Firefox and Firefox users need to back up regularly to guard against the possibility that their profile gets corrupted or wiped after installing a new extension or a new version of Firefox. If you use Thunderbird then it’s even more important that you back up to ensure you don’t accidentally lose your email correspondence and […]
There is one of the most important features of Vista (or Windows 7) that put Windows XP to shame – File Searches.
With Vista, you can search your files faster, because Vista indexed your entire computer file and its characteristic into database (it traverse all the directories first while you’re doing other things). But with Windows […]
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Running Vista Home Premium and the computer is just over 12 months old. Do have an AMD 6400+ processor, 4gb RAM and a Nvidia GeForce 8800 Ultra graphics card all mounted on an Asus Crosshair motherboard. Problem is that a lot of my games freeze during play (especially the online games that we play […]
Question : Setting up an external monitor on my laptop. I want to set up a external monitor on my laptop, but instead of the monitor being set on the right or left side, I want to set it above the primary, so I can scroll windows to the top of the primary monitor and […]
Question : After I log in, my system slows to a crawl. Looking at task manager I see that my computer is experiencing high CPU usage. Looking more closely I see that something called “svchost” is taking 100% of my CPU time. If I kill the process suddenly other things stop working. Is svchost a […]
Question: “Is There A Way To Find A Lost Windows Product Key Or CD Key?”
Losing your Windows product key (the CD key is the same thing) can really put you in a bind. You need the product key that came with your operating system before you can reinstall it.
Answer: Yes! There are several ways to […]
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My question is, how can I remove some of the icons in the lower right side of my screen, where the clock is located? I do not want to uninstall anything, just get rid of the icons. Currently I have a printer icon, my webcam, QuickTime and OpenOffice, none of which I really need […]
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Could not get sound on lap top. So I restored to a known working date. When laptop rebooted I got skipping Auto check, fatal system error C00021a, I can not boot up even using F* to use last working boot; WHAT IS YOUR SUGGESTED SOLUTION?
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Can you use F8 and boot into safe mode? If so, […]
How do I control the Welcome screen display and whether Fast User Switching is allowed?
Under Control Panel, User Accounts, “Change the way users log on or off,” is a simple dialog box that gives you two options (if you’re in a domain, you won’t have the “Change the way users log on or off” option).
Use […]
NetMeeting is a standard XP component that’s hidden until you initially configuration. NetMeeting lets you participate in virtual meetings, work in shared applications, share data over the Internet or an intranet, and share live video with others in far-away places.
To enable NetMeeting, perform the following steps:
Go to the Start menu and select Run.
Type Conf and […]