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1•  How to add a second hard drive

By Andy Walker. Need more hard drive space? Cyberwalker will tell you how to add more!.

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• How to update the BIOS from a floppy

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

4• Minimize wireless interference

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

5• 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.

6• How to choose a microprocessor

By Andy Walker. Not all microprocessors are the same.

7• 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.

8• How to find an e-mail address

By Andy Walker. Trying to locate a long-lost friend by looking for an e-mail address? Elementary, my dear Watson.

9• 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?.

10• Vista lets you capture selected parts of your screen

By Jason Kerluck. If you don't like editing images of your screen captured by the Print Screen command, with Vista, you can get directly to the close-up of your dreams.

11• The future of chip technology

By Andy Walker. Moore's Law has about a decade before chipmakers start running out of ways to miniaturize silicon wafers, but new non-silicon chips may save the day.

12•  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.

13• 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.

14• Same box, different results

By Andy Walker. Computers of similar make and build often perform differently.

15• Optimize Windows XP

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

16• 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.

17• 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.

18• Keep your PC running in top form

By Andy Walker. A clean and organized computer is a happy computer.

19• Keeping your data safe

By Peter Ehm. Since the time of tapes or unending boxes of floppies all the way to storing critical data on alternate media, our lives have become safer.

20• Carry your world in your pocket

By Chris Ricci. Storing a computer's worth of data, moving it from computer to computer, has become a snap.

21• Computer myths: legends or truth?

By Peter Ehm. Some of the stories sound logical, and they might have been.

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

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

23• How to network several PCs

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

24• How to buy a new computer to suit your needs

By Jason Kerluck. Before even entering the store, sit down and decide what it is you'll need your new computer for.

25• 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.

26• WiMAX comes calling

By Andy Walker. First came DSL and cable Internet to provide high speed Internet to your home.

27• Computer Basics for Newcomers to Computers

By Andy Walker. We all need to start learning at the beginning.

28• Monitor signal degradation

By Andy Walker. If you need an extension cable for your monitor, your best bet might be to move it closer to the CPU.

29• Dealing with downloaded files

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

30• 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 .

31• 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.

32• Wired ride

By Andy Walker. Intelligent tools and new technologies are making the driving experience safer, more productive for the business person, and more fun for the folks in the backseat.

33• Windows supports backward compatibility

By Andy Walker. Windows 95 provided a way for users to use DOS programs.

34• Return to XP an involved operation

By Jason Kerluck. Restoring your hard drive so XP installer can see what it's doing is not easy, but it's worth the effort to the many who prefer the older operating system to Vista.

35• Pick a laptop to suit your needs

By Andy Walker. They come in all shapes and colors, but a smart buyer knows there are other points to consider before shelling out their hard-earned dollar.

36• Widget an integral part of a blog

By Chris Ricci. It's not techno-babble.

37• When Windows won't open

By Andy Walker. Sometimes a fresh installation is all you can do.

38• Invest into proper power protection

By Jason Kerluck. A power strip doesn't protect your computer, but a Surge Protector will - and if you want to keep your work really safe and keep your computer humming securely, get yourself an Uninterruptible Power Supply.

39• 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.

40• Cool computer can stay turned on

By Andy Walker. You need to keep your computer clean and cool if you want a 24-hour always-on system.

41• Big files no big deal

By Chris Ricci. With files we create getting bigger and bigger, and the number of people we want to share them with increasing, too, we get back to the old question: how do we do it? In fact, it's quite simple.

42• LabRats #092: at New Media Expo 2007, I

By Cyberwalker staff. Podcasts are another new media foray into the world of news and entertainment information.

43• Making sense of 56K modems

By Andy Walker. High-speed modems can be confusing to even the most computer literate person.

44• 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.

45• Internal changes scared your computer silly?

By Andy Walker. Power on .

46• Blame clients for service they don't get

By Chris Ricci. Customers often don't know what they want, and they won't stop whining until they get it, technicians complain in this, the second part of a two-part expose of customer - support relationship.

47• 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.

48• AMD Spider proves not all computers are equal

By Jason Kerluck. Computer games expose that even the best of computer-parts standards do not guarantee seamless operation.

49• Need a new photo printer?

By Peter Ehm. The field is wide, the choices are many.

50• Service Pack 1: will it deliver Vista to its glory?

By Jason Kerluck. It took two service packs to make Windows XP the good, old and reliable benchmark it is today.



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