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Anyway, my new column this week covers:

"Slipstreaming" XP and Vista: Create a new custom setup CD that's fully pre-patched with current updates and Service Packs. This way, all reinstalls of your OS will be up to date from the moment they boot. (Yes, you can do it for Vista, too. But not the old way--- that won't work at all.)

Tracking computer use: Answering: "I would like to know how I can determine how much each computer is being used. Does Windows maintain a log of users who log on to the computer?" The answer is, "it can." Here's how.

.CSV files won't open in IE. Robert Harmon is stymied by an odd problem in Internet Explorer: The wrong viewer opens, even when the file associations are 100% correct.

Deleting "undeletable" Registry entries:Did you know you usually can delete "undeletable" Registry entries that defy normal methods? I describe 4 different approaches.

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