Posted on 25 July 2010.
LimeWire is a fast, easy-to-use file sharing program that contains no spyware, adware or other bundled software. Compatible with all major platforms and running over the Gnutella network, LimeWire’s open source code, is freely available to the public and developed in part by a devoted programmer community.
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Posted on 15 July 2010.
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Posted on 14 July 2010.
Do you know how to use a computer? Of course you do. But how familiar are you with what’s inside that shiny metal box of yours? For as complicated as the inner workings of computers may seem, they are really only made up of a few key pieces. If you ever have a hardware problem or would simply like to upgrade one of those pieces, it helps to know what they do and where they are located.
Today we’re taking it back to the basics. In this article, I am going to name the basic parts of a computer, describe what they do, show you where they are usually located, and give you a few tips on how to upgrade them. So the next time your hard drive dies or your CD-Rom stops reading discs, you don’t have to pay for a house call from your neighborhood PC-repair man.
[Note]: This article is meant to be a basic diagram of the basic parts of a computer and is by no means a complete and accurate description of everything that is inside a computer. While replacing computer parts, there are various things to consider that I will not be able to cover here, like compatibility issues.
This article is not about how to build a computer. For that, I invite you to check out our guides, How to Build a Gaming PC and The Idiot’s Ultimate Guide to Building Your Own PC. You can find a lot of what will be here in our Basic Computer Terms You Should Know Before Buying A PC article.
Now that most of the professionals and hardcore geeks have left, onto the basics!
Your motherboard is where all of the components I’m going to talk about will inevitably plug into. It has slots for most removable components like RAM, IDE/SATA drives, and video cards. If you are a beginner, I wouldn’t advise you to upgrade your motherboard yourself, but a lot of the other components I will cover require you to unplug things from the motherboard.
To view system specs, try Speccy.
See: What Is A CPU and What Does It Do? [Technology Explained]
If a computer was a human, the CPU would be the brain. It is the single most important piece of a computer because it does all the processing of data, calculations, and it controls most of the other components. The CPU is usually located directly underneath a cooling unit on the motherboard.
Once again, I would not advise you to upgrade your CPU yourself if you are a beginner. In most cases, upgrading your CPU will require a new motherboard, along with a heat sink and perhaps other components. While I won’t go into it here, you can find a very informative and detailed walk-through on How to Upgrade a Processor here.
The PSU provides power to your whole PC and is usually located in the top-back of your computer. PSUs are rated by the amount of power they give out (e.g. 600 watts). It is important that your computer is powered properly so that it does not fail on you.
To upgrade your PSU, you should research the specifications of the other components in your system, most importantly the video card and CPU. You also want to make sure you get the proper connectors for your system.
Calculate your PC power supply with eXtreme PSU Engine.
Your hard drive is what stores all your data long-term. Hard drives are generally kept in the bottom-front of most PCs, and are usually connected to the motherboard via SATA cables (IDE for older PCs). Also, there will be a power cable.
If yours dies on you or you simply want to upgrade to a bigger one (storage wise), you just need to purchase one with the proper connections. Hard drives are usually screwed into place.
RAM is temporary (or short-term) memory and helps out with overall system performance and speed. RAM consists of long sticks that are plugged directly into your motherboard. Consult your owner’s manual or system information to determine the maximum amount of RAM that’s supported by your system.
Upgrading RAM depends on how many slots you have and the maximum size each slot supports. Some computers require that you have the same amount of RAM in each slot. This would be listed in your manual as well.
Your disk drive(s) is/are generally located at the top-front of your machine. They allow you to play and burn (copy) CDs and DVDs. Since discs spin in these drives, they occasionally break on you. Also, the speed at which these drives can read and write data is constantly increasing.
To upgrade a CD or DVD-ROM, simply unplug and unscrew the existing drive and plug the cables (power, SATA/IDE) into the new drive. If you are upgrading from one drive to multiple drives, you can learn about setting the drives to master/slave configuration here.
