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How to Recover Windows that Disappear

Alan McCloskeyApr 15, 2008June 26, 20140

David Copperfield may be able to make an entire house disappear, but missing windows are an event that nearly everyone has encountered. This occurs more

PEBCAK Error

John-ErikApr 14, 2008November 28, 20140

Actually, this sounds like a PEBCAK error (no offense). Since it sounds like you don’t load Windows XP too often, when you use the F6

The Issues with Internet TV

Andy MarkenApr 9, 2008November 28, 20140

The world of content and entertainment is changing right before our eyes. People want their entertianment on their big screen, on their PC, on their

350W should be plenty

John-ErikApr 2, 2008November 28, 20140

A 350W power supply should be plenty. The Athlon processor draws on the 5V, and the memory and PCI on the 3.3V, and I’m fairly

Boost USB Drive Performance in Windows

Alan McCloskeyApr 1, 2008August 3, 20142

Another one of our articles shows you how to speed up SATA hard drive performance in Windows Vista by enabling advanced write caching. A similar

Linux on Strike!

Alan McCloskeyApr 1, 2008November 28, 20140

The newly-appointed head of the World Linux Bureau (abbreviated WCP) issued a recent statement that has the potential to affect every living soul on the

Playstation 3 Hardware FAQ

Guest WriterMar 28, 2008November 28, 20140

1.1 – WHAT IS THE PLAYSTATION 3? The PlayStation 3 (PS3) is the third major console release in Sony’s PlayStation line of game consoles. The

Speed up SATA Drives in Windows

Alan McCloskeyMar 25, 2008June 26, 20147

We showed you in a previous tip how to increase performance with USB drives in Vista by enabling write caching. By default this option isn’t turned on

64-bit and Superfetch

Alan McCloskeyMar 25, 2008November 28, 20140

Yes, both the processor and OS must be 64-bit to enable more than 4GB of RAM. Pretty much any processor made within the past

PAE and 32-bit memory usage

John-ErikMar 22, 2008November 28, 20140

Technically, you still can’t use above 3.2-3.9 GB depending on the system. However, when you enable PAE it allows the 32 bit OS to use

How to Upgrade CPU and Memory

Daniël PielageMar 21, 2008June 26, 20140

Ever since computers have invaded all of our homes the one thing that might have always daunted the normal user is “I want to upgrade

Vista SP1 RTW Yesterday

John-ErikMar 19, 2008November 28, 20140

So now you can go to the MSFT download site and get it. So far so good on all of my systems. One thing

Who Disabled My Task Manager?

Alan McCloskeyMar 18, 2008June 26, 20143

I recently became the victim of a trojan virus… it was my own fault, and I have only myself to blame. This virus wasn’t a

Fix Windows’ Wasteful Shadow Copy (VSS)

Alan McCloskeyMar 17, 2008June 26, 20143

As storage has gotten more expansive, Microsoft has gotten very good at unnecessarily using up this extra space. One of the biggest storage hogs is

Unleash Windows Address Bar

Alan McCloskeyMar 14, 2008August 2, 20140

If you’re a power-user, then you like to execute tasks in the quickest way possible. One of Vista’s tools that is greatly under-used is the