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A Stealth Hard Drive Primary Hard Disk 1 error message upon computer boot. |
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January 1, 2008
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Dirty CD Follow-Up Better ways to test and fix memory. |
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September 27, 2006 |
Transferring Mirrored RAID 1 Data Mirroring data from an old drive to a new drive. |
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September 2003
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Boot Passwords Put Your PC Under Lock and Key Secure your machine's boot-up to prevent snoops and thieves from accessing your data. |
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May 2001
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Create Your Own Emergency Boot Disk Create an emergency boot disk, identify mysterious components... |
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November 15, 2006 |
A Windows XP/RAID Catch-22 How to install Microsoft Windows XP Pro to a pair of 300GB SATA drives in RAID 0. |
PC Magazine
July 11, 2007
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How to Enlarge a Windows Partition Discover the tools needed for disk partitioning. |
AskMen.com
August 1, 2001
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Keep Your Computer Virus-Free Call the doctor and head for the hospital: you've just been infected by a computer virus that's erasing your entire hard drive, as you speak. It's time to protect yourself before this happens, and take the necessary steps to make your computer virus-free... |
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October 13, 2000
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How It Works: Viruses They're the "common cold" for computers; we'll show you how they operate and how to protect your PC... |
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June 13, 2002
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First JPEG Virus Identified McAfee studies lab virus that could change the way digital infections spread -- and are contained. |
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February 2003
Kirk Steers |
Tweak Your PC's BIOS Settings the Safe Way Update BIOS settings; get useful PC handbooks; clean a CD-RW drive safely; and a slow-down utility for old apps. |
PC Magazine
April 4, 2008
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How to Downgrade from Vista to XP Trade Vista for XP's more familiar bugs? Plenty of users say they'd do it in a heartbeat. Here's how to navigate the downgrade. |
PC World
November 2003
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What to Do When XP or 2000 Won't Boot Try several tactics to get a reluctant Windows to load; plus, keep XP's Start menu under control. |
CIO
March 1, 2004 |
This Date in IT History - The Michelangelo virus attacks wiping out data and creating awareness of data security. |
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November 17, 2000
Kim Zetter |
Three Minutes With 'Doctor Owl,' Virus Writer A young virus writer describes his motivation and denies responsibility, while dreaming of creating a 'new breed' of undetectable virus... |
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November 3, 2007
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Diagnose and Repair an Unbootable XP or Vista PC What to do when your Windows XP or Windows Vista system refuses to boot. |
PC World
April 2005
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Why Won't Windows Boot With a New Motherboard? Also, easy Outlook e-mail sorting... Securing shared folders in Windows XP... Capturing hardware settings... |
PC World
July 24, 2006
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Answer Line: How Can I Tell If My PC Has Caught a Virus? Try these simple methods to determine whether your Windows computer is infected.... USB cable myths busted... Boot without windows... When it comes to swapping, flash ain't as fast as SDRAM... |
PC Magazine
November 29, 2006
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Give System Woes the Boot A new class of rootkit, using the virtualization capabilities of new Intel and AMD processors, is impervious to anything but a clean boot from an uninfected disc. |
InternetNews
April 6, 2007
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First 'Real' iPod Virus Rears Its Head Podloso virus does no damage, and only affects iPods with Linux. |
PC Magazine
August 1, 2007
Loyd Case |
Identify The Devices That Slow You Down For a motherboard that does not support SATA, is there any advantage in replacing the PATA hard drive with a SATA drive connected through a PCI adapter card? |
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October 18, 2006
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November 2008
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The 3 Biggest Vista Headaches, and How to Fix Them Questions are answered on Service Pack 1 update, incompatible programs, memory issues, and nagging software installation reminders. |
InternetNews
November 14, 2007
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Virus Infections Reflect Sloppy Manufacturing Maxtor drive infection the latest example of what happens when manufacturing systems are connected to that virus haven known as the Internet. |
