A computer processor, often considered the brains of the machine, has the most significant effect on performance and price. If you want a computer to be able to keep up with technology over the next few years you should invest in a fast processor.
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Think about what you will be doing with your computer for the next 3 years. That is about the timeframe for machines these days.
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If you are just using your machine for casual use, such as word processing, web browsing and the occasional card game, consider an Intel Pentium Dual Core or AMD Sempron processor. If you prefer Macintosh machines, look into an Intel Core 2 Duo.
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If you are a middle of the road user, who likes all of the above things but also the occasional heavier game and multimedia use (i.e. pictures and mp3s), an Intel Quad Core would be better. The Quad Core is also great for heavy online multimedia games and heavier multimedia use.
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If Macintoshes are your taste and you are a heavier user, the Intel Dual Quad Core processors can take care of all your needs.
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If your budget allows it, try and spend as much as you can on the fastest processor. This is because technology evolves at a very fast pace and your machine will be able to keep up after a few years.
Disk Cleanup is calculating how much space you will be able to free on (c:). This may take a few minutes to complete. Downloaded program files are active X controls and Java applets downloaded automatically from the internet when you view certain pages. They are temporally stored in the Downloaded Program files folder on your hardisk.
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Click START bottom left, from your laptop or computer.
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Click ACCESSORIES, go to SYSTEM TOOLS, this will take you to DISK CLEANUP.
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Disk Cleanup You will see a box that says, Disk Cleanup for (c:). Click OK. You can look around on the tabs above, to see other files you may want to cleanup, if you don't want to cleanup anything else, don't click anything else. Some of the files will be:
"Downloaded Program Files" "Temporary Internet Files" "Offline Webpages" "Office Setup Files" "Recycle Bin" Temporary Files" "Web Client/Publisher Temporary Files" "Compress Old Files" "Catalog Files for the Content Indexer"
You can also view the files, or just choose OK.
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Another box will pop up that will say, You can use Disk Cleanup to Free up of disk space on (c:). Click OK.
You will see another box that will say, ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO PERFORM THESE ACTIONS? Click OK.
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Another Box will show up that will say; The Disk Cleanup utility is cleaning up unnecessary files on your (c:) drive file. The Box will disappear.
The Windows registry is where programs register themselves with the operating system. Unfortunately, this can be bogged down by adware, viruses, or just too many programs and files. This is how you can clean up your registry and improve your computer's performance.
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One of the good free registry cleaners I use is the Eusing Free Registry Cleaner. You can download this at http://www.eusing.com.
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After you download this you should install it, and then click the Scan Registry Issue link. This should bring up a list of all the broken registry items you have.
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Select all the problems and click Repair Registry Issue. This should clean up all the cruft. Your original registry would be backed up.
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After you clean up the registry you would need to restart.
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Another free registry cleaner that works well is CCleaner. You can download this at http://ccleaner.com. The steps to cleaning your registry is similar to the steps of Eusing. It is very easy to figure out.
LCD computer screens are particularly delicate. LCD stands for liquid crystal display. They are not designed with the human touch in mind, which makes cleaning LCD screens something to take seriously. If the right products or methods are not used when cleaning LCD displays, you risk damaging them. LCD monitors are a very expensive component to replace, take care to clean them wisely.
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Mix 1/2 and 1/2 Isopropyl Alcohol and Distilled water in a small spray bottle. Shake up well.
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Spray cleansing solution onto a microfiber cleansing cloth or eyeglass cloth, slightly dampening it. You don't want it wet. Do not spray directly onto your screen.
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Unplug your LCD computer monitor and wipe GENTLY, making small circular motions. Unplugging your LCD screen is an important step, do not neglect it. This further protects your fragile pixels from damage during cleaning.
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Purchase a quality protective computer filter. This acts as a sort of screen over your screen. It helps protect your screen from debris as well as pointing fingers. Additionally, they are designed to protect your sensitive eyes from the potentially damaging glare from the computer screen.
Having a desktop on your computer with a million icons in random places not only looks bad, but makes it very hard to find things. Here are some steps to declutter your computer's desktop.
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Delete unused shortcut icons. Think of all the shortcuts that you created when installing various programs. Do you really use those applications enough to warrant a shortcut? Probably not. Shortcuts should be reserved for the programs you use the most -- most likely your preferred browser and favorite games!
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Create new folders and label them with categories such as "Office Documents" and "Family Photos" and then move those files into their respective folders. This helps declutter your desktop, and also organizes all your files in the process.
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Use a higher resolution. Bigger screen resolutions gives you more screen real estate, and allows you to work with your files in an easier and more convenient manner. When you use smaller screen resolutions, you can only show so many files on your desktop at once.
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Move any personal photos and documents into your Documents folder. There is generally no reason why you should have personal files on your desktop, especially if you are sharing this computer with someone else. Keep them organized in appropriate folders off the desktop, and leave your screen real estate for the most important applications only.
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When you've forgotten what your wallpaper looks like because of all your icons and you are too lazy to do the steps above, simply right click on the desktop and choose the View option. Then, disable the "Show Desktop Icons" feature, and all your icons will disappear until you turn this option back on!
You probably had installed a new RAM (random access memory) in your laptop or had a laptop for a while now and wanted to know how well your RAM perform. Well, its not that difficult to check the performance of your RAM for your laptop. Here’s the how to.
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Hold Ctrl and Alt key on your keyboard and then press the delete key.
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For Windows XP Users, a Windows Task Manager automatic appear. Then on the Windows Task Manager you will see [Applications], [Processes], click on [Performance]. Now, right below the CPU Usage box you’ll see the PF Usage box, this is the performance of your RAM.
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For Windows Vista Users, click on the Start Task Manager. Then on the Windows Task Manager you will see [Applications], [Processes],[Services] click on [Performance]. Now, right below the CPU Usage box you’ll see the PF Usage box, this is the performance of your RAM.
Backlinks by definition are links that point back to a given website. They are also known as inbound links, or inlinks. The number of backlinks a website has plays a significant part in how that site will rank in the search engines. This article will teach you how to find out how many backlinks a website has.
Access to the internet
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Log on to http://www.yahoo.com.
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Type the following command into the search bar: link:http://www.examplesite.com. Replace "examplesite.com" with the actual website that you are researching. Remember to put the "http://" before the website address, as Yahoo will not return the proper results without it.
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Click "Web Search".
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Yahoo will return the number of pages found in its index, as well as the number of backlinks (a.k.a. inlinks) for whatever site you typed in. If you want to see the total amount of backlinks to every page of a given site (not just its home page), click the drop-down arrow beside the "to:". It will give you the choice of seeing inlinks only to that particular URL ("Only this URL"), or to the entire site ("Entire Site"). Choose "Entire Site" to get a total number of links for the entire site.
