Is Your Computer Getting Slower Since You Bought It?

Read This Before You Decide On Giving Up On Your PC!!!

Do You Have A Slow Windows PC?
Considering Retiring It After Having It For A Year?
Hassled By Replacing Your PC Because You
Have Data In It That You Can't Afford To Lose?

I've been working with computers since 1992 and in my experience, I've
always noticed that after having installed several programs throughout
the life of that PC, this is what I've been noticing...

• Slow PC Performance
• Computer Frozen
• System Crashes
• Windows Errors
• Hardware Malfunctions
• Slow Internet Speeds
• DLL Errors
• General Protection Fault
• System32 Errors
• Windows Explorer Errors
• Access Violations
• Runtime Errors

If you get any of these errors, it can be annoying if they pop up on your screen. Chances are, your application may run slow, take some time to load up, or you wind up with a configuration error. Why? Because you may have a registry that still has applications or library files that are still loading up into your computer's memory although you no longer have the actual program that needs it in your system. As a result, it slows down your system because every time you run a program in your computer, it will still scan your entire registry to see if your program has the required entries.

A large registry file delays the loading of your program. It doesn't matter if you're using the entries associated with the registry or not.

There are two ways to fix this. You can do it the easy way (click on the link) or the hard way. The hard way is not meant for the novices to do, that is run the REGEDIT.EXE program. Try doing that and you'll be doing some hunting blindfolded if you don't know what you're doing. Even those who know how to do some editing on the registry (like me) will take time to fix the offending error (that's if I'm able to locate it). The easy way is to use a registry cleaner. A registry cleaner has the following features that might help you safely fix your problem:

• Remove the associated errors above
• Make a backup of your current registry before the scan
• Restore your old registry if you're not satisfied with the scan
• Manage your Windows Startup
• Works with both Windows XP and Windows Vista
• Schedule your scan at a desired time.
• Free Scanning Tool
  

However, there are a lot of registry cleaners out there and you're wondering which one will is best for you. Well I have to admit that nothing is perfect out there. If you need to know which one works best, here's what I did.

We have researched 11 registry cleaners. Of the 11, three of them scored higher in our criteria. The top three picks have sustained excellent track records, are simple to use, and offers the best & most comprehensive scans for your PC. (more info here...)

If you're in the market of getting your Windows PC resolved, my advice is before you go see a computer technician and pay $75 per hour for it, my suggestion is reconsider until you try out the free scanning tool made available by each of the three programs and see for yourself.

For more information about getting the free scanner, you may click here.

Tired Of Computer Problems? Glitches? Slow Response?

Are you using a PC running any version of Windows XP or Windows Vista? If you're having computer problems, chances are, you probably have a problem in your system registry.

What is a system registry? Normally when you install some programs or add hardware to your computer, information about each program or a piece of computer hardware device is stored in this registry. Virtually, it's the heart and soul of your computer.

The system registry has been implemented by Microsoft since their release of the Windows 95 operating system and is currently used in all versions of Windows Server 2000 or 2003, Windows XP, and Windows Vista. All configuration information in the Windows operating system is centralized. To make changes to the registry, you need either to run the REGEDIT.EXE or the REGEDT32.EXE program, which comes in all versions of Windows (since Windows 95).

The Linux operating system (all flavors) and other flavors of the Unix operating system do not use a centralized configuration system. Configuration information is stored on separate files and all you need to make changes in it is a simple text editor.

But this is all about the Windows operating system, so let's talk about it.

For someone who's computer savvy, they would most likely know how to work the system registry and manually resolve the problem. Unfortunately, not everyone has the skill set needed to perform this task. Most people would be challenged when it comes to trying to resolve a problem with their system. Although I can do this manually and I'm A+ Certified, it takes someone who's experienced with the Windows operating system and the registry to be able to make these kinds of changes. Even advanced users would prefer to use some tool to do the troubleshooting themselves and I personally belong in this category.

You can correct the errors in your Windows System Registry manually or with a program that can access your Windows System Registry. However, if this is a little bit challenging and you're pressed for time, you're better off making changes using this tool. It's called Registry Fix. This program can address the following issues:

• A Slow Windows System
• DLL errors
• Constant Blue Screens
• Receiving error messages and don't know why
• Resolve more of your computer problems
  

Only experts are able to fix something like the ones mentioned above by manually going into the system registry. Most of us would have to research Microsoft's Technet or Google the issue in hand to see if there's a fix or a work around that issue. Registry Fix will already tell you what the problem is and the rest is up to you to decide whether to proceed or not.

You can download the program and try it out for free. Go to the link below to download it. The free download has limited functionality, meaning part of your registry will be corrected. If you purchase the software, you will be able to correct all the issues that affect the performance of your system.

