Or, if
you want your Temp folder cleaned automatically, use the Clear out the
Temp folder tool in Creative Element Power Tools (http://www.
creativelement.com/powertools/).
You can change the location of your Temp folder, making it
easier to locate and clean out by hand. In Control Panel,
open System, click the Advanced system settings link, and
under the Advanced tab, click Environment Variables.
Underneath the upper box, click New. Type TEMP for the
Variable name, put the full path of the folder you??™d like to
use in the Variable value field, and click OK. Do the same
thing for the TMP variable (no ???E??? this time), and then click
OK when you??™re done. Restart Windows for the change to
take effect.
Thin out your fonts
If you have more than 600 fonts installed on your system, it may be negatively
impacting on the time it takes to load Windows. If you can survive
without 400 different decorative fonts (especially if all you ever use is Times
Roman), try temporarily removing them.
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If you periodically need a lot of fonts, you might want to try font management
software that lets you organize your collection and add or remove
fonts easily, such as:
??? PigFontViewer (free, http://www.pigfontviewer.com/)
??? Font Agent Pro (commercial, http://www.insidersoftware.com/)
??? Suitcase Fusion (commercial, http://www.extensis.com/)
Tame antivirus software
Antivirus programs (see Chapter 6) are typically set up to not only load
automatically whenever you start Windows, but to check for updates, too.
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