love to see they’re keeping the software updated. You can try Fraps for Free by clicking here.