Do you work by telecommuting? I know some do, but it’s not really a reality yet (mostly). The world still runs on the 9-5 on-site job unfortunately. Not only is telecommuting a less stressful way to work, but it is way better for the environment (plus many other positives your boss never mentioned). But telecommunicating… Read More: Remote Access VPN »
PC maintenance is NOT difficult at all, but a lot of people don’t really know how to maintain their PCs and end up with all kinds of problems. Daily, I see requests for help in computer forums from guys that got their machines bugged. What I’m about to recommend may not be 100% full-proof but… Read More: Simple PC maintenance that works »
I have an older 80 GB hard drive that I’ve just relegated as an external hard drive by mounting it within an external casing. I thought all my backup problems were over from then on, but little did I know I would soon be facing a problem after I had copied gigabytes of data onto… Read More: Unable to safely remove my external drive »
According to Microsoft, Windows XP was designed to boot up in 30 seconds, and if you add several additional services, this can take up to a minute. The time taken usually depends on additional functionalities you add to your system. The time of startup and shutdown also depend on the speed of your CPU and… Read More: Slow startup and shut down for your PC? Tips on… »
Recently, there was some buzz about Windows 7 coming out next year. We know it’s the major release of a new Windows and we all know it’s called Windows 7, and it’s meant to replace the much maligned Vista. But, why all the fuss about Windows 7 now, when it’s still at least a year… Read More: Why the fuss about Windows 7? »
Of late, I am getting a lot of greeting cards. Since I’m pretty much immune to long winded scam emails saying I’ve inherited a large amount of cash in some distant country, scammers have switched tactics. Greeting card spam? They’re not the newest trick in the book, but they can do a lot of damage!… Read More: Greeting card spam »
If you’re one of those who haven’t downloaded Firefox 3 and planning on doing so, you might want to consider holding off for a while. Firefox 3 seems to have some issues and maybe more to come. You might recall the mania preceding the Firefox 3 Download Day; I haven’t even downloaded Firefox 3 to… Read More: Holding off on Firefox 3 »
The deadline for Window’s XP is just around the corner, with June 30 being the final deadline before XP goes “off market.” Since there are still so many people who want XP to stay on, many people got a brief surge of hope, when Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer hinted at a possible extension past that deadline… Read More: As the deadline for Windows XP nears »
DLL files are one of the most important components of your system files if you are using Windows as your Operating System. There are many DLL files within a typical Windows system, but most of the time, you don’t really bother about them. That is, until something goes wrong with them. DLL stands for Dynamic… Read More: Fixing DLL errors »
If you ever experienced your computer freezing/crashing without warning all of a sudden, with a blue screen on your monitor saying your computer was “caught in an infinite loop”, plus there is a mention of the word – “ati2dvag”, it means your computer has caught the ati2dvag bug. This bug seems to affect ATI video… Read More: Ati2dvag problem »