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Cannot download anything from the internet – Security Settings Too High
Name: Steve Miller I cant download anything off the internet. for example i am trying to download the expansion for world of warcraft and the computer gives me a little pop up that says that my security settings are too high to download the thing. same thing with yahoo messanger. i have deleted my security [...]
Back up your data people!!
I’m going to go off on a bit of a rant here, but I feel that it is necessary. Back up your data! You wouldn’t believe the number of requests that I get constantly that go something like this: ” My computer was running fine until last night when an electrical storm hit, now when [...]
Windows 98 Stuck in Safe Mode – Defrag errors out
Name: Mary Helen McEvoy I have windows 98. My computer is genuine interx86 family 15 model 2 stepping 9 608.0mb ram. Fat 32 with more than 31.gb It will not come out of safe mode. I ran scan disk, etc and it says it has corrected errors, but still will not come out of safe [...]
What is a Solid State Hard Drive?
Name: Randoll Jenkins I have been hearing about “Solid State Hard Drives” in some PC magazines and things that I read. What is a solid state drive, and why would I want one? Will it make my data more protected? Hi Randoll, A solid state drive (SSD) is very simply a hard drive that has [...]
The reasons that I actually like Windows Vista
Windows Vista, to date no operating system has generated such hype or controversy. The vast majority of the features that were promised in the original spec sheet of Vista were either massively cut-back or removed altogether. There have been many, many incompatibility issues with it and older software, not to mention older devices. All of [...]
My computer is infected with worm.win32.netsky spyware..!! – Removal Instructions
Name: Karthik Hi, My computer is infected with worm.win32.netsky spyware..!! Advise me on its removal..!! Thanks Well, I suppose that your request is straightforward enough. Netsky is one of the most common viruses that I would run into back when I was primarily on-site for my customers. Sasser was a close second. Anyway, first off, [...]
How to scan for viruses and spyware – For free!
One of the most common questions I get is how to scan a computer for viruses and spyware if there isn’t an up-to-date antivirus package installed. As most of you know by now an out of date antivirus program is all but useless. Almost exclusively, I use McAfee’s SuperDAT scanner to clean up systems that [...]
World of Warcraft and Ventrilo keep crashing!
Name: Rob Mackay Hi, I have a Pentium 4 3.6 Ghz processor (on an Asus P5N32 motherboard I think), 2 gigs of RAM, and 2 nVidia 6600′s in an SLI configuration. The problem that I am having is that if I am running Ventrilo, World of Warcraft, and some other applications at the same [...]