Lance Cobain's Posts

Describing Your Computer Problem to an IT Repair Professional

Today’s computing environment presents a lot of ways for computers to get into trouble. Viruses, malware and other malicious software can damage your computer’s software components and if not addressed in time, the damage can spread and affect even the hardware components of your machine. Early signs of slowing down, freezes, error messages and hangs […]

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Cleaning Your Hard Drive before Selling Your Computer

Has your computer been working weird these past days and you’ve finally made the decision to trade it in or sell it? Don’t rush things up, computers before being sold need to be cleaned first. Cleaning your machine’s hard drive means deleting each and every bit of data stored on it and then installing essential […]

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Deleting Unnecessary Files to Free Up Space and Increase Speed

With each day you use your computer, and each program you run, messes are left behind. These messes cause the most harm to your Windows registry, but they also occur in the form of unnecessary files. In this article I’m going to show you two simple ways to clean out unnecessary files from Windows. There […]

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How To Make Your Computer Boot and Run Faster with MSConfig

When Windows is first installed, it boots up and runs extremely fast. But as more and more software programs are added, things can quickly come to a grinding halt. Even if your computer is brand new from the store, it’s almost a certainty the manufacturer has installed a lot of unnecessary programs that are slowing […]

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Optimizing Aero for Maximum Performance and Appearance

Windows Vista and Windows 7 come with a pretty great looking theme called Aero. This is responsible for the rounded windows, drop shadows, and transparent glass that has become the standard look for these two versions. But having all these pretty things to look at comes at a price. Each visual effect and style you […]

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What Exactly Does A Registry Cleaner Do Anyways?

Sluggish performance, constant freezing, blue screens of death, and frequent crashes are all signs of a Windows PC suffering from registry problems. The registry is an essential part of every Microsoft operating system, ranging from Windows 95 to Windows 8. It is a database area that stores information about the hardware, software, and various configuration […]

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Creating a Restore Point Before Performing Any Tweaks

When tweaking your computer for maximum performance, there’s a lot that could potentially go wrong. Because of this, it’s recommended that you get in the habit of always creating a restore point before making any changes. System Restore Works Really Well Now System Restore first came about in Windows ME, but wasn’t really all that […]

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