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1• Reformat and Reinstall Windows XP FAQ

By Andy Walker. This FAQ (frequently asked questions page) is for people who own a Windows XP computer and want to reinstall and reformat their hard drives.

2• 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.

3• How to Add RAM

By Andy Walker. Got questions about adding memory to your computer? We've got the answers.

4• Need a boot disk? Why? How?

By Andy Walker. If you're reinstalling your operating system, you may very well need a boot disk.

5• 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.

6• Do I really have to reformat and reinstall?

By Andy Walker. Maybe you don't have to reformat your hard drive reinstall Windows.

7• How to repair your MBR

By Andy Walker. The boot process is quite mysterious and not always logical.

8• Get help with your computer problem

By Staff. Cyberwalker.

9• How to defragment your hard drive

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

10• 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.

11• How to fix your monitor's colors after a reinstall

By Andy Walker. You had reason to reinstall Windows and now your monitor's colors look really awful.

12• Emergency Tech Support

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

13• Need to send a huge file? Shrink it!

By Andy Walker. Sending large e-mail attachments has never been easier.

14• How to clean out Internet files

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

15• USB: A handy guide

By Andy Walker. USB is great - you just have to make sure your operating system is ready for it.

16• Windows caught in the cookie jar

By Andy Walker. Cookies.

17• Screensavers bother you? Get rid of them!

By Andy Walker. If you want to delete a screensaver from your computer, this article will show you how to delete system screensavers as well as third-party ones.

18• Get rid of Internet debris

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

19• Is your link fast enough? Check it!

By Andy Walker. You can test your connection to see how fast your speedy connection really is.

20• How to repair your master boot record if it's infected with a virus

By Andy Walker. Learn how to fix, recover and repair the master boot record if it is infected with a virus.

21• Defragment your hard drive

By Andy Walker. .

22• Change Windows Welcome and Exit Screens

By Andy Walker. If you don't like the welcome and exit screens in Windows 95 and 98, why not change them?.

23• How to network several PCs

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

24• Edit registry to fix IE content advisory password woes.

By Andy Walker. Here's how to release IE's content advisory, by editing your registry.

25• Plug-n-Play efforts

By Andy Walker. Upgrading your computer can be a serious undertaking.

26•  Windows and its versions up through Windows 2000

By Andy Walker. Here's an overview of where Windows has been and where it's going.

27• ZIP? BinHex? UUencode? What's that?

By Andy Walker. What are these compression codes and how do they work?.

28• Linking to your computer when you're away from home

By Andy Walker. Access your home computer while away on vacation or business trips.

29•  Old DOS disk works on Windows, but it's risky

By Andy Walker. Many of us have old software lying around from earlier operating systems.

30• Screensavers have pluses and minuses

By Chris Ricci. They do help protect your monitor from screen burn-in, but beware many third-party screensavers: they carry loads of spyware and adware.

31• An easy guide to associating files with Windows programs

By Andy Walker. Sometimes a computer needs help deciding what program to use when opening files.

32• When Windows won't open

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

33• Sound and pictures: all the rage: 1

By Chris Ricci. Some audio and video formats are better than others, and it's good to know which are which, and which will work for you .

34• Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac

By Randy Walker. Many computer users like Windows applications so much, they want to be able to run them even on Mac computers.

35• How to control pop-up ads while surfing the web.

By Andy Walker. You're cruising around the web, not bothering anybody, and then there they are -- pop-up ads screaming for your attention all over the pages you're trying to read.

36• 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.

37• Old DOS disk works on Windows, but it's risky.

By Andy Walker. Can you use DOS disks on your Win95 machine? Possible - Yes.

38• First Aid 97 crashes Office, but there's a fix

By Andy Walker. First Aid 97 neeeds a little first aid of its own.

39• Don't shoot the Messenger, remove it

By Chris Ricci. If you're not using MSN Messenger, and many of us don't, it's only cluttering your space.

40• Television to go

By Andy Walker. Portable media devices soon to be all the rage.

41• 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.

42• Not-to-be-missed Windows tricks

By Andy Walker. Here are a few cool lesser known tricks to customize your Windows computer.

43• Running a Mac not that difficult, after all

By Jason Kerluck. Mac has picked quite a few trick from the Windows environment, just as Windows some time ago used the Mac to improve itself.

44• Mac desktop differs from a PC

By Jason Kerluck. Both Windows and Mac OS X try to accommodate their users, but they go about it differently.



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