Archive for the 'troubleshooting' Category

5 Ways To Speed Up Laptop Performance

August 12th, 2010 by Kim


It can be frustrating to see your computer taking long pauses as it strains to startup, open applications or browse the web. This article shows 5 ways to speed up laptop performance quickly and easily. The brute force approach is always going to be upgrading the RAM memory on your computer. Laptops are just as [...]

How To Fix A Slow Computer For Free

July 21st, 2010 by Kim


Understanding how to fix a slow computer can often be tricky to do as it is hard to know where to start when no exceptions or errors are being displayed. This article takes a broader view to fixing a slow computer by highlighting some of the main causes of poor PC performance. Prior to starting [...]

The Pros And Cons Of External Laptop Battery Packs

July 3rd, 2010 by Kim


If you’re weary about spending money on unnecessary computer gadgets, you’re in good company: plenty of budget-conscious consumers are skeptical of new devices that hit the market, preferring to buy only what’s most essential. And if that’s the case, you may be wondering whether external laptop battery packs are a worthwhile addition to your supply [...]

Properly Install NDS Games Into Your DS Lite

June 19th, 2010 by Kim


The great thing about playing hand held console games is that they are portable and easy to install right off the bat. Most importantly, you can convert your cartridge games into ROM files which can be stored into your SD memory card and be played without the need of the physical video game cartridge. You [...]

What to do When You Have a Broken Laptop Screen

May 25th, 2010 by Kim


When you see a broken laptop screen, the first thing that comes into mind is the amount it will take to get it fixed. It is a rare but very unfortunate event to have an LCD screen cracked and rendered useless. Even with fixing it yourself, getting it to work again will cost you more [...]

Reimage Review – Repairing The Registry File When The Hive Will Not Load For A User

April 29th, 2010 by Kim


Registry problems can have a nasty habit of stopping Windows from starting up. The following sequence of actions can be used to attempt repairs using back-up copies. A Reimage review is added as a final step should the preceding actions fail. After my laptop recently failed to boot (the blue screen code was 0x80072F76) I [...]