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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• File system? Which Windows uses what

By Andy Walker. If you need to figure out your filing system on your Windows operating system, this article's for you.

3• How to downgrade Vista to XP

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

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5• How to defragment your hard drive

By Andy Walker. Your computer files become disorganized over time, slowing things down.

6• Compare Vista versions

By Andy Walker. Did you know there are nine versions of Windows Vista? Here's a breakdown.

7• 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.

8• 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.

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• 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.

11•  Should I upgrade to the Windows XP operating system?

By Andy Walker. To move up to XP or not to move up to XP -- that is the question.

12• Fix power management with a BIOS update

By Andy Walker. Fixing power management issues with a BIOS update can be a daunting task, but it doesn't have to be.

13• FTP to the rescue

By Andy Walker. Large e-mail attachments tax some e-mail systems' resources.

14• How to fix Windows time problems

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

15• 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.

16• PowerQuest Partition Magic 5.0

By Andy Walker. PowerQuest Partition Magic 5.

17• Can you link a Vista box to an XP machine? Yes, you can

By Jason Kerluck. Short of upgrading your more mature computer from XP to Vista (and who would want to do that, right?), rere's relatively simple - but somewhat involved - recipe how to create a network (computers linked together) so that your XP computer and your Vista computer can communicate with each other, keeping you AND both of your computers happy.

18• Little Geeks: Reboot a kid's life with your computer!

By Andy Walker. Let's open the world of technology to a new generation and give every underprivileged child, who wants one, an Internet-connected computer .

19• OSGI yi yi

By Andy Walker. Firmware updates for everybody!.

20• How to clean your computer

By Andy Walker. A how to on keeping system damaging dirt down to a minimum.

21• Cheating your way through life: 1

By Chris Ricci. Gaming, music and video industries try to protect their property, but hackers beat their systems hands down: Part 1.

22• Better safe than sorry: a basic password primer

By Peter Ehm. You're your own person and you don't want to share your basic information with strangers.

23• 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.

24• 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.

25• Need help? Is help desk your best bet?

By Chris Ricci. Computer users often whine about the uselessness of technical support they would have expected to be swift, qualified and courteous.

26• Why all this clutter? Throw it out!

By Chris Ricci. Windows XP comes loaded with goodies .

27• Remember iPhone, it's worth it

By Andy Walker. Apple unveils a smart phone that has got most of the things a computer geek on the go needs, and then some.

28• We need more power like we need last year's snow

By Chris Ricci. Computer and software makers develop new products not to improve humankind's lot but, rather, to improve their balance sheets.

29• Upgrading Corel is cheap.

By Andy Walker. Switching or upgrading word processors might be easier than you think.

30• Mother's Day goes hi-tech

By Chris Ricci. Run out of ideas what to give you mom for her special day? Don't despair, there are virtual possibilities galore - at your fingertips!.

31• Dealing with password trouble

By Chris Ricci. Your browser remembers your login sequence, but it can also forget.



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