Meanwhile, the rest of us continue to struggle with the problems users face even in a Windows 7 world: sporadic freezing, the occasional printer that disappears from our network, the sudden shutdown of Word when in the middle of a document.

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While weekly metrics can be sporadic, each month you should be thinking about how you can more efficiently attract, convert, and engage your users to show a healthy rate of growth.

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