Tools to Download Webmail

For downloading webmail to the desktop for archiving, these free programs are useful.

Windows Live Mail work for Hotmail and others.  Setup instructions.

I use Zimbra Desktop with Yahoo webmail.  It has nice search features.

Windows XP Registry Hack To Disable Kernel Paging

Registry hack to speed up Windows XP by disabling kernel paging.  Only do this on machines with sufficient real memory.

Set DisablePagingExecutive to 1.

Auslogics Disk Defrag & Ultradefrag

I have been using and recommending Auslogics Disk Defrag for years, and particularly like the ability to move system files to the fast part of the disk.

I started using Ultradefrag for the boot-time ability to defrag the pagefile. The program runs quickly.