After my last post about correcting a low disk space warning by moving and storing your user files on a secondary partition, I noticed that I did not mention the fact that is possible to relocate your XP created system files. This can be particularly useful when you are already familiar with saving everything to… Read More: Relocating system files »
When disk space is running low on your computer you might be thinking ‘I need a bigger hard drive’. That is definitely the case for some people who are still running on 10 or 40 Gig hard drives but for the average person with a computer that was built in the past 2 years you… Read More: Low disk space warning »
The fault tolerance of all Windows operating systems is pretty well zero. If the registry becomes corrupt your computer cannot run, let alone start! Because of this extreme dependence on the registry, Windows implements an all or nothing guarantee in its registry. What this means is that if you are in the process of editing… Read More: Registry backup – How to do one »
In these economic times, more people are turning to the Web to create extra income streams, but a common mistake they are making is expecting to make money in the long term without wanting to spend a dime, or else committing to very little expenditure on getting a credible domain name and hosting! Think about… Read More: The downside of free, cheap, and easy in internet marketing »
If you have worked with Windows Vista, it will occur to you just how annoying those notification pop up balloons are on the task bar. So Vista is on it’s way out soon, but this is for those of you with Vista. You’ll see those balloons when your wireless connection is disconnected, when it’s in… Read More: Windows Vista annoying pop ups »
If you are a regular PC user, you probably notice your computer performance declining after a few weeks (or months) of regular use. If you gotten yourself a new machine and you like tinkering with Windows and want to get a baseline of its performance, you can do a simple baseline performance monitor to see… Read More: Baseline performance monitoring for new PCs »
This post is just a quick heads up for those of you that have WordPress blogs and are planning to upgrade to WordPress 2.8 (the latest subversion which is 2.8.1 2 has come out recently). You might encounter a problem which I just did when I upgraded using the Automatic Upgrade option (which IMHO is… Read More: Upgraded to WordPress 2.8 and faced fatal errors? »
With the advent of Windows 7 there have been some really big changes introduced. Some of the first things users will notice are the fact that the look and feel of the new Windows 7 OS has changed. It actually looks more like the Mac OS, familiar to Mac users. PC users will immediately notice… Read More: Windows 7 taskbar »
A common problem with Windows XP installations is process crashes. Some of the most common process or application crashes that you may experience are Windows Explorer crashes. Do not confuse Windows Explorer with Internet Explorer however. Windows Explorer is the built in Windows feature that allows you to look in your hard drive and system… Read More: Windows shell extensions »
If you have ever logged on to Windows XP and found that there was an error message greeting you, you may have a corrupt user profile. This will often follow a forced system shutdown or similar system problem. You might be presented with an error that says “The system has recovered from a serious error.… Read More: Fixing a corrupt user profile in Windows XP »