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1• How to reformat and reinstall Windows Vista
By Andy Walker. Before you decide to reformat and reinstall your Windows Vista, there are several important things to consider.
2• Reformat and Reinstall: FAQs
By Andy Walker. Reformatting and reinstalling: What? When? Why? Where? How? You're in the right place for the answers to those questions and more.
3• Reformat your hard drive using Windows 98
By Andy Walker. It makes perfect sense to do so once in a while, if only to keep your box running like a race horse.
4• FAT32 is no obstacle in going back in history
By Andy Walker. How to wipe Windows XP and revert to Windows Me/98/95 if you have FAT32.
5• One Window too many?
By Andy Walker. You reinstalled Windows XP on your computer thinking it would overwrite the existing version of Windows XP and now there are two copies when you boot up.
6• How to update the BIOS from a floppy
By Andy Walker. Use a floppy disk to update your BIOS on an older computer.
7• Get rid of trash on your hard drive
By Andy Walker. Use these methods to find/delete hidden and unwanted files to maximize your hard drive space.
8• How to find lost files in Windows XP
By Andy Walker. It can be frustrating trying to find files on your computer.
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10• How to Clean out Unwanted Files Hidden on Your Hard Drive
By Andy Walker. There are many hidden files on a Windows computer.
11• Get help with your computer problem
By Staff. Cyberwalker.
12• How to fix your printer
By Andy Walker. Printers seem to be the source of a lot of the problems faced by computer users today.
13• Getting a printable list of files in DOS
By Andy Walker. If you need to print out the list of files in a Windows folder, you're going to learn how to do it in a snap by reading this article.
14• Bringing Windows 95 back to life
By Andy Walker. How to reformat your hard drive and reinstall Windows 95? It sounds scary, but it doesn't have to be.
15• Reset file associations in XP
By Andy Walker. Wrong programs opening your files is a frustrating experience.
16• Windows XP goes kaboom?
By Chris Ricci. An XP crash sounds ominous but it doesn't have to be: you can save your PC without losing your data.
17• How to 'find' downloaded files
By Andy Walker. Once in a while those files you downloaded from the Internet seem to go into self-induced exile.
18• Rid your browser of naughty stuff
By Andy Walker. What to do if you don't want others to see that you've visited certain sites.
19• What's connected to a computer? All about peripherals
By Andy Walker. Wondering what is connected to your PC through all those cables? Here is the skinny on computer peripherals.
20• How to delete temporary files to free up hard drive space
By Andy Walker. You can delete temporary files that the Windows 95 system saves on your hard drive, if you need more space.
21• Hijacked browser? Fix it!
By Andy Walker. One technique used by spyware is to hijack your internet browser.
22• Here's what you need for your personal home office
By Andy Walker. If you need to buy equipment for your home office, here are some Cyberwalker recommendations.
23• Lost your Windows XP password?
By Chris Ricci. New developments help ease the pain of the loss that used to be almost irreparable.
24• iMac not immune to viruses
By Andy Walker. If you're a Mac user, don't be lulled into a false sense of security -- your machine could still be infected with viruses.
25• Carbonite Online Backup
By Jason Kerluck. Carbonite offers an uncomplicated way to save whatever you need to save on your computer before tragedy strikes and your hard drive goes kaput.
26• How to delete temporary files to free up hard drive space
By Andy Walker. If you're finding your hard drive is pressed for space, deleting unneeded temporary files might take care of the problem.
27• Take control of your documents
By Chris Ricci. A few useful tips to share your files with those you want to share them with, and make sure they're safe.
28• Get hackers out of your home
By Andy Walker. The arrival of broadband Internet access has opened up a new playground for hackers: home computers.
29• CA Internet Security Suite 2007: go for it
By Ted Gallardo. Fighting viruses, spyware and spam behind one firewall is rather attractive but ability to concentrate its controls into one spot would be even more helpful.
30• How to open Excel and Word files with your browser
By Andy Walker. A quick answer on how to use Internet Explorer to open MS-Office files.
31• Keep your PC running in top form
By Andy Walker. A clean and organized computer is a happy computer.
32• TMP files: A necessary evil?
By Chris Ricci. They slow you down, but deciding which ones have to go and where to find them isn't an easy proposition.
33• Don't throw anything away: Part 2
By Chris Ricci. New programs and applications devour memory galore.
34• Bigger is always better when buying hard drives
By Andy Walker. When you shop for a hard drive, shop for more than you need right this minute.
35• Real alarm? Hoax?
By Andy Walker. With so many viruses and hoaxes floating around the internet these days, it's more important than ever to learn about how to know what is coming into your email inbox.
36• Sometimes frightening virus warnings are just hoaxes.
By Andy Walker. Anyone who has emailed much at all has probably fallen prey to at least one emailed hoax.
37• How to grab text in PDF files
By Andy Walker. This popular online file format is everywhere.
38• What's behind the file extensions?
By Andy Walker. They come in all sorts.
39• Using CA Personal Firewall 2007
By Ted Gallardo. There are other security applications that keep would-be hackers at bay and away from your computer better than this one.
40• General Protection Fault: not a quake
By Andy Walker. Anyone who's ever got the error message, "General Protection Fault" has probably uttered a few expletives.
41• Cache cleanup keeps Netscape Navigator files current.
By Andy Walker. There's a point to Netscape Navigator monitoring the age of the pages you're viewing, and it uses its cache to do it.
42• How to get rid of hard drive garbage
By Peter Ehm. Obsolete data slows computers down to a crawl.
43• Wobbler virus: another hoax
By Andy Walker. The Wobbler virus was a hoax.
44• Inkjet and laser: a printer primer
By Peter Ehm. As we've entered the self-service era in photography, it's important to know whether we prefer inkjet or laser printer.
45• Unknown? Pleased to meet you!
By Andy Walker. Sometimes it seems just impossible to know what program to use to open an unknown file.
46• How to buy a small business computer in 2003
By Andy Walker. Purchasing a computer for a small business poses its own set of unique problems.
47• Fry, baby, fry -- MMX inferno
By Andy Walker. If you're upgrading your computer, make sure all the components are compatible.
48• Computer basics: Devices that can connect to a computer
By Andy Walker. There are all sorts of nifty devices you can connect to a computer.
49• Better safe than sorry
By Chris Blackwell. The more we depend on computers, the more we depend on their security.
50• Odds and sods in helpful hints
By Andy Walker. Cyberwalker musings.