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		<title>Google Talk: Create Desktop Shortcuts for Contacting Each of Your Friends</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shamanstears</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Instead of going into Google Talk, hunting for your Friend's name, and selecting it to begin a chat session, you can create a desktop icon for each Friend that you frequently chat with.  Clicking on the desired shortcut will open a chat window with the associated Friend.  Saves you some time and let you get right to the chat.]]></description>
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		<title>Digsby: Prevent from Starting When Windows Starts</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:40:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shamanstears</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Digsby is a multiprotocol IM client that also acts as both an email notifier and social networking tool.  Since all of this functionality takes up quite a bit of memory, you are wasting resources by leaving it running when you don&#8217;t need it.  If you took the default settings during the setup, Digsby [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yahoo! Messenger: Prevent from Starting When Windows Starts</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shamanstears</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By default, the Yahoo! Messenger starts when Windows does. If you don&#8217;t use Yahoo! Messenger regularly, you are wasting resources by having it run when you don&#8217;t need it. To stop Yahoo! Messenger from starting when Windows does:
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		<title>Skype: Backup Your Contacts</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:13:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shamanstears</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since your Contacts play in important role in the functionality of Skype, it only makes since to back them up.  That way, if disaster strikes, you simply restore the contacts and you&#8217;re off and going.
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		<title>Google Talk: Prevent from Starting When Windows Starts</title>
		<link>http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2510/google_talk_prevent_from_starting_when_windows_starts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 05:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shamanstears</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By default, the Google Talk application starts when Windows does. If you don&#8217;t use Google Talk regularly, you are wasting resources by having it run when you don&#8217;t need it. To stop Google Talk from starting when Windows does:
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		<title>MySpaceIM: Disable Message History to Stop Saving IM Sessions on your Computer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shamanstears</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By default, MySpaceIM saves all of your IM sessions in the Message History.  If you never reference back to these chats, it is taking up unnecessary space on your computer.  To disable Message History, follow these steps:
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		<title>MySpaceIM: Limit Who Can See When You Are Online</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:26:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you use MySpaceIM to chat with your friends and family, it is doubtful that you want everybody on MySpace to know that you&#8217;re online. To limit the people that can see when you&#8217;re online to only those on your Contact List, follow these steps:
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		<title>MySpaceIM: Prevent from Starting When Windows Starts</title>
		<link>http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2446/myspaceim_prevent_starting_windows_starts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shamanstears</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By default, the instant messenger from MySpace (MySpaceIM) starts when Windows does.  If you don&#8217;t use MySpaceIM regularly, you are wasting resources by having it run when you don&#8217;t need it.  To stop MySpaceIM from starting when Windows does:
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		<title>MySpaceIM:  Limit People that can Contact You to those on your Contact List</title>
		<link>http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2445/myspaceim_limit_people_contact_list/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shamanstears</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you use MySpaceIM to chat with your friends and family, it is doubtful that you want to chat with any and everybody on MySpace. To limit the people that can contact you to only those on your Contact List, follow these steps:
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		<title>AIM 6.1: Disable Display of AIM Today When Signing In</title>
		<link>http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2437/aim_6_1_disable_display_aim_today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2007 16:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shamanstears</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By default, AIM launches your web browser to bring up AIM Today each time you sing in.  This can get rather annoying if all you wanted to do was chat with someone.  To disable the launching of AIM Today, follow these steps:
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