Since I installed Windows Vista I noticed that my harddisk sometimes works a lot so I open the Windows Task Manager and enter on Resource Monitor I could see what application or applications maintain my harddisk working even when I did not execute any program, and I found that the Windows Vista’s Search Indexing is the one who maintain working my harddisk all the time.

So I open Windows Explorer and right click on C drive properties and I disabled indexing as the image below shows you.

Well this does not work, my harddisk stay working and of course the performance of my computer degraded. So I execute Windows Features On and Off and disabled Indexing Services.

The result was the same even after a reboot the indexing services stay active, so my last option was run Services (just type “Services” at the Start Search bar), right click on the Windows Search service and select “Properties”. Then choose “Disabled” for the start type. After all this and stop this service by right clicking on it and selecting “Stop” and rebooting to check that everything is ok I could stop this annoying program.

Well why I did this? because is very rare that I made a search on my computer, I know where is everything so I do not need this kind of service. So I have a gain on this, I do not have the annoying noise of my harddisk and the harddisk lifespan is increased.

Microsoft decided to make Windows XP and Vista to take 20% of your internet bandwidth for itself. Why is this? I really do not know but according to Microsoft it takes this for reservation of all programs running on the system.

To take back this 20% you have to this the following:

1. Execute gpedit.msc (WIN + R)

2. Go to Local Computer Policy / Computer Configuration / Administrative Templates / Network / QOS Packet
Scheduler / Limit Reservable Bandwidth

3. Right Click on Limit Reservable Bandwidth and choose Properties. Enable it and put limit to 0%. (read the explain tab and you can see that by default windows takes this 20%).

Take what is yours and enjoy a better internet.

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Some times is useful to know how your harddisk is organized so you can see which program use more disk space. Well there is a free program that do just this. WinDirStat is a free software published under the GNU General Public License.

WinDirStat reads the whole directory tree once and then presents it in three useful views:

• The directory list, which resembles the tree view of the Windows Explorer but is sorted by file/subtree size,
• The treemap, which shows the whole contents of the directory tree straight away,
• The extension list, which serves as a legend and shows statistics about the file types.

You can download this program here.

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Part One.

If you have in mind to create a blog but you do not have an idea how to start, well here you have a list of some ideas and tools that maybe could help you.

You have to start having in mind what are you going to write on your blog. (for example: personal, gadgets, video games, your city, etc.)

Choose a name for your site.

A good idea is to have your own domain name, you can get one on GoDaddy.

Once you know about what you are going to write, now you have to determine if you want a free or pay site for your blog. For free I recommend you Blogger, Wordpress and LiveJournal, my personal choice would be Wordpress.

Now for a paying site option I recommend you the one I use and believe me they give a great service, Hostgator.

The differences between them could be huge, depending  on what you want, the principal difference is; that the paying sites you are going to have total control on your blog, for the other hand the free sites you will do just the things they permit you.

I recommend you the pay site option and the engine to use Wordpress, why?, because is the best combination out there and you can find a lot of resources for Wordpress among many other things like themes, plugins and a lot of users willing to help you start.

Now lets continue with this list with a lot of resources you could use to have a great blogging experience.

Free Themes

• 18 Adsense Optimized Wordpress Themes
  • This is a collections of Adsense ready Wordpress themes.
• 49 Most Downloaded Wordpress Themes
  • Have you ever wondered which amongst are all time most downloaded themes.
• Kaushal Sheth Free Wordpress Themes
  • All themes listed here are sponsored themes. You can remove the sponsor link if you wish to but they would appreciate it remaining intact, remember the themes are free.
• Mashable 20 Four Columns Wordpress Themes
  • Really great Wordpress themes that will really use the space well. If it also manages to be pleasing to the eye.
• 83 Beautiful Wordpress Themes
  • Most designers love to create Wordpress themes, so they can demonstrate the quality of their work and add some fresh works to their portfolios.
• Desperate Curiosity
  • Here you will find a large collection (100) of Wordpress themes.
• Wordpress Themes
  • The home of hundreds of Wordpress Themes in order by categories (architecture, photography, communications, etc.) or properties (1,2,3 or 4 columns, black, green, blue, widget ready, etc.).

If you know some other that you think could be a good idea to have mention please leave your comment with URL of the site.