History, Nostalgia & Introduction
Do you remember the 1980s and the original 8 bit computer craze? If so you might find the next 3 paragraphs very interesting and it might bring back some happy memories, if not you might want to skip the next 3 paragraphs below to the last paragraph in this section which starts, [...]
Introduction:
Later in this section we will be talking about Internet speeds and how to improve them, but firstly one of the main causes of PC slowdowns is the number of unneeded applications and services that load every time when your PC is started up. This in itself increases the load time of Windows significantly, but [...]
Introducing Recuva:
If while using your PC you delete a file or files by accident, there’s various software products out there that can attempt file recovery (to undelete). The problem is that not many applications are totally free and do the job as well as Recuva by Piriform Software. This 100% no catch freeware application is [...]
I have been using my black BT Home Hub V2.0 (BT’s broadband router) for many months without any serious problems. As soon as I log into the Eyeball chat client, the BT Home Hub completely resets itself, throwing me out of the Internet altogether within 5 seconds flat and it’s very consistent. It then restarts [...]
The following utility is recommended for advanced user only as you can potentially cause serious problems if used incorrectly. If you are using Windows XP or above, it's advised that you make a system restore before making any changes to your system as an extra precaution.
If you really want to squeeze every last ounce of [...]
DONT PANIC – This article includes a relatively easy fix for this problem without having to reinstall Windows – Please read on…
I was running Window XP Professional with Service Pack 2 and I recently upgraded using auto update to Service Pack 3. After restarting I got "Biosinfo.inf is missing or corrupt". I tried going [...]
In case you don't already know, a BT Home Hub is basically a Thomson 7G Wireless Router with BT firmware installed (operating software stored on the Hub). The BT firmware provides a neat user friendly front end (Hub Manager), but it disables access to masses of features normally available and forces it to connect [...]
A friend of mine brought an Ati Radeon X1550 AGP graphics card from Maplins in Birmingham City Centre (UK) a week ago at the time of writing.
I spent hours trying to get the card to work on PC in question, here is a summary of the specification:
CPU Type: 2x AMD Athlon MP, 2000 [...]
If you have a slow PC or you've got hardware problems like intermittent freezing or worse, often it's easier just to buy a replacement PC, rather than upgrading or spending ages trying to fix the problem. Now it can actually be cheaper too. If you are thinking of paying for an engineer to fix a [...]
I brought a “Link It” USB 4 Way Hub from the 99p Stores, I think they are also available in Poundland. Obviously this is ridiculously cheap.
Well it doesn’t always pay to buy cheap. I tried using the Hub to connect a printer, a BT Home Hub (Thomson 7G Router) and a 1GB USB Flash Card [...]
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