My computer has been slowing down and now it is not booting

March 13, 2012

When a computer starts to slow down it can be a sign of several problems, ranging from a virus infection, to overheating or even a failing hard drive.  If the symptoms continue to worsen or progress to the point where the system is not booting up properly you could be facing a pretty serious hardware [...]

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What to do if you spill liquid in to your laptop keyboard

March 21, 2011

Spills happen all the time.  Don’t panic, but do act quickly!  The damage can worsen if the spill spreads.  For the purposes of this article we are assuming the liquid was spilled in to the keyboard.  Please only follow these instructions if that is the case.

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Video DVDs on Windows when you have codec errors

July 21, 2009

Sometimes with a vanilla install of Windows XP or Vista you may find that the codecs to play your DVD are not present. You may receive an error message that it cannot locate the proper codec and the DVD won’t play. This can be frustrating because you may not have a commercial DVD player application on hand.

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