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Vista and Windows 7 don't use the same location for temporary files as XP does. Here's an easy way to get the full path of the Temp folder. Click the Start orb, enter CMD, and press Enter. In the resulting Command Prompt enter the command ECHO %TEMP%. This displays the full path of the actual Temp folder. It will normally take the form C:\users\username\AppData\Local\Temp, where username is your user account name. One way to view that folder is to use the CD (or CHDIR) command right in that Command Prompt, enclosing the full pathname in quotes if it contains any spaces. If you want to view the folder in Windows Explorer you may run into one small problem; the AppData folder is marked as hidden. Supposing you can't see that folder, you'll need to do this. Press F10 for a menu in Windows Explorer and choose Tools | Folder Options. Click the View tab. Choose the option "Show hidden files and folders" ("Show hidden files, folders and drives" in Windo

When your computer is running for quite some time, you will notice that it slows down due to idle processes. You can use this method to free up unused RAM and speed up your computer. It requires you to create a desktop shortcut and then open it to clear the memory cache. First right-click anywhere on the desktop and select New > Shortcut. Now enter the following line when asked for location of the shortcut and hit Next: %windir%\system32\rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks Give it any name and hit Finish. Now open this newly created shortcut and you will notice a slightly better performance