Believe me, whether or not you're computer savvy, I encourage you to try out Registry Fix and see for yourself. Once this program cleans up the Windows Registry that's causing a slow performance, you'll never want to part with it again.

Click Here! if you want to see more information on Registry Fix works.

Mac OS X on a Dell Inspiron 1100

This was originally written by me on January 2007 and the source is

http://lesid.blogs.friendster.com/my_blog/2006/12/mac_os_x_on_a_d.html

Has anyone every tried to run a Mac OS X on a regular PC like a Dell Inspiron 1100 laptop?

Just to make a long story short, I got this thing working. A Mac OS X (the Tiger version 10.4.5) on a Dell Inspiron 1100 notebook. All the drivers worked out for me, the video, sound, monitor resolution at 1024x768 (the best an Inspiron 1100 can do).

However, you need to get the usb 2.0 wireless adapter and the only one I got to work is the AeroLite 802.11g USB 2.0 adapter. It's both PC and Mac OS X compatible and you can get it from Fry's Electronics for $59.99. But I found something much better for the wireless support and it works on all Windows XP, Vista, Ubuntu 6.x, and the Mac OS X (Tiger). It's the Netgear 511GT and it's the PCMCIA version. For whatever reason, it's recognized as an Airport Card (that's what's used and supported by Apple for wireless).
It's been more than a year now and this thing is still running on the laptop. It stills shuts down in a snap unlike its Ubuntu Linux and Windows counterparts.

I just got hook with this thing last year and I'm still hooked with it. Soon I'll be buying either a Mac Mini (the $799 version) or a Powerbook, but will make sure I can get the new operating system on it. Will I do away with Ubuntu? Probably NOT. However, I can do a lot with the Dell-Mac OS if I want to. I got MS Office 2004 working on this machine, but can't play the EA's Madden 200x nor NHL 200x. I'm still stuck with that on the PC.

However, because these new Macs run on Intel Core 2 Due processors, the same processors that power up those PCs that you use, you should be able to run Windows XP or even Windows Vista, but why would you do that if you're running the more-stable Mac OS X? That's because you may still have some applications that are dependent on Windows.

For those of you Internet Explorer die hards that need it, your best bet is to download Codeweavers Crossover Office (http://www.codeweavers.com) and the version as of this writing for the Mac is equivalent to the Linux version 5.0.3, but there is a beta version already out, so you can try it out and also install Internet Explorer 6.0.
Or you can use it on your new Mac running the Windows Operating System. I personally prefer to use Firefox because of the use of Tabs.

Now going back to my Mac-In-Dell, let me say this...the interface is just as identical to the Mac OS X itself. It's pretty nice. What sucks is that you need to learn that the Ctrl key is equivalent to the MS Windows key in the new PC keyboard. For example, Ctrl+X will cut the highlighted text in Windows, but in the Mac, you use the Window+X to do the same job.

The drawback is applications that are compiled in the PowerPC-based Macs like Office 2004 will run reeeeaaallll slow. It really crawls. I recommend you run an office suite that is MacIntel (Macs with Intel processors) specific.

However, it's been fun playing with it. I had to go back to the Windows XP operating system because some applications I needed to gas up my business can only run on Windows and it's reliable enough for me.

Well that's all I have to say.

Are You Getting A Disk Boot Failure On Windows XP?

Are you getting something like this message when you boot up your computer in Windows XP:

"DISK BOOT FAILURE" or a similar message and ask you to put a bootable disk.

Aside from doing home business, one of the things I excel is in the field of computers. My college education is based on the use of computers in business, but we'll be discussing the hardware side. Provided that you have the right equipment to resolve this type of problem, you should be able to resolve an issue like the "Disk Boot Failure".

Well three times on three separate occassions, I was getting this message on one of my Windows XP machines.

I fiddled around with it a few times but to no luck.

Then what I did was put in the Windows XP CD with SP2 on the CD-ROM drive and boot it up and used the Recovery Console.

In the recovery console, I performed the following tasks:

• Make sure that I boot up to C:\WINDOWS and entered the Administrator account password.
• Assuming that my CD-ROM drive is D:, I did the following commands and I'm on the root directory of my C drive, e.g. "C:\", I performed the following commands
  
• copy d:\i386\ntdetect.com (then hit enter)
  
• copy d:\i386\ntldr (then hit enter)
• attrib +R+S+H ntdetect.com (then hit enter)
  
• attrib +R+S+H ntldr (then hit enter)
  
• exit (then hit enter)
• Once you hit "exit", your computer should reboot and you'll see the Windows XP Logo as you boot up your computer.

Disclaimer: The above are my suggestions. I don't know how will it work for you, but it worked for me. It may or may not work out for you. You should always have a backup image of your system if you ever have to fall back.