Archive | June, 2010
Can't Remove Virus

Can't Remove Virus

Can’t remove virus? Viruses have become more and more complex and sophisticated and are beginning to win the war in the struggle to keep our Windows machines clear of infections. So what do you do when you can’t remove virus? You can certainly reformat and reinstall the Operating System. While that is the preferred method [...]

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Microsoft Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close

Microsoft Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close

If  you continuously receive the error” Microsoft Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close,” there are a few steps you can take to resolve the issue. A browser can crash for a lot of reasons, i.e., incompatible add-ons, bad code, malware, etc.  The problem is trying to isolate the cause. It would [...]

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Microsoft Kinect Breeding A New Generation of Goof Balls

Just look at yourself, jumping to and fro, wiggling your hands in the air, swatting at insects and petting doggies and kitties that aren’t really there. Of course you are interacting with the new Microsoft Kinect gaming technology. But people walking by your windows won’t know that. Just imagine how you look flailing about. While [...]

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Tips To Stop SPAM

Tips To Stop SPAM

We have several tips to stop SPAM. SPAM accounts for nearly seventy-five percent of email traffic worldwide. Unfortunately, there isn’t a lot we can do to stop them from being send. We can, however, prevent them from showing up in our Inbox each day. To accomplish this, you will need to change the way you [...]

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Calibrate Monitor in Windows 7

Calibrate Monitor in Windows 7

You can calibrate monitor in Windows 7 to ensure what you print represents what you see on your computer monitor. This is especially important for commercial work or other important tasks performed in Photoshop or other image creating programs. If your monitor’s settings have too much contrast, you will not be able to differentiate the [...]

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New Xbox 360 Announced

New Xbox 360 Announced

The announcement of the new Xbox 360 form factor coming this week was great. While it is only an evolution of the current XBox 360, this model appears to have everything the old version did not, such as a large 250 GB hard drive and built-in WiFi. The addition of the WiFi is huge, as [...]

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Lock Windows 7

Lock Windows 7

If you work in an office environment or in an area where there are other people, you should lock Windows 7 whenever you walk away to prevent others from snooping or accessing your computer when you step away. When your computer is locked it will ask you for your password when you try to log [...]

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Streamline Windows 7

Streamline Windows 7

Windows 7 is in no way considered a pig. Microsoft went through a lot of trouble making sure they didn’t repeat the same mistakes they made with Windows Vista, which was consider too bloated, too slow and too annoying. To streamline Windows 7, Microsoft left a lot of applications out that were built-in to Windows [...]

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