23May
It has happened with Vista and is seemingly also being built into Windows 7, the ability to downgrade should the user deem it too stubborn or complicated to use. The beta-testing of Win 7 is already underway and it seemingly looks nice yet Microsoft is again taking no chances by building into the OS a downgrade feature should it suffer a catastrophic failure. Operating system’s are normally better as time goes by and as with Vista, time was not on it’s side that people simply refused to bite into their many advantages (if that’s what they called them). Read more »
23Apr
Microsoft is again trying to mend its ways and maybe has learned a thing or two about the failure of Vista to re-take the world by storm as a new and improved version of XP. It failed miserably and before you know it, people who got their new pc’s pre-installed with Vista were downgrading back to XP. Vista was designed to be more secure than XP, it was, the only problem, it was too secure, asking questions at each and every way of previously already automated tasks nobody cared about them anymore. Read more »
22Mar
Hard drivesare quite reliable, so reliable today that they have gotten cheaper and better, lasting longer than their predecessors. Along with the many innovations, they have also grown in terms of data density or the amount of data that can be stored within the same footprint. Having a Pentium 4 that you bought a couple of years back might still be working right but as you may have noticed, it may have gotten a tad bit too slow. Read more »
11Feb
Many people underestimate the importance of updating their anti-virus definitions and usually end up getting infected by some random trojan or worm when it could ave been perfectly preventable by a simple update of 
definitions.
Anti-virus programs are very simple to update - some even do the updating for you. But if that’s not the case, you can always update at least twice a week manually, of you feel that updating everyday is too much of a hassle. You should also do a full scan of your computer at least twice a month to make sure that everything’s free from any lurking viruses. Also remember to do a full scan of any portable hard disks or flash drives that you’re plugging into your desktop computer or laptop.
09Jan
XP support services is set to go offline this mid-year to the disdain of many PC users all over the globe. With moves and petitions to bolster a move to get that deadline extended, they have fallen on deaf ears. While the market may become deprived of the said support systems, XP is still going to ship with new HP laptops till 2010 according to industry insiders who have negotiated with Microsoft for the said service extension. this comes as a blow to the software giant who has been hoping for similar progress with their Vista Operating system but with no bites. Read more »
10Dec
Wanting to have a faster Windows XP boot up is something most PC users want, but seems they can’t have. With the advent of trojans and its dastardly ilk, it’s making the OS boot up even slower. What can you do?
According to the experts the best way to go about this is to find the source:
Legitimate programs usually put an icon in the SysTray, next to the clock on the Windows Taskbar. Right-clicking an icon will often let you tell the program not to load. However, Microsoft provides msconfig, a good utility for controlling how Windows starts up. To run it, click Start, select Run, type msconfig in the box and click OK. The Startup tab on the far right lists the programs being loaded, but it’s worth looking through the other tabs. Microsoft has a trouble-shooting guide to using it: search Google for Q310560.
More info here.
25Nov
.preview.png)
Image Source: screenshots-archive.com
Junk files are simply files that are left behind by a program. When you open a certain program, it needs to create files for you to be able to use them and access them in a much faster time. But the problem is the fact that not every program or application written has the capability of collecting their “trashes” when you close them. Thats why a,lot of their junks are accumulated inside the hard drive. This will eventually build up to a massive amount of junk files. Naturally, having them just littering inside the hard drive will slow down the whole computer system because the memory will be working much harder. Eventually, if you do not take these files, it can cause your system to crash. Now that would be much harder to fix and with all your important data lost.
06Oct
Image Source:static.flickr.com
While it may be time consuming to open up the CPU of your computer, most of the problems that you encounter with your PC doesn’t require you to open the CPU case. Hardware problems can be taken care of just
as easily as it may sound. Like when your monitor is flickering uncontrollably. Turning up the refresh rate just wouldn’t do it. And setting is only limited to 60Hz. This problem may cause you headaches and pain. The problem really greatly depends on the limitations of the specific monitor and the graphic card installed. You will be able to increase the refresh rate according to your comfort preference. In most Windows OS, like Windows 98, 2000 and Me. you change the setting by right clicking the windows desktop, click Properties, click Settings and then select the Advanced tab. Under the Adapter tab, you will see refresh rate settings. Ideally, click on 75Hz, but if you prefer a higher setting then do so. But you should note that setting the rate too high may destroy your monitor.
29Sep
Image Source:i122.photobucket.com
When you are looking for a perfect PC restoration solution that fixes your computer problems fast without losing data, Rollback Rx might just be the one you need. It requires little amount of hard disk space since it works on the sector level, which means its under the existing operating space. Its a great tool even if your operating system crashes and refuses to boot up. Rollback Rx will still run smoothly and perform a pc restore and get your system up. Rollback Rx uses the concept of snapshots by taking “shots” of your system configuration. Even if your data size is large or small, its easy to restore to a particular snapshot. No buffer memory, means its not slowing down your pc. So performance is not compromised. You may never need an expert to restore your pc again. The facility of program settings in Rollback Rx allows you to decide when snapshots can be taken. It can be scheduled. The Rollback Rx Enterprise edition allow for large companies to maintain their pcs and manage them through their server, via the internet. This makes it an effective file recovery solution.
29Aug
If you’re a Windows user, chances are you also run an antivirus software from startup. Windows is, after all, known for its security vulnerabilities, particularly in terms of malware.
One of our favorite virus scanners is AVG. Not only is it free, but it also has various features that make it better than many others out there.
First, it’s a small download. You don’t have to wait hours just for the installation file to finish. It’s also very quick to install. You don’t have to wait 30 minutes before installation is thru. It just takes a couple of minutes. Then, it’s not as bloated as other antivirus software. AVG’s software footprint is just about 20 Megs in your RAM. You also get daily updates and daily scheduled scans.
Not bad for a free product!
Best thing I like about AVG is that it is pretty fast. It’s not a resource hog and it doens’t take forever to load to memory everytime I start up the PC.
