Do you know how to delete cookie files from your computer? If not, here are some simple instructions. First of all let us begin by explaining what a cookie is. Cookies are small pieces of text generated by a web server and stored in the computer of an internet user when he or she visits a website that offers cookies. The cookie is a unique identifier that the web server places on the computer hard drive and this allows organisations to store information on the user`s machine and to later retrieve it. There are of course various legitimate and beneficial uses for cookies but due to the potential for abuse it is important that you know how to delete cookies from your computer. A variety of information can be stored in a cookie file. Some organizations use cookies to track your every move on their site, others store user identification and passwords in order to save repeat visitors having to fill out form information each time they visit. However other organizations may use cookies to profile user habits and browsing habits and that information can then be passed on to others for advertising purposes. How To Delete Cookie files: Internet Explorer: Internet Explorer 6…

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Six of the simplest ways of backing up your files is to partition your computer hard disk in to 2 parts. Use six part for the jogging of the operating method & the other for saving all your documents. Why do this? Well, if you store your documents on the same drive jogging your operating method & your method crashes then you will very likely lose all your information. If your cannot partition your had disk by your self, ask a techie to handle it for you. If you already have it partitioned, do this right now. Now you have insured your documents. If a crash occurs (& you can never know when),then you can still retrieve information from this drive. 1. Go to where you save all your important documents. 2. Copy all the documents. 3. Go to the 2 drive 4. Generate a new folder 5. Paste all your documents in this new folder Another simple way of backing up your information is to use a free service provided by Google called -Google docs. Google docs is simple to use. You can see it as an online storage & preparation tool or service for word documents & spreadsheets. pick a number of your important documents in word,…

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It is known to all PC users that a simple defragmentation will greatly speed up a computer. But not all know when and how to defragment your computer. If you are someone who wants to speed up your computer with the simplest method, please do not miss this article. Defragmentation is a process that rearranges the files on the computer, making them always close together and contiguously locate at the same directory of the hard disk. Hence, it will be much easier to access when necessary, which will reduce the movement of the hard disk and speed up the computer. So it is necessary for us to defragment the computer when in the below cases, in order to make the coming files always coherent and speed up the computer: 1) When installing some new programs or new version of the Windows update on the computer. 2) When storing large amount of files/folders on the computer. 3) When there is only 15% or less than 15% free available hard disk space. Most of the time, to ensure a thorough and faster defragmentation, it is necessary for us to do some preparation before defragmenting the computer. Below is what recommended so much by others: 1) Run a disk…

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Over the last several years working in IT for various companies as a Systems Administrator, Network Administrator, and Help Desk professional, I’ve written and learned about many ways to increase the performance of not only my PC, but also of the many PCs on my networks ranging from Windows 98 to Windows Vista. In this article, I hope to compile a complete list of all the different methods and tricks that I’ve used to get the last bit of juice out of a slow PC. Whether you are using an old PC or the latest and greatest in hardware, you can still use some of these to make your PC run faster. Note that since I write two blogs, Help Desk Geek and Online Tech Tips, I have previously written about many performance tips already which I will link back to throughout. If I have not written about it, I’ve throw in a link to a relevant article from some of my other favorite sites. This list is in no particular order, just written in the order that I could think of them. There are probably a lot of great tweaks and performance hacks that I’ve missed here, so feel free to chime…

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If your computer can’t boot into windows XP or 2000 or even into safe mode, if you only get a blue screen or your computer just hangs, then performing a system repair may fix the problem. This will allow you to repair your operating system without you losing all your saved data or settings. Note: Performing a system repair will remove any updates you have previously installed which are not on your CD. All drivers will be reverted to their original versions and also some settings, like network and performance settings. It may also be necessary to reactivate windows as well. step 1: What caused the problem You should first try to find out what caused the problem. Most of the time when windows becomes unable to boot, there is usually a good reason. Often this can be due to hardware failure (bad hard drive, memory or CPU). If this is the case, using system repair will not fix the problem. System repair will only repair your operating system software. Step 2: Starting the repair process You must boot from XP/2000 CD. Make sure you have the same version of windows which is installed on your computer ( XP home edition cannot repair XP professional). Place the CD into your…

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