Computer Help

Computer Help

COMPUTER CRASHING? TRY THESE!

Power Supply - a bad (or insufficient) power supply is the most common cause for random crashes, especially if you have a lot of cards, drives, or fans, or have a dual-processor motherboard. A 350W or 400W power supply is recommended if you're experiencing this problem.

A mix of FAT32 and NTFS drives - If you have more than one hard disk, and there are different file systems on each one, try converting them all to NTFS.

Audio Card Drivers - try removing your sound card, or at least uninstalling and then reinstalling the drivers.

USB Hub - if you have a USB hub, try eliminating it and see if that solves the problem (especially if you have a USB-based Palm cradle and your system crashes every time you hotsync).

Overheating - a computer will crash if the processor overheats. Make sure the CPU fan/fans are working, and that the processor temperature (read in the BIOS screen) is within normal limits. Make sure your computer case has adequate ventilation.

Bad memory - a bad memory module can cause this problem. Try removing one of the modules to see if that solves the problem; rotate through all modules until you've found the culprit. Note that some computers require memory to be installed in pairs, so, for example, if you have four modules, you'll have to remove two (no more, no fewer) for this test.

Note: these things aren't necessarily problems in and of themselves, so if you're not experiencing random crashes, don't waste your time solving problems that aren't there.

Cleaning out your Hard Drive

their are countless ways to clean up your hard drive to give you more space, i will name and show you how to do some of the techniques and it will make your computer faster and you'll have more space

Helpful ways to clean up your hard drive

Surfing the net more safely using Internet Explorer

this update is for safely using Internet Explorer. First You have to find out if you have Service Pack 1 or 2, easily done by going on www.windowsupdate.com, If you have Service pack 1 read the following information.

1. UPDATE TO SERVICE PACK 2 and for that matter DOWNLOAD ALL AVAILABLE UPDATES, I cannot stress that enough. but if you dont want to read the following:

Service Pack 1

for the people who did update or are already updated then read the next link

Service Pack 2

Problems & Solutions

1. If you have a computer problem, most likely it is malware (programs that are dangerous to your computer). Malware can be in the form of viruses, trojans, spyware, ad-ware, malicious software, rootkits, and possibly more.

2. To prevent these, I truly recommend not using Internet Explorer and instead using a much safer browser like Mozilla Firefox, but since most people rather not switch, then the first link is to a program that will help you prevent malware and the second is for the people who would like to switch to Mozilla Firefox:

www.javacoolsoftware.com (update weekly atleast)

www.mozilla.com

3. Well let's say you already have malware on your computer. It is now harder than ever to keep your computer clean of malware, but there are many free programs that help very much. First is(also in order of links) Spybot: Search & Destroy, the next is Ad-Aware, the third is Windows Defender, fourth is: CWshedder, and last is Hijack This(Not recommended to amateur computer users, you can mess your computer up horribly)

www.spybot.info

ad-aware

www.microsoft.com

CWshredder(cool web search remover)

www.merijn.org

4. Next are 2 programs that i recommend. the first one is an anti-virus program, while the second one is a firewall.

www.avast.com

www.zonelabs.com

AIM problems

Most AIM problems are caused by viruses. You can't get rid of the viruses by uninstalling AIM and reinstalling and getting a new screen name, in most cases. So unless you know how to delete it manually, it's easier to just use this simple tool by Jay Loden it's called AIMfix.

www.Jayloden.com

Contact me if you need help with your comptuer problems.