If your mouse is working sluggishly or not at all, don’t go out and buy another cheap mouse. The cause is probably just a dirty mouse. A quick cleaning could fix the problem. First, you need to identify which kind of mouse you have. If you turn your mouse over and part of a ball [...]
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How to Back up Your Encryption Key in Vista
When you encrypt a file (or folder), Vista creates an encryption key. This key is vital, because if it becomes corrupted or lost, you no longer will be able to access the encrypted file. Additionally, if the encrypted files are moved to a new computer, the encrytion key will need to be imported as well [...]
Change Time format to Military or International
You can change the time format in the taskbar to a military or an international time format in the Regional and Language Options. Click on the Start Button, type in intl.cpl and hit Enter Click the Customize this format… button Click on the Time tab Change the time format to H:mm:ss and click OK Click [...]
Linux: A Complete Overview
This article will discuss the differences between the Linux and Windows operating softwares; we discuss some of the pros and cons of each system. Let us first start out with a general overview of the Linux operating system. Linux at its most basic form is a computer kernel. The Kernel is the underlying computer code, [...]
Screensaver Doesn’t Turn On in Vista
I had an issue on two of my computers where the screen saver would never start. I could preview the screen saver, but no matter how long I waited it would never come on. I tried a number of things, changing various settings, but nothing seemed to work. Last night I did another search on [...]
How to clean your computer keyboard
I know most of you will not heed this advice, but KEYBOARDS CAN MAKE YOU SICK (how’s that for tactfulness?). Germs live on your hands and fingers. When you type, many of them jump on to the keyboard. When someone else types on your keyboard, those germs transfer to their fingers. Or when you later [...]
Traffic Building and Homework
One of the quickest ways to drive traffic to your site is to key in on a hot topic. If you have a site dedicated to why butter melts on summer days and then you place a series of supporting articles on your site you may not wind up with as much traffic as you’d [...]
Flash Game Building 101
Gaming is popular world wide and most people play games without knowing how a game is actually made. It takes inspiration, verve, technology, and more to create a game that captures the mind and heart of players all over the world. The first step to making a game is to have a story. The story [...]
Editing ‘All Programs’ list in Vista’s Start Menu
Like many nerds, I’m very particular about organization. I like to have all of my video programs located under a ‘Videos’ directory, my development stuff in one ‘Development’ directory, and so on. It doesn’t seem like too huge a request, does it? In Windows XP, you could create new folders, drag icons, and delete links [...]
How to Watch TV on a Mac
Mac or Macintosh is a brand name for different kinds of computer produced by Apple, Inc. Production of Mac includes all aspects of hardware and own operating system already installed. The Mac is a computer that can run all the major operating systems, including Mac OS X, Windows XP, and Vista. TV on a PC [...]
Fix: Can’t change resolution on Silent Hill Homecoming
I love downloading games from Steam, because you don’t have to deal with DRM and having to find a game disc every time you want to play. So, I downloaded Silent Hill Homecoming from Steam, but I am forced into a low resolution. I have a freakin 28″ 1900×1200 monitor, and have a ATI 4850 [...]
Fix: Hard Drive goes to sleep even in High Performance Power Profile
I have a desktop PC running Vista Ultimate, and I want it running at its full potential. I have several hard drives, and notice that they do a “hard click” after a while, turning themselves off. I hate it when hard drives do that… I’ve had too many hard drive crashes that this noise makes me [...]
How to get rid of unused device drivers in Vista
As you add more experiment with more hardware on your computer, you no doubt upgrade your components, or just lose interest in some. Windows adds drivers to items you didn’t even think had drivers, like monitors and USB flash drives. It retains these records just in case you attach the device again. Even if you think [...]
FIX: Fallout 3 Crash and Asus Sound Card
I downloaded Fallout 3 from Steam, and I have never been able to get it to run. It loads the startup screens right up until the “goat” screen and then crashed to the desktop. I have searched through the internet, and there are several “fixes” depending on your problem. If you have FFDShow installed, you [...]
Why You Should Wipe Free Disk Space
Computers have found very many applications in today’s world, in almost every field of human activity. Offices, schools, libraries, and other organizations that need to keep track of and organize huge masses of information have found that computers perform this task admirably. Scientists and engineers have been able to leverage the massive computing power now [...]
How to Overclock your PSP
The chip in your PSP was designed to run faster than it does out of the box. By default, the CPU runs at 222Mhz, but the MIPS R4000 processor was designed to run at 333Mhz with a 166Mhz bus. I don’t need to spell out for you what it means that the most powerful handheld gaming device [...]
A Guide to Xbox 360 Overheating and Repair
The Xbox 360 is one of the most popular gaming consoles on the market. It is capable of rendering incredible graphics, providing online group game play, head-to-head game play and wonderfully immersive environments. However, the console is also prone to numerous issues. Owning an Xbox 360 console can be enjoyable, but it can also be [...]
Understanding the Red Ring of Death (Xbox 360)
The Xbox 360 has been plagued with problems, seemingly from the first day after its release. While the console undoubtedly has numerous high-tech components hidden within its confines, it also houses the potential for devastating problems. The 3 red light error, affectionately termed the Red Ring of Death, or simply RROD, by gamers, has been [...]
What is svchost.exe and how do I kill it?
Multitasking operating systems run a bunch of stuff all the time… so much so that it may be difficult to know which processes you actually want running. The obfuscation of all this stuff benefits virus and spyware authors, as they can run their dirty little programs mostly unnoticed. Because spyware is so prevalant today, people are starting to look [...]
How to fix your Hard Drive When Windows Won’t Boot
Hard drives go wonky. It has happened to the best of us. You boot your shiny new Vista computer, and you get hard drive errors along with a message that says “Cannot find STUPIDDRIVER.SYS”. Windows will not boot, and you’re in a panic. You cannot even get into Safe Mode to run a disk scan. You [...]
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