http://www.solvepcerrors.com/blog Keep your computer in tip top condition Sun, 11 May 2008 19:52:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you are like me, you probably have upgraded your computer a few times and in the process collected a few old computer monitors. With the new LCD monitors, the old CRT computer monitors are quickly becoming obsolete. Instead of taking up storage space, what are the other options for ... http://www.solvepcerrors.com/blog/what-to-do-with-old-computer-monitors/ Do you regularly get an oil change for your car? Just like a car, your computer needs a little bit of maintenance every so often to keep it running smoothly. Many computer users leave out defragmenting their hard drives until their computer slows to a crawl. Here are a few frequently ... http://www.solvepcerrors.com/blog/good-idea-to-defragment-your-hard-drive/ Do you find that your computer is running slower than it used to? Does it seem to take a longer time to boot up? Are you aware of the frequent hanging that has made it difficult for you to trust your PC? Then, you should know that your PC is ... http://www.solvepcerrors.com/blog/is-your-pc-running-slow/ Over time, your hard drive can get fragmented as you store more information on it. A fragmented drive will make your PC run slower. In order to optimize your PC performance, you should defragment your disk volumes from time to time. When you open any folder, the mouse pointer briefly turns ... http://www.solvepcerrors.com/blog/defragment-your-hard-drive-for-better-performance/ Computer viruses are aptly named programs. Like biological viruses, they are harmful in nature, doing anything from bogging down the internet with excess data to deleting data in an infected computer. Also, just like biological viruses, they are self replicating and contagious in the sense that they can be transmitted ... http://www.solvepcerrors.com/blog/be-vigilant-and-protect-your-pc-against-viruses/ If you regularly or even occasionally use the internet, chances are you’ve come across an annoying and malicious set of programs affectionately referred to by computer users as ‘spyware’. Like ‘adware’, spyware programs track your internet usage, collect personal information, spawn ‘pop-up’ advertisements, and can even alter your internet ... http://www.solvepcerrors.com/blog/protect-yourself-with-a-spyware-remover-program/ The fastest and easiest way to see if you have spyware on your computer is to get a spyware detecting program and run it. Most of the time, you will have no idea that you even have this stuff on your computer. Their fist clue might be that all of ... http://www.solvepcerrors.com/blog/signs-that-your-computer-may-have-spyware/ When you are accessing personal information through the internet such as using online banking, checking your brokerage account or managing your 401k, you want to make sure that you are using a secure password that is not easy to guess. Password theft can be very detrimental as you may not ... http://www.solvepcerrors.com/blog/7-ways-to-protect-yourself-from-password-theft/