Installing Hardware Components Such as Video, Sound or Network Cards

Computers consist of many parts or components that have various functions such as providing video or sound to your computer. Without these components you will not be able to do things like… Read More

Your System Has No Paging File or the Paging File is Too Small

Windows uses what is called a page file to store information when there is not enough memory (RAM) available to perform the current operations you are running on your computer. Windows automatically… Read More

Turn off “This USB device can perform faster if you connect it to a High-Speed USB 2.0 port” message

USB ports are used to connect USB devices such as external hard drives, flash drives, printers, MP3 players and so on. There have been different versions of USB throughout the years with… Read More

Changing Drive Letters in Windows

Drive letters are used with Windows and other operating systems to keep track of different partitions and physical hard drives. A drive letter doesn’t have to be assigned to a whole different… Read More

Cannot Open a PDF File Attachment or Website Link

PDF (Portable Document Format) files are a type of document file created by Adobe that are used by many companies to distribute their documents and manuals on the internet as well as… Read More

Find Out What Error Codes Mean Using Error Messages for Windows

There are many different error codes for all kinds of Windows errors. It can be overwhelming trying to figure out what they all mean. There is a free utility called Error Messages… Read More

Windows Administrative Tools

Most of the Windows Server and Professional desktop operating systems provide a comprehensive set of tools that you can use to manage many of the behind the scene applications and settings used… Read More

The MSI Must Be Launched Through Setup Error When Installing Norton Antivirus

When you try to install Norton Internet Security, Norton Personal Firewall, Norton AntiVirus or Symantec AntiVirus you may get an error message that says “The MSI must be launched through setup” and… Read More

Setting File Associations

I’m sure you have noticed that at the end of your files there is usually a dot or period and then 3 letters or numbers such as Report.xls. This is what is… Read More

Netsetup.cpl Error When Opening a Control Panel Item

The Windows Control Panel is where you will find many of the utilities that you will use to configure and manage your computer such as software and user management, firewall settings, mouse… Read More
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