PC Technician's ESD (Electrostatic Discharge) Protection
A electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage or destroy integrated circuit electronics. The problem is that you may not see a visible spark. You may not know that a static discharge occurred. This an article update. More ...
Troubleshooting DLL Problems
When using an application, if you receive an error message like Illegal Operation, Incorrect DLL Version or similar types of errors, it could be because you don't have the latest DLL or it could be because one of DLLs of that application was overwritten when you installed a new program. More ...
How To Fix Peer Name Resolution Protocol Service Errors
PNRP (Peer Name Resolution Protocol)is a name resolution protocol allowing hosts to publish their peer names and corresponding IPv6 addresses and other optional information. Other hosts can then establish peer-to-peer connections. More ...
Free Firewall - ZoneAlarm
Hackers want to know if your computer has any open ports they can use to take control of your computer. One of the hackers favorite tricks is to install spyware on your computer. More ...
Troubleshooting Wireless a Keyboard or Mouse
A wireless input device such as a keyboard or mouse uses a built-in radio transceiver to communicate with a similar transceiver plugged into a USB port on a PC. This article explains how to troubleshooting a wireless keyboard or Mouse. More ...
Video - Dell Laptop Motherboard Replacement Tutorial
This video tutorial shows you how to replace the motherboard in a Dell Inspiron laptop, needless to say, it show you how to completely disassemble and reassemble a laptop. More ...
PC Technician's Guide to EMI (Electromagnetic Interference)
The high-frequency digital circuitry in PC's can emit radio waves EMI that interferes with the operation of nearby electronic devices. This 's referred to as Electromagnetic Interference or EMI. More ...
How to Create a Vista Boot Disk
Hard disks formatted with NTFS have built-in security features that prevent using a boot disk to access their files. The boot disk for Windows Vista is actually the Windows installation disc. If Vista won't start, you can use the installation disc as a boot disc. More ...
The Windows Recovery Console
The Recovery Console, introduced with Windows 2000, provides an interface that allows you to use DOS commands to troubleshoot and repair Windows. With the Recovery Console you can use a number of DOS commands to access FAT or NTFS file systems and repair a system file, the registry, or a damaged file system. More ...
How to Troubleshoot Your Computer's Keyboard
A computer's keyboard is a mechanical device, and a cheaply constructed mechanical device at that. The problem with mechanical devices is that they wear out and/or get dirty and stop working properly. In this article, I provide some information about how to troubleshoot a keyboard that's not working properly, or not working at all. More ...
Don't Have Permission to Write to Drive
If you move a drive to another computer, you may lose permission to write to that drive. That's because the previous system set access permissions for the drive. Here's how to reset access permissions. More ...
How to Fix Advapi32 Error
Advapi32.dll is part of the Windows OS and is used by many programs that provide security for the system and that make registry calls. Here's how to fix advapi32 error. More ...
