Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category


Top 10 ways to speed up your computer

By admin on Tuesday, March 6th, 2007 | 42 Comments

The list below describes the top ten ways you can speed up your computer through either general maintenance or hardware upgrades. I tried to list some things other than just the obvious ones most places always list.  Now there are of course many more. First Off, Install PC Registry Cleaner and let it scan and [...]

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Internet Explorer 7 issues

By admin on Thursday, March 1st, 2007 | 3 Comments

Well Internet explorer 7 has been released for sometime now. Unfortunately it appears once again we are beta testers for Microsoft. Being in the support world myself it seems to me the biggest issues with Internet Explorer 7 are installation issues. As with many other web based installations of Microsoft products there are some issues [...]

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Working with computer startup issues

By admin on Wednesday, February 28th, 2007 | 1 Comment

Ever experience start up errors when Windows is loading up?This can be very annoying. The most common cause is due to entries in the start up list that is due to improper un-installation of programs. Spyware and virus software as well can cause similar issues that make you want to pull your hair out. When [...]

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Daylight savings time changes and computer issues

By admin on Monday, February 26th, 2007 | No Comments

With the presidents new energy bill daylight savings time has been moved ahead of schedule by a few weeks. The government’s reasoning behind the new daylight savings time is that people may use less electricity for lighting with the availability of more daylight in the evening hours. There have been many concerns by consumers about [...]

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Trouble free computing

By admin on Tuesday, February 20th, 2007 | 1 Comment

With all my ranting on computer maintenance you would think one might achieve what others call “trouble free” computing…not a chance. By no means am I saying that you cannot achieve at least a better computing experience, but “trouble free”? First lets think about this. I have heard and I quote “Computers don’t make mistakes..its [...]

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Have you ever wondered where your computer gets infected by spyware?

By admin on Friday, February 16th, 2007 | No Comments

Over the years spyware has become a very problematic entity. Originally spyware was created to help companies taylor website experiences towards consumers. As of late this type of software has evolved to track your browsing and computer habits and even offers itself as a doorway to viruses. Its very interesting that software that was originally [...]

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Technology…Updates…Vista… PHEW!

By admin on Thursday, February 15th, 2007 | No Comments

With the way technology evolves and changes is it ever conceivable that we will catch up? Just when we think we are catching up someone releases a new version of an operating system or new and improved hardware. Upgrading your operating system often consists of upgrading your component hardware as well. This is very costly [...]

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Ever receive problems after updating your Windows Operating System?

By admin on Thursday, February 15th, 2007 | No Comments

Have you ever been plagued with error messages after performing a Windows update? Remember when you receive updates from Microsoft most of the updates do pertain to known security issues. Just because these updates can fix known issue doesnt mean they will not cause other problems. The biggest issue with using the updates feature is [...]

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Which processes running on your computer are harmful?

By admin on Monday, February 12th, 2007 | 6 Comments

We have just added a new section to PC911 where we list hundreds of system processes running in a process list. http://www.pcnineoneone.com/processes.php We are working on a little download you can run and easily search through our site to find the processes running on your pc and see if you need to turn them off [...]

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Which processes running on your computer are harmful?