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1• Easy reinstall for Windows Vista

By Andy Walker. If you want to take advantage of Windows Vista's new reinstall option from the desktop, start with this article.

2• More about Cyberwalker

By Staff. Click here to learn more about the technology website Cyberwalker.

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• All about MP3 and WMA files: A digital audio primer

By Andy Walker / Jonathan Walker. Using your digital music files is easier and more fun when you understand the big picture, which Cyberwalker explains here.

5• Stand up against hijackers

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

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• Video: Clean your memory and turbocharge your PC

By Andy Walker. If you computer runs really slowly -- but it never used to -- then it may be time to clean out your system memory.

8• 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.

9• RSS feeds on Cyberwalker.com

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10• How to fix USB mouse problems

By Andy Walker. As USB becomes a popular fixture on computers, we need to learn how to trouble shoot them.

11• 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.

12• Slip-stream into the fast lane

By Chris Ricci. Avoid waiting for Windows XP updates and patches, make them all part of Service Pack 2, and live happily ever after.

13• Clean your Windows registry

By Don Reisinger. Sometimes the best way to fix a problem is to clean the Windows registry.

14• Opening photos that come in your e-mail is easy

By Andy Walker. If Auntie Jennie e-mailed you that old photograph of you naked in the bathtub, could you open it? Would you want to? Learn how, as the CyberWalker shows you the ropes.

15• 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.

16• How to clean out Internet files

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

17• 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.

18• 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.

19• 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.

20• Grisoft's AVG Anti-Spyware Free

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

21• Save up to 25% off with our August 07 coupons

By Craig Worden. This month we offer three coupons up to 25% off on handy software tools, including an antispyware program, a driver update tool and an icon editor.

22• Optimize Windows XP

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

23• Get rid of Internet debris

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

24• 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.

25• Keep your PC running in top form

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

26• 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.

27• RSS: it's really simple

By Chris Ricci. New technologies expand the horizons for new media.

28• Windows XP Service Pack 2

By Andy Walker. The latest update to Windows XP comes in the form of Service Pack 2.

29• 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.

30• Be a master of your domain

By Chris Ricci. Build you own web site and communicate with the rest of the world.

31• Blog your world to the world

By Chris Ricci. No matter where you are and what you're doing, you can tell your story - and even talk to people who agree (or disagree) with you.

32• How to protect yourself against the Love Bug

By Andy Walker. The Love Bug, a/k/a the "I Love You" virus, is one of the latest in an annoyingly persistent series of viruses with malicious payloads.

33• 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.

34• CA Anti-Virus 2007 a must tool

By Ted Gallardo. The layout of the settings window is easy to use, navigate and understand, but the help file, while helpful, should be an integral part of the controls.

35• CleanSweep cleans out web debris.

By Andy Walker. Adding CleanSweep to your computer is like getting a housekeeper for your PC - just give it the word, and it'll straighten things up for you.

36• OLED a real display revolution

By Jason Kerluck. Imagine T-shirts that can change their pictures wirelessly: and that's only one of the many things OLED can do.

37• OSGI yi yi

By Andy Walker. Firmware updates for everybody!.

38• Windows XP is here. Is it right for you?

By Andy Walker. Upgrading to a new computer operating system is always a big decision.

39• Send garbage where it belongs

By Chris Ricci. Get rid of software you won't need to reclaim precious hard drive space.

40• Keeping up with the Vistas of this world

By Peter Ehm. For whatever reason, Windows Vista way too often isn't familiar with some rather common (but older) applications.

41• So you want a web site of your own?

By Chris Ricci. If you think you've got something to say to the world, or something to sell to the world, doing it online might be your best bet.

42• How to clean your computer

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

43• Ding dong the PDA is dead

By Andy Walker. Is that a computer on your wrist? .

44• Get ready for SP3's updates

By Peter Ehm. The final Service Pack for Windows XP is ready to launch Automatic Updates.

45• Windows 98: Not as scary as many fear.

By Andy Walker. With each new OS comes some apprehension, which is normal.

46• Use common sense to stay safe

By Chris Blackwell. With our dependence on computers growing in leaps and bounds, so should our awareness of risks that lurk behind the oh-so friendly facade.

47• Cheating your way through life: 2

By Chris Ricci. Gaming, music and video industries try to protect their property, but hackers beat their systems hands down: Part 2.

48• 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.

49• Get used to employing safe-surfing habits

By Peter Ehm. The cyber-world is not as dangerous as the many headlines would make us believe, but it's still too dangerous to keep us entirely comfortable.

50• There are ways to fight cyber criminals

By Andy Walker. From identity theft through abuse of your e-mail system, and then some, there seem to be no bounds to computer criminals' weird imaginations.



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