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What Cause a Computer to Be Slow?

February 2nd, 2011 · No Comments · How To Maintain, Maintain Windows

When an individual’s computer starts to run slow a person can start to experience great frustration. That is heightened by the fact that many an application that is depended on ends up not working as it should. Data is then lost that should not be. Many then wonder what cause a computer to be slow. [...]

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How to Boost a Windows Computer

January 31st, 2011 · No Comments · Maintain Windows, Tips & Techniques

First, you will need to look at the hardware for the computer. You should make sure that your hard drive has plenty of extra storage capacity and you should consider upgrading the RAM in the computer. This random access memory upgrade will help with the processing speed of your computer and will help the computer [...]

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Beginner’s Guide on Computer Formatting and OS Installation

January 18th, 2011 · No Comments · How To Setup, Maintain Windows

Whenever a new user or beginner thinks of computer format, or wants to format their pc manually, they might have many questions arising in their mind during the process of formatting and installation of new operating system in their PC. Here I would like to explain some highly important things about computer format and OS [...]

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How To Use Backup and Restore in Windows 7

May 4th, 2010 · No Comments · How To Maintain, Maintain Windows, Windows 7

The backup utilities in previous versions of Windows have been less than spectacular resulting in a nice market for third party applications.  Today we take a look at the Backup and Restore feature in Windows 7  that may be their best backup tool yet. Set the Backup To set up a backup in Windows 7 [...]

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6 Reasons to Clean Your Windows Registry

April 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Maintain Windows, OS

The registry is one of the most vital components of your Windows operating system because it stores all software and hardware configuration information of your PC. As your PC gets older, the registry starts getting filled up when you install/uninstall applications, browse the Web, create new files and folders, and perform various other activities on [...]

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Understanding Proxy Authentication in AD LDS

April 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Concepts, How To, Maintain Windows, Networking, Tips & Techniques

As with any LDAP-enabled directory service, Microsoft Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS—formerly called ADAM) requires a user to bind before executing any LDAP operations against the directory. This bind can be done through a few different methods, including a simple LDAP bind, a Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) bind, or even bind [...]

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PKI Enhancements in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

April 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Advanced Topics, How To, Maintain Windows, Operating Systems, Tips & Techniques, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008

It seems like just yesterday I was writing an article titled “PKI Enhancements in Windows.” That article, which ran in the August 2007 issue of TechNet Magazine, focused on some of the innovations that shipped in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. These innovations included such things as enrollment UI improvements and OCSP (Online Certificate [...]

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Troubleshooting Windows 7 With Microsoft’s Built-In Tools

April 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · How To, How To Troubleshoot, Maintain Windows, Operating Systems, Tips & Techniques, Windows 7

Firefox on Windows 7 had been behaving…oddly. The app would simply stop working and exit to the desktop. Yet, parts of the Firefox kernel would remain in memory, making it impossible to restart the application without firing up Task Manager and manually killing the process. It happened a half dozen times a day. I was [...]

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