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WinSXS cleanup: how to remove GB of files in the WinSXS folder

This post is a quick one on WinSXS cleanup, and it works (for me). None of the instructions I found online helped me, including the KB2852386 fix on Windows update. Try this: Go to C:\Windows\system32 Right click on cleanmgr.exe and Run As Administrator Now, the relevant “Windows Update Cleanup” option and another for cleaning up Service […]

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Evernote Mobile web interface for quick notetaking

I’ve been using Evernote’s Mobile web interface (https://evernote.com/m/) to take notes quickly on desktop PCs. I find the full Evernote interface (desktop client or web) a too distracting if all I want to do is make some plain text notes without reviewing what’s already there. (NB: On Ubuntu I found Firefox gave me an XML error when

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