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One of the most common problems I deal with is helping home users to remove browser hijackers and extortion-ware. Usually they appear as helpful pop-ups that warn that you are infected, and they offer to sell you something, or direct you to somebody who sells something. What's the quickest,...

Since I learned about supercapacitors, which are to provide protection from a power outage, I decided to look for that feature in my next ssd. I am mostly looking at the ~500gb size and under $350 range. Evidently, the Intel 320 I am using now has one, but maybe not the Intel 730 (I couldn't...

To anyone who has hands-on experience with PC Bluetooth connections... Should I try to consolidate the several Bluetooth devices connected to my PC, through one Bluetooth receiver? Or are several Bluetooth receivers for the several different devices a good thing? Thanks.

I was reading Reddit last night and saw where some guy had mounted a computer on the wall. I don't remember if the one he had was water cooled or not, but after looking at it, I had a question. http://imgur.com/a/x75U2#0 (different one) If you have to connect the memory and the video card to...

I now have a second Samsung monitor that I have for dead old computer for now, but would like to use as a second monitor on newer build that works normally with a single DVI-D cable for my one display. The card only has 1 DVD-D output, both monitors have a DVD-D and no HDMI input, though the card...

Hi guys. Can you suggest any good online guides that show how to configure and assemble new technology PC? I am particularly interested in learning more about the cute little solid-state ITX form-factor ones. Thanks!

I have an Asus LGA1366 mainboard, and it has two sets of holes for coolers. It can take an LGA775 HSF as well as the larger LGA1366 HSF. The manual mentions this. Now a Pentium D cooler would have have the rating to cope with an i7 920. It has a 0.6 A fan, whereas the proper LGA1366 fan is only...

New partitioning tool: Good program. Says CNN's software site. http://www.partitionwizard.com/ (Hopefully, it won't install a rootkit on you. I suspect CNN will;- hey, they're probably now owned by former NSA operatives. Just like ZIFF Publishing.) Anyway, it has a check/fix for alignment. ...

Exit Win7 - all indications - normally;- Ditto for Win XP. Periodically, more than I'd like, upon a boot menu/arbitrator to load XP (after a Win7 session), Win7 -apparently- resets all it's "Dirt Bag" bits across all partitions, best I can figure. Dirt Bag: That is what MS does to a hard drive's...

Tennessee Titans coach Ken Whisenhunt told reporters that his starting quarterback's progress in Friday's practice was an encouraging step forward after Locker sat out all week with a wrist injury. Two days before rolling into Indianapolis to face the Colts, it's anyone's guess if Locker will be...

I'm using AT&T and they have a package deal that they say will check out your computer online and get rid of all virus and malware etc problems for so much per month, but they want you to agree to a contract of a year at a time and they're already charging me way more for the service I have than...

I have a PC setup with RAID1 by somebody else. It has Asus P6T SE board with ICH10R. Upon booting, the BIOS whinges that a disk is degraded, giving serial number thereof. Then Windows also pops up a helful alert that disk on port3 is degraded and that human should replace offending item. Instead,...

I'm about ready for a new build, as my old system is over 5 years old. I don't keep up with the latest information, so I'm looking for recommendations.. My usage.. Some Photoshop, some video editing, lots of database work using Filepro and Access, sometimes several databases open at the same...

Can I pick your brains about a hard drive upgrade. I have an old desktop PC with a 250 MB hard drive. I would like to increase the storage capacity and think 500 MB may be enough. The new drive will replace the old one. I notice that 500 MB is a size which I can now buy in 2.5 inch format....

Hello, This processor has caught my eye, it's a sub 5 watt processor from intel, it has latest features and even a graphics chip inside of it ?! http://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-broadwell-core-m,27596.html This reminds me of the 80486 chip which also didn't have a heatsink or a fan.

I move 18 movies to my tablet and Microsoft asks if I want to reformat them since otherwise the tablet might not be able to play them. Yeah, right. Since when has Windows media player ever been able to play videos. So I say "No" and all of the 18 videos play just fine without Microsoft's...

I went to a clearance sale at a computer store. There I bought a Jetway mainboard, new still in box for $5. It is AM3 and I had a few CPUs I could put in it. The specs on Jetway website stated it supported quad-core up to 95W. HOWEVER, at the back of the manual is an addendum imploring user to to...

I have 2 SATA HDDs installed, each with 1 primary plus 1 logical partition. The partitions were all originally set up using EaseUS Partition Master. I recently replaced that with MiniTool Partition Wizard, which shows a 7.87MB unallocated space between primary and logical partitions on each HDD. ...

Got to say I always enjoy reading Paul's replies to any question posted. Always helpful, cites references, and never condescending no matter the question. His explanations go way past yes or no, and give a much better understanding of why things work as they do. Thank you for your...