InternetNews
July 12, 2006
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New Virus Pretends to be WGA A virus posing as Microsoft's controversial anti-piracy software is spreading via AOL's popular Instant Messenger network, but it appears to be more of a jab at Microsoft than a real threat. |
PC World
February 2001
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Upgrade to Windows Me Upgrade to Windows Me, step-by-step... |
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July 24, 2002
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What Has Your Floppy Drive Done for You Lately? PC makers are still standing by floppy drives despite vanishing consumer demand. |
PC Magazine
July 12, 2006 |
A Hard-Drive Upgrade Headache How to supersede limits on hard drive space by Dell BIOS. |
AskMen.com
September 20, 2000
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How To: Optimize Your Computer Defragmenting, Keep it on, Screen saver, Firewall, Clear your cache, Scan disk, etc. |
PC World
September 2004
Scott Spanbauer |
How Do I Know When a Virus Hits My Computer? Even if you follow every online safety measure, there's no guarantee you won't get nailed by the next Internet worm. Detect and eliminate those viruses and worms that manage to sneak past your antivirus utility. |
PC World
September 2004
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PC Safety Toolbox--Five Steps to Protecting Your System The ins and outs of backing up, defragging, defending against intruders, and creating an emergency boot disk. |
PC Magazine
October 16, 2007
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But It's a Genuine Microsoft Cd! After formatting and trying to install XP, I get setup errors telling me particular files (it names them one at a time) can't be copied. |
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April 23, 2001
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Remove Your (CD) Writer's Block Prevent disc-burning flameouts; find Windows answers a whisker away... |
The Family Room
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Homebodies - Discipline and Disk Drives Problems with children and CDROM/Zip drives. |
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February 13, 2001
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How to Trick the Anna Worm Antivirus software helps, but a simple PC tweak can also protect you from VBS-based viruses... |
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April 24, 2001
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Install a Bigger, Faster Hard Drive One of the most popular upgrade projects, step by step... |
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September 2001
Stan Miastkowski |
Build Your Own PC Save money and craft a system that exactly matches your needs... |
PC World
September 14, 2001
Gregg Keizer |
Windows 2000 FAQ We solve 20 of the most vexing problems with Windows 2000... |
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December 2000
Kim Zetter |
Computer Viruses: The Next Generation What will be the next virulent outbreak? No one knows, except that it's guaranteed to be more lethal than ever... |
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January 2001
Lincoln Spector |
Answer Line: Is It Time for You to Flash-Upgrade Your BIOS? Upgrade your BIOS... find duplicate files... speed up your modem... |
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April 2004
Judith Rajala |
Computer Virus Protection Simply having virus protection software on your institution's computer system doesn't guarantee safety and security. Instead, protection and prevention is a team effort between the users and the anti-virus software. Includes a list of useful websites. |
PC Magazine
November 1, 2006 |
Trick to Protect Address Book is a Bust Urban legend that creating invalid e-mail addresses will thwart virus efforts. |
PC Magazine
May 31, 2006 |
Hard Drive Installation Error Correct error messages when installing an extra hard drive on your computer running Windows XP Home. |
PC Magazine
November 16, 2004
Neil J. Rubenking |
The Reappearing Prefetch Folder Does this immortal Windows XP directory come from a virus? |
PC World
May 2003
Kirk Steers |
Hardware Tips: Divide a Disk to Conquer Slow Performance Partition your hard drive to best utilize the space; learn more about your PC through a free utility. |
PC World
July 2003
Stan Miastkowski |
Put Together a Custom PC Get the right components and assemble a system that's suitable for your needs and budget. |
PC Magazine
January 1, 2008
David A. Karp |
Build a RAID Array Don't wait inevitable hard disk crash; set up a mirrored RAID array and let your PC handle the backups for you. |
Unix Insider
January 2001
Sandra Henry-Stocker |
Understanding viruses What exactly is a virus, how does it work, and how can you protect your system from one? The author explains the difference between viruses and worms, and why keeping up with and preventing them is so difficult... |
PC World
September 2002
Stuart J. Johnston |
Bugs and Fixes: How to Spot Virus Hoaxes a Mile Off Bogus warnings can hurt more than real viruses. Here's how to detect them. |
