The one true yardstick of a geek is the degree to which he maintains his computer. A geek likes to break apart an intact thing and poke into its innards, but I am guessing from my own experience, the hassle of reinstalling an operating system isn’t a favored hobby of many. So, why not put [...]
PC maintenance
When my computer was new, every game I installed on my computer gave me the best FPS (Frames per Second) and graphics performance. As days passed and new games hit the market, the FPS along with the graphics details reduced. Soon, there was a day when I manually had to close some of the background [...]
Faster processors are a boon but the speed has come with a slight price. Computers have also become power hungry devices with multiple hardware and software (think about games) eating into whatever memory they carry. Overheating is one of the main reasons for hard drive failure (check out seatools to diagnose hard disk). But why [...]
There’s this little piece of Windows that everyone has run into. Yet not very many people know exactly what it’s about, and why it’s there. It’s called Windows Safe Mode, and you might have had to boot into it. I remember my first encounter with Safe Mode when I was a kid, running on Windows [...]
If I start by saying that iTunes is one of the best music players of all times, I think I will be doing a little injustice to it. Don’t get me wrong, I am not defying the point of it being one of the best but what I feel is that it ain’t just a [...]
One thing we all know about machines and gadgets is, they usually do no last forever. No matter how careful one is, they all undergo wear and tear with time and thus fail to function one day. Same is the case with all the components of a computer. image courtesy: okuryu If devices like RAM, [...]
Files on Windows are, sometimes, tough to keep intact in their original form and people use many tools like file optimizers, antivirus applications and disk repair tools to safeguard them. No matter how cautious one is, accidents happen. A virus outbreak on your system can ruin your computer in ways you can’t even imagine, one [...]
The only thing that comes to our mind when we get low disk space notification is a disk cleanup. Although a disk cleanup is an effective way to reclaim hard disk space by deleting cache and temporary files, but if you want to free up some more space then deleting duplicate files will also help [...]
When we surf the web, our browsers store copies of recently visited webpages locally; commonly graphic files and HTML pages. The purpose is to speed up a site’s page loading the next time you visit the same page. Just like any other browser, Firefox also stores it all in the internet cache. Page loading speeds [...]
A new Windows computer needs good software if the user wants to make the most out of his machine. Windows 7 does come bundled with useful tools, but that isn’t enough. The millions of consumer software vendors around the world would have gone out of business if that were the case. This post will talk [...]
Norton is a trusted name in the world of antivirus software. With over 21 years of experience in the industry, it’d be a challenge to find a more capable collection of security programs. They are the only vendor to obtain a perfect protection score, two years in a row. Ever-changing and evolving, Norton redefines what [...]
After a few months of using your computer, you might find that the free space in your hard disk partition has reduced significantly, thanks to all those files and folders you’ve stored. At this time, it’s a good idea to do a little maintenance and see which files are occupying most of the space so [...]
Windows 7 introduced the “Action Center” feature to help users fix common problems. The useful tool consolidates message traffic from key Windows maintenance and security features, providing detailed troubleshooting tips and wizards on demand. If there is an issue with a software or a problem in the hardware configuration, the Action Center icon will pop [...]
Many readers would have noticed that over time, Windows installs tend to get slower to startup, leading to wasted time and irritation to the user. To remedy this, there is a new software available. Soluto positions itself as the “anti-frustration software” to speed up the time Windows takes to boot up. The goal of this [...]
RecycleBinEx is an advanced Recycle Bin manager that lets you manage the files inside Recycle Bin. It can sort files according to the time of deletion and provides you an option to delete files before a certain date. Apart from selective file deletion, it has some other nice features too. Lets check it out. After [...]
If you used previous versions of Windows, i.e. XP and Vista, then you might know that preparing system repair disc is not a straight-forward task on those versions. On the contrary, Windows 7 provides an easy, quick and hassle-free way to create a system recovery disc. This disc will contain Windows system recovery tools and [...]
Keeping Windows up to date is a nice practice to keep it safe from all vulnerabilities. But do you know that using old versions of programs and software also expose your computer system to attack. To keep your computer safe you have to keep all your installed programs up to date as well. Secunia Personal [...]
Slow Windows startup is an issue faced by almost every PC user at one point in their computer’s life cycle. There could be various reasons as to why Windows take a long time to boot. Using msconfig to remove useless programs from the startup menu is one way of fixing the issue. However, a lot [...]
