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 flash storage [...]

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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 that [...]

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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, if you have not updated your [...]

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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 As most of you know by now an out of date antivirus program is all but useless.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 I [...]

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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 time [...]

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Name: Robert Malone
PC keeps killing hard drives. install new hard drive, load all software, seem to run fine for a while then hd dies, machine will no longer see hd. Had done this to 3 hd’s, scared to put anything else in. Any ideas?
I suppose the first item of business is: Are you completely [...]

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Name: Ryan
When i try to access safe mode in attempting to remove spyware, it does not work; as in, it wont load the safe mode.
Is there something i need to do to allow it to work?

Getting into Safe Mode is pretty straightforward. You simply reboot the computer, and press F8 a whole bunch of times [...]

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Name: Terry Robinson
“Operating system not found” is the only thing my H.P.Pavilion 7925 do. Please help.

Well, in order to be more helpful it’d be nice to have some clarifying information, so feel free to post a reply on this page if you feel it necessary.
First and foremost, you will want to remove any [...]

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