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Entries for April, 2010

How to disable System restore function in Windows XP

System Restore is a Windows application provided by Microsoft that allows you to return your computer to an earlier state if you have a system failure or other major problem with your computer. The main advantage of System Restore is that you can restore your computer to a workable state without having to reinstall the [...]

How to identify the manufacturer of your network device using its mac address

What is MAC address ? In computer networking a MAC address (also known as an Ethernet Hardware Address or physical address) is an unique identifier consisting of six groups of two hexadecimal digits. An example of a MAC address would be 00:1E:C1:4C:E6:C6. It is 48 bits long, which means that there are 281,474,976,710,656 possible MAC [...]

How to upgrade a CPU

The processor is perhaps one of the most important components in a computer, because it’s critical for the overall performance of your system. Upgrading the CPU will certainly enhance the performance of your system, but before you start anything, you should pay attention to some important things. First, you have to decide do you really [...]