PC Troubleshooting

How to Clean Your Hard Drive

By billyclint21885

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Remember when you first got your computer and marveled at how fast it ran? How you immediately knew where - and what - every document was? Then some time passed, and your computer ran slower, took more time to boot up, and it was harder to find ... more »

How to Conduct a Cognitive Walkthrough

By eHow Computers Editor

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A cognitive walkthrough evaluates how users interact with a computer interface. You may use a cognitive walkthrough to debug a system, or use it to evaluate how well a system interacts with its users. In any case, you get a better idea of how ... more »

How to Configure Your IP Address

By Heidi

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So many people have their own home networks and one of the problems than can arise is what to do when you have an IP address conflict. This usually comes when your network connections setting is set to static instead of automatic. Here are a few ... more »

How to Copy Cell Contents Without Borders in Microsoft Excel

By Naz Ir

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When you copy and paste cell contents in Excel, you will end up copying the borders as well. Read on to learn how to copy cell contents without borders in Microsoft Excel... more »

How to Deal with a Scratch Disk is Full Error Message in Photoshop

By IsabelleKay

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As you're cleaning up some vacation photos in Photoshop, you get the annoying "Scratch Disk is Full" error message. This is not good news, but what are you supposed to do? The following tips will help point you in the right direction... more »

How to Deal With Smit Fraud

By eHow Computers Editor

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"You have a virus!" If you've ever seen that message pop up on your PC and clicked on it, you may have become a victim of a new con game being played in cyberspace called "smit fraud." Basically this evil message takes you to a website where you ... more »

How to Defragment a Hard Drive and Fix It if It Stalls

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Computer files get moved around and disk space between the files increases as a computer is used. This causes the computer to run slower while it searches for files. A defragmentation program reorganizes files so the computer can find them ... more »

How to Defragment Files on a Mac Computer

By Naz Ir

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Older Mac computers won't auto-defragment their hard drives. You would need software like the Disk Defrag to do it. Read on to learn how to defragment files on a Mac computer... more »

How to delete a virus without an anti-virus program

By Free-Knowledge

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Want to delete viruses without spending lots of money on a decent Anti-Virus? Read up... more »

How to Delete Infected Computer Files

By eHow Computers Editor

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Infected files damage your computer, ruin your files and make software hard to run. System updates and careful use of the Internet prevent some computer file infections, but it's important to know how to recognize and delete computer files when ... more »

How to Detect a P2P Worm

By eHow Computers Editor

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With the proliferation of peer-to-peer filing sharing networks, has come an increase of peer-to-peer computer worms. Some of these worms are merely nuisances while other can cause irreparable damage to a computer. It is important to be able to ... more »

How to Determine if Spyware is on Your Computer

By eHow Computers Editor

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Spyware comes in two forms: the annoying and the dangerous. The annoying types are easier to detect because they want to be seen. The dangerous types, the ones that collet information such as passwords, social security numbers, home and business ... more »

How to Disable Specific Startup Programs on Your PC

By Jweidman

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Tired of constantly exing out windows and programs that automatically run upon startup of your PC, not to mention the extremely long time it takes for your computer to start up? Would you rather open these annoying programs manually instead of ... more »

How to Display Hidden Files on a Mac Computer

By Naz Ir

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If you wish to view all invisible files on a Mac computer, you would need a certain software. Here's what you can do with it... more »

How to Do Basic Maintenance on Your PC

By tiuliucci

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Have you ever sat in front of your computer and noticed strange things happening? An application that opened normally yesterday will not work today. A file that opened easily last week, suddenly takes forever to open today. You may also have ... more »

How to Document a Computer Problem

By eHow Computers Editor

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If you've ever worked on a computer, you've probably run into a problem at one time or another. To solve the problem, you must know how to document it. Follow a few tips, and you'll be a whiz at documenting computer problems... more »

How to Download EZ Antivirus

By billyclint21885

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Computer Associate's EZ Antivirus is a great anti-virus solution. It runs a thorough scan, and even keeps a "low profile" - allowing you to continue working while it scans your computer for threats. According to the CA website, it ... more »

How to download XP tips

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How to dual boot XP and Vista, on a system with Vista pre loaded and no Vista DVD.

By ComputerGuy

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Here you will get a step-by-step walk through for dual booting your computer. I typed the instructions out as I did the steps and it worked flawlessly. My out of the box system is as follows... Acer AM100-E120B 1GB DDR2 160GB (Sata) 2 ... more »

How to easily make your computer boot faster.

By biohazardpwns

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Making your computer boot up faster and run better just got easier... more »

How to Edit the Boot.ini File in Windows XP

By Zachary Freeman

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As the name boot.ini suggests, it’s one of the files that is essential for XP to boot up in the first place. This file can easily be corrupted, and may need to be changed. You may also want to change the contents of the boot.ini file for one’s ... more »

How to Enable Right Clicks Which Are Disabled On Some WebSites

By jaindinu

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Lots of web sites have disabled the right click function of the mouse button... it's really, really annoying. This is done so that you don't steal their photos or images (via right click-->save picture) or any other goodies, So dont worry in ... more »

How to Enhance Computer Game' s Performance - 6 Amateur Tips

By amerlino

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There are a few simple maintenance tips that will optimize your game experience. These tips are for the computer amateur! Minimal technical details to follow!.. more »

How to Evaluate Free Antivirus Programs

By billyclint21885

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In these days many software providers offer free anti virus programs. Sometimes choosing one of them can be a difficult task for users. Often the anti virus programs attract users by offering some features which are either useless or too ... more »

How to Exit a "Frozen" Windows Program

By eHow Computers Editor

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When a program "freezes," you can't work in it or exit it. The menus and toolbar buttons don't respond. You're trapped! But not if you follow these instructions, which work for Windows 95/98... more »

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