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============================================================ ********** Sponsored by Toshiba ********** Yet another reason to choose Toshiba. Right now, you won't pay any interest until next year. There's never been a better time to move into the world of superior mobile computing. Offer ends 12/31/04. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1367-13-59-58379-135287-0-0-0-1 ************************************************************ ============================================================ The year's end is a great time to take a look at the most popular shareware of the past 12 months, so this final newsletter of 2004 brings you the programs that were downloaded more than any others during the year. We also tell you what our current favorite PC Magazine utility is. IN THIS ISSUE: * Registry First Aid: Clean Up Your Registry * PC Booster: Tune Up Your PC * GhostSurf Platinum: Surf Safely * Winter Wonders Screensaver: Celebrate the Season * File of the Week: Startup Cop Pro: Control Windows Startup ============================================================ Registry First Aid: Clean Up Your Registry If you've got a PC that's sluggish, crashes for no apparent reason, or exhibits other odd quirks, Registry problems may well be the cause. The Windows Registry, a huge database that controls nearly every aspect of the OS, quickly fills with bad and outdated entries. Registry First Aid is shareware that automatically fixes this all-important data store, giving you a better, faster PC. Registration is $21. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1367-13-59-58379-135290-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ PC Booster: Tune Up Your PC The Registry isn't the only culprit in system slowdowns; plenty of other problems can contribute. This shareware utility automatically analyzes your PC's settings, and based on what it finds, optimizes your computer to run faster and with better stability. Registration is $29.95. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1367-13-59-58379-135293-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ GhostSurf Platinum: Surf Safely Heading online isn't the safe, enjoyable experience it used to be. Ads annoy you wherever you go, spyware can easily infect your PC, and your life can become an open book. This shareware handles all that and more, killing ads, defending against spyware, and letting you surf anonymously. Registration is $49.95. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1367-13-59-58379-135296-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ Winter Wonders Screensaver: Celebrate the Season Here's the best way to enjoy the beauty of winter on your PC. This freeware screensaver gives you 60 winter images and includes a music soundtrack. A wallpaper feature even lets you use any scene as your Windows background. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1367-13-59-58379-135299-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ File of the Week: Startup Cop Pro: Control Windows Startup PC Magazine has a great collection of utilities, but this one is our current favorite. Startup Cop Pro gives you total authority over what programs should launch with Windows and how they should launch. The utility even alerts you when a program tries to start up automatically without your knowledge. Subscribers to the PC Magazine Utilities Library can download the software for free. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1367-13-59-58379-135302-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ About the author: Well-known shareware guru Preston Gralla has been writing about shareware for well over a decade. He has written hundreds of articles and several books on the topic, is a member of the Shareware Hall of Fame and has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Shareware Industry Association Foundation. Preston has also published widely as a freelance writer, and has written nearly 30 books, including the best-selling Windows XP Hacks and How the Internet Works (available on Amazon.com). ============================================================ The PCMag.com Bookstore PC Magazine's Windows XP Solutions Ever wish they'd consulted you before they designed Windows XP? Sure, it's a great system, but there's this one feature that makes you crazy. Or that annoying problem that keeps occurring. Well, you can rely on Neil Randall and your friends at PC Magazine to correct that oversight. Here's the complete compendium of solutions to the things that bug you, threaten your security, slow you down, or other-wise prevent Windows XP from running like it should. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1367-13-59-58379-135305-0-0-0-1 PC Magazine Guide to Home Networking Ready to plunge into creating your own home network? Reading this book is like having PC Magazine contributing editor Les Freed drop by and set the whole thing up for you. http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1367-13-59-58379-135308-0-0-0-1 More Books http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1367-13-59-58379-135311-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ Job Search http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1367-13-59-58379-135314-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ The Channel Insider http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1367-13-59-58379-135317-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ DevSource http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1367-13-59-58379-135320-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ eNewsletter Information ============================================================ You are subscribed to PCMag.com Shareware Update with the e-mail: [email protected] To unsubscribe to this newsletter, click below: http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1367-13-59-58379-135323-0-0-0-1&[EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your e-mail address, change your text/HTML preferences, or to subscribe to other FREE PC Magazine Online e-mail newsletters, visit: http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1367-13-59-58379-135326-0-0-0-1 If you'd like to advertise in our eNewsletters, visit: http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1367-13-59-58379-135329-0-0-0-1 ============================================================ PC Magazine Print Subscriptions ============================================================ Limited Time Offer Get PC Magazine in Digital Format for just $9.99! http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1367-13-59-58379-135332-0-0-0-1 Give a gift subscription: http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1367-13-59-58379-135335-0-0-0-1 Help with your subscription: http://ct.enews.pcmag.com/rd/cts?d=184-1367-13-59-58379-135338-0-0-0-1 Copyright (c) 2004 Ziff Davis Media Inc. 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