May 2007 Newsletter


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Battle for Hard Drive Freedom


Rob fights tyranny and boredom but perseveres to solve a case of missing hard drive space in this unusual video.

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Attention XP Users


We’ve updated our free full tests to optimize your performance and hard drive space on XP systems. Test again.

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Hall of Shame


Ever had an infuriating encounter with tech support? Rob captures a Gateway support employee on tape.


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Move Files with Ease


Thanks chas47448 for showing us how to save time organizing our hard drives. That reminds me, mine’s a mess!

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IconMania


Minnie shows us this month how amazingly simple it is to create your own custom icons. Thanks Minnie.

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Start Your Engines!


Overclocking is the name and speed is the game. Join the PC Pitstop Pit Sprints contest and show us what your PC can do!

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$100 goes to the best tips each month.


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Game On


What’s one of the main uses of your PC? Games. The differences between males and females are huge. See the details.

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Hidden Free Space


Some PC manufacturers are hiding your free space in a separate partition. Acer looks to be the worst culprit.

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Obsolescence


Is the floppy obsolete? That funny key by the space bar? Check our new survey on PC features we use and don’t use.
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Thomas B won last month’s Gaming survey drawing! See all past winners.


Free Performance Scan


PC Performance Scan


Find out if your PC is running at maximum performance with our free scan.

Disk Health


Disk Health


Get your disk spinning at peak performance with the most thorough disk analyzer in the biz.

Free Spyware Scan


Spyware Scan


Spyware installs without your knowledge, and reduces system performance and reliability.

Personal Data Profiler


Personal Data Profiler

Our profiler helps you learn a lot about the user of a PC. Or learn what others may discover about you!

Driver Scan


Driver Scan


Drivers are constantly being updated to improve the functionality and stability of your PC.

Full Test


Full Tests


Put your PC through our free full tests for the most thorough analysis of your PC’s performance,
reliability and security.


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Exclusive Hoyle Game Offer


PC Pitstop has teamed with Hoyle to offer three great game bundles. Try today for free!

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Most Popular Partition Manager


Automatically or manually merge, split, resize, copy, and move partitions without losing data.

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Digital Media Report


This report tracks global installation rates across a wide number of music services.



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