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1• How to detect and remove spyware

By Andy Walker. Arm yourself with the knowledge and the tools to protect yourself from spyware's malicious work.

2• How to create an autoresponder in Outlook Express

By Andy Walker. Outlook Express has an automated function to answer incoming email with a "out of office" message.

3• Hard drive grinding?

By Andy Walker. How to optimize your defragmenter and virtual memory settings.

4• 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.

5• 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.

6• Get rid of trash on your hard drive

By Andy Walker. Use these methods to find/delete hidden and unwanted files to maximize your hard drive space.

7• How to Clean out Unwanted Files Hidden on Your Hard Drive

By Andy Walker. There are many hidden files on a Windows computer.

8• Stand up against hijackers

By Andy Walker. Finding that your home page has been hijacked is frustrating.

9• How to downgrade Vista to XP

By Peter Ehm. It's not always nostalgia that drives us back from Vista to XP.

10• Your family needs a computer?

By Andy Walker. Games, finances, digital photography, writing e-mails to Aunt Jennie: decide what you want to do first, then start looking around.

11• Outlook's archived e-mail only a click away

By Andy Walker. It makes perfect sense to archive mail as it saves space in your e-mail application.

12• Windows XP goes kaboom?

By Chris Ricci. An XP crash sounds ominous but it doesn't have to be: you can save your PC without losing your data.

13• How to defragment your computer's hard drive

By Andy Walker. Part of your computer housekeeping should be to run Disk Defragmenter regularly.

14• Going ... going ... GONE!

By Andy Walker. When you delete a file is it really gone? The answer is no, but there are ways to delete information permanently.

15• Minimize wireless interference

By Andy Walker. An article about the effects of home electronics on your Wi-Fi connection.

16• Keep track of your computer even while you're away

By Andy Walker. Sometimes you just need to know for sure whether your computer is being used for less than honorable purposes when you are away.

17• How to create an autoresponder in Outlook 2002

By Andy Walker. Set Outlook 2002's auto-responder to make sure people who correspond with you know you're away, not ignoring their messages.

18• Rid your browser of naughty stuff

By Andy Walker. What to do if you don't want others to see that you've visited certain sites.

19• Don't throw anything away: Part 1

By Chris Ricci. New programs and applications eat memory galore.

20• 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?.

21• Rename your router or be hacked

By Andy Walker. Change the factory settings on your home network router when you set it up.

22• 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.

23• How to clean out Internet files

By Andy Walker. Cookies aren't just delicious snacks anymore.

24• Here's what you need for your personal home office

By Andy Walker. If you need to buy equipment for your home office, here are some Cyberwalker recommendations.

25• 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.

26• How to delete temporary files to free up hard drive space

By Andy Walker. You can delete temporary files that the Windows 95 system saves on your hard drive, if you need more space.

27• Windows caught in the cookie jar

By Andy Walker. Cookies.

28• How to delete temporary files to free up hard drive space

By Andy Walker. If you're finding your hard drive is pressed for space, deleting unneeded temporary files might take care of the problem.

29• How to create an autoresponder in Outlook 2000

By Andy Walker. Outlook 2000 has an automatic email "answering machine".

30• Learn to defeat spam

By Andy Walker. Spam is a modern day plague.

31• Hijacked browser? Fix it!

By Andy Walker. One technique used by spyware is to hijack your internet browser.

32• Get rid of Internet debris

By Andy Walker. Internet files can clog your drive space.

33• Faulty cable skews color on monitor.

By Andy Walker. Good connections are always important in relationships, and machines as well.

34• Not all Pentiums are alike

By Andy Walker. Confused by all the different names for processor chips? Cyberwalker will walk you through the maze.

35• 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.

36• Don't throw anything away: Part 2

By Chris Ricci. New programs and applications devour memory galore.

37• How to reinstall Mac OS X

By Andy Walker. You may find some bad apples even among the vaunted Macintoshes.

38• Upgrade from Vista to XP?

By Jason Kerluck. Vista is a resource hog, and it's slow, and it's unstable, so why not replace it with good, old and reliable XP? Not so fast: this switch could pose a host of challenges, some of them almost impossible to overcome.

39• Hard drive sound like a dentist's drill

By Andy Walker. Hard drive is constantly working.

40• Time to reload Windows

By Andy Walker. Once in a while your computer just needs a fresh install of the operating system.

41• Get high-speed modem up to speed

By Andy Walker. Learn here about latency, how it affects your high-speed modem, and how to adjust for it.

42• How to avoid unwanted e-mail

By Andy Walker. When SPAM is no longer is tasty snack, we show you how to take a bite out of SPAM e-mails.

43• 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.

44• CA Anti-Spam 2007 makes sense

By Ted Gallardo. While relatively effective when cleaning up Microsoft's mail applications, this spam-killer won't work on e-mail applications from other makers.

45• Computer Basics: What is inside a computer?

By Andy Walker. If you are new to computing, all those parts inside a computer may be really intimidating.

46• Forcing Windows to obey

By Andy Walker. What to do when your Windows 95 or 98 system won't completely shut down when you tell it to.

47• Real alarm? Hoax?

By Andy Walker. With so many viruses and hoaxes floating around the internet these days, it's more important than ever to learn about how to know what is coming into your email inbox.

48• How to fix Windows time problems

By Andy Walker. An incorrect clock is a serious annoyance.

49• Stop annoying ads on your desktop

By Andy Walker. Do ads pop open on your computer even if you're not doing anything? You are infected with spyware.

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.