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How to Clean Your Laptop
My main computer is an hp zv5000 - it uses two heat pipes with heat sinks and two fans to cool the processor. Through use, those heat sinks (copper?) and pipes collect quite a bit of dust reducing the machine’s cooling capacity. The more dust that collects inside your computer, the hotter it’ll run. The [...]
How To Make Windows 7 Blazing Fast
Windows 7 is Engineered for speed. Special attention has been given by the Windows 7 team for making Windows 7 faster than the previous operating systems. Windows 7 is much faster than Windows Vista, but even then most of us don’t get satisfied with it. There are many who still have their old PC. Installing [...]
Win 7 packed in a complete, easy-to-read guide.
Installing Windows 7 Beta, and Getting It Ready to Use
How To Use Windows 7, or Why The New UI Is So Great
Windows 7 is Microsoft’s biggest user-interface overhaul since Windows 95. It’s no surprise, then, that even Windows veterans could use a crash course on how to use it.
Device Stage Hardware Fun, Plus More Productivity [...]
Clean Up & Enhance The Right Click Context Menu
The right-click context menu is one of the most helpful interface elements in Windows, but sometimes, especially when we have lots of applications installed, it can be slow and filled with shortcuts we don’t actually use. I always wanted to simplify it so that it would include only the options I want to use. After [...]
6 simple tips how to extend your laptop’s life
Don’t you just hate it when you are about to dump your Notebook or Laptop just because it’s no longer in working condition. Reason could be anything, starting from hardware to software. In last few years laptop prices have dropped considerably but they’re still a expensive pieces of equipment which might cost you anywhere in [...]
How to create bootable Windows 7 USB flash drive
It surprised me to find that there are very few dead-simple guides to creating a bootable USB thumb drive for a Vista and/or Windows 7 installation. I cobbled together the following from VistaPCGuy and another source I don’t remember right now.
This will walk through the steps to create a bootable USB flash drive for [...]
Computer Software in Plain English
A short explanation of how operating systems and programs work together to make computers useful and customizable.
Computer Hardware in Plain English
A short explanation of the basic parts of computers and what they do to make computers work. Focuses on the Hard Drive, RAM and Processor.
Hackintosh a Dell Mini 9 Into the Ultimate OS X Netbook
There are a lot of netbooks on which you can install and run OS X, but if you’re mindful of the handy comparison chart those lads at Boing Boing Gadgets have compiled, you’ll know that the Mini 9 is about as ideal a platform as you’ll find for a Hackintosh ultraportable: Everything from wi-fi, sound [...]
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 [...]
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