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Fix overheating laptop or desktop (Windows XP)

May 19, 2015 By Richie 1 Comment

How to fix an overheating laptop or desktop in Windows XP

Overheating issues on Windows XP are frustrating, and while common among laptops, desktops can also fall victim. Today I will show you a neat trick to reduce or stop overheating in its tracks. 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 you're still having overheating issues and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cooling & Fans, CPU's, Hardware, Software, System Tools, Windows, Windows XP Tagged With: Cooling, CPU, Desktop, Laptop, Overheat, Overheating, Power Config, Processor Speed, WIN, Windows XP, WINXP, XP

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

Microsoft ends support for Windows XP

April 7, 2014 By Richie Leave a Comment

Well folks the time has finally arrived (after 12 long years) for Windows XP to be relegated to the software dustbin of history :) Microsoft will officially end support for XP on April 8th 2014, which means no more updates or technical support. If you, your company, business or organization still use Windows XP, it's well-and-truly time to upgrade (actually you should have done that already). And just to make your life more difficult, Microsoft will also end support for Office 2003 on the same … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Browsers, Internet Explorer, Latest News, MS Office, Windows, Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1, Windows Vista, Windows XP Tagged With: End Of Life, Enterprise, EOL, Windows XP, WINXP, XP, XP Enterprise

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