e Sometimes you need to run the DOS-style command prompt … for instance, when you want to use some of the stripped-down commands that XP includes. For a full use-with-care listing, create a shortcut.   Right-click any spare area of your desktop, select New/Shortcut and, when you’re invited to...

e Whizzing around in the vast 3D complexity of today's modern games, I often wonder if gaming has really taken a step forward since the good ole' days of DOS and 3.1 in anything other than graphics. Weak plots, frustrating challenges, lame puzzles, all attempting to cloak the one and only intent:...

e First, let me make my opinion clear: The installation of adware should be illegal and harshly punished. Adware has exploded because it offers big economic incentives for its sponsors. They'll never adequately inform PC users about their software before it's installed. This troubling aspect of...

e Windows XP is the most adaptable and “tweakable” operating system that Microsoft have released to date. It can be configured in many different ways to perform many different tasks. XP has the facilities to act as a flexible and full featured network machine and can also be stripped down to run as...

eI don’t have a Laptop, but for some reason (even in XP) Microsoft seem to think we all have one, and accordingly, set our Power Options to match. Follow this easy guide to find out how to set your Desktop PC to some sort of normality.   There are three levels of preset power management in...

e Many users of Windows XP and Vista will want to try Linux at some point, often just to see what all the fuss is about. There are many different Linux distributions and it isn’t convenient for a non-technical user to set up dual booting alongside an existing Windows install. Thankfully, there are...

e As many users of Windows Vista have found out, videos downloaded from the internet will not always play. This is often due to the lack of appropriate codec, which decodes the data in to something that you can watch in a media player. There are hundreds of codecs available, often presented in...

e I had the opportunity to spend some time testing and evaluating this motherboard with two sets of CPUs and two types of memory. First using two X5482 Harpertowns (3200/12mb/1600) and 4x2 gig of Transcend DDR2-800 FB-Dimms, and later on using two E5450 Harpertowns(3000/12mb/1333).   This...

e We’ve tested the previous 2 versions of Kaspersky Internet Security and have been consistently impressed with the functionality and performance of the all-in-one security suite. KIS 2010 has recently been released and it has undergone a facelift as well as a few subtle changes. The core feature...

e We took a look at the impressive QNAP TS-209 II Pro last year, a home/office sized NAS that provided plenty of features and became an essential part of a small office network. The QNAP TS-239 Pro is a next generation model based on the Intel Atom platform which includes even more features suited...