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Under specific circumstances and with careful tweaking, you can increase Windows performance using the Processor Affinity setting. If you have a multi-core processor, chances are good that on the Performance tab in Windows Task Manager, you have noticed that the CPU Usage History graphs look about the same for each core, as shown in Figure A. The reason for this is that most applications you run these days have been designed with multi-core processors in mind and will work with…

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Use the Disk Management Tool in Microsoft Windows to shrink a hard drive volume to create room so that you can add a new partition. Microsoft Windows provides several tools for managing the configuration of your computer and the various parts of your operating system. There are times where you will want to shrink the amount of allocated space on your hard drive, referred to as a volume, to make room for another partition. In the not-so-distant past you would…

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