Computer diagnostics

OK, yesterday I had to test one laptop (about 2.5 years old) and I was pretty impressed with the battery life. As I had to move in the place, I didn’t plug in any wires whatsoever and was much surprised that after 30 minutes of turning on and off the  [ Read More ]

If you haven’t been aware, almost every bigger event in MS Windows system (Xp, Vista, Windows 7) is being logged and saved for a particular time in the event viewer files, or the so called Windows logs. Even though they might mean nothing to you and stay there for good,  [ Read More ]

I won’t talk about the differences between charged antivirus programs and free spyware removal software. As you know the two are designed for somewhat different purposes and while they both are effective in their own specialties, using one with the other is like defending a fortress with less holes in  [ Read More ]

In the event of a total Windows XP system failure, besides the usual XP system restore utilities, one might try running the good and old Windows automated system recovery (ASR). It recovers the operational system to the status of the system backup creation date. The ASR utility only works if  [ Read More ]

While browsing on the internet in search for Windows XP backup and repair utilities I have found out that I just have to look closer at what I already have and use it to the full extent. I suppose, a part of you knows of the default Windows XP backup  [ Read More ]

In case your computer doesn’t start up and the blue screen of death starts showing up telling about some damaged system files you can try fixing it through Windows XP recovery console. Depending upon your configuration, you have two options. Choice 1 If you have recovery console installed in your  [ Read More ]