Advice and Information on Personal Computers

Learn how to maximise your computer's performance, and get the most out of the applications you use. Each week there will be new guides posted here that will provide tips and advice.

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Who Else Wants To Tweak Windows XP For A Faster PC

Windows XP has lots of colours, themes and similar special effects to make your PC look great. These effects slow down your PC and that is the main problem. If your computer is running slow, and you are sure you do not have a virus, spyware or adware you may try using some of these Win XP tweaks. The more special effects you remove the better. Some of the effects that slow your PC are: Pictures on the desktop background. A blank wallpaper is the best...
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Accelerate your Windows XP

The outcome of each modification will vary to each PC's. I had focused on the XP OS machine regardless of my experience on the individual setup and trouble shooting...

Find The Best Computer Hardware

In our age, owning a personal computer is something that most people have the luxury of. In fact, I know several people who have multiple computers in their home and at their office. As the popularity of computers and the internet have grown in the past decade...

PCI-Express vs AGP: Which to Choose?

What is PCI-Express and AGP? There are two ways to connect a graphics card to a motherboard, either via an AGP or PCI Express slot located on your motherboard. A motherboard only supports one of these slots...

Video Cards For Desktop Computers

Purchasing a video card for your desktop should be considered as one of the first performance upgrades you can make to your existing computer. If you bought your computer as a complete unit from a retail outlet, or an online computer store...

6 Steps You Can Take To Speed Up Your Computer's Performance

We live in a fast paced world and we're always looking for the fastest way to get things done. We barely have time to wait for our burger at the local fast food restaurant, our coffee to brew, our microwave popcorn to pop, so who has time to wait around for a slow computer...

Best Computer Buy

Are you looking to buy a computer in the near future? Why are you looking for a new computer, did it break or do you just want a computer with more memory than your old computer...

How To Properly Troubleshoot Video Display Problems

When you have problems with your video display, it can be something as simple as having the brightness turned down to a bad controller on the motherboard. If you have not done, first learn to identify the components of the video display system. When you look inside any open computer...

Custom Gaming Computers: Why Build Your Own?

If you plan on owning a powerful gaming computer to play the latest games on, there's really only one way to go about it. Build your own. Building your own custom gaming computer has many advantages over buying a complete, ready-built PC. It's also very easy to do...

Computer Use And Repetitive Stress Injuries

Repetitive stress injuries have been around for some time but have really come into there own with the dawn of the technology age or computer age. It's been the computer age for awhile now...

Coming Next Week in Personal Computers:
Choose the Best Gaming PC for your Needs

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