After previously clearing up the major causes of problems on my computer, yesterday I tracked down what seem to be the last couple of remaining glitches on my system. Having already eliminated the crashes, huge slowdowns, and the such, I discovered three more tweaks that restored even more sparkle to my system's virtual eye. First I learned what was causing Outlook to remain silently running after being closed (among other problems), as the latest NVIDIA drivers install a service called "NVIDIA Driver Helper Service," which provides no discernable benefits, but does cause problems. I also found a couple of things that were causing browser woes... installing a newer version of Java helped clear up some wonkiness, and it finally occurred to me that the incredible slowness of my context-sensitive menus when right clicking something in Explorer was caused by a handy Google toolbar I had installed. It's quite a pleasure to have all these nagging problems cleared up, and I am very happy to see that my notion that this PC has more reliable service left in it was justified.

Play Time:	Bauns. Thanks Ant.
Stories of the Day:	Missing Utah teen discovered alive! Wow!!! Thanks Prime-G1. Woman wakes from seven year coma at Bryan Adams concert. Thanks Roar. Flying sheep's head cracks music fan's skull. Thanks Chris Thomas.
Weird Science:	Scientists play matchmaker on Web. Thanks Mike Martinez. Software Program Designed to Spot Musical Hits. Thanks the_culture.
Wild Science:	Smart Dust Senses Bioweapons. Thanks Mike Martinez. Bulb burning after more than a century. Thanks Jim Newland.