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XP Crashes

My XP PC is crashing when I play games and when I click ‘advanced’ in the system display properties applet. I’m going to try the solution mentioned here.

UPDATE: FYI, I updated my bios, uninstalled ATI drivers, re-installed directx, installed ATI drivers. Fixed. I also ran memtest-86 and found no problems with my RAM.

How does Yahoo’s Desktop Search Tool Rank??

Slate said Copernic was on top, but Yahoo just released their desktop search tool and AOL hasn’t shown all their cards, yet.

Update: After indexing overnight, Yahoo’s search tool is using 100MB of physical RAM and 100MB of virtual. Yuck.

Engadget’s list of utils to take on visits to family.