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1• How to get into your computer's BIOS

By Andy Walker. If you need to access the BIOS in your system, this will guide you through the process.

2• How to Add RAM

By Andy Walker. Got questions about adding memory to your computer? We've got the answers.

3• 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.

4• 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.

5• How to update a driver

By Staff. When you change your operating system, such as upgrade from XP to Vista, some of your peripheral equipment will be upset.

6• Record your LP records as MP3 files

By Jonathan Walker. There's no reason why you can't listen to your vinyl import of the Beatles' White Album on your iPod.

7• Where to find your IP address

By Andy Walker. If you need to know your IP address and you're having trouble finding it, here's a how-to that makes it easy.

8•  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.

9• Wipe Vista in two steps: Part 1

By Andy Walker. This two-part process shows you how to edit your BIOS and then boot from your Vista install DVD, then wipe the Vista partition and put a fresh copy of the operating system on it.

10• Easy reinstall for Windows Vista

By Andy Walker. If you want to take advantage of Windows Vista's new reinstall option from the desktop, start with this article.

11• Survivor tools

By Staff. More and more websites are available now that can ferret out viruses and spyware on your computer.

12• 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.

13•  How to add a second hard drive

By Andy Walker. Need more hard drive space? Cyberwalker will tell you how to add more!.

14• How to repair your MBR

By Andy Walker. The boot process is quite mysterious and not always logical.

15• Cyberwalker.com Frequently Asked Questions

By . Are you having difficulties finding your way around our site? We have the answers to your questions right here.

16• How to re-install Windows ME

By Andy Walker. If you want to install Windows ME on a clean system, it's pretty easy.

17• How to detect and remove spyware

By Andy Walker. Arm yourself with the knowledge and the tools to protect yourself from spyware's malicious work.

18• How to downgrade Vista to XP

By Peter Ehm. It's not always nostalgia that drives us back from Vista to XP.

19• Call and see whom you're talking to

By Andy Walker. MSN's Messenger becomes a tool that we used to think of in the context of science-fiction.

20• Create audio CDs with MP3 files

By Jonathan Walker. When you want to play your MP3s on a standard CD player, you need an audio CD of them.

21• Don't add RAM to speed up your box

By Andy Walker. Instead of buying and installing new RAM, you can get software that either cleans up your system, freeing it of unneeded debris, or just makes sure your memory is used for what YOU need, rather than for what other applications seem to think THEY need.

22• 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.

23• The difference between PC100, PC133, and DDR memory

By Andy Walker. If you're looking at upgrading your system with some new RAM, be advised not all forms of RAM are compatible with one another.

24• Your family needs a computer?

By Andy Walker. Games, finances, digital photography, writing e-mails to Aunt Jennie: decide what you want to do first, then start looking around.

25• How to defragment your computer's hard drive

By Andy Walker. Part of your computer housekeeping should be to run Disk Defragmenter regularly.

26• How to fix Windows disk defragmenter if it stalls

By Andy Walker. Defragmenting your hard drive is recommended maintenance for your computer.

27• Rename your router or be hacked

By Andy Walker. Change the factory settings on your home network router when you set it up.

28• A radical approach to tinkering with a hard drive

By Andy Walker. If you're going to format your C: drive, be sure to do it right.

29• How to change Virtual Memory settings

By Jason Kerluck. Higher Virtual Memory can help your computer tackle complex tasks with ease and speed of lightning.

30• Learn Vista the easy way

By Cyberwalker staff. New DVD introduces computer enthusiasts to Windows Vista, Microsoft's new operating system.

31• Uniblue's SpeedUpMyPC 3

By Ted Gallardo. Put some zip back into your PC with Uniblue's SpeedUpMyPC 3.

32• Clean your Windows registry

By Don Reisinger. Sometimes the best way to fix a problem is to clean the Windows registry.

33• Free up space on your hard drive: FAQ

By Andy Walker. You can recoup large amount of space if you know exactly what you can delete from your hard drive.

34• 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.

35• Opening photos that come in your e-mail is easy

By Andy Walker. If Auntie Jennie e-mailed you that old photograph of you naked in the bathtub, could you open it? Would you want to? Learn how, as the CyberWalker shows you the ropes.

36• Running XP and Vista on the same machine

By Jason Kerluck. For those who are impatient enough not to be willing to wait until Microsoft fixes Vista into an acceptable operating system, here's an ingenious solution: dual-booting.

37• Uniblue's RegistryBooster 2

By Ted Gallardo. Clean up your Windows registry with Uniblue RegistryBooster 2.

38• Linus Torvalds' double life

By Andy Walker. Andy Walker catches up with Linux Torvalds in 2000 and talks to him about the operating system that changed his life and the computing world.

39• CD-RW? CD-R? What's the difference?

By Andy Walker. Here are some pointers on recording CDs with your computer.

40• Vista lets you capture selected parts of your screen

By Jason Kerluck. If you don't like editing images of your screen captured by the Print Screen command, with Vista, you can get directly to the close-up of your dreams.

41• CleanMyPC Registry Cleaner 3

By Ted Gallardo. A computer's registry gets disorganized quickly, but there are applications that help you keep it in clean, working order.

42• The future of chip technology

By Andy Walker. Moore's Law has about a decade before chipmakers start running out of ways to miniaturize silicon wafers, but new non-silicon chips may save the day.

43•  How to fix audio phone calls on MSN Messenger 6.1

By Andy Walker. Hello? Hello? Is this thing on? If MSN Messenger 6.

44• Grisoft's AVG Anti-Virus (Free Edition)

By Ted Gallardo. You get more than you've paid for: yes, Grisoft's AVG Anti-Virus free edition lacks dedicated technical support, but it does keep your computer clean, and that's what matters most.

45• How to use a cellular phone to go online with your laptop

By Andy Walker. Cell phones can be used for more than just making phone calls.

46• Never lose your e-mail address book again.

By Andy Walker. E-mail addresses are today's phone numbers.

47• 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.

48• Give your browser an amnesia

By Andy Walker. Internet Explorer means well, but sometimes it keeps track of information you want to delete.

49• How to choose a backup technology

By Andy Walker. There are plenty of ways to back up your irreplaceable data.

50•  MP3 music on the Internet: A user's guide

By Andy Walker. There are tons of places online to download MP3 music files.



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