Working With Performance Monitor on Your Windows 7 Machine
Computers normally slow down for certain reasons. Some of these reasons are easily identified as useless software running in the background, unused programs taking up too much system resource, viruses and malware and as well as other hardware related errors like outdated drivers or a hard disk that has already went past the limits of […]
Continue Reading »Drive Partitions: What Exactly Are They?
The word “Partition” seems to come from the root word “Part” which means a fraction or a particular section of a given whole. This means that a hard disk partition represents a specified fraction of your computer’s hard disk space which is created for a specific purpose. But being part or fraction of your computer’s […]
Continue Reading »Manually Updating Windows 7 Hardware/Device Drivers
Owning a computer exposes you to common problems that may lead to more serious ones if not given ample solution right away. A slow computer for instance commonly occurs when viruses and other forms of malware start infecting different areas of your machine. Useless processes and programs can also make a computer sluggish due to […]
Continue Reading »Checking for Outdated Device Drivers (Windows 7 and 8)
Windows computers require hardware and device drivers to make all of its components run properly. When things start behaving slow, chances are some of the components on your computer (hardware and software) are not communicating well because of malware, viruses and other causes that disrupts important processes from working in the way that they should. […]
Continue Reading »What Exactly Are Windows Power Plans?
Most of us who have been using computers powered by Windows are surely familiar with losing power at the middle of an important online transaction or while doing other crucial tasks. Our laptops and netbooks at present start to have weak battery on its second or third year of usage and this life span shortens […]
Continue Reading »How to Transfer Windows 8 Installer to a USB Storage Device
Installing Windows 8 is pretty easy if your computer has a DVD drive but what if the drive is broken or you’re using a device that does not have one? This can become a serious problem for people who don’t have the techie mindset within themselves. If your Windows 8 installer is saved on a […]
Continue Reading »Exploring the User Account Control Feature on Windows 7 and 8
The User Account Control is probably one of the most misunderstood feature that has suffered a lot of criticizing from most users especially those who are using some older versions of Windows. What most people fail to understand is that the User Account Control (UAC) actually provides Windows with more security against unauthorized access and […]
Continue Reading »Getting Acquainted With Windows 8’s Action Center
Most of us who have been using Windows ever since it came into existence are surely familiar with balloon prompts and notifications suddenly popping out of the system tray or notifications area as others call it. These messages are all coming from the Action Center except for the ones which flashes when you are running […]
Continue Reading »Learning How to Burn Files and other Media Contents Using Windows Explorer
A flood of third party programs and applications that helps in burning files and other media contents into CDs and DVDs are widely available all over the Internet at present. Most of these applications are offered for FREE and are described as having a lot to offer which make most of us forget that Windows […]
Continue Reading »Managing the Homegroup on Windows 7
On a previous tutorial, I have shown you how you can create a HomeGroup on your Windows 7 machine. Right now on this article we will be digging deeper to the details of the steps in managing the HomeGroup which you created previously so you can start taking advantage of the features and capabilities that […]
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