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Essential Apps for Every New PC
You have to admit, Windows is a pretty barebones operating system, feature-wise. After a fresh install of XP or Vista (perhaps following a Clean Start), you’re faced with a barren Start Menu and an empty desktop that’s beaming with limitless potential. The problem is that it’s up to you to hunt and download those applications [...]
How To Manage Windows Vista Services
Services in Windows are quite a controversial topic for various reasons. In this article I will try to clarify them as much as possible. Therefore, I will describe what services are, how they work and where to find the list of services installed in Windows Vista. At the end, I will show you how to [...]
How to build a computer
“But computers are so cheap these days,” you say. “Why waste the time and energy building your own system when you can get a great machine fully assembled and shipped to your door?” That’s a great question. Building your own PC will not save you time. It might save you money, but that’s not even [...]
10 Ways to Speed Up Your Computer
There is nothing more frustrating on this Earth than a slow computer — especially in these tough economic times, when running out and buying a new high-end PC is not necessarily an option. But here’s the good news: There is plenty you can do yourself, right now, that’ll speed up your computer. We’ve compiled a [...]
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 [...]
How to Build Your Own Computer From Scratch
That’s one of the most exciting aspects of our hobby. Automobile buffs can tune and customize their factory-built cars and trucks, but computer geeks like us get to build something new and unique almost entirely from whole cloth. And it’s so easy that you have to wonder why anyone would buy a preassembled PC in [...]
(99) ways to make your computer blazingly fast
Over the last several years working in IT for various companies as a Systems Administrator, Network Administrator, and Help Desk professional, I’ve written and learned about many ways to increase the performance of not only my PC, but also of the many PCs on my networks ranging from Windows 98 to Windows Vista.
In this article, [...]
Security Starter Kit
With a new year comes new computers, and that means new security problems. Viruses, spyware, rootkits, hackers, a fresh machine can be susceptible to the most insidious of plots. Lucky for you, here we’ve devised a list of essential and free top-rated security programs to protect the honor of your computer and ensure that your [...]
Windows Starter Kit
So whichever gift-giving deity you believe in has smiled on you this season and you’re the recipient of a brand-new machine. Or maybe the computer gods have decided that December was the time for your PC to join that great server farm in the sky.
Either way, you’re in need of some new programs. Free programs. [...]
How To Not Get Sued for File Sharing
As of July 2006, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has sued over 20,000 music fans for file sharing in just under three years. In 2004, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) joined this misguided, anti-consumer crusade. Filing lawsuits against anonymous “Doe” defendants, the RIAA and MPAA seek to uncover the identities of [...]
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