The Top 5 Most Common Computer Problems

If you have a PC, then you have most likely suffered from computer problems. Most people have accepted that there PC will eventually crash due to a virus or some massive error. However this is a myth. Your PC is built to last more than a decade. However you must keep well tuned for it to make its third birthday. Nevertheless, most people would rather buy a shiny new PC rather than spend an hour trying to fix computer problems on there 2 year lap top or desktop. After another two year after their purchase lack of maintenance will cause their new PC to lose its performance speed. Whats next you guess, $3000 Windows Vista Ready PC. This is known as the consumer vicious cycle.

Why have does your computer have problems?

Well, the biggest problem that your computer has is its owner. More than 80% of computer problems stem from neglecting to perform simple maintenance task such as cleaning your registry, emptying your cache files and updating software regularly. If these task a perform diligently. You would be reading this article from a five year old machine running on Windows 98 operating system. So, lets take a look at the top five computer problems and how to avoid them. Read the rest of this entry »

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Great Tips for Choosing the Best Registry Cleaner

Are you searching for a registry clean up tool to fix corrupt registry entries? Making the right choice for the best registry cleaner can be complicated because there are so many to choose from on the internet however below are some tips that will steer you in the right direction. These tips include the specific benefits of a registry cleanup tool, software features, and software awards. When completing this article your path should be somewhat easier to follow of how to search and choose the best registry cleaner that will benefit your PC the most.

The benefits of registry clean up software begin with returning the speed of your computer by repairing corrupt and obsolete registry keys. Repairing and removing the corrupt files within the registry will maintain your computer in an optimal level of performance thereby freeing up your process to more productive work.

Viruses are many times placed into the registry to modify or corrupt many important features on the Windows operating system and with registry repair this will go past a regular antivirus program (which cannot work inside the registry) and dig inside the registry for possible bugs and remove them keeping your system clean. Also when the registry cleaner removes all the clutter from the registry it keeps running lean and fast without having anything take up space and slow down the CPU efforts. Read the rest of this entry »

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Benefits of Adding More RAM to Your PC

RAM or Random Access Memory is a critical component for a computer to run properly. Having not enough RAM can render a computer useless over time due to too many programs or applications being used at the same time. The more applications a person opens, the more RAM is needed to run those applications. Today, most computer manufacturers sell new computers with at least 512MB of RAM. Compared to a few years ago, the minimum amount was 256MB. And before that, the minimum amount was 128MB or even 64MB. The increase is due to the complexity of the software and Operating systems that are being installed on the computer. For example, Windows XP has a bare minimum RAM requirement of 64MB to operate. But according to Microsoft, it is recommended to have 128MB to “increase performance”. As for myself currently working in the PC support industry, you really need at least 256-512MB of RAM to get any type of performance out of Windows XP. If not, as soon as you start installing any type of games or database intensive software, the computer will slow down dramatically. Of the people that I support either at work or my personal clients, one of the main issues is not having enough RAM installed.

As another example, if an application uses 128MB of RAM, and the PC only has 128MB installed, that application will do one of two things:

1) Not even launch Read the rest of this entry »

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