It’s time to clean up your computer! This time, I’m not talking about cleaning our computers from adware, spyware, viruses, deleting old files we no longer need (You buy a bigger hard drive so you can store more, right? I do!). I’m talking about real cleaning. PC’s get dirty in their insides, too. We use [...]
Reader Tips on the Broken USB Port
In my article Damaged Laptop USB Port, I wrote about Raymond’s problem with a broken USB port in his laptop. Several subscribers posted helpful comments in my Terry’s Computer Tips blog, so hopefully Raymond saw them. But, just in case, and so that others can learn from these reader’s sharing of ideas, let’s look at [...]
Improving the Display Quality of an LCD Monitor
I received a question from subscriber Tom Sosna, who asked: Terry, I enjoy reading your weekly newsletter and your website has helped me through several difficulties. However, I have a problem which I could not find under any of you Website Titles. I received a Samsung large wide screen monitor for Christmas. I have an [...]
The Computer Freezes Up Intermittently
Long-time Terry’s Computer Tips email subscriber Tom Linton wrote to ask: Terry, Reading your article Computer Troubleshooting reminded me that I wanted to pick your brain about a problem I am having with my desktop XP computer. A few months back it started freezing-up unexpectedly. I could be in the middle of any program and [...]
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