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1• How to get into your computer's BIOS

By Andy Walker. If you need to access the BIOS in your system, this will guide you through the process.

2• How to add a slave drive

By Andy Walker. Don't be baffled by those tiny switches (and their tiny labels) on your computer's case.

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• Is it mice or mouses? Computerese grammar at its best!

By Andy Walker. Often in life, it's the silliest questions that deserves the best answers.

5• Get help with your computer problem

By Staff. Cyberwalker.

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• How to keep your recipients' e-mail addresses hidden

By Andy Walker. Sometimes it is a really good idea not to broadcast someone else's email.

8• Wipe the hard drive clean

By Andy Walker. Data deleted from the hard drive may seem permanently gone, but it may really still exist on your system.

9• Keep it a sweet secret

By Andy Walker. Not everyone wants to have their e-mail address broadcast throughout the cyber-universe.

10• 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.

11• 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?.

12• Grisoft's AVG Anti-Virus (Free Edition)

By Ted Gallardo. You get more than you've paid for: yes, Grisoft's AVG Anti-Virus free edition lacks dedicated technical support, but it does keep your computer clean, and that's what matters most.

13• 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.

14• Lavasoft's Ad-Aware 2007

By Ted Gallardo. One of the first applications out of the anti-spyware wars gates, Lavasoft is still going strong.

15• Grisoft's AVG Anti-Spyware Free

By Ted Gallardo. A solid, dependable anti-spyware application that is easy for any level of computer user.

16• Windows caught in the cookie jar

By Andy Walker. Cookies.

17• How to fix web link errors

By Andy Walker. If you're having trouble reaching certain web pages on the Internet, and you know they were there before, here are some helpful tips to get you to your destinations.

18• Upgrading to Windows 98

By Andy Walker. Upgrading your OS almost always leads to a headache or two.

19• 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.

20• CA Internet Security Suite 2007: go for it

By Ted Gallardo. Fighting viruses, spyware and spam behind one firewall is rather attractive but ability to concentrate its controls into one spot would be even more helpful.

21• Help for network hookup

By Andy Walker. One of your Win95 machines has become disconnected from your network.

22• Computer Basics for Newcomers to Computers

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

23• Laser printer ejects blank page

By Andy Walker. We've all had issues getting our printers to run properly.

24• PowerQuest Partition Magic 5.0

By Andy Walker. PowerQuest Partition Magic 5.

25• Back-up your address book in Outlook Express 6.0

By Andy Walker. Learn how to backup your address book with a program or with our manual instructions.

26• Odds and sods in helpful hints

By Andy Walker. Cyberwalker musings.

27• 911 for damaged registry

By Andy Walker. Your registry is damaged, perhaps beyond recognition.

28• HDTV format war: whose side to take?

By Peter Ehm. Blu-ray and HDTV have both their pluses and minuses.

29• Make sure your MS Office is legal

By Chris Ricci. There's a world of difference between Original Equipment Manufacturer installations of Microsoft applications and retail-boxed versions, price being one of them, bells and whistles the other.

30• Reorder installation to solve scanner and printer problem

By Andy Walker. Yes, you read that right.

31• Higher-speed data communication comes with a price

By Andy Walker. Newer technologies always come with a hefty price tag, and high speed Internet connections are no exception.

32• 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.

33• 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.

34• Netscape's got Explorer beat.

By Andy Walker. In the "Battle of Browsers", the score card leans in Netscape's favor.

35• 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.

36• Get rid of the cable clutter, use Bluetooth

By Peter Ehm. Bluetooth's short-range wireless technology allows many different devices to wirelessly communicate with each other, eliminating the need for communication cables and leaving workspaces less tangled.

37• Viruses now a money maker

By Andy Walker. Progress reaches the underground world: virus and other malicious software writers get paid to sell their stuff so criminals can abuse computer users big and small more efficiently.

38• LabRats #077: Transform XP into Vista

By Cyberwalker staff. You may want to keep up with the Joneses, or you may want to consider some of the advanced security features.

39• The Web comes to your rescue.

By Andy Walker. The important thing is not to know everything, but to know where to find everything.

40• Each viewing taste has its own screen

By Andy Walker. No matter what TV you buy, it'll take any HD source and display it just fine, thank you very much.



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