Multiple Monitors - Bane or Blessing?
Monday, March 17th, 2008 Posted in windows, business, hardware | No Comments »To use or not to use When I first saw a person with two monitors for their computer, I thought it was just ridiculous. I mean, how many screens can a person look at? I believed it was about prestige. See ...
How To Optimize Windows XP in a Flash! - Part 1
Monday, March 17th, 2008 Posted in windows | No Comments »Windows XP Optimization Tweaks As a computer and network technician, I have visited many clients who wanted me to fix a certain issue that had nothing to do with the speed and 'pep' of their system. As we sat together waiting ...
Fix Your Low Memory Problem With Windows Readyboost
Monday, March 17th, 2008 Posted in windows, hardware | No Comments »ReadyBoost works by using flash memory as another place to cache data (a cache is a temporary storage area where frequently accessed data can be stored for rapid access). Normally windows uses RAM for caching data and when RAM is ...
Why doesn’t Word come with Windows?
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008 Posted in windows, business | No Comments »This is a question that I find myself answering someone nearly every week, so here's a brief rundown on the whys and why nots! Since the beginning of time (well Windows time) the only programs that came with Windows that could ...
Firefox Vs Internet Explorer
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008 Posted in windows, internet | No Comments »By Robert Perrin Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE for short), and the open-source Mozilla Firefox are the two internet browsers which enjoy the largest market dominance. As of November 07, IE holds 57% of the browser market while Firefox holds around 36%. ...
Vista? What’s the verdict?
Monday, January 7th, 2008 Posted in windows, business | No Comments »by Andy Turner. Well, nearly a year has passed since the introduction of Microsoft's latest version of Windows. How does it stack up against XP? To sum it up in a word... 'yawn'. To be honest, there isn't really anything that ...
DVD Burning Pointers
Friday, November 16th, 2007 Posted in windows, multimedia | No Comments »By Carolynn Wong DVD's have been extremely useful in storing data. So far, it has gained a number of faithful followers because of its ability to store much amount of information compared to any other storage devices. However, you ...
Using Blind Carbon Copy (BCC) For Email Privacy
Sunday, November 4th, 2007 Posted in windows, business, email, security | No Comments »By: Robin Henry Need for Privacy People have become hypersensitive about their privacy during the last few years. They now expect that their details will be used only for the purposes for which they have been provided and not shared by original ...
10 Tips That Will Make A Computer Child Friendly
Monday, October 29th, 2007 Posted in windows, hardware, internet | No Comments »by Arthur Raise Computers are here to stay and have become an integral part of everyday life. The World Wide Web is an information highway but presents a few dangers to children. Parents need to take extra care to protect ...
External Hard Drives
Monday, October 29th, 2007 Posted in windows, hardware, backups | No Comments »by shaggu_khan The technology moves fast and leaves us with gizmos and gadgets, which are more and more functional, and at the same time smaller than we have ever thought they could be. What’s more, the technology also adds these gadgets ...