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How to Revive an Old PC – Part 3

Welcome to Part 3 of our five-part series about reviving an old PC.

Turn Off Hibernate

Hibernate or Sleep Mode on a laptop can activate at the most inopportune times. Here’s how to adjust when your laptop hibernates, if at all.

How to Revive an Old PC – Part 2

Welcome to Part 2 of our five-part series about reviving an old PC.

How to Revive an Old PC – Part 1

Welcome to a five-part blog series, all about reviving an old PC! We’re going to take you through all the steps, from inspecting the inside and outside of the machine, installing diagnostic apps, running Windows Update and Driver Reviver, purchasing upgrades, installing them, and an optional last step: installing an alternative operating system.

Be honest: when you talk about upgrading your gaming PC, you’re just trying to justify a new video card purchase. We’ve all seen those sexy vid card ads in the magazines, and we all want them. You’re not a special snowflake in that regard. But new vid cards, for all of their beauty and majesty, usually only give you incrementally faster performance over the older models.

Cycle Through The Same App

There’s an easy shortcut if you’d like to cycle through windows of the same application. It’s especially useful in an app that doesn’t use tabs.

Share Files Between PCs

Multiple PCs on the same network, all running Windows Vista or Windows 7, can share files between them easily. Here’s how you set that up.

April, 2014. Seems like a long way off, doesn’t it? That’s the date that Microsoft will officially end support for Windows XP. If there are any security issues, driver revisions, or bug fixes that need to be made to XP after that point, too bad — Microsoft will have moved on by then. This will render XP unsafe and, eventually, unusable for the majority of PC users.

Today’s PCs are more powerful than ever, but we’re increasingly using them for more and more. If you’re serious about gaming, everyday wear and tear on your PC could be wreaking havoc on your rig. What might have been a top-of-the-line gaming powerhouse a year ago could be sucking wind like a plumber running up the stairs today if you’re not taking care of it properly.

Install Windows 7 to a Netbook

Netbooks, being inexpensive laptops, don’t have optical drives. But sometimes you’d like to install Windows 7 to one. Here’s how you do that.

There are free, web-based alternatives out there to expensive desktop software. Learn about Google Docs and more in this clickable, interactive video.

Print to your Printer from Anywhere

Google Cloud Print is a useful feature in Google Chrome that allows you to print to a printer from any other Google Chrome instance you’re logged into.

How to Upgrade from XP to Windows 7 (Video)

Because Windows Vista was skipped over by many, the upgrade path of the average user often takes them from Windows XP to Windows 7. Find out how upgrading works in this interactive video.

Turn your Laptop into a Desktop

There are a few simple steps to make your laptop PC function more like a desktop PC, including the use of external devices.

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