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1• How to update a driver
By Staff. When you change your operating system, such as upgrade from XP to Vista, some of your peripheral equipment will be upset.
2• Where to find your IP address
By Andy Walker. If you need to know your IP address and you're having trouble finding it, here's a how-to that makes it easy.
3• How to add a second hard drive
By Andy Walker. Need more hard drive space? Cyberwalker will tell you how to add more!.
4• L2 cache ... HUH?
By Andy Walker. Computer terms can be vague.
5• Rename your router or be hacked
By Andy Walker. Change the factory settings on your home network router when you set it up.
6• Modem Port
By Andy Walker. Need to connect a modem to your computer? This article will show you exactly what the connectors look like, and how to connect them.
7• To fix a PC clock problem, get a new system battery
By Andy Walker. Does your computer keep forgetting what time it is? Depending on your luck, you could be looking at a minor repair or a major one.
8• A guide to those weird ports on the back of your computer
By Andy Walker. Don't be intimidated by all the different connections on the back of your computer.
9• Linus Torvalds' double life
By Andy Walker. Andy Walker catches up with Linux Torvalds in 2000 and talks to him about the operating system that changed his life and the computing world.
10• Brand-name? A clone? A tough call
By Andy Walker. What is the difference between a brand name and a clone computer? Is there a difference?.
11• Keeping home net routers safe
By Andy Walker. Most home network owners never delve inside their routers to use the hidden security settings that can be used to lock down a network nice and tight.
12• Keeping drivers up-to-date
By Andy Walker. Get the story here about what drivers are, the importance of keeping them up-to-date, and how to go about it.
13• How to fix web link errors
By Andy Walker. If you're having trouble reaching certain web pages on the Internet, and you know they were there before, here are some helpful tips to get you to your destinations.
14• Computer myths: legends or truth?
By Peter Ehm. Some of the stories sound logical, and they might have been.
15• Not all Pentiums are alike
By Andy Walker. Confused by all the different names for processor chips? Cyberwalker will walk you through the maze.
16• Keeping your data safe
By Peter Ehm. Since the time of tapes or unending boxes of floppies all the way to storing critical data on alternate media, our lives have become safer.
17• Don't throw anything away: Part 2
By Chris Ricci. New programs and applications devour memory galore.
18• Computer too noisy? It's getting too hot
By Chris Ricci. Fans inside your computer case can - and do - break down.
19• Pentium III and a brief history of PC processors
By Andy Walker. Processors have evolved rapidly these past few years.
20• General Protection Fault: not a quake
By Andy Walker. Anyone who's ever got the error message, "General Protection Fault" has probably uttered a few expletives.
21• Windows and its versions up through Windows 2000
By Andy Walker. Here's an overview of where Windows has been and where it's going.
22• Pick a laptop to suit your needs
By Andy Walker. They come in all shapes and colors, but a smart buyer knows there are other points to consider before shelling out their hard-earned dollar.
23• Baud rate and bits per second
By Andy Walker. There's only a little you need to know about the difference between baud and bits per second, and it's all right here.
24• Clean power equals clean computing
By Peter Ehm. Plug-and-play is a nice expression, and it works - provided you don't plug your computer directly into the wall outlet.
25• Direct cable connection: How to link two machines
By Andy Walker. A real easy way to link two home computers together.
26• How to clean your computer
By Andy Walker. A how to on keeping system damaging dirt down to a minimum.
27• Get two monitors working side-by-side
By Chris Ricci. It takes a bit of work, but you need not dump your old CRT display.
28• Power: a good servant, an awful master
By Peter Ehm. Surge protectors and Uninterruptible Power Supply units (UPS) can save your computer and your sanity, too.
29• Transferring tips on buses
By Andy Walker. The data in your computer is moved around inside the machine via "buses".
30• Year 2000 fixes explained
By Andy Walker. Y2k will be Okay.
31• Internal changes scared your computer silly?
By Andy Walker. Power on .
32• Programming languages are like building crews.
By Andy Walker. Of all the programming languages, which one is most desirable in the work place? It depends on what kind of work you'd be doing.
33• Rear-projection screens an affordable option
By Andy Walker. You can't hang rear-projection screens on the wall, but you can move them around with ease.
34• Making your modem release a failed connection
By Andy Walker. Whether your phone modem's internal or external, you can control when it gives up on a connection that never was.