When working with a tech support person to resolve an issue with your computer, a screen image can be the most useful tool for showing the actual problem. Being able to show the exact error message goes a long way toward communicating what’s actually happening on your computer. Screen recording software, which can create a […]
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Networking on Windows was such a complicated affair 10 or 15 years ago that a network tech could count on a six-figure salary just getting computers to talk to one another. While home networking on Windows works considerably more smoothly now, you can still find that Windows stalls your attempts to connect a home network […]
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You turn on your pc every day to copy some files, browse the internet or check your emails. You think of your computer skills as a second nature and don’t bother to dig deeper since “regular people know enough to do what they need”.
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Each and every day there are always new viruses that come out targeting your computer. Computer hackers are constantly searching for ways to infiltrate through the system and cause trouble. Here are some ways to provide protection for your computer network.
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It must have dawned on Microsoft at some point in the past couple of years that the mouse-based computing experience looked a bit dated in today’s touchscreen filled world. While Microsoft’s intentions in catching Windows up to a touch-based 21st century may have been good, they certainly seem to have got people’s goats with the […]
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The System Restore function was one of the most useful features in Windows XP. This handy feature allows users to go back in time and undo recent changes that made the system unstable or caused other problems.
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The Services console is a tool that allows Windows 7 users to turn Windows services on or off. It even gives the user the option to prevent selected services from loading every time the computer boots up. This is a very useful tool since some of these services are not essential to the startup process […]
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Windows 7 is subject to intrusive viruses, spyware, and malicious software that can cripple a computer’s system or target the user’s online information. Most viruses out on the web are capable of infecting a computer using Windows 7.
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With so much of our lives stored on hard drives these days, the backing up of information has become a necessity for all computer users. Anyone who has experienced the heartbreaking moment of hearing clicks and whirrs from their desktop or laptop, knowing that all of their important files are fizzling into dust, will tell […]
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All Computers require free memory to run faster and operate efficiently. The amount of free random access memory or RAM, virtual memory or virtual RAM (made up of free hard drive space called page file) and Graphics Memory can affect the performance of your PC dramatically. There are however certain tips and tricks to free […]
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Windows Defender is a computer program designed to rid spyware from the Windows operating system. This program is developed and maintained by Microsoft and is available for free to all Windows users. You don’t even have to download anything to use the program – if you’re a Windows 7 user it’s already installed on your […]
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With great power comes great danger, and your Windows 7 installation is constantly under threat from the Internet. All it takes is one wrong click, one mistake, and your system’s got a virus that it can’t quit. That’s the only real drawback of going with the biggest operating system of this generation. Since most of […]
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Microsoft Windows Defender has been included in Vista operating system and windows 7. The software specializes to detect different types of adware and work efficiently to catch spyware. Microsoft Windows Defender will provide with the opportunity to run scheduled and manual scan.
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If you are someone who has worked with computers for a living in the past then you know what a boot disk is. Even if you are just someone who has worked on computers in their spare time and didn’t get paid for it, there is a good chance that you know what a boot […]
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Windows 7 is the new operating system from Microsoft that has turned out to be the best one that they have released so far. There are a lot of improvements in many different aspects of the system. From the internals of the kernel to the user facing UI, the many improvements are very noticeable and […]
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Creating a secure networking environment in Windows 7 is pretty easy. At least it is easy as far as setting up a network goes. In the past it used to be very difficult to set up a home network. You needed average people to have to do the work of network administrators to get things […]
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