Archive for April, 2009

Registry Cleaners

Friday, April 24th, 2009 Posted in Info | Comments Off on Registry Cleaners

Debunking a Myth There's a common belief that cleaning the registry will improve system performance.  Almost every "performance enhancing" suite offers a registry cleaner.  They work by removing orphaned registry entries ... Read more..

Aussie Computer Fair

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 Posted in Info | Comments Off on Aussie Computer Fair

Fuzzy Logic will be participating in the Computer & Technology Fair at the Hervey Bay Great Hall on Sunday 31 May.  The action starts at 10:00am and is expected to ... Read more..

How to use MSCONFIG

Friday, April 17th, 2009 Posted in Guides | Comments Off on How to use MSCONFIG

About MSCONFIG allows you to temporarily prevent programs from loading when Windows starts.  It was designed as a simple troubleshooting tool, centralising options to enable or disable commands and programs that ... Read more..

Defragmenting Your Hard Drives

Friday, April 17th, 2009 Posted in Guides | Comments Off on Defragmenting Your Hard Drives

What is Fragmentation and why is it a problem? In a nutshell, fragmentation is when files on your hard drive are broken up into seperate parts and stored in different areas ... Read more..

Optimising Paging Files

Friday, April 17th, 2009 Posted in Guides | Comments Off on Optimising Paging Files

What are paging files and scratch files? Basically paging files are reserved space on your hard drive, designed to be used like an extension to physical RAM.  The physical RAM and ... Read more..

PC Performance Guide

Friday, April 17th, 2009 Posted in Guides | Comments Off on PC Performance Guide

One of the most common complaints we hear people make about their PC is poor performance.  There are a few ways to make it run faster, which is what this ... Read more..

Computer Security Guide

Monday, April 6th, 2009 Posted in Guides | Comments Off on Computer Security Guide

You're probably familiar with words like Adware, Spyware, Trojans, Viruses, Rootkits, Worms and so on...  All forms of Malicious Software (malware).   Each year they get more deceptive, harder to remove ... Read more..

Recommended Security Software

Monday, April 6th, 2009 Posted in Guides | 2 Comments »

A collection of progams that I endorse (in alphabetical order). Notes: Free solutions typically lack some functionality.  The recommended option would be to purchase subscription for an internet security suite. I don't endorse ... Read more..

Laptop Care & Maintenance Guide

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 Posted in Guides | Comments Off on Laptop Care & Maintenance Guide

This is a basic guide on how best to care for your laptop and also get the most out of it: GENERAL USE Laptops shouldn't be bumped or moved while they're ... Read more..