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Perform a Disk Check on Windows Vista

May 26, 2015 By Richie Leave a Comment

Perform a Disk Check on Windows Vista

Sometimes it's necessary to run a Windows Vista Disk Check if your hard drive and/or system is throwing up errors, crashing/freezing or constantly accessing the hard drive (and therefore slowing the system down). It can take a while but it will be well worth your time and solves many issues. It's also pretty easy and I will show you how in this guide. Watch the video above or follow the text guide below. Perform Disk Check on Windows Vista Click on the Start Menu icon bottom-left … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hard Drives & SSD's, Hardware, Software, System Tools, Windows, Windows Vista Tagged With: Crashing, disk check, disk errors, DskChk, error check, freezing, hard drive errors, Microsoft Windows, Vista, WIN VISTA, Windows Vista

Fix overheating laptop or desktop (Windows Vista)

May 19, 2015 By Richie Leave a Comment

How to fix an overheating laptop or desktop on Windows Vista

Overheating issues on Windows Vista are frustrating, and while common among laptops, desktops can also fall victim. Fortunately Windows Vista has direct settings for throttling the CPU and I'll show you how to use this feature in this guide. I will presume you have already done the following? Clean all air vents, fans & filters All Windows Updates installed Virus Scanned & infections removed Malware scanned & infections removed If you've checked those issues and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cooling & Fans, CPU's, Hardware, Windows, Windows Vista Tagged With: Cooling, CPU, CPU-Z, Crashing, Desktop, Laptop, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Overheating, Vista, Windows, Windows Vista

Change homepage in Internet Explorer (XP, Vista, 7)

November 17, 2014 By Richie Leave a Comment

Change your homepage in Internet Explorer (XP, Vista, 7)

Today I will show you how to change your homepage in Internet Explorer running on XP, Vista or 7 and it's pretty straight forward too. Did you know you can also have multiple homepages open on startup? A handy feature for news junkies. Watch the video above or follow the text guide below. Change your homepage in Internet Explorer (XP, Vista, 7) Open Internet Explorer Click on the Gear icon at the top-right of your browser window Click on the Internet Options menu item The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Browsers, Internet Explorer, Windows, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP Tagged With: 7, home page, homepage, IE, Internet Explorer, settings, Vista, web browser, XP

[RDYT] Reset Firefox to default settings (WIN)

August 7, 2014 By Richie Leave a Comment

Reset Firefox back to default settings (Windows)

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNmVFshcOkU] Occasionally you may need to reset Firefox (on Windows) back to its default settings to get it working again. It's reasonably easy and I'll show you how in this guide. Watch the video above or follow the text guide below. Reset Firefox back to default settings Open Firefox Click on the Settings Menu icon at the top-right of the browser window Look for the question mark (?) icon and click it on Click on the Troubleshooting … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Browsers, Firefox, Software, Web, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1, Windows Vista, Windows XP Tagged With: Default Settings, Firefox, Mozilla Firefox, Reset Browser, Reset Firefox, Vista, Windows, Windows 7, XP

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