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McAfee’s popular antivirus software failed spectacularly on Wednesday, causing tens of thousands of Windows XP computers to crash or repeatedly reboot. A buggy update that the company released early in the day turned the software’s formidable defenses against malicious software inward, prompting it to attack a vital component of Microsoft Windows. The update was available [...]

How to update a Microsoft Windows computer. Question: How to update a Microsoft Windows computer. Answer: Since the introduction of Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft has greatly improved the way users can update their computer. Below are steps on how to perform these updates as well as additional recommendations to help update your computer. Microsoft Windows [...]

Few annoyances can be more frustrating than a brand new $2000 PC that runs slower than the old 8086 gathering dust in the closet. However, there are a few simple tricks and tips that can speed up lagging PCs. Most PC users do not realize that their computers are probably running a number of unnecessary [...]

While Microsoft is still pushing Vista hard, the company is quietly allowing PC makers to offer a “downgrade” option to buyers that get machines with the new operating system but want to switch to Windows XP. The program applies only to Windows Vista Business and Ultimate versions, and it is up to PC makers to [...]

Is your Windows XP computer running slow? Many people complain that their computer is too slow and there are some ways you can speed it up and make it run ten times faster. After a while it will slow down even further, but you can fix this without any computer knowledge and just by following [...]

This article will help you to diagnose common problems, such as Spyware, Adware, Viruses, RAM and Hard Drive problems, that cause your Windows PC to run slowly. Over the course of time, everything becomes dirty and needs some cleaning. Computers are no different; many different programs do many different things on your computer, and ‘dirt’ [...]

“This Blasted Thing Doesn’t Work!”by Jonathan Leger It’s bound to happen sooner or later: you turn on the old computer, and something that was working fine before is no longer working at all, or is having weird problems. Whether it’s your modem, your sound card, a scanner, or some other device in or connected to [...]

If you have more than 1GB RAM then there is no reason that Windows XP should run from page file in hard disk. you can increase the speed of your computer by forcing the windows XP to run from Computer’s RAM (Memory). This one is the best tweak for windows XP I ever found, and [...]

Have you ever met these moments as you really want to throw your computer against the wall because you get the blue screen of death when you in the middle of fighting those MVP’s in your favorite online games, or the browser becomes more slower than usual or even no response when you just upload [...]

Share 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 [...]