Posted on Thursday, July 16th, 2009
Slow PC Problems and What To Do About Them
The speed of your computer is likely to change over time. Applications that you have installed on your PC since its purchase may slow your computer to a turtle’s pace. This is because even though new programs, applications and operating systems make [...]
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Posted on Thursday, July 16th, 2009
Essential Tasks To Maintain A Healthy Computer
Computers have several advantages that are useful both in business as well as personal life. People not only use computers to earn a living, but also for things like communication, entertainment, education and photo albums. Whatever way you use your PC, it is most [...]
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Posted on Thursday, June 18th, 2009
A recent survey established that most computer users find DLL errors among the most frustrating computer problems. This could be because either they are not aware of DLL files or they find that these errors are very difficult to resolve without adequate knowledge of troubleshooting. However, DLL errors can be easily [...]
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Posted on Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
In order to get rid of viruses you first have to know if you have any malicious files on your computer. If you suspect you have an infection then you should first run an anti-virus scan to see if you indeed are infected with viruses. There are plenty of anti-virus programs you can [...]
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Posted on Monday, January 28th, 2008
I’m sure you have heard people using the word Format when you talk about computers and drives, but what does it mean to actually format a drive. Formatting, blowing out, wiping clean, or emptying a hard disk simply means erasing all data from the disk and preparing it for fresh Operating System install. When you [...]
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Posted on Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
A common question people are having these days is if they should purchase the very common desktop computer, or should they go for the portability of a notebook (laptop) computer. The answer to that question depends heavily on the person who’s in the market for the computer.
The questions you should ask yourself before choosing is…
*What [...]
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Posted on Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
A Hard Disk (Hard Drive) is where everything is stored on your computer. All of your programs, files, OS(’s) (Operating System(s)), and any other data that you save or install in all stored on your Hard Disk. In computer terms it is proper to spell disk in hard disk with a k rather [...]
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Posted on Thursday, December 27th, 2007
In order to keep your computer running at optimal performance, there are some things you should do on a regular basis from the time you pull it out of the box. You computer is a very fragile machine with a variety of components that work together to produce a users desired output. Computers [...]
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Posted on Friday, December 21st, 2007
You may have heard people say that if you clear your cookies your computer will run faster. That may be true, but it’s not really that simple and straight - forward. A cookie is a little text file which your browser saves to your computer when you ask it (not necessarily with your permission always) [...]
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Posted on Friday, December 7th, 2007
A computer virus is a destructive program or application designed to replicate and spread throughout the computer on its on. Computer viruses can be contracted through opening e-mail attachments containing viruses, downloading infected programs from the internet (usually free programs), or from removable storage devices such as floppies, usb drives, etc. Make sure to only [...]
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