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Computer Troubleshooting

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A Computer Repair Utility Kit

Technibble, the Australian site for aspiring computer techies, recently released the second version of its popular Computer Repair Utility Kit, a collection of 57 hand picked tools to help you diagnose and repair your Windows machine.
While all of the utilities are freely available online, this all-in-one kit saves you the trouble of searching for and [...]

svchost.exe - Everything You Need to Know

Last night before I turned off my computer, I noticed it said that i could install some updates. Sometimes it freezes, and my computer stays on all night, so I decided I would do it tomorrow. But now everytime I turn on my computer, after about 2 minutes, I get a “svchost.exe - Application Error”.
This [...]

New disk encryption standards could complicate data recovery

So, what do you do if you lose your password and your data is encrypted?

Why windows crashes and freezes?

Does your windows keeps freezing or crashing? And you don’t know why?

OpenDNS redirecting could be very frustrating

OpenDNS’s search redirect problem solved.

Problem with Windows Vista?

Hundreds problems with Vista has been solved.

Always, always, always back up

There’s nothing fun about your computer dying, especially when you’re a writer and you haven’t backed up files in… well, never.

Why is my Task Manager disabled, and how do I fix it?

Task manager can be disabled manually, but more commonly it’s disabled by a virus. It’s easy to re-enable once you’re virus-free

Improve laptop battery life

If you are using Windows Vista on your laptop, you would have noticed your laptop battery draining out quickly and frequently.

(Probably) the best solution for keeping your data safe (PC and Mac)

Can you imagine losing your documents, photos, music, emails, projects, passwords? Are you ready for it? I am not. Backing up your precious data, is just like having insurance, (it’s not very exciting but extremely critical). All computers and their parts are subject to failure. All hard drives will inevitably crash one way or another [...]