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Adobe Reader is the best choice for every user in order to open any PDF file. However, older computers may experience a bothering slowness while trying to open PDF documents with it. This is due to the fact that Adobe Reader has to load a lot of stuff and plugins before opening the file you want to read. Here is a simple tricks to make it load faster. Continue reading »

Does you computer contains embarrassing “secrets”?  Do you need to erase and delete a whole hard disk without using any software and you need to do it in…let’s say less than 30 seconds? (guaranteed!). Let’s see how simple Dos commands can destroy your hard disk in a matter of a few seconds! Continue reading »

iiView has launched its new tablet PC called iiViewPad Tablet PC featuring a slim design and embedding an hardware able to run Windows 7. iiViewPad Tablet PC sports Atom 1.6GHz processor, 1 / 2 GB RAM (depending on model), Intel 945 chipset, 10.2″ 1024×600-pixel resolution Touchscreen, 160GB / 320GB HDD and 802.11n 10/100 Ethernet. Continue reading »

MBR stands for Master Boot Record. As stated in Wikipedia the MBR is ” the 512-byte boot sector that is the first sector (“LBA Sector 0″) of a partitioned data storage device such as a hard disk”. Basically, it is the first sector of your hard disk used by the BIOS to detect the operating systems installed in your computer (see how important it is?). If such a sector is corrupted, while booting up the computer you could get weird errors such as: “Operating System Not Found” or “Missing operating system”. Here is a brief tutorial on what to do to fix and restore it. Continue reading »

If you have a laptop you know pretty well how important to have a long lasting battery is. Sadly, Windows 7 (and Vista) with all their eye-candy features such as the well-known Aero theme etc. don’t help to keep and preserve  the power of your battery to high level in order to devote it to other and more useful purposes. Let’s see how to increase and extend your battery life thanks to a free, small utility! Continue reading »

Sometimes, your Windows 7, all of a sudden, may return you with the following Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) error message “0xA or IRQ_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL Stop Error”. Such an error is triggered by incompatible hardware or software which have been installed on your machine. Here is what you have got to do to fix it. Continue reading »

Sometimes, you Windows 7, all of a sudden, may return you with the following Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) error message: “0×24 or NTFS_FILE_SYSTEM Stop Error”. Usually, such an error is triggered by the Ntfs.sys  file which is a driver that enables a PC to  read and write  a hard drive formatted with the NTFS file system.  Let’s see how to solve it.  Continue reading »

A few days ago a Web Talk reader named Tad Ensign, contacted me explaining how to perform  a full Windows 7 installation from an Upgrade. I have to tell you that at the time I was completely unaware of this issue and his brilliant solution left me amazed. Apparently, if you try to make a full installation of Windows 7 after formatting your hard drive, the system could return you with a message saying that the key is not valid…something like this: “The Software Licensing Service determined that this specified product key can only be used for upgrading not for clean installations” Here is the workaround to solve this issue. Thanks Tad! Continue reading »