Your video card is what allows you to view anything on your monitor (makes sense). If you’re into gaming, you either left already to learn how to build a gaming PC or you stuck around to see what I had to say about video cards.
Modern games require better video cards. Your video card is usually located in the bottom-back portion of your computer case. Aside from size specifications, slot placement, motherboard type, processor speed, and power intake – which are all compatibility issues – upgrading your video card is as simple as unplugging the stock card and plugging the new video card in its place.
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Posted on 14 July 2010.
Do you know how to use a computer? Of course you do. But how familiar are you with what’s inside that shiny metal box of yours? For as complicated as the inner workings of computers may seem, they are really only made up of a few key pieces. If you ever have a hardware problem or would simply like to upgrade one of those pieces, it helps to know what they do and where they are located.
Today we’re taking it back to the basics. In this article, I am going to name the basic parts of a computer, describe what they do, show you where they are usually located, and give you a few tips on how to upgrade them. So the next time your hard drive dies or your CD-Rom stops reading discs, you don’t have to pay for a house call from your neighborhood PC-repair man.
[Note]: This article is meant to be a basic diagram of the basic parts of a computer and is by no means a complete and accurate description of everything that is inside a computer. While replacing computer parts, there are various things to consider that I will not be able to cover here, like compatibility issues.
This article is not about how to build a computer. For that, I invite you to check out our guides, How to Build a Gaming PC and The Idiot’s Ultimate Guide to Building Your Own PC. You can find a lot of what will be here in our Basic Computer Terms You Should Know Before Buying A PC article.
Now that most of the professionals and hardcore geeks have left, onto the basics!
Your motherboard is where all of the components I’m going to talk about will inevitably plug into. It has slots for most removable components like RAM, IDE/SATA drives, and video cards. If you are a beginner, I wouldn’t advise you to upgrade your motherboard yourself, but a lot of the other components I will cover require you to unplug things from the motherboard.
To view system specs, try Speccy.
See: What Is A CPU and What Does It Do? [Technology Explained]
If a computer was a human, the CPU would be the brain. It is the single most important piece of a computer because it does all the processing of data, calculations, and it controls most of the other components. The CPU is usually located directly underneath a cooling unit on the motherboard.
Once again, I would not advise you to upgrade your CPU yourself if you are a beginner. In most cases, upgrading your CPU will require a new motherboard, along with a heat sink and perhaps other components. While I won’t go into it here, you can find a very informative and detailed walk-through on How to Upgrade a Processor here.
The PSU provides power to your whole PC and is usually located in the top-back of your computer. PSUs are rated by the amount of power they give out (e.g. 600 watts). It is important that your computer is powered properly so that it does not fail on you.
To upgrade your PSU, you should research the specifications of the other components in your system, most importantly the video card and CPU. You also want to make sure you get the proper connectors for your system.
Calculate your PC power supply with eXtreme PSU Engine.
Your hard drive is what stores all your data long-term. Hard drives are generally kept in the bottom-front of most PCs, and are usually connected to the motherboard via SATA cables (IDE for older PCs). Also, there will be a power cable.
If yours dies on you or you simply want to upgrade to a bigger one (storage wise), you just need to purchase one with the proper connections. Hard drives are usually screwed into place.
RAM is temporary (or short-term) memory and helps out with overall system performance and speed. RAM consists of long sticks that are plugged directly into your motherboard. Consult your owner’s manual or system information to determine the maximum amount of RAM that’s supported by your system.
Upgrading RAM depends on how many slots you have and the maximum size each slot supports. Some computers require that you have the same amount of RAM in each slot. This would be listed in your manual as well.
Your disk drive(s) is/are generally located at the top-front of your machine. They allow you to play and burn (copy) CDs and DVDs. Since discs spin in these drives, they occasionally break on you. Also, the speed at which these drives can read and write data is constantly increasing.
To upgrade a CD or DVD-ROM, simply unplug and unscrew the existing drive and plug the cables (power, SATA/IDE) into the new drive. If you are upgrading from one drive to multiple drives, you can learn about setting the drives to master/slave configuration here.
