OS X Lion was released earlier today and for the first time ever Apple has released an operating system as an App Store only download. OS X Lion costs only $29.99 and has already received plenty of positive reviews. Apple may be releasing OS X Lion on USB memory sticks later on, analysts have speculated that the cost will be $69.99. This guide will take you through the OS X Lion installation process.
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Although it is true that there isn't a Windows 7 video driver available for the Dell Dimension B110 it is still possible to force the integrated Intel i865GV video card to work properly by making a simple adjustment to the Dimension B110's BIOS.
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The other day, I was given the opportunity to repair a computer that nobody else was able to fix. In fact, I was even told that another computer repair company spent almost two days diagnosing the computer and was unable to correct the issue. To make a long story short, and without bragging of course, I was able to fix the computer in about 15 minutes. The problem with this particular computer was that it had a faulty memory module installed. Bad RAM is becoming more and more a common problem due to the fact that RAM is an inexpensive and mass produced piece of computer hardware. Since bad RAM can cause any number of problems with a computer, I thought that I would write a guide about how to test bad RAM for both the Mac and the PC.
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I have had tremendous luck in the past with selling baseball cards on eBay and thought that I would share a few pointers with you. It's up to you to decide whether you plan on selling older, and potentially more valuable cards on eBay, or if you plan on getting into buying and "flipping" newly released cards. Regardless, this free guide will show you how to sell baseball cards on eBay the right way.
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The majority of computer viruses and spyware infections occur on computers that don't have a firewall enabled and/or don't have any antivirus software installed. To understand just how vulnerable an unsecured computer is you need to imagine a human being without any skin. Our skin provides us with protection against viruses and other elements just as does a firewall and antivirus software on a computer system. Although some viruses will still manage to "sneak" through because new viruses are created every day, there are steps that you can take in order to lower your computer's exposure to new and emerging threats.
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Mac OS X users may notice a folder named "Recovered Files" in their trash after rebooting their Mac computer. This has been happening to me lately so I went ahead over to Apple's Support website in order to research the issue.
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If your computer is infected with spyware you'll be relieved to know that you can do your own spyware detection and removal using the free spyware removal software Malwarebytes. This guide will show you how to remove spyware from your computer and prevent your PC from getting reinfected. Companies such as the Geek Squad charge up to $300 to remove spyware, but you won't be paying a dime!
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Lately, I've been receiving a lot of email from readers who are asking (in some cases begging) that I write up a review of WiFi signal boosters. The problem with wireless signal boosters is that there are literally thousands of them on the market. They all promise something to the extent that "your signal will increase from one bar to five bars" yada yada yada... So after much research and testing I think that I've got that "miracle" Wifi signal booster that you've all been looking for. Behold the Alfa AWUS036H.
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Although the Dell Latitude D600 came out quite a few years before Windows 7 was released it is still more than capable of running Microsoft's newest operating system providing that you can find the proper audio driver. Follow the steps below to install an audio driver on your Latitude D600 that is compatible with Windows 7.
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I've been a computer support professional for so long that it's probably safe to say that I've removed viruses and spyware from hundreds, if not thousands of different computer systems. After a while I started asking myself "how on earth do these people manage to get their computers infected so easily?" I mean, I've done virus and spyware removal services for people that took hours to complete in which the computer had over a thousand different types of virus and spyware infections. Today my curiosity finally got the best of me and I decided to try a little experiment; I wanted to see if I could intentionally get my computer infected with a virus or spyware. You would be shocked to learn that I was able to take a computer running Windows 7 that was patch current and running a respectable antivirus program and actually get a malware infection in under 10 minutes!
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