System Restore is one of the most useful tools available in Windows XP, which can help you restore the computer to an earlier state, when a problem occurs in your computer. There are situations where you are required to reinstall System Restore in order to restore its functionality. This article explains how to reinstall System Restore using the INF file.

A lot of times, after recovering from a disabling virus or other attack, users will notice their Add/Remove programs panel no longer works. This is because a lot of viruses are programmed to disable it by messing up .DLL’s so you can’t go into the panel and remove it or add software that could do the same thing. It’s a self-defense measure, basically.

Every so often you should reformat just to keep your computer running to the best of its ability. Before you do so, you should first back up everything onto CD or any type of high capacity removable media. This is imperative because when you are reformatting everything will be deleted from your computer.

Alex PC is a computer repair and website design company based in Salisbury, NC. We have offered certified technicians and web professionals to clients in our area since 2002.

We offer dependable in-home computer service at a minimal hourly rate and free computer pick-up and drop-off with our flat-rate fee.

Resizing an image isn’t very hard. You can even do it with Microsoft Paint. The problem is that you just took 500 great pictures and you want to upload all of them to your MySpace.

Have you noticed your copy of XP just doesn’t seem as fast as a friend’s computer with Vista? Before you take the big leap into the “magical” world of Windows Vista, first consider optimizing Windows XP.

Stop your computer from cooking itself now to prevent problems in the future.

When you turn the computer on, it performs Power On System Test (POST), checking and initializing the system’s internal components. In the event of a system error, the computer emits a series of long and short beeps. Beeps are your computer’s way of letting you know what’s going on when the video signal is not [...]

What do the beeps during the Power-On Self-Test (POST) mean?

Optimize Windows Vista for better performance No matter how fast or shiny computers might be when they are new, they all seem to get slower over time. That state-of-the-art PC you bought last year might not feel like such a screamer after you install a dozen programs, load it with antispyware and antivirus tools, and download [...]

Typically, someone who has a bone to pick with a specific Web site will round up some hijacked PCs and use them to try to shut the site down. What’s a denial-of-service attack? A denial-of-service (DoS) attack is any effort designed to interfere with access to a Web site or Internet service. A common method [...]