The pipe character or vertical bar denotes choosing an item from a menu. For
example, ???choose File | Open??? means that you should pull down the File
menu and select the Open item on it. Use the keyboard, mouse, or a combination
of the two as you wish.
Most check boxes have two states: selected (with a check mark in them) and
cleared (without a check mark in them). This book tells you to select a check
box or clear a check box rather than ???click to place a check mark in the box??? or
???click to remove the check mark from the box.??? (Often, you??™ll be verifying the
state of the check box, so it may already have the required setting??”in which
case, you don??™t need to click at all.) Some check boxes have a third state as
well, in which they??™re selected but dimmed and unavailable. This state is
usually used for options that apply to only part of the current situation.
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Project 1
Max Out
Your Memory
and Turbo-
Charge It with
ReadyBoost
What You??™ll Need
Hardware: New RAM modules; USB memory stick
Software: CPU-Z
Cost: $50??“250 U.S.
Ever feel like you??™re losing your memory and could use a boost? If so, chances are
you??™re not alone. Three-to-one odds says your PC gets that feeling too as you
open ever more applications and documents at the same time. When your PC
runs low on memory, it starts using hard disk space as virtual memory, and your PC
slows down more than enough for you to notice.
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