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  • How To Type Faster

    I haven't been practicing lately so I only top out at about 95wpm (words per minute), but with continued training it is fully possible to kick your typing speed up to 160wpm or even higher.  Why am I mentioning these speeds? Because the average person's handwriting speed is somewhere around 25-35wpm ...

  • How to Replace a Dead Power Supply

    Hey My Computer Won't Start! I recently had a service call from a local church, where one of its computers would not power up. When they would press the power button the power light would come on, but the computer did boot up, not one sound. If you are familiar with computers, ...

  • Building A Computer – Picking Components

    Picking the parts for your computer is one of the most important things in building a computer, because you cant assemble a computer without the parts! Picking parts for computers has become much easier than before, because things have been standardized, however, you need to make sure everything will fit. ...

  • How to Protect your computer from malware with a USB Drive

    Is your computer running slow and acting funny? Does odd stuff keep popping up in your web browser? This is almost always a sign that your computer is infected by some kind of malware (viruses, adware, rootkits, etc.). What if you could just plug in your flash (USB) drive and get ...

  • Need Help with your broken printer? Get Help Now!

    Having printer problems?  Has it started making squeaky noises and spraying ink everywhere?  Not working the way it did, when it was brand new?  Is your printer not printing at all? Get help with your printers problems today by visiting FixYourOwnPrinter.com If you’re having printer problems and you're not technically savvy or don’t want to ...

  • Tips and Shortcuts for Microsoft Office and Explorer

    I found a very cool site that you might want to take a look at, it's called Springhouse. They are an education and training consulting company.  But they also have a blog, with has tons of Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows OS and Internet Explorer "How-To's" sprinkled in with some other stuff. Visit the blog, ...

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Jan
27
Server at Center of Network

Effective Dec 1, 2011, the CompTIA Network+ certification has been revamped to address new technologies… Network+ exam is a vendor neutral, nationally recognized certification. It tests your knowledge in a broad range of networking technology and best practices.

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Jan
26
A Wall Dividing Two People

The Digital Divide refers to any inequalities between groups, in terms of access to, use of, or knowledge of information and communication technologies. The best example is the perceived digital divide right here in the United States of America…

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Jan
25
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The IT-Ready Apprentice Program, a program of CompTIA’s is looking for seasoned CompTIA member IT professionals to guide apprentices…

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Jan
17
Norton Anti Virus

The world’s biggest maker of security software had previously said that hackers stole the code from a third party, but corrected that statement Tuesday after an investigation found that Symantec’s networks had been infiltrated…

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Jan
09
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This may sound stupid to most techies, but if you are not a geek or are new to computers it is a very good question. This article discusses the difference between hardware and software and why you need to know this before you can begin to fully understand computers.

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What are Device Drivers

Posted by John Categories: Software FAQ's
Dec
08
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Not many people know about device drivers until they need to find one, be it for a printer or most commonly a modem driver. Finding one can be very difficult, and you always to seem to need one at the worst of times.