Step 1 - Back up your data
You must backup all of the files you created or any other data you can’t afford to lose no matter where they are stored on the hard drive. When you format the hard drive, it will erase EVERYTHING on the hard drive. So backup up everything you don’t want […]
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How To Format Your Hard Drive
Fix VLC Media Player Audio Errors
The VLC Media Player is a free open source multi media player that can play the most popular formats for audio, video and various streaming protocols. In my experience, it can also play many of the more obscure formats that the other players can’t handle. The VLC media player can also be used as a […]
April 28th, 2008 | admin | Comments Off | Continued
Fix PC Crashing Problems
I don’t think there is anything more frustrating then your PC getting extremely slow except for when it crashes…you know you either get the blue screen of death or the computer just keeps rebooting over and over again.
There are several things that can cause PC crashes such as:
Hardware problems
Incorrect or corrupted device […]
How To Fix Desktop Icons
Icons are the little pictures that are used to represent files, folders and applications on personal computers. In windows XP and Vista, the user can decide whether or not they want to display icons on the desktop, which is the main computer screen when no applications are open. My desktop which is shown below does […]
April 18th, 2008 | admin | Comments Off | Continued
eMachines T5246 Review
The eMachines T5246 is its latest entry into the budget priced desktop market. This low priced PC has a good storage capacity and good expansion options, but the graphics capability, power supply and small monitor are less than optimal.
System Specifications
The T5246 is one of the most expensive of the budget desktops currently being offered by […]
How to Backup Your Outlook Express Data
Most people tend to use their email clients as a filing cabinet of all the email messages they receive. Outlook Express is a free email client that is bundled with all versions of the windows operating system. This application allows you to send and receive email from your desktop instead of having to login to […]
April 11th, 2008 | admin | Comments Off | Continued
Fix ActiveX Errors
ActiveX is a technology developed by Microsoft to use with the windows operating system OLE and COM components that allows using interactive content on a web page or any other browser based application.In this respect ActiveX is similar to Java applets. However ActiveX components have full access to the windows registry so they can be […]
April 9th, 2008 | admin | Comments Off | Continued
How To Recover Lost Microsoft Word Documents
Nothing is more frustrating than working on a document for hours and then have something happen that causes the Microsoft word to freeze or crash. Then the document is gone and all that work is lost…total bummer.
There are several ways you can lose a word document such as documents can be lost if word quits […]
How To Copy DVD to DVD
Ever since man discovered a way to record audio sounds, there has always been the problem of copying one record, tape, cassette, CD or DVD to another one. Some manufactures have even offered dual deck recorders that allowed “dubbing” or making a duplicate of the media in the other drive.
I haven’t seen any dual DVD […]
Family Tree Maker Review
Have you ever wondered what your ancestors were like? Were they noblemen, peasants or pirates? Genealogy or the study of family history was originally developed to determine the legitimacy of heirs of noble families to be used to determine who had a legitimate claim to the property and power of the family.
Eventually as feudalism disappeared […]