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1• 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.

2• Record your LP records as MP3 files

By Jonathan Walker. There's no reason why you can't listen to your vinyl import of the Beatles' White Album on your iPod.

3• Survivor tools

By Staff. More and more websites are available now that can ferret out viruses and spyware on your computer.

4• One Window too many?

By Andy Walker. You reinstalled Windows XP on your computer thinking it would overwrite the existing version of Windows XP and now there are two copies when you boot up.

5• How to update the BIOS from a floppy

By Andy Walker. Use a floppy disk to update your BIOS on an older computer.

6• Your BIOS needs facelift, too

By Andy Walker. If you need to update your BIOS and you have a flash BIOS chip, no worries.

7• How to downgrade Vista to XP

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

8• 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.

9• The difference between PC100, PC133, and DDR memory

By Andy Walker. If you're looking at upgrading your system with some new RAM, be advised not all forms of RAM are compatible with one another.

10• 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.

11• How to choose a microprocessor

By Andy Walker. Not all microprocessors are the same.

12• How to fix Windows disk defragmenter if it stalls

By Andy Walker. Defragmenting your hard drive is recommended maintenance for your computer.

13• What's inside a computer?

By Andy Walker. Not exactly sure what makes your computer work? All those parts seem too complicated to understand? This article will help you understand what makes a computer go.

14• Emergency Tech Support

By Andy Walker. Having trouble with your computer? No fear! Tech support is available from Cyberwalker.

15• How to shop for a sound card for your computer

By Andy Walker. There are all types of sound cards available on the market today.

16• 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.

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• 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.

19•  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.

20• 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.

21• 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.

22• 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.

23• Avira AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic AntiVirus

By Ted Gallardo. It is straightforward and easy-to-use and navigate, but it does tend to get lost from time to time.

24• Learn to defeat spam

By Andy Walker. Spam is a modern day plague.

25• Optimize Windows XP

By Andy Walker. If your Windows XP seems sluggish, or just want to boost it's performance follow this easy guide.

26• Fix the blue screen of death

By Andy Walker. Does you system crash and show a blue screen? Here are a few tips to help you and your computer out of the mess.

27• Hard-drive shuffle tough to master

By Andy Walker. Want to know how to switch your hard drives and their corresponding drive letters? Here's how!.

28• How to fix your return email address

By Andy Walker. Setting up your email's return address can be tricky and it's important to get it right.

29• 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.

30• Cyberwalker Coupon: CA's Internet Security Suite 2007

By Craig Worden. Use any of these products to keep your PC safe and secure.

31• Not all Pentiums are alike

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

32• CCleaner

By Ted Gallardo. While not as robust as some of its pricier cousins, this application delivers on its promise to keep your computer reasonably clean of unwanted temporary files.

33• 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.

34• Uniblue's WinTasks 5 Professional

By Ted Gallardo. Get back control of your PC processes with Uniblue's WinTasks 5 Professional.

35• What's behind the file extensions?

By Andy Walker. They come in all sorts.

36• Sometimes frightening virus warnings are just hoaxes.

By Andy Walker. Anyone who has emailed much at all has probably fallen prey to at least one emailed hoax.

37• Get hackers out of your home

By Andy Walker. The arrival of broadband Internet access has opened up a new playground for hackers: home computers.

38• 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.

39• Computer too noisy? It's getting too hot

By Chris Ricci. Fans inside your computer case can - and do - break down.

40• Pentium III and a brief history of PC processors

By Andy Walker. Processors have evolved rapidly these past few years.

41• 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.

42• Safer Networking's Spybot - Search & Destroy

By Ted Gallardo. Simple, straightforward, easy to use, this is one of the few applications to offer a free real-time protection monitor.

43• Dealing with downloaded files

By Andy Walker. Downloading files through the Internet can be very satisfying but sometimes it can also be a hassle.

44• Upgraded 486 will never perform like a Pentium

By Andy Walker. No one wants to hear these words, but sometimes it's the plain truth.

45• 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.

46• How to network several PCs

By Andy Walker. Troubleshooting a computer network is a major scare for a lot of folks.

47• Swap your hard drives to install IE 4

By Andy Walker. Save yourself some time by making sure you have enough space before you start an installation.

48• Going wireless with a cell phone and modem in 1997

By Andy Walker. Ready to hit the road and want to stay in touch? You can use your cell phone with your laptop to connect (almost) any time.

49• Blogs give you a voice on the web

By Lucy Zhao. Bloggers should decide what they want to say first, and how they want to say it, second .

50• Office to go

By Chris Ricci. Travelling all over the world, we still enjoy having the comfort and homey look-and-feel of our own computer screen.