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1• How to Add RAM
By Andy Walker. Got questions about adding memory to your computer? We've got the answers.
2• Need a boot disk? Why? How?
By Andy Walker. If you're reinstalling your operating system, you may very well need a boot disk.
3• Reformat and Reinstall: FAQs
By Andy Walker. Reformatting and reinstalling: What? When? Why? Where? How? You're in the right place for the answers to those questions and more.
4• 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.
5• Reformat your hard drive using Windows 98
By Andy Walker. It makes perfect sense to do so once in a while, if only to keep your box running like a race horse.
6• 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.
7• How to get rid of programs on the bottom right of Windows
By Andy Walker. Why programs place icons in the system tray and how to remove them.
8• Hard drive grinding?
By Andy Walker. How to optimize your defragmenter and virtual memory settings.
9• How to re-install Windows ME
By Andy Walker. If you want to install Windows ME on a clean system, it's pretty easy.
10• Create audio CDs with MP3 files
By Jonathan Walker. When you want to play your MP3s on a standard CD player, you need an audio CD of them.
11• Call and see whom you're talking to
By Andy Walker. MSN's Messenger becomes a tool that we used to think of in the context of science-fiction.
12• How to fix your monitor's colors after a reinstall
By Andy Walker. You had reason to reinstall Windows and now your monitor's colors look really awful.
13• How to fix Windows disk defragmenter if it stalls
By Andy Walker. Defragmenting your hard drive is recommended maintenance for your computer.
14• How to change Virtual Memory settings
By Jason Kerluck. Higher Virtual Memory can help your computer tackle complex tasks with ease and speed of lightning.
15• Two monitors on one computer . . . Is that possible?
By Andy Walker. Yes, it is possible, but you need to know Windows 98's limitations concerning the whole idea.
16• Clean your Windows registry
By Don Reisinger. Sometimes the best way to fix a problem is to clean the Windows registry.
17• Free up space on your hard drive: FAQ
By Andy Walker. You can recoup large amount of space if you know exactly what you can delete from your hard drive.
18• Running XP and Vista on the same machine
By Jason Kerluck. For those who are impatient enough not to be willing to wait until Microsoft fixes Vista into an acceptable operating system, here's an ingenious solution: dual-booting.
19• 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.
20• Save power, save the planet - and save your computer, too
By Peter Ehm. New operating systems include a number of applications that keep the computer off while you're away, and yet keep your data and applications ready for your return .
21• How to fix audio phone calls on MSN Messenger 6.1
By Andy Walker. Hello? Hello? Is this thing on? If MSN Messenger 6.
22• What's connected to a computer? All about peripherals
By Andy Walker. Wondering what is connected to your PC through all those cables? Here is the skinny on computer peripherals.
23• Hijacked browser? Fix it!
By Andy Walker. One technique used by spyware is to hijack your internet browser.
24• 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.
25• USB: A handy guide
By Andy Walker. USB is great - you just have to make sure your operating system is ready for it.
26• 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.
27• How to buy a small business PC
By Andy Walker. A business's computer needs are different from a home's.
28• How to remove fonts
By Andy Walker. Do you absolutely have to keep every single version of every single font on your computer? Not necessarily.
29• Uniblue's SpyEraser 2
By Jason Kerluck. There are many anti-spyware applications out there and it's wise to use more than one of them because there are many spyware writers out there.
30• Right-clicking and other rodent secrets
By Andy Walker. If you've wondered what you're supposed to do with that "other button" on your PC's mouse, get ready for a lot of new choices.
31• How to troubleshoot Windows crashes
By Andy Walker. If you have the dreaded "Blue Screen of Death," this article will help you determine the cause, and how to alleviate it.
32• Get help without leaving your home
By Chris Ricci. Not everything can be fixed by a far-away technician, but with a little preparation, you get an expert at least figure out what needs to be fixed.
33• How to choose a computer monitor
By Andy Walker. Upgrading your computer for better performance is a popular thing to do.
34• Optimize Windows XP
By Andy Walker. If your Windows XP seems sluggish, or just want to boost it's performance follow this easy guide.
35• How to reinstall Mac OS X
By Andy Walker. You may find some bad apples even among the vaunted Macintoshes.
36• Making your MP3 files mobile
By Jonathan Walker. You don't have to be chained to your PC to listen to your MP3 files.
37• Screensavers bother you? Get rid of them!
By Andy Walker. If you want to delete a screensaver from your computer, this article will show you how to delete system screensavers as well as third-party ones.
38• Indexing files can keep your hard drive busy
By Andy Walker. Your screensaver is on but you can still hear your hard drive working on something.
39• How to solve audio error messages
By Andy Walker. Windows 95 sound driver is out of date.
40• To move to Windows XP, you'll need to upgrade your RAM
By Andy Walker. If you are looking at using Windows XP, you may need to upgrade your RAM.
41• Windows 95 system resources dangerously low
By Andy Walker. When your Windows 95 system tells you it's low on resources, it could be your RAM or something more.
42• Keep your PC running in top form
By Andy Walker. A clean and organized computer is a happy computer.
43• TMP files: A necessary evil?
By Chris Ricci. They slow you down, but deciding which ones have to go and where to find them isn't an easy proposition.
44• How to remove the boot-up password in Windows
By Andy Walker. Find out about one man's dilemma with regards to the Windows password, and how to resolve it.
45• Hard drive sound like a dentist's drill
By Andy Walker. Hard drive is constantly working.
46• Math for couch potatoes: how to get the best view
By Andy Walker. Complicated formula, C2TVD, defines how to calculate the precise distance between yourself and your TV screen using just your fingers and your toes.
47• How to network several PCs
By Andy Walker. Troubleshooting a computer network is a major scare for a lot of folks.
48• Help for network hookup
By Andy Walker. One of your Win95 machines has become disconnected from your network.
49• CMOS changes necessary to fix game card
By Andy Walker. If you're having problems installing new sound or video cards, this article may help you.
50• Edit registry to fix IE content advisory password woes.
By Andy Walker. Here's how to release IE's content advisory, by editing your registry.