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BitTorrent can be used to transfer perfectly legitimate files across the internet, but it does take up a lot of bandwidth which many ISPs do not like, so they throttle BitTorrent traffic permanently or at certain times. If you suspect your ISP may be throttling Torrents, here are a few ways to try and find out.

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Most gamers know of Steam and the way it distributes games over the internet. While Steam is working correctly you will be able to download or play your games, if it refuses to update itself you cannot reach your games until this problem is fixed. Here we show you some possible ways around this issue.

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Most people like listening to music and one legal online service is Pandora Radio. The major issue with Pandora Radio is it's only available to visitors from the US, Australia and New Zealand. There are several methods to get around this restriction if you live elsewhere, here we show you 10 ways to do it.

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Running portable applications on your computer instead of installing them is a great way to keep your system from being weighed down with unnecessary files and registry entries. Here we show you 3 portable application launchers that can automatically download portable programs as well as keep them updated.

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Batch files are simple scripts that can be created by almost anyone. If a script is not behaving as it should you may need to troubleshoot the script and measure the time it takes each command to run. Here are 8 ways to accurately time or benchmark each command in a script or on the command line.

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Windows Vista and newer operating systems come with a security feature called User Account Control that requires user permission to grant administrator privileges to programs that want to make system wide changes. Here we look at UAC and how in some circumstances it isn't totally safe and can be bypassed.

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