Having a new computer is exciting even if it’s not the latest of the models. Recently an office mate have purchased a Compaq Presario CQ3000 Series desktop computer. The computer comes with a Free DOS operating system which basically is not that useful to an office user. One might wonder why it doesn’t come with [...]

Running Visual Basic software applications in Windows 7 or even Windows XP could be hampered by errors. I was have an information system which was running fine in prior to office relocation, but once we’ve moved the application stopped working. Application software analyst is required to check on this, but I was called in to [...]

Update of WordPress Themes is needed from time to time to keep the website upbeat with the latest web design trends. Editing WordPress Themes is better done locally. After the changes are as expected it could be uploaded to replace the old WordPress Theme. Thus, it is deemed that a WordPress blog platform installation on [...]

Computer performance is an important factor for a user. I was called to check a Dell OptiPlex 745 desktop computer which reported to be a slow computer. The computer has a Core 2 Duo processor with Windows XP operating system. There is much power under the hood of Dell OptiPlex 745 to cope up the [...]

A working and gaming desktop computer with AMD Athlon ™ II X4 640 processor 3.00 GHz and installed memory (RAM) 4GB is cool to use. It runs Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit operating system with 5.9 Windows Experience Index. Games like Call of Duty 4, Command & Conquer Red Alert 3, Warcraft III, Need For Speed [...]

Being hooked on the internet are some things that some cannot live without. A desktop computer, laptop, netbook or a mobile internet device like smartphone or tablet PC should be wired to the internet. The internet connection could be through an ADSL package, 3G connection or WIFI access. Internet connectivity is an important factor. In [...]

Virtualization technology is a popular solution these days in increasing flexibility, manageability, and security in IT environments. Virtualization technology is useful in moving old physical servers into a virtual server. It’s easy to change and increase the hardware resource allocated to a guest operating system. Adding more hard disk space or increasing RAM is no [...]

I planned to dispose an old Acer Travelmate laptop computer, but would like to retain its data, software application, and operating system. It’s running on a Windows XP Service Pack 3 operating system. A disk clone should be done with Windows XP system images be prepared for deployment to another computer or a virtual machine. [...]

Installing virus and malware detection software is a must do for computer users. A computer connected to the Internet is open to various attacks to an unknowing user. As the number of computer systems installing antivirus software or internet security software; it’s becoming difficult to have vulnerability exploits. Thus, social engineering exploits are becoming more [...]

Computer files are important aspect of a computer system. As personal computer becomes complex a variety of files grew in number whether it be a system file, application file or a data file. A degree of file management is needed to make computer files more organized and up-to-date. Windows operating system has a built-in file [...]