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Article: The Chicago Tribune James Coates Computers column: System Tray is where all icons long to land, but clearing that real estate will restore PC speed.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
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- May 28, 2006
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Byline: James Coates
May 28--Today a look at busting the clutter that probably is choking your Windows computer: It came out of the box frisky as a kitten wrapped in yarn but soon slowed to the pace of molasses on a cold muffin.
But first a word about why I feel the need to address a simple way to put some of the mojo back into Microsoft.
A neighbor up the street called me in a digital dither over his spotted successes in getting the Skype Internet-based video phone call service up and running so that he and his missus could see and talk to their grandkids now living in Manila (www.skype.com).
The free Skype deal only works if they sit ...