Extending the Life of Your Old Computer
 

Preserving old cars is OK, but computer equipment? I'm somewhat guilty, and nothing shows a computer's age more than trying to surf the web with all the Flash ads and Java programs that seem to come standard now. I wouldn't even call it surfing - it's more like slogging.

The Flash ads are incredibly annoying anyway, so I found a free download called Flashswitch. It installs in the system tray and lets you turn Macromedia Flash on and off. It only works for IE, and as far as I can tell, you have to download a new copy every 6 months.

Still, I turn off the Flash ads, and it turned my doggy old 400Mhz computer back into a little puppy! :)

http://www.flashswitch.com

Flash-Fixed
 

Don't need to do that. Here is the answer for an older puter with a slower processor. It seems to automatically turn on and off the flashplayer and tabs the sites you visit so you can pop back and forth between them without hitting the back button 20 times. Also has a convenient pop-up killer switch at the top on the menu along with a browser history cleaner and many other kewl options. It is a pretty small program, designed for smaller hard-drives too......I have been using it and installing it on customers puters for years. Known to be virus and spyware free.

http://www.flashpeak.com/