Category: Computer Maintenance Tips

Be More Efficient on the Web with Firefox Toolbars

Useful Firefox toolbarsIf you use the Mozilla Firefox web browser, then you are using one of the most flexible web browsers available. There are dozens of toolbars and add-ons that you can install to customize your web browsing experience. Firefox toolbars are helpful at quickly getting access to some of your favorite tools. Unfortunately however, they are being compared with spam and spyware. Look more carefully though, and you will be able to find some Firefox toolbars that are really very functional.…

Troubleshoot a Laptop Battery that Will Not Charge

How to troubleshoot laptop battery problemsLaptop batteries are batteries used to power laptop computers without the use of an AC power adapter. The length of time a laptop battery lasts is linked to the size of the battery and the amount of power used by a system’s resources. If you can’t get your laptop battery to charge, check out these tips to see if you can get it charged up again.…

The Top Causes of a Slow Computer and How to Fix Them

We have all experienced a slow computer, and if your computer is slow now, you are not alone. But, what is causing your computer to run so slow?

There are so many different parts of a computer and it’s operating system that it can be hard to pinpoint where a specific issue is occuring, especially if you have limited knowledge of computers.

Instead of hiring somebody to tell you what’s wrong with your computer, it will save you money to determine the cause of your slow PC on your own so that you can fix it yourself, or at least …

Clean your Windows registry for a faster computer

We have discussed several tools that can help optimize your computer to make it run faster and smoother, but one task that doesn’t get as much attention is cleaning the Windows registry.

To better understand, the Windows registry is the big database that holds all the settings for your Windows operating system. This includes  settings for all of your software, your hardware, and even all of the personal settings and preferences you have set up for your Windows PC.

With all of this responsibility, it is inevitable that over time your Windows registry will build up flaws and erroneous or

Tagged with: , , ,

3 Tips to Increase Free Disk Space on Your Computer

not enough free disk space - Windows XPDepending on the size of the hard drive in your computer, you may see the “Not Enough Free Disk Space” pop-up box too often; especially if you install new program and/or download files from the internet often.

So, what do you do when you see this error? It’s a very bad idea to just begin deleting random files that you don’t recognize. Often, many ill-informed computer users discover that this solution can backfire and cause even more problems when they realize that one of the deleted files was an important file for software of Windows to operate properly.

Here are …

Tagged with: ,
Top