PC Help Guide

One simple way you can improve the speed of your PC is to scan your hard drive for errors such as bad sectors. These errors will slow down your hard disk performance and make your computer run slower.

To run a scan and repair any problematic sectors in your hard drive just follow these points;

• You must close down any files
• Click start
• Click computer
• Right click on the hard disk you want to scan and select properties
• Click the tools tab
• Click check now
• In the check disk box select scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors
• Click start

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Windows XP is one of the most popular Microsoft operating systems of all time, but you can always make good better! Here are some hints and tips for you to try to make Windows XP run faster and better.

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I get emails all the time from frustrated users asking how they can get a computer to boot up faster, some people even complain that their computer is taking up to 10 minutes before they can actually do anything!

Now 10 minutes is an absolutely crazy amount of time for your computer to start up, so here are some tips you can try that will speed up the boot of your PC;

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You can increase your computer’s performance by adjusting the visual effects. The visual effects can take up your PC’s CPU and slow it down, often leading to more annoying problems. This tweak should work on all Windows Vista machines.

These options for changing your visual effects are totally optional, you can edit which ones you like and keep the ones you want. But I can assure you that these system settings only change the ‘pretty’ look of your computer and nothing important.

To get started adjusting your visual effects settings just;

• Open control panel
• Click system and maintenance
• Open system
• In the left pane click advanced system settings
• Open the advanced tab
• Under performance click settings
• Go to the visual effects tab
• Here uncheck all of these options
  • Animate controls and elements inside windows
  • Animate windows when minimizing and maximizing
  • Enable desktop composition
  • Enable transparent glass
  • Fade or slide menus into view
  • Fade or slide ToolTips into view
  • Fade out menu items after clicking
  • Show preview and filters in folder
  • Show shadows under menus
  • Show shadows under mouse pointer
  • Show thumbnails instead of icons
  • Show translucent selection rectangle
  • Show window contents while dragging
  • Slide open combo boxes
  • Slide taskbar buttons
  • Smooth edges of screen fonts
  • Smooth-scroll list boxes
  • Use a background image for each folder type
  • Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop
  • Use visual styles on windows and buttons
• Click apply and OK

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Here is a quick little tweak you can do to both Windows Vista and XP that will automatically set your PC to run at its best performance.

The trouble with Vista is that it is so full of graphics and animations that it effects the performance of your PC, so if you are someone who doesn’t care about the looks of something but just want performance, then this tweak is for you.

Just follow these pointers and you will have your PC running at its best performance;

Windows Vista

• Go to control panel
• Click system
• Click advanced system settings
• Click the advanced tab
• Under performance click settings
• Check on best performance
• Click apply and OK

Windows XP

• Right click on my computer
• Click properties
• Click the advanced tab
• Click settings under performance
• Check adjust for best performance
• Click apply and OK

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Do you want a faster PC?

There are a few simple ways you can fix your computer so that you will get super fast speed without having to get a new one. Here are a few basic steps you should take to clean up your PC and make it faster;

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The largest and most advanced supercomputer in the U.K. has been unveiled in Edinburgh. With the power of 12,000 desktop PCs, the mammoth machine called HECToR is the country’s fastest computer and one of the most powerful in Europe.

The computer’s 60 teraflops (trillion operations per second) have been up and running since autumn 2007, but Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling Tuesday marks the official start by unveiling a plaque at Edinburgh University’s Advanced Computing Facility, BBC reported.

HECToR is four times more powerful than Britain’s previous best computer HPCx, which will continue to run. However, HECToR ranks only 17th in the list of the world’s most powerful computers (as measured against the popular TOP500 list).

The purpose-built machine is housed in 60 wardrobe-sized cabinets in the University of Edinburgh’s advanced computing centre near the Scottish capital. After years of development, Chancellor Alistair Darling is due to attend the official launch ceremony for the 113 million pound machine.

Despite its vast power, it falls short of the world’s fastest computer, Blue Gene/L, which can reach speeds of 478 teraflops.

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Many people who regularly surf the web using an Internet explorer browser are always searching for ways to increase the speed of their browsing, without upping their net costs each month. Here are a few quick methods you can use to increase the speed of your IE for free.

Firstly you can set your IE so that it will only show certain files (jpg, wmv. etc) when you want them to, this allows you to quickly browse pages without a huge lag due to large files being loaded. Then when you need to access these files you simply undo this setting for the page, here is how you do it;

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