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will offer you some in tips into troubleshooting and configuring
your computer. Here's some how to tips on keeping your
Computer Happy and running Great.
Tips
on keeping your Computer Hardware Happy!
Tip 1. PC Housecleaning Tips: At
least ones a year open up your PC and blow it out with
a can of compressed air. To prevent dust from clogging
your PC fans and coating it's temperature sensitive parts.
The power unit fan on the back of your PC may need cleaning,
you can use a clean small brush to brush it clean.
Tip 2. Back-up your files - a no-brainier.
Back-up all your important files on your computer hard
drive. You don't need to back up all the hard drive, just
your personal files. If you have the install CDs and disks
for your big programs (Windows install CD) so you don't
need to back them up. Try making yourself a master directory
file on your hard drive, and use your name to name it.
If your name is Tim name it Tim files etc. In the Tim
master directory make sub-directory file for all your
important files. One for words, pictures, etc. all your
important files are in one place ready for back up. Drag
and drop a copy of your "favorites" to
you master directory file, you can find the file here
at C:\windows\favorites.
Tip 3. You can use this utility to back
up your email & favorites. Outlook Express Archive
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Book and Internet Favorites! Is your business correspondence,
personal finance, and other sensitive information vulnerable
to a hard drive Crash? or Virus attack? - Back it up.
Tip 4. Boot Disk: Don't forget to
make a Windows Boot Disk. To make a boot disk in Windows
98, click Start, Settings, Control Panel, then double-click
Add/Remove Programs, select the Startup Disk tab, and
click Create Disk.
Tip 5. What's changed recently? What
have you done to your system lately? Anytime you install
new hardware or software, you change the state of your
system. Try uninstalling stuff you've recently added,
one at a time, and see if the problem goes away. If your
system is loaded with software and peripherals you rarely
ever use, get rid of them. A Spartan system always runs
best.
Tip 6. Start fresh When all else
fails. Including calling tech support you might consider
reinstalling Windows. By just installing Windows over
your current version you can fix a lot of problems.
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The PC Near-death
experience: No need to be a TechGeek to bring your PC
back to life!
If
you turn on the system and nothing shows up on the screen.
Make sure monitor and the power cables are firmly attached
and the monitor power is on, and the brightness is turned
up. You can try your monitor on another PC to see that
it needs fixing or not.
If you get no boot disk is found when you
start your PC, or the CD ROM drive is unavailable. It
maybe a loose or disconnected drive cables. Power off
your PC, and open the PC check that the data ribbon cable
is firmly connected to both the drive and the motherboard.
And also check the power cable connects to each drive.
Check your connections, power outlets, and cables. Unplug
and replug any external hardware connected to your computer.
Look for signs of damage in cables or connectors, such
as bent pins.
If you experience frequent system crashing
or windows general protection faults. Poorly seated CPU,
CPU fan, and poorly seated RAM. Power off the PC and open
the PC, and reseat the CPU in the socket. Now remove and
reinstall the RAM. Power on the PC see that the CPU fan
is attached and is turning.
If you regularly find new bad sector on
your hard disk using scandisk. You may have a failing
hard disk, The best thing to do is back up your data and
install a new hard drive, better save than sorry!
The best system utility for Windows 9X OS
is NORTON UTILITIES, You can get a free 30 day trial copy
from WWW.SYMANTEC.COM.
Norton Utilities will fix most of your windows computer
problems. But if you continue to have windows problems,
some times the easiest way to fix all your windows computer
problems is to reinstall window. If you reinstall windows
over windows, your personal preferences and file will
NOT be removed. Windows will only replace bad or corrupt
windows files.
Launch in Safe Mode As soon as you
see the "Starting Windows" message on your screen, press
F5. This launches a bare-bones version of Windows that
bypasses all the startup files and loads the plain-vanilla
VGA video driver. If it loads successfully, go to the
Device Manager (select Start, Settings, Control Panel,
then double-click the System icon and click the Device
Manager tab). Expand the entries in the device tree by
double-clicking each one. The expanded tree shows all
installed devices by type. Yellow exclamation points appear
next to any device that's experiencing a problem--inspect
these first. Double-click a device's entry to open its
Properties box, check the Device Status area for conflicts,
then click the Resources tab and look at the Conflicting
Device list. If it reports a conflict, launch the Hardware
Conflict Troubleshooter (select Start, Help, then click
the Contents tab and double-click the Troubleshooting
icon to open the list of Troubleshooters). If there's
no conflict, shut down your system and move on to the
next tip.
Launch
With Step-by-step Confirmation After you spot
the "Starting Windows" message, press F8 to display the
Windows startup menu. The Step-by-step Confirmation option
walks you through startup one step at a time. You can
load or skip each device listed in the Registry and each
action specified in your autoexec.bat and config.sys files.
An error message will appear when any device or program
fails to load properly. When you start in step-by-step
mode, you'll get the option of creating a startup log
file, called bootlog.txt, in the root directory. Do so.
This document logs the successful--or unsuccessful--completion
of each step. The data is arcane!
Windows
9x OS
Device Problem: by WebTechGeek, If your having a problem
with one of your devices like your netcam or CD-ROM you
should try to reinstall your device drivers. Open the
device manager (windows key and the pause/break key or
right click on my computer and pick properties.) In your
system control panel. Scroll to your device on the list.
If the problem dives is a CD-ROM then go to the CD-ROM
on the list and click on it. Delete the device, you need
to reboot your computer. When windows redstarts it will
find your hardware and reinstall the deviance divers for
it. Have your windows CD ready and any the software for
your dives. If the problem device is a USB device, Scroll
to the bottom where you will see USB. You'll see a number
of entries. Delete them and restart your machine. Windows
will reinstall the drivers. That may solve your problem.
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