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Entries for March, 2010

Turn your your Keyboard Scroll Lock and Num Lock LEDs into Network Activity Indicators

Maybe some of you know, that every network card has indicator lights that help you monitor your network activity and in some cases those lights may also be useful for detecting network problems. Unfortunately, the network card is located at the rear of the computer, making monitoring of these indicators a little uncomfortable, and if [...]

Another easy way to install Windows 7 from USB Flash drive

As you know installing Windows 7 or any other operating system is easy if your computer is equipped with an integrated optical drive, but most netbooks don’t include such a device and that’s why when it comes to netbooks, you have two options to install the operating system. The first is to use external (USB) [...]

How to turn off Windows XP firewall

This short guide will help you turn off the  build-in firewall in Windows XP.  Note that disabling firewall will make your computer more vulnerable to viruses, and therefore I  recommend that you stop this feature for testing purposes only.

How to choose the right power supply for your computer

Power supply is one of the most important components in the computer and of course, the only one, that any other component can’t work without. The quality of power supply is very important for the normal operation of you computer but it’s not responsible about how fast it would be. Therefore, if you replace it [...]

Few important things you should know about LI-Ion batteries used in mobile computers

The first and maybe most important thing to know is that no matter how trying to save the life of your battery, sooner or later you will need to replace it with new one. You should also know that today’s technology still doesn’t allow the production of durable batteries whose characteristics do not change over [...]