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Reader Winston asked a question in regards to a post I made back in December 12, 2006 [see here] concerning the repair of the infamous ‘NTLDR is missing’ message most of us have encountered.  Most of the current repair procedures are for a combo of XP/Vista repair procedures. But Winston has a different situation which [...]

My buddy Charlie from California has been in contact with me during the past few weeks, stating that when he is on my web site, his Internet Explorer 7 browser locks up and freezes his system won’t close and the page repeatedly appears. He explained he is has to force a shutdown of his computer [...]

It seems that those MacBook Pro owners who have systems with 500GB hard disks, have been complaining for months about sluggish performance. It seems that at random intervals the drive starts to click and fails to respond.
But what is surprising is that Apple is going to offer a software fix only. One would think that [...]

I have tried many products that make all kinds of promises about increasing computer speed. They use the fact that all computers slow down after time and that the system needs to be tuned by their fine product. Most of us have tried these products but the results have been anything but stellar. Yes, there [...]

I have mentioned previously about using online security scanners to check your system periodically. I do this for several reasons. First of all I do not believe that any one product can provide 100% perfect protection all of the time. Second, using more than one program gives me a feeling that my system really, really [...]

There appears to be a problem with the install process for the 32 bit English version of Windows 7 RC Ultimate. The problem is described as the installer incorrectly setting the access control on the root system drive. The fix from Microsoft is described further as:
In the English version of Windows 7 Release Candidate (build [...]

Symantec has released their interruption of what the PIFTS.exe file is and who may have suffered some unwanted activity while using Norton Internet Security and Norton Anti-Virus. First of all this only effects users of Norton Internet Security and Norton Anti-Virus 2006 and 2007. Symantec also states that the patch error was only for a [...]

Over at the San Jose Mercury News they have an article about what they seem to think is a new concept. They state there are some new start up companies that will fix your PC remotely for a fee. What they state is new about the concept is that the consumer is provided with a [...]

The blogsphere is full of horror tales of Zune 30GB owners waking up to dead Zunes. Microsoft states that:
“We are aware that customers with the Zune 30GB are experiencing issues with their Zune device. We are actively working now to isolate the issue and develop a solution to address it. We will keep customers informed [...]

AVG has posted on their site a fix tool for those who might be having problems with their Windows XP machines after a faulty database confirmed a Windows file as a virus. If you are experiencing a problem and use AVG, follow the instructions below to fix your computer:
We have prepared an utility which can [...]

Dell has announced an extended warranty plan for certain laptop systems that use the NVIDIA GPS chips. On the Dell blog site the extended warranties apply to these models:
Dell will offer a 12-month limited warranty enhancement specific to this issue. For all customers worldwide, we plan to add 12 months of coverage for this issue [...]

It seems that Google is having another of its hic-cups once again, but this time the downtime seems more serious. It appears that the down time is world wide and Google is struggling to get it fixed. According to this article at TechCrunch which states:
Gmail is having a systemwide outage affecting multiple countries, and a [...]

Here is a controversial article in which the writer poses his opinion and those of others, to debunk some of the more popular performance myths that surround the Windows operating system. The article is well written and a definite read for anyone who is considering putting down their hard earned bucks for what he calls [...]

Here is another horror story about someone having their Google account disabled. As you may have recalled, I had this exact same problem with Google as well. [See article here.] Which is starting to make me wonder. How many Google users are finding their accounts disabled?
In this article from Chris Brogan he explains why ‘Google [...]

It is being reported that Sitemeter, which monitors site activity, is casuing errors in IE 5,6,&7 according to sources. When a IE user visits a site using Sitemerter they may receive the following error message:

Over at the IE forum they have posted a fix:

Here is the fix for users of IE 6 and 7 who [...]

If you own a Dell laptop system, I would highly recommend that you check on the source link below, to determine whether your computer is in need of a BIOS update. It appears that NVIDIA GPU may prematurely fail on select Dell systems, if the BIOS fix is not done. If you are already experiencing [...]

One of the more popular articles I have written has been about the problems consumers have experienced with trying to get their Dell power adapter to stay connected. Even after bringing this problem to the attention of Dell advocates, it appears that the problem is for real and that people are still having problems. Well [...]

No sooner did I do an article about Internet Explorer I spot this study which was completed over an 18th month period, establishing Firefox as the most secure. But what is interesting is the reason why Firefox is most secure. It is because users are more inclined to update the browser with the latest fixes [...]

If you previously downloaded AVG and experienced problems, you may wish to download AVG 8 with SP1 and give it a try.  DougCuk has been monitoring the release of SP1 and had notified me it was available. I checked the AVG site and the new release is available for download.
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Back on April 5, 2007 I wrote a piece about he Intel 915 Express Card and how it would not support Aero in Vista. [Story is here.]
So today I received a comment from reader Hubbak Khan who indicates there is a way to enable Aero on non-WDDM video cards. I personally have not tried this, [...]