Ways to a trouble free computer There are many people that greatly depend on computers as they do their daily assigned tasks. Thus, their routines normally entail them to have little or more contact with computers. With this, you would most probably aim that your computer would function the right and fast way so that you would also be able to function properly in daily life. This would be important so that the things that you do in your computer would also be done faster. You should then be able to do the ten ways to keep your pc clean and healthy. In this article, you will learn, understand and try to apply them more often. An error free computer can be possible if you follow the ten ways to keep your pc clean and healthy. You would not want to allow any virus infection in your computer as it would be hindering you from doing your everyday operations. Thus, you should know that there are many anti-virus, anti-malware, and anti-spyware programs in the Internet. You should be able to select the best possible program and do the scan regularly. There are more important steps to do for your computer to better function. To summarize, you should know these ten ways to keep your pc clean and healthy. Make sure that the firewall functions properly so that malicious programs in the computer would not be transferred to other more important files in your computer as you are using the Internet. Regularly scan your computer for possible viruses through anti-virus scans. Regular anti spyware scans should also be done. If found, you should immediately eliminate them to avoid further damages in the computer system. Keep a healthy system through getting updated or latest version of programs. Thus, the performance of your computer would improve as you get updates in the Internet. Doing the regular hard disk maintenance would also a big help if you would be able to clean up a considerable amount of cleared space. This step is easy to use and Windows can give you the steps on how to do this. Scan the windows registry more often. Additionally, you should make sure that you do the registry...
Read MoreFirst Steps For Dealing With DLL Errors For a lot of computer users, the first step for dealing with computer errors usually means picking up the phone and calling a computer expert. Did you know users who call computer experts have to wait for an average of two and a half hours before their computer is attended to? On the other hand, if they chose to troubleshoot the errors themselves, chances are that they would have resolved the error in a fraction of that time. We can say this with confidence because a large number of computer errors are software- or application-related and can be easily dealt with. All you need is some basic understanding about the cause of the error and guidelines on how to resolve the problem in a step by step manner. One such error for which you should avoid seeking external help and try troubleshooting yourself is a DLL error. These errors are one of the most recurring types of errors. DLL or Dynamic Link Library files comprise codes and functions that be used and shared among several applications on your computer. These important files work quietly in the background and make our applications simpler and more efficient. There are several applications installed on a computer and each of them has several DLL files. Due to their presence in large numbers, there is always a small chance that some thing may go wrong anytime. Some of the DLL error messages can be a little complicated to understand. An example is this error message related to Microsoft C Runtime Library, which is encountered while starting a Windows PC: “Lsass.exe: Entry Point Not Found The procedure entry point _resetstkoflw could not be located in the dynamic link library Msvcrt.dll.” Other DLL errors can be pretty straight forward to understand like this error which is related to Connectivity API of Nokia: “Connapi.dll Not Found” Usual reasons behind DLL errors include a corrupt or missing DLL file, improper installation or uninstallation, conflict between two files, driver or hardware problems and malware infection. Fixing DLL Errors The pursuit of resolving a DLL error must begin with finding the cause of the error. This can be easily done with the help...
Read MoreWith the varied number of computer hardware available in the market, it is easy for computer applications to have errors that are often perplexing and quite often irritating. While complex errors may require the intervention of a specialist, some simple errors can be easily fixed by the novice computer user. With some amount of experience, one can easily get rid of system errors that can be solved within a few minutes. However, before embarking on setting the system straight, you need to ensure that help is close by in case things go very bad. However, the fear of failure is no excuse to stop learning a few tricks! Perhaps the most common types of errors that appear in an application are errors related to the functioning of DLLs, or Dynamic Link Libraries. They are files that are used by applications to optimize performance. Unfortunately, they may crash due to various reasons. When a DLL crashes, it often causes the related application to behave strangely, or worse, it may take down the whole application with it. There are many DLL error fixes that are available on the Internet and you can use them with some success. However, you need to be careful messing around with DLLs. In severe cases, you may need to reformat your machine. So ensure that you have backed up your data. DLL errors may be simple or quite complex. Simple errors are more irritating than dangerous and often display messages that can be quite irksome. Complex DLL errors cause your system to freeze and may not allow you to restart the machine. In such a situation, you may lose your work and the efforts needed to set right your machine may interrupt your work for many hours. There are also some DLL malfunctions that can erase critical data from your system. Many of these errors may be avoided if you are careful about the type of application that you install in your machine. In the event that you are compelled to install unknown applications, ensure that you have installed an efficient registry cleaner and antivirus software tools that can prevent such errors to a certain extent. Those using instant messengers may often come across errors with...