Your video card is what allows you to view anything on your monitor (makes sense). If you’re into gaming, you either left already to learn how to build a gaming PC or you stuck around to see what I had to say about video cards.
Modern games require better video cards. Your video card is usually located in the bottom-back portion of your computer case. Aside from size specifications, slot placement, motherboard type, processor speed, and power intake – which are all compatibility issues – upgrading your video card is as simple as unplugging the stock card and plugging the new video card in its place.
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Posted on 12 July 2010.
Microsoft has been a leading provider of many computer and Internet products and services. They may be best known for their operation system (OS), Windows, especially XP, released in 2001. In fact, more people use Windows operating systems (as opposed to Mac, Linux, or another lesser known OS) than all other operating systems combined. Windows XP is currently being used by more people than all the Windows OS’s combined, not to mention claims about 60 percent of the entire OS market shares.
One of the quickest ways to identify the Windows XP is by the green start button and blue taskbar on the bottom of your computer screen, but it is responsible for much more than that. Microsoft in a way started over with the way they presented operating systems for their users.
Before XP (short for “experience”), there were two strands of operating systems in use by computer users in the late 90’s—one was a business/networking friendly version known as Windows NT (which was upgraded to Windows 2000, in the year 2000). The other version was a consumer friendly version known as Windows 98 (succeeded by Windows ME, also in 2000).
Microsoft not only greatly improved the performance and, what they considered to be a vast improvement to usability, XP also replaced the two “strands” of Windows OS’s into one operating system. XP is alternatively named “Windows 5.1” because it follows the Windows NT code base and is the successor to the NT based Windows 2000 (or, Windows 5.0).
There are multiple versions of XP, but the two most popular are Windows XP Professional Edition (similar to the Windows 2000 format), and Windows XP Home Edition (to replace 98 and ME), but every version is highly similar in the look and feel of XP. The most obvious difference in XP and all its predecessors is the major changes in the GUI, or graphical user interface. The colors, design, even shadows are significant improvements to the “aesthetic” quality, although this is a “classic” option to revert to the Windows 2000 look.
The most important reason for all the changes in the GUI was to improve the usability of all its features, especially for those who are new to computers. Options from the start menu, to the placements of icons and options were “optimized” to make computing simple to do and easy to understand (of course, these improvements may not be appreciated by those who have become accustomed to using a previous version of Windows, so not everyone agrees on the value of them).
The Control Panel, for example, was changed from previous versions to having two views. The “Classic View” just like the older versions that listed all the options in thumbnails in alphabetical order, and the “Category View” groups similar icons together to help users know where to find the controls they want.
Several upgrades to XP, called a service pack (SP), have been released since the original 2001 release. These are basically security and stability fixes that were available for free from the Microsoft website or as an automatic update. The last upgrade, service pack 3 had over 1,100 fixes! XP SP3 is the only version of XP that is still supported by Microsoft. According to the company, Microsoft will continue supporting (and provides free updates for) XP SP3 until April 2014, even though two newer operating systems, Vista and Windows 7, have already been released.
For information and troubleshooting resources, go to www.microsoft.com/windowsxp.
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Posted on 10 July 2010.
Internet security comes built-in to some browsers, but also includes personal firewalls and software for anti-viruses, anti-adware and anti-spyware. Learn how Internet security keeps computers and information safe with acomputer specialist in this free video tutorial on Internet security. Expert: Chris Cook Contact: www.SecurityAwareness.com Bio: Chris Cook has been CEO of Security Awareness Inc. for more than nine years. Filmmaker: Christopher Rokosz
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Posted on 10 July 2010.
Tom Wolsky shows you one of the new features of Leopard, Time Machine, Macs slick new backup feature within the operating system.
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Posted on 09 July 2010.
JetAudio is integrated multimedia software made up of a single compact rack. Not only does it play various music and video files, it also has features such as CD burning, recording, and conversion to other file formats.
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Posted on 09 July 2010.
