An MP3 is a file format. It stands for MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3. The name is not as really important as what exactly is digital audio. Audio is nothing more than a sound wave. It has certain attributes, usually these waves go up and down, have a height and a length. Read more »

Passwords are needed for just about everything now. How do can you remember them all? Some sites force you to have 8 character password some 6 some even force you to have numbers in it. So how do you come up with a password that is strong yet easy to remember possibly even a different password for each site you visit? Read more »

Actually no. Unless you search for files on your hard drive on a daily basis or have less than 1% disk space left having a hard drive full of files does not effect your daily computer operation. This includes music, documents, pictures, videos, programs etc… Read more »

Since most of the computers today communicate via the TCP/IP Protocol (don’t worry if you don’t know what that is) these computers must have an IP address in order to communicate. You can think of the IP address like a phone number or street address. Read more »

On any given computer there are usually many programs that are set to run upon windows starting. Most of these startup programs are unnecessary but some are required. Read more »

Safe Mode is a special diagnostic mode of Windows used for troubleshooting. Often it allows you to make changes to the operating system when you can not boot normally. This is usually caused by various reasons like incorrect drivers, viruses, spyware, and corrupt files. Read more »

There are many reasons to check your internet speed. One reason is to troubleshoot your network to see if you are limited by your upload speed or download speed. Another reason is to find out if you are getting the advertised speed you were promised. Internet speed tests are really easy to do and only take a few minutes. Read more »

So you start up your computer only to wait 5 to even 15 minutes for Windows to fully load before you can go ahead and use your computer. This can be very frustrating to the user. More and more, programs are inserting themselves into the startup process so that every time you turn on your computer all sorts of unnecessary programs are running in the background without your permission. Read more »