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My Dell XPS1330 laptop had been turned on and running since 8 days. Yes, It is running Windows Vista Ultimate 32 bit , it is definitely stable then XP. I use a Vista Enterprise desktop at work and it has been up since a month. Use below simple steps to know the uptime.

• Right-click on the Taskbar, and click Task Manager. You can also click CTRL+SHIFT+ESC to get to the Task Manager.
• In Task Manager, select the Performance tab.
• The current system uptime is shown under System.

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The Microsoft updates ( called Microsoft’s Patch Tuesdays - second Tuesday of every month) are an important part of every Windows user’s and system administrator’s regular system maintenance. In fact, regularly applying fixes, patches, and updates should be part of your routine, no matter which operating system you use.

Windows XP update process sometimes gets stuck and shows a flashing yellow shield in the System Tray, indicating to download and install important security patches.

Fix for most common issue ‘Updates fail to install.’

In most cases a corrupted CatRoot2 folder causes this. You can fix this by renaming the \Windows\System32\CatRoot2 folder to CatRoot2OLD.

Note that you do not want to rename the \Windows\System32\CatRoot folder!

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Tired of being asked by friends, family or editor why you haven’t written anything in a while? Brompt is a new service that sends you email reminders when you don’t blog. Configure Brompt to send you a reminder if you don’t post every day, every week, every month or turn off completely. http://brompt.com/

Brompt uses your blog’s RSS Feed (or any RSS feed) to check the last time something new was posted.

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I know a lot of people are searching for Rebtel Voucher codes, survey links to earn free minutes. These are offered by Rebtel as part of promotion and not always available. Rebtel always has a 10 minute trial and new signup bonuses. SIGNUP HERE

Rebtel is offering 10$ free credit for when you signup and purchase firs time. So, you’d get 20$ plus 10 free minutes. This is really good comparing the quality and ease of calling.

Next, you can start inviting your friends and making them signup for the quality service and Rebtel will offer you 10$ free credit. Rebtel have very decent calling rates.

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Ring Plus offers Free international and long distance phone calls. No credit card nor Internet is required to make free calls and each call can last up to an hour. This service works from USA, Italy, Switzerland to many international locations including India. From USA, up to 100 minutes of free calls to India are allowed now.

The catch: They replace the ring tone you hear with ads, and let the advertiser pay the bill. So, no cost for you and the call is absolutely free. Texas-based telecommunications company Ringplus will soon offer calling card services along with social networking telecommunications features to its customers.

How to start making calls:

• Goto Ringplus.net and Register/Subscribe
• After registration, wait for an email from support@ringplus.net ( add to contacts to avoid it into spam ).
• This confirmation email has your account no, Pin no, website access password.
• Dial the access number provided on their website (click here). They provide  access numbers in USA , Italy and Switzerland.
• Now follow the instructions and dial the five digit account number when asked followed by your four digit PIN. Dial 9 for International calls.
• Dial ISD number in format 011XXXXXXXX, for India it is 011918912429429.
• Once the call is disconnected, you can call again and again.

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