Ever come across the odd system where it seems no matter how hard you try, you can’t find the drivers for the system? Sometimes, it’s due to the fact the hardware is too old or sometimes the company that manufactured the item is no longer in business. Although websites like driverguide.com are extremely helpful sometimes [...]
I had a system that the OS had become corrupted due to failing RAM and was locking on the desktop. As the customer had important data that they did not want to lose but could not tell me the exact location of these files, I chose to run a XP repair option from the XP [...]
So you’ve gone and reinstalled Windows XP on your system but after completing the installation and rebooting the computer, it’s asking that it be activated immediately. You’re unable to enter Safe Mode as it hangs before the desktop. You begrudgingly reinstall XP again hoping it will fix your problem but you still encounter the same [...]
Over time, your computer’s hard drive becomes fragmented from actions such as adding and deleting files and programs. As it becomes fragmented, the computer becomes slower accessing files and programs and it results in a slower computer.
Think of your computer’s hard drive as a bookcase full of books. At first, all the books are neatly [...]
A few weeks back, I wrote up an article on how to change the look of your Windows XP desktop by changing the theme. At the time I promised I would introduce a couple more programs that would refresh the look of XP. Well, it took a bit longer than expected to get back to [...]
In a previous article we dealt with speeding up the way Windows loads up. In this article we’ll hopefully fix or speed up, as well as clean up, the way Windows XP shuts down. A lot of systems I see often take an unusual amount of time to shut down and usually I see errors [...]
As time has passed, many of you have noticed that your PC has gradually become slower and slower starting up. We’ll try to help speed things up using the System Configuration Utility to remove unnecessary and unwanted startup items.
1. Click ‘start’ then ‘run’ to open the ‘Run’ dialog box and type ‘msconfig’ just like the [...]
One of the often overlooked methods for troubleshooting a system running XP or Vista is Event Viewer. Event Viewer is a component included with these operating systems and, as the name suggests, allows you to view the event logs on your machine. So let’s get to work on seeing if we can find out some [...]
Since its release in October 2001 to much fanfare, hundreds of millions of people have adopted Windows XP as the choice of operating system. Even with the release of its successor, Windows Vista, a lot of people still continue to use XP. Most people know how to change the desktop wallpaper and have changed it [...]
So you just plugged in that brand new system with 4GB+ of memory or installed some more RAM in your current system. You go to check your System Information (Vista) or System Properties (XP) and it only reports 2.2 to 3.3 GB of memory. Unfortunately that’s normal if you’re running a 32 bit version of [...]
