Help! My Acer Aspire
laptop needs urgent care! It's been a great
machine for two years, running Windows 10 with 8
GB of RAM. But now it is terribly slow and will
lock-up at times. I've tried so many things, like
removing unwanted programs and disabling apps at
start-up and cleaning up my browser. My friend
thinks I have a hidden problem like a malware or a
virus, even though my virus protection reports my
system is clean. Any suggestions on how can I
check to see what is really causing this problem
and hopefully restore my system back to peak
performance? Thank you in advance.
- Terry D., Richmond, VA |
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get many users with the same situation. However,
there are so many issues that can affect a PC's
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I'm in big trouble with my
wife after I accidentally deleted more than 1500
family photos from our home PC. Please let me know
the safest way to recover these files. Otherwise,
I'm heading for a divorce.
- Victor C., Salem, NH |
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eSupport.com has a great solution
called UndeletePlus for
recovering & restoring deleted files,
including photos and videos. When it comes to
recovering files, it's important to know that when
a file is deleted from your PC, flash disk or
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Typically files are not destroyed when deleted; it
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I'm having a problem with
files opening in the correct programs
automatically. For example, when I try to open an
MPG filer, it asks me which program to use when it
should be using Media Player. I went to the file
association list and the file type is not listed.
What am I doing wrong?
- Henry P., Greensburg, PA |
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To associate any file with the
program that should be able to open it, save the
file to a folder on your hard drive. Right click
on it, and select Properties. On the General tab
under Opens With, click the Change button. If you
do not see program listed, click Browse. Navigate
to the program file (this will likely be on your
C: drive in the Programs folder), and select it to
force Windows to associate that file type with
that program with a double click.
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Driver Tip:
Printer Drivers Can Be Tricky
Have you ever installed a printer
driver and your printer stopped working? Or the
new driver just doesn't seem to install at all?
With some printers the driver is pretty
straightforward. It's simply click and install.
However, with other printer drivers the process
can be a little more involved. If you are running
into issues installing your printer driver, we
suggest that you first uninstall the old drivers
first. Then install the new ones. This should
prevent any further issues and allow your printer
to work properly. The old driver can be
uninstalled by opening your Control Panel, and
clicking on the Devices and Printers section.
Right click on the printer, and choose PROPERTIES.
Then click on the DRIVER tab, and choose
UNINSTALL. You may be asked at this point if you
want to keep the driver, say NO. Once that has
completed uninstalling, you can install the new
driver.
» Perform
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PC Performance
Tip: Launch the Windows
Troubleshooter
To
launch it, type troubleshooting into the search
box, and click the Troubleshooting Control
Panel icon that appears. Then click
Run Maintenance Tasks in the
System and Security section of the screen
that appears. A screen titled
Troubleshoot and help prevent computer
problems will appear.
» Perform
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BIOS Tip - Keep
Unauthorized Users From Making Changes
The
Security section of the BIOS can
be used to keep unauthorized people from making
changes to the BIOS.
The option called Security
Option can be set to either
Setup or System.
When it is set to SETUP the
security is on the BIOS Setup screens. A user
would need a password to be able to make changes
to the BIOS Setup screens.
When the option
SYSTEM is set, the user will need
a password to even get the system to boot.
There are also settings for
Supervisor Password and a
User Password. If you choose to
set the Security Option then you
will need to set your Supervisor and User Password
options.
If you choose to select a
Supervisor Password, a password
will be required to enter the BIOS after you
choose setup, as described above. If you choose
SYSTEM as described above, then a password will be
required for cold-booting, as well.
With the User
Password option, a different password
assigned to users is required to boot the PC, and
if a Supervisor Password has also been selected,
permits the user to only adjust the date and time
in the BIOS.
» Perform
a BIOS scan now!
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"The best revenge is massive
success."
- Frank Sinatra |
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| GeoGuessr |
Uses Google Maps and casts you into an unknown
region of the world and you have to guess where
you are.
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Lets you choose a beautiful
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The typical lightning bolt moves
at 225,000 mph -- or approximately 3,700 miles per
second.
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Bobolink
Migratory American songbird.
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Blur
Blur functions as password
manager, email anonymizer, and credit card masker
all rolled up into one convenient add-on
extension. |
Tubi TV
Tubi TV offers free
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full HDoffers free popular movies and TV series
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Twitter
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TweetDeck
TweetDeck is your personal browser for staying in
touch with what's happening now.
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