Troubleshooting Computer Freeze (Lockup) Problems by Michael Woodford
How familiar does the following sound? Your computer was working fine, but then suddenly started locking up (aka hanging or freezing), rebooting itself (crashing) or shutting down spontaneously? If you know only too well what I am talking about, then read on! ... When no viruses are found, check out free hard drive space on drive C:. ... Check for free hard drive space. ... The program will attempt to fix some problems automatically – however, if the hard disk is failing physically, it will need to be replaced.

Getting Rid of Spyware and Viruses by Sezer Bozkurt
Whether you run anti-virus and anti-spyware or not, your computer can still be infected. This is due to the ever evolving nature of the internet allowing new innovations for good and bad. Now that your computer is infected, what can you do? There are several things you can do. ... You can clean up your hard drive with anti-virus and anti-spyware software. ... Should you continue to experience slower PC speeds, you could try using a virus scanner to not only scan your hard drive, but prevent your PC from getting more spyware.

Moving to a New PC by Meryl K. Evans
Getting a new PC is exciting and a pain. It's exciting because you get a faster processor, more storage and all the latest stuff even though it's outdated as soon as it hits your desk. The pain comes with re-installing all of your programs, re-customizing your preferences for programs,... I kept backups of important files on the hard drive as a safety measure after my past experience. ... Deleted everything that I put on the hard drive. ... I am getting a new PC at the office and my hard drive crashed on my laptop.

Iggy Discovers USB Networking by Iggy Quazi
My new laptop is fantastic, with it's nice new squeaky-clean operating system it runs like a dream. But it wasn't long before I had to face the technical challenge of getting all my old data from my old desktop computer (which was bursting at the seams with data!) onto my new laptop. ... Thank goodness for my new laptop's 100 Gigabyte Hard Drive, which will allow me to transfer all of my data to it and still have room for a lot more. ... DVD's would be better but my old computer does not have a DVD drive!

What to Do Once You Are Infected with Spyware, Ad-ware or Viruses by Mark Berger
What to do once your PC is infected with spyware, ad-ware or viruses So you've been running a virus program. Or you haven't. (Check my previous article on keeping your computer at top speed by using Avast). Either way, your PC is now infected by spyware/ad-ware, or even worse, a virus. ... Don't forget to enter your BIOS/CMOS and change your boot sequence so your cd-rom drive boots before your hard drive. ... Should you continue to experience slower PC speeds, you could try using a virus scanner to not only scan your hard drive, but prevent your PC from getting more spyware.

Few Steps To Prevent Data Loss And Preparing For Disaster by Ali Bokhari
Prevent Data loss and Preparing for Disaster You know that computer security is important to you and your business. But do you know exactly what you need to do today to protect your home/business computer? Sooner or later, disaster will strike. It does not have to be anything as dramatic as... Even if your system has embedded coolers and fans, additional coolers installed in a way of cooling the hard drive directly, will improve the drive's reliability. ... If your main computer fails, you can just move the external hard drive to your laptop and continue working.

Kick-Ass Performance For Your PC? It's Easy by John Deprice
Is your PC is slow and wimpy? Then you need some PC steroids - software applications that will cleanse the registry, optimize RAM and make that puppy fly. Here is what you should start with. Ace Utilities Ace Utilities is a set of system-maintenance and optimization utilities for enhancing... Download: http://www.deprice.com/speedupmypc.htm TreeSize Professional TreeSize Professional is a powerful and flexible hard-disk-space manager for Windows 98, Me, NT, 2000, XP, and 2003. ... Tools include Unneeded File Remover, for regaining valuable disk space; Registry Cleaner, for preventing...

Understanding, Diagnosing, Recovering and Preventing Data Loss by Paul Korber
Data loss is a serious issue, which most businesses and individuals will encounter at some point in their digital lives. It can cripple businesses, ruin careers and generally cause a great deal of unnecessary stress. This article will attempt to generalize a strategy for dealing with such... An easy way is to simply have another backup hard drive or DVD’s stored at home. ... Generally it is best to have a dedicated backup hard drive in which an exact copy of your system and data can be stored. ... Common symptoms are a sluggishly running system, constant freezing or hanging, unusual noises...

Spyware Remover by Clint Pollard
Your first step in removing dangerous infections from your computer should be downloading a free program called Hijack This. Make sure you download the file and extract it to a directory on your hard drive, you can call it HijackThis. This is very important, because if you don't put hijack this... The process of removing infections from your computer could take a day are even a week depending on how busy Geeks to Go is. ... It also depends on how well you can follow directions. ... After your computer is clean you will be given some tips to help keep your computer clean, I recommend you...

Clutter Here, Clutter There, Clutter everywhere! by Katharine Silvia
Top 5 little known tricks to improve the performance of your PC. 1. TAKE OUT THE TRASH Just because you don't see it lying about doesn't mean it doesn't need to be emptied. If you use your computer daily you should do this at least twice sometimes 3 times every day. ... For example, your visiting Aunt Marry's website and can't really see the pictures of her and her kids, so you enlarge it, well that is a temp file and it is now lurking on your hard drive. ... This is the Toxic waste dump of every temp file you have ever downloaded onto your system.