Archive | September, 2009
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Dell Monitor Blank

Dell monitor blank screen? You need to determine if the problem is the monitor or the PC. But it can also be caused by bad power and video cables, or even a bad power source. So if your monitor is blank, these steps should help you determine isolate the problem. Keep in mind there are a [...]

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Control Panel Shortcuts You Must Know

Control panel shortcuts allow you to quickly and easily get to system settings that would normally take you forever to click through. Technicians in the field or even casual users can benefit and become more effecient computer users if they know these commands. To launch these, you can either click Start and then Run or hit [...]

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Improve Computer Speed

How to improve computer speed is one of the top questions technicians get asked. There are numerous factors that affect your PC’s performance, and there’s a lot you can do to speed things up. Most of these suggestions would fall under the normal computer maintenance category, but some include optimizing settings and improving the hardware [...]

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Computer Keeps Restarting

Computer Keeps Restarting

If your computer keeps restarting it can often be fixed in software, but there are many different things that can cause a system to crash and keep rebooting. Modern Operating Systems will not usually produce a BSOD (Blue Screen of Death). Instead, Windows will simply restart the computer and hope for the best. The theory [...]

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Linksys Router Password

Your Linksys router username is admin and the password filed is blank when you first open the box. You need to immediately go into the administration section of the router and setup a complex password you can remember. This is even one of those rare occasions when you can tape the password directly to the [...]

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Before Upgrading Your OS Run The Windows 7 Compatibility Checker

On October 22, 2009 Microsoft will be releasing their latest version of the Windows Operating System. Windows 7 promises to be everything Vista was supposed to and is also touted as being extremely optimized and able to run as quickly as Windows XP. Those XP users that opted not to upgrade to Vista will surely [...]

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