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postheadericon Computer locks up on shut down, then can’t be powered off by the power switch

All right, I have a weird problem I’ve never come across before: my computer won’t turn off without doing a hard powerdown at the right time or removing/draining the battery. If I choose to shut down (or restart) the computer, it will log off Windows, and the screen will go black to the point where [...]

postheadericon Best Freeware to Speed Up Your Computer and More

My computer, which celebrated its first birthday a few weeks ago, was lagging terribly. If possible, I try to not pay for my software. I play around with a lot of freeware registry cleaners, firewalls, anti-virus, and the like. It was time to fix the problem, so I searched around for what were the newest [...]

postheadericon Speed up network file transfers on 100Mbps networks

By default windows uses an auto detect feature to determine your link speed. This feature can not handle 100Mbps. to change it. Click Start and right click on “My Network Places” and select properties. On the network connections windows, right click on the adapter for your network connection and click properties. Click the configure button [...]

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