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PC World March 2005 Lincoln Spector	Clean Up Your Hard Drive After Upgrading Windows Recover hard disk space by deleting unneeded uninstall folders; give pop-up help the boot; get one-click access to your configuration settings.
PC World March 2005 Andrew Brandt	Devious New Phishing Attack Outsmarts Typical Defenses A vulnerability in Windows lets phishers hijack your browser--even when you type the URL yourself.
PC World March 2005 Stuart J. Johnston	More Snags in Windows XP Service Pack 2 Flaws in XP SP2 could reduce the write speed of many common DVD drives, drain the battery for your Acer Travelmate 3200 notebook, provide bad firewall settings, and reduce firewire speed.
PC Magazine February 2, 2005 Neil J. Rubenking	Help Windows XP Run Old DOS Programs How can I get PC Packratt to run in Windows XP?
InternetNews February 3, 2005 Tim Gray	'Critical' Patches For Windows, Messenger on Deck Monthly patch and fixes for February include flaws or vulnerabilities in Windows Media and Messenger.
InternetNews January 31, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	Windows XP SP2 Said at Risk From Heap Overflow A report from Positive Technologies illustrates how to bypass Windows XP SP2 heap protection to create an attack vector for a buffer overflow attack.
BusinessWeek February 7, 2005 Stephen H. Wildstrom	Fighting Spyware: Microsoft To The Rescue? Independent players that have made Windows more secure could suffer
InternetNews January 26, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	Microsoft Extends Anti-Piracy Program Redmond also will close the door to Windows Downloads for users of bogus software. Under the expanded program, users will have to show they have legitimate Windows licenses before receiving non-critical updates.
InternetNews January 24, 2005 Michael Singer	Microsoft Won't Appeal CFI Unbundling Ruling A European edition of Windows without Media Player is coming in a few weeks.
PC World February 2005 Scott Dunn	Freeware Fills In Where Windows Comes Up Short Backing up ain't hard to do... Folder shortcuts in a hurry... Taskbar tweakery... Start from scratch... Destroy duplicates... etc.
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