The Internet is a very dangerous place. If you aren’t careful where you’re browsing, it is very easy for your computer get infected with a malicious virus. Sometimes, you have to click on a link or actually install something to get a virus, but in other cases viruses can infect your computer as soon as you browse a website. On top of that, if you regularly download files through peer-to-peer networks, then your chances of getting infected increase exponentially. Here are some tips on how to know when you’re infected, and how to remove the viruses.
A viral infection can take a number of different forms and show many different types of symptoms. You might start suddenly getting popup advertisements, even when you’re not actually browsing a website. Or you might notice that your computer just seems to be performing very sluggishly. With the most malicious types of viruses, your computer may stop working altogether. But perhaps the most dangerous types are the ones that run subtly and steal your account names, numbers and passwords in order to steal your identity.
For the more subtle types of infections, it can be hard to determine if a virus is really the cause. In other cases, even if your computer shows symptoms of viral infection (such as general slowdown), it may not be viruses that are the cause. Since it can be tough to know for sure if your computer is infected, and it can be catastrophic if you don’t detect and remove an infection, the best thing to do is to scan your machine regularly. In order for that to be successful, you must also make sure your virus scanning software is up to date and has the ability to detect the most recent viruses out there.
There are a number of free virus and spyware scanning programs out there on the Internet. While most of them are quite thorough, not one program is a catchall, so you may want to run two or three different scanning programs just to be absolutely safe. If you don’t already have a virus-scanning program, then you should download one straightaway and install it. Unfortunately, some viruses are very crafty and will actually prevent you from running install programs for virus scanners that can find them. In some cases, you can simply trick the virus program by renaming the installer program for the virus scanner.
Even if you are able to successfully scan and remove viruses, you may find that they come right back the next time you start up your computer. If that happens, then you may have a virus with a rootkit component. Rootkits basically make it so that as soon as your computer is restarted, the virus is reinstalled. Many basic virus scanners can’t get rid of rootkits, but there are other free software packages specifically designed to battle rootkits that should work.
If you still have problems, then your best bet is to seek out one of the many online forums that specialize in helping people fight viruses. Volunteers on these forums will walk you thorugh step-by-step to help you cleanse your compute of viruses.
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Posted on 06 July 2010.
SuperAntiSpyware Free Edition .Double click the program icon went you see the bug near the clock ,system tray Double left click on the bug or right click the bug then scan for spyware on top , then just scan computer , it is very limited to just removing al type of threats the tool is not real time protection till you buy the pro version . SuperAntiSpyware Free Edition will remove or quarantine With the free version your able to do. Quick, Complete and Custom Scanning of Hard Drives, Removable Drives, Memory, Registry, and More! Detect and Remove Spyware, Adware, Malware, Trojans, Dialers, Worms, KeyLoggers, HiJackers and many other types of threats. Trust Items and Exclude Folders for complete customization of scanning Repair broken Internet Connections, Desktops, Registry Editing and more with our unique Repair System! limited Automatic Updates check for program and definition updates every 8 hours. Manual Only SUPERAntiSpyware Free and Professional Comparison SUPERAntiSpyware Professional features our highly advanced Real-Time Protection to ensure protection from installation or re-installation of potential threats as you surf the Internet. Used in conjunction with our First Chance Prevention and Registry Protection, your computer is protected from thousands of threats that attempt to infect and infiltrate your system at startup or while shutting down your system. The Scheduling, Automatic Updates and Daily Definition Updates featured in SUPERAntiSpyware Professional …
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Posted on 04 July 2010.
There is a difference between the adware and the spyware, even they are so much alike. I think the similarities out weighs the disparities, they are similar in so many ways that it seems to many that the adware and spyware are the same. The truth is that the adware is different from the spyware though the two go hand in hand. The major difference exist in their functions, but the way they operate are so much alike, so, it will be right to say that they are alike and that they are different, which ever way you think of it you can be right.
