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Find Out Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Your Computer with Speccy

Posted on 10. Dec, 2009 by Sourojit.

Have you ever wanted to find out all the small details about your computer?  I know that I have, but most of the time the tools you use to find out that information only give you part of it or are difficult to use or cost money.  Well, Speccy is a great and free tool from Piriform that gets you all of the information you desire.

What will you learn from using Speccy? Speccy will analyze your hardware and tell you just about everything you want to know about your operating system, CPU, RAM, motherboard, graphics card, hard drive, optical drive and audio.

Let’s take a deeper look at what you can expect to see from Speccy.

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How to Do Work on a Computer Without Distractions

Posted on 20. Oct, 2009 by Squealing.Rat.

Why is doing actual work on a computer so darn hard?

The trouble is that on the computer, the possibilities of recreation, communication and learning are endless. This does not help finish that seven page essay you are writing. The following tips will help you overcome that longing to check your email while you are running the numbers.

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5 Steps to Cleanup Your Computer

Posted on 10. Jul, 2009 by Bhavishya Kanjhan.

It doesn’t matter if you have the fastest processor on the market or RAM in excess of 4 gigs, you computer will slow down after a certain amount of use. Today, I’m going to run you through a 5 step process to clean your computer of the leftovers you may have from the various applications you installed then uninstalled to bring its performance as close as possible to when you first bought it.

Let’s get started!

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How To Install a Video Card in Your Computer

Posted on 08. Jul, 2009 by JP.Thompson.

One of the easier things you can do to make your PC run games, graphics editors, and movies better is to upgrade your video card.  PCs with Windows Vista and the upcoming Windows 7 should have beefier video cards in order to support the Aero interface.

Deciding what type of video card to purchase and install can be a daunting proposition, so let’s see if this article can help make upgrading your video card a smooth little project.

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Backup Your Mac with SuperDuper

Posted on 23. Feb, 2009 by Luis Sandoval.

As a Mac user I am protective of my information and understand that while Macs might have the myth of “never getting a virus” around them, it’s not always true. Infections can indeed attack a Mac, and they are also just as susceptible to hardware failure over time as a standard Windows machine

Because of these facts, I like to take precautions with SuperDuper, a great backup software for Macs.

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How To BackUp Your Hard Drive

Posted on 03. Feb, 2009 by Kyle Judkins.

If you have ever had a hard drive fail on you, you know that terrible feeling that comes over you when you realize what just happened.  You lost all your music, movies, party pictures family pictures and all kinds of work documents.  It’s happened to me, and I think I even cried a little about it (..so).

Well, one year later I am back to having the same music, movies and games on my computer, but this time I am using Cobain Backup to make sure if I have a hard drive fail that I won’t lose all my data.  Let’s learn how easy it is to back up your computer.

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