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Computer Acronyms

ADSL – Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line AGP – Accelerated Graphics Port ALI – Acer Labs, Incorporated ALU – Arithmetic Logic Unit AMD – Advanced Micro Devices APC – American Power Conversion ASCII – American Standard Code for Information Interchange ASIC – Application Specific Integrated Circuit ASPI – Advanced SCSI Programming Interface AT – Advanced Technology [...]

Saturday, December 13th, 2008

Clear Unwanted Items From Add And Remove

Clear Unwanted Items From Add And Remove Run the Registry Editor (REGEDIT). Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\ Uninstall, and remove any unwanted subkeys under “Uninstall.”

Saturday, December 13th, 2008

Change Your Ip In Less Then 1 Minute

How To: Change Your Ip In Less Then 1 Minute 1. Click on “Start” in the bottom left hand corner of screen 2. Click on “Run” 3. Type in “command” and hit ok You should now be at an MSDOS prompt screen. 4. Type “ipconfig /release” just like that, and hit “enter” 5. Type “exit” [...]

Saturday, December 13th, 2008

Check For Dos, Check to see if you are infected

When you first turn on you computer (BEFORE DIALING INTO YOUR ISP), open a MS-DOS Prompt window (start/programs MS-DOS Prompt). Then type netstat -arn and press the Enter key. Your screen should display the following (without the dotted lines which I added for clarification). —————————————————————————– Active Routes: Network Address          Netmask  Gateway Address        Interface  Metric 127.0.0.0        [...]

Saturday, December 13th, 2008

Caught A Virus

Caught A Virus? If you’ve let your guard down–or even if you haven’t–it can be hard to tell if your PC is infected. Here’s what to do if you suspect the worst. Heard this one before? You must run antivirus software and keep it up to date or else your PC will get infected, you’ll [...]

Saturday, December 13th, 2008