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PC World September 2004 Paul Thurrott	Windows XP's Big Fix With Service Pack 2, Windows gets an array of much-needed patches, tweaks, and tools, all rolled into one free download. Here's what's in it for you.
PC World September 2004 Tom Mainelli	SpinRite 6 to the Rescue Venerable disk-saver utility is updated to work with Windows XP.
PC World September 2004 Lincoln Spector	PC Safety Toolbox--Five Steps to Protecting Your System The ins and outs of backing up, defragging, defending against intruders, and creating an emergency boot disk.
PC World September 2004 Stan Miastkowski	Cut the Clutter and Add Power to Your Browser Web browsers can use substantial amounts of computer resources, and their temporary files can hog huge amounts of disk space. Updates, add-ons, housekeeping--and even using an alternative browser--can improve your surfing experience.
PC World September 2004 Scott Spanbauer	How Do I Know When a Virus Hits My Computer? Even if you follow every online safety measure, there's no guarantee you won't get nailed by the next Internet worm. Detect and eliminate those viruses and worms that manage to sneak past your antivirus utility.
PC World September 2004 Kirk Steers	Get the Best View Possible From Your PC's Monitor Calibrate your display settings in Windows to get the highest-quality picture. You spend a large part of your workday staring at it, so why not make it look its best? Plus: Limit access to the Net on your PC.
PC World September 2004 Steve Bass	A Two-Pronged Spyware Defense Keep the torrent of snooping software off your PC -- before and after it strikes.
InternetNews August 13, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	Gartner Calls XPSE a Miss Research firm tells consumers and businesses to say no to XP Starter Edition, Microsoft's scaled-down Windows for Asia.
BusinessWeek August 30, 2004 Stephen H. Wildstrom	Windows: Security Is Suddenly Job One By attacking some of the worst security problems in Windows, Windows XP Service Pack 2 could save you a lot of trouble. Bite the bullet and install it -- the sooner the better.
InternetNews August 11, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	XP Gets a Start in Southeast Asia Microsoft's Windows XP Starter Edition is a debilitated version of Windows that will be distributed in Asia at a lower price.
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