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1• 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.
2• Minimize wireless interference
By Andy Walker. An article about the effects of home electronics on your Wi-Fi connection.
3• Rename your router or be hacked
By Andy Walker. Change the factory settings on your home network router when you set it up.
4• 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.
5• Save power, save the planet - and save your computer, too
By Peter Ehm. New operating systems include a number of applications that keep the computer off while you're away, and yet keep your data and applications ready for your return .
6• 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.
7• Same box, different results
By Andy Walker. Computers of similar make and build often perform differently.
8• Optimize Windows XP
By Andy Walker. If your Windows XP seems sluggish, or just want to boost it's performance follow this easy guide.
9• Not all Pentiums are alike
By Andy Walker. Confused by all the different names for processor chips? Cyberwalker will walk you through the maze.
10• Windows 95 system resources dangerously low
By Andy Walker. When your Windows 95 system tells you it's low on resources, it could be your RAM or something more.
11• Math for couch potatoes: how to get the best view
By Andy Walker. Complicated formula, C2TVD, defines how to calculate the precise distance between yourself and your TV screen using just your fingers and your toes.
12• How to choose a power strip
By Andy Walker. With all the power cables that go along with running a computer, a power strip is essential.
13• The faster the refresh rate, the better the picture
By Andy Walker. Response time is better measurement than refresh rate, but in both cases it remans a fact that crisper viewing means less tired eyes, fewer headaches.
14• Office to go
By Chris Ricci. Travelling all over the world, we still enjoy having the comfort and homey look-and-feel of our own computer screen.
15• Compaq often puts install info on hard drive.
By Andy Walker. Unable to locate the software your computer came with? Read on to find out more about these problems.
16• Fry, baby, fry -- MMX inferno
By Andy Walker. If you're upgrading your computer, make sure all the components are compatible.
17• Get organized with a handheld computer
By Andy Walker. Need to get organized, and need some advice of which hand-held will help you reach your goals? This guide will help you decide which hand-held computer is best for you.
18• Tips for the rookie scanner
By Andy Walker. So you've decided to buy yourself a scanner - congratulations! This article will help you go from scanning rookie to pro.
19• Keeping up with the Vistas of this world
By Peter Ehm. For whatever reason, Windows Vista way too often isn't familiar with some rather common (but older) applications.
20• LabRats #090: Make your old iPod work like new
By Cyberwalker staff. Batteries run out and won't take any more new charges? The assembly is sealed and there seems to be no opening to replace an old battery? Not to worry, Andy Walker and Sean Carruthers have assembled information that will help get your iPod up and running again in (almost) no time.
21• Camera Phones Exposed
By Andy Walker. Camera Phones.
22• Send garbage where it belongs
By Chris Ricci. Get rid of software you won't need to reclaim precious hard drive space.
23• Get two monitors working side-by-side
By Chris Ricci. It takes a bit of work, but you need not dump your old CRT display.
24• Cheating your way through life: 1
By Chris Ricci. Gaming, music and video industries try to protect their property, but hackers beat their systems hands down: Part 1.
25• Making sense of 56K modems
By Andy Walker. High-speed modems can be confusing to even the most computer literate person.
26• Higher-speed data communication comes with a price
By Andy Walker. Newer technologies always come with a hefty price tag, and high speed Internet connections are no exception.
27• Vista: a greedy little devil
By Jason Kerluck. Microsoft's (relatively) new operating system can be as it beautiful as a program can get, but - just like princesses in fairy tales - it requires considerable help from your computer before it even begins thinking of operating smoothly.
28• AMD Spider proves not all computers are equal
By Jason Kerluck. Computer games expose that even the best of computer-parts standards do not guarantee seamless operation.
29• Cheating your way through life: 2
By Chris Ricci. Gaming, music and video industries try to protect their property, but hackers beat their systems hands down: Part 2.
30• We need more power like we need last year's snow
By Chris Ricci. Computer and software makers develop new products not to improve humankind's lot but, rather, to improve their balance sheets.
31• Is Windows 95 freezing in the shutdown process?
By Andy Walker. If your Windows 95 machine seems to have problems shutting all the way down, you may need to update a driver or two.
32• Where is my wearable computer?
By Peter Ehm. PDAs weren't it, and they died a painful death by user indifference.
33• What if your screen looks dirty?
By Chris Ricci. It's the little pixels that make up pictures on your Liquid Crystal Displays - and some of them can go bonkers.
34• Windows 95 Plus?
By Andy Walker. How do you find out what version of Windows 95 you have, and what difference does it make?.
35• Webcams: will they deliver?
By Peter Ehm. There are way too many webcams on the market, not all of them compatible with operating systems or instant messaging software we're using.
36• FireWire: it's all about speed
By Peter Ehm. USB ports have been a staple in linking computers to peripherals and have them interact easier and faster than they used to.
37• Two decades is an LCD screen's life expectancy
By Andy Walker. You can bet your farm that by the time your LCD or plasma screen dies on you, there will be a perfectly new TV set in our household, anyhow.
38• Embedded chips a grim Year 2000 problem
By Andy Walker. Anything with a computer chip can feasibly be affected by the Y2K bug.