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1• Computer Ports and Connectors: A Quick Reference
By Andy Walker. With this guide, you can easily identify all those mysterious looking holes on the back of your computer.
2• How to add USB 2.0 to your PC
By Andy Walker. Can you use a newer USB device on an older USB port? Read this article to find out.
3• Universal Serial Bus (or USB) Port
By Andy Walker. Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports are a mainstay in modern computing.
4• PS/2 Port
By Andy Walker. Here you can see exactly what the port for your mouse connector looks like.
5• How to add USB ports to your PC
By Andy Walker. If you find yourself having to unplug one USB device in order to use another, Cyberwalker can show you how to add more USB ports to your computer.
6• How to fix your printer
By Andy Walker. Printers seem to be the source of a lot of the problems faced by computer users today.
7• Ethernet (or Network) Port
By Andy Walker. What is a an Ethernet port, and what exactly does it look like?.
8• Serial Port
By Andy Walker. Serial Ports explained, with an image to help you identify them.
9• How to fix USB mouse problems
By Andy Walker. As USB becomes a popular fixture on computers, we need to learn how to trouble shoot them.
10• 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.
11• Parallel Ports
By Andy Walker. What the parallel port is used for, and what it looks like.
12• 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.
13• IEEE 1394
By Andy Walker. Find out just what IEEE 1394 is.
14• Video DB9-15 Port
By Andy Walker. Curious as to what the video connector looks like? Cyberwalker shows you so you can hook up your monitor.
15• 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?.
16• USB: A handy guide
By Andy Walker. USB is great - you just have to make sure your operating system is ready for it.
17• 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.
18• Power Connector
By Andy Walker. Cyberwalker shows you where a power port is located on your computer and what it looks like.
19• Motherboard search is like a blue plate special.
By Andy Walker. How do I get the best computer component around? What do I buy, and from whom? Cyberwalker shares a little down-home wisdom he learned about shopping.
20• Plug-n-Play efforts
By Andy Walker. Upgrading your computer can be a serious undertaking.
21• Beware Internet crime
By Chris Ricci. Your information is a valuable commodity and the better you protect it, the safer you are.
22• Getting the static out
By Andy Walker. In the age of electronics, static interference comes from many sources.
23• How to choose a power strip
By Andy Walker. With all the power cables that go along with running a computer, a power strip is essential.
24• Use FastMove to move files among computers with ease.
By Andy Walker. If you are fortunate enough to have a few machines on a network, you probably have to juggle multiple files across them as well.
25• Computer myths: legends or truth?
By Peter Ehm. Some of the stories sound logical, and they might have been.
26• Modem speed is not limited by the pace of your processor.
By Andy Walker. Getting a speedier modem won't mean needing a faster processor, but it might mean needing a faster serial port.
27• Direct cable connection: How to link two machines
By Andy Walker. A real easy way to link two home computers together.
28• LabRats #078: Understanding USB
By Cyberwalker Staff. USB ports work much faster than their serial and parallel predecessors, but they have an occasional bug flying in now and then.
29• 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.
30• Cheating your way through life: 2
By Chris Ricci. Gaming, music and video industries try to protect their property, but hackers beat their systems hands down: Part 2.
31• Vista: a greedy little devil
By Jason Kerluck. Microsoft's (relatively) new operating system can be as it beautiful as a program can get, but - just like princesses in fairy tales - it requires considerable help from your computer before it even begins thinking of operating smoothly.
32• Why lug laptops, a memory stick fits into your pocket
By Peter Ehm. Sit down at any PC, insert your USB key, whistle a happy tune and go to work as if you've never left your own machine: you've brought it along.