Mar
1
Why Your Computer Is Running Slowly
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A computer running slow is something that a lot of people have experienced when handling their machine. Many factors may result in computers running slow or failing to respond altogether. There may be harmful factors that may lead to this serious problem.
Downloading of materials from the internet may cause the computer to slow down. The common items that may result in computer slowness include music, pictures and even movies. The process of downloading these materials can sometimes be affected by other malicious factors like viral attack. It is always advisable to clear these downloaded items ever so often so that they do not affect the speed of the machine.
Other factors like opening emails with attachments, cookies or surfing on suspect websites which may sometimes contain malicious programs may have dire consequences on the computer as these programs are known to slow the general speed of the computer.
Feb
28
How to know if you’re Hard Drive is Soon to be crashed
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Most computers give hints that a hard drive is about to fail through slowed performance. Others will display a warning message that the worst is about to happen. When you are given such a message, the first thing to do should be to back up all important information. In some cases, the warning message comes too late and before you finish backing up the data, the thing crashes!
Most computer crashes occur after systems restore or reformatting task has been performed on the hard drive. It does not matter how new your hard disk is; it will crash sometime. The question is not whether this can happen but rather, when it will happen.
Statistics show that if you have 17 new PCs in your system, one of them will suffer from a hard disk failure within one year. After two years, hard disks have a higher possibility of failing every now and then before finally crashing.
Feb
25
A computer is the best tool for you to buy if you want to start an online business. In order to succeed, you need to ensure that the computer is functioning well. In other words, you have to love it enough to buy all the accessories it requires for it to function well.
If your computer does not have enough RAM or disk space, you will have problems accessing the internet even if you have a very reliable internet connection. It takes passion for computers to want to know how you can make them more efficient. It also helps you successfully research on the most genuine accessories.
The cost of doing online business is very low but a lot of patience is needed before you can finally start generating high incomes. You need to have passion for computers in order to invest in one. Make sure that you buy one that is both efficient and durable.
Feb
23
Improving Your Computer Start up Time
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Most of the common reasons why PCs slow down are simultaneous running of many programs at the same time and utilizing many of the computer resources, residue from illegal applications, software conflicts, many temporary files, spyware and viruses.
The presence of many programs in the startup folder slows down the computer when numerous programs are installed on a computer; sometimes they are added to the startup folder and this slows down the computer when many programs try to run at once during booting. This can be avoided by removing unnecessary files from the startup folder.
Also install full spyware and virus scan software. Then run the registry cleaner to clean your registry and defragment the hard drive. The process puts the data in the hard drive in order making them easy to open and find. Monitor the windows processes through the task manager and update the operating system to an up to date version.
Nov
25
How to fix blue screen errors
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The blue screen error is a common feature which all windows users have encountered sometime or other. In case it just happens once or twice, it may be due to some immediate problem which will be restored once you restart the system but in case your computer is showing blue screen regularly then you must make sure that the registry and ram are functioning properly.
The problem can be easily fixed by registry cleaning. Down load registry cleaner software and scan the registry.
If the problem is due to RAM then you might need to change the faulty RAM. Before changing check it with some other RAM sticks whether the problem is of RAM or not.
If the blue screen is due to driver problem, then check the device drivers of your system by going to the Device manager and clicking the Roll Back Driver.
These steps would fix most of your blue screen error problems.
Nov
24
What are blue screen errors?
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The blue screen error is displayed when the computer encounters some system problem. To save the computer from some irreversible damage it shuts down automatically and the monitor becomes blue. It protects the system’s integrity to break down. It also helps to present information that can be used for diagnostic purpose.
The blue screen will dump the system memory on some file on the disk. In most cases the file would be lost but sometimes a good PC technician can recover the lost files. It mainly occurs in the systems where the drivers are not loaded or written correctly or some hardware starts malfunctioning. The blue screen can occur due to memory faults, power supply failure, overheating of the systems. Any bug or virus can also display blue screen.
The message is displayed which gives the error code due to which the blue screen has occurred and if sent to the Microsoft, they give the solution for it.
Nov
22
What is a Trojan horse virus?
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A Trojan horse virus is a malware of computer which can be installed easily to a host computer but is very difficult to remove it. It can get embedded anywhere and steal the data. The hackers send this virus through many ways:
• Through the downloads of software
• Websites that has executable contents
• Attachments sent as e-mail
• Through social interaction.
The effects of Trojan horse virus
• Once it is installed it can communicate with remote systems and hack whatever it desires.
• Data theft including the password theft and even information of credit cards.
• Downloading or uploading, deletion or modification of files etc.
• The space of computer is unnecessarily wasted.
Removing the virus
• It is easy to install Trojan but hard to remove it as it resembles a required software.
• The antivirus software is mostly used to remove this virus. The antivirus that is specialized in Trojan
virus can help to protect the virus.
Nov
11
How to monitor CPU temperature
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Many users know that viruses are harmful for the computer system .Apart from this you should also know that of your CPU temperature is not monitored carefully it can damage your computer. Remember that your PC is build of many electrical components and wires .Although it has an in built fan that will compel it perform harder yet in worst circumstances it might catch fire and burn. BIOS plays a vital role in monitoring CPU temperature. You can refer your manual to acquire more information on it. You often boot your system and then press tab F8 or F5. So enter your BIOS setup screen and try looking for CPU temperature on the screen. You will find them in one of the menus out there. Try analyzing the setting.
It is always good to refer to the manual of your motherboard. Many models offer various methods to adjust the settings of the fan. Refer your manual in case you intend to increase it. Getting heat monitor software also helps you to monitor and adjust CPU temperature.
Oct
31
How to optimize a PC system
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Do you intend to keep your computer system in a good condition? Then you are expected to take certain measures manually to optimize a PC system. Avoid loading any drive programs in autoexec.bat files. Try configuring your systems frequently as the hardware’s are provided good support by your Windows. Delete all of them if required, as they aren’t useful and tend to consume much of your computer space. It’s always advisable to optimize your computer system if you poses FAT32.Although it does not offer fast data reading speed yet it gives you more available disk space with an efficient output. Moreover without destroying the data of disk it converts FAT16 into FAT 32.Its not an easy task .So you should be confident to do so.
It is very essential to delete the application that is not utilized frequently. It is a fact that the speed of the computer gets affected by excessive installation of applications. Therefore it is good to get rid of the programs that you don’t use immediately.
Sep
15
History of computers
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Many researchers trace the discovery of the computers to mid 1930’s. However the fact is history dates its invention 2000 years ago with the discovery of abacus. Abacus consists of a set of programmed beads commonly used for formulated constructs. Many veteran researchers have warned against the utilization of word computers in the 20th century. However they did state that computer in the 20th century illuminated a broader sense of understanding .It was designed by a French innovator and was used for tax calculation in the 1600’s.Improvizations continued to this system through 19th century.
In early 1900 when the demand for mechanical and transportation task needed complicated mathematical calculations certain changes were made to this system. Early 1940’s marked by the breakout of world war introduced computers in the military .However the first advanced programmable computer systems were designed in the year 1947.This technology was constantly tested and improvised , which led to the discovery of a transistor circuit element and magnetic core memory in the year 1950.In 1960 computer systems were widely available at an affordable rate and became quite popular among businessmen By 1980 many small individual systems were manufactured. This momentum continues to increase and you will find new upgrades nearly by day.