The adware is a software program that supports advertisements on the internet. Software developers create these programs and attaching it with other software applications, most of which are free versions of application, when downloaded, the adware get into the system to display different adverts whenever the application is used or whenever the user may browse the web. The adware creates a connection link between the internet advertisement company and the computer system, transfering information to and from the system.
One the other hand, the spyware is also a software program designed mainly to spy the activities of the computer user, this program is installed to the computer unknown to the user of the user, most times they may ask you to click on a particular link to get something free, and once you do that a spyware is loaded into your system unknown to you, sometimes the software forces its way into your system, making it so hard to detect its presence in your system.
What tasks does the adware perform once it gets into your system? It makes sure it brings up different adverts as programmed by the advertisement company. This can become very irritating if you are busy trying to perform some serious tasks on the internet, you see several unending adverts interrupting your work, making it difficult for you to concentrate; that is very distrubing if you ask me. I have noticed a better way they dothis thing recently, they just attach the adware with only one application and when you download the free software, the adverts come up only when you use that particular application and they are not so annoying in that case.
As for the spyware, no one knows when and how it gets into the system, it comes in through any available avenue, once it is in the system, it begins to monitor every operation caried out in the system, it spys all that the system does and how it is done, these facts ae recorded and used by its programmers for what ever reason they dim fit. Parents can use this to monitor the activites on their children computers, this is good because the children will not detect it and with this device they can actually control the browsing activities of their children, putting restriction or boundaries to the internet activities of their children. Employers can also use it to monitor and contorl the activities of employees on the computer through out the office.
The spyware can be a very useful software device if used for the right or legal purposes, it provides control and survelliance, making it easy to monitor the activities of individuals with the aim detecting crime and reducing it to the lowest minimal.
Adware and spyware has the similarity of exposing the private information in the computer system to its programmers and internet trackers and hackers, with these tracking of the user’s activities on the system is done. They are both powerful tracking devices.
Finally, to escape from these tracking and hacking software programs, you should install a blocking or removing software to rid your computer system of these menace.
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Posted on 01 July 2010.
Tutorial including password changing,ip tracing, user adding/deleting, remote shutdown and also pop-up creation . Note: This is for educational purposes only!
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Posted on 30 June 2010.
Me training in the public beta of America’s Army 3. I think this game releases on June 17 (?). You can Pre-Load it from Steam or Big Download before the game comes out. *Taken from aa3.americasarmy.com AA3 System Requirements Operating System (OS) * Microsoft Windows XP (with Service Pack 2) * Microsoft Windows Vista Processor (CPU) * 3.0+ GHz Single Core CPU (Minimum) * 2.4+ GHz Dual/Quad Core CPU (Recommended) Memory (RAM) * 1GB RAM (Minimum) * 2GB RAM (Recommended) Video Card * Direct X 9.0c compliant, Shader 3.0 enabled video card with 256MB RAM (NVIDIA 6600 or better/ATI X1300 or better) (Minimum) * Direct X 9.0c compliant, Shader 3.0 enabled video card with 512MB RAM (NVIDIA 7950 or better/ATI X1950 or better) (Recommended) Sound Card * Direct X 9.0c compliant sound card (Minimum) * Creative EAX 4.0 compliant sound card (Audigy 2, X-Fi series) (Recommended) Hard Drive Space * 5GB free hard drive space Network * Broadband Internet Connection DVD-ROM * 4x DVD-ROM (Disc Copies Only)
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Posted on 29 June 2010.
www.worthgodwin.com – Learn basics of the computer — Apple Mac or Windows PC — more easily using the tips in this free online video instruction.
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Posted on 28 June 2010.
This video is for the newbies to makeup! When I first started off I didn’t know what a primer was, or that I can enhance my looking using more than one eyeshadow! Here are my 7 basic steps on how to apply eye makeup! What I used… URBAN DECAY primer potion REVLON “Moonlit Jewels” creme shadows MAC “expensive pink” E/S (eye shadow) MAC “sketch” E/S LOREAL intense lineur in black MAKEUP FOR EVER black aqua pencil CLINIQUE high impact mascara
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Posted on 28 June 2010.
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