Read MoreDoes it ever occur to you that you were cramming for some paper works and your computer won’t cooperate? Are you tired of how slow your computer gets? You can fix this problem and speed up your computer by just some simple computer maintenance activities. First, you would need to uninstall your unused programs in the system. If you have not been using a certain program for a long time you may want to uninstall it. You can do it through the Add or Remove Programs utility in the Windows operating system. Or you can also use a third-party program uninstaller to be certain of the complete removal of the program. Secondly, you can disable startup programs that are not that important. Often, when you download or install programs on the computer, they add services that load to the system startup. These are not usually required yet they run in the background system. They end up consuming your system resources for no cause. This is the reason why you would need to disable these startup programs. This can de done with the aid of Windows System Configuration Utility (msconfig) or any third-party registry cleaner tools and program uninstaller tools which has startup programs manager that would make it easy to run startup programs. Thirdly, you would need to clean your registry. If there is large information in the registry, it can cause to slow down the computer and result to many computer errors. Building up of a large number of outdated, unwanted, and incorrect information can result to bloat up the registry. You must frequently scan and clean the unwanted information from the registry in order to prevent these registry problems. With the aid of a reliable registry cleaner tool, these cleaning can be done with this ease. Fourthly, you need to clean the hard disk. Disk Cleanup tool can be found in Windows XP and Windows Vista computers. You can clean up the hard disk with the help of this tool. You can also get rid of temporary Internet files, compress old system files, delete old system restore points and clean up unwanted program setup files. Fifthly, you can Defrag the hard disk. Disk Defragmenter tool are contained...
Read MoreWhen you browse the internet, spyware programs lurk and you never know when they will invade your system. They will usually silently creep into your system and without you knowing it, they have started to wreak havoc, destroying some applications and intruding into your privacy. They will also bombard you with unwanted pop-ups or redirect you to websites that you don’t want to go to. Worst, spyware may even steal your personal identity and use it maliciously. Computer experts disclose that 90% of computers are infected by spyware programs with the users not knowing that their computers are infected. This happens because one needs a separate uitlity to be able to detect spyware infections. Spyware are hardly detected by anti-virus programs. Here are some of the things that will tell you that your computer has spyware: You see frequent pop-up windows containing advertisements whether you’re online or working offline; Your computer slows down; the performance has been dramatically reduced; Frequent website redirects especially to websites that are considered as affiliates or with marketing content; Frequent unauthorized changes in your home page and searches; Unauthorized and unwanted toolbars like Mirar toolbar that are added to your browser. Don’t fret. You can do something about these spyware and prevent them from attacking your computer. Here are useful tips to prevent and delete spyware from your computer: You need a reliable anti-spyware program that will be able to scan your computer and detect and remove the spyware from your computer. There are many programs to choose from when your browse the internet. It is essential that you choose a reliable program. As much as possible avoid the freeware anti-spyware as they have limited capabilities and some are even used as a disguise by spyware. The moment you download these spyware in disguise, they will bring more harm than good. After you have downloaded the anti-spyware software, you need to run a full system scan of your computer to detect spyware that may have entered your system already. Once detected, these spyware will be removed from your system. For maintenance and prevention, you need to enable the real time protection and run a full system scan from time to time. For more effective...
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