Oh no, my computer is sick. I’ve run malware, anti-virus and defrag tools but something is dramatically slowing my computer down. I schedule checkdsk to run the next time I reboot, and guess what, it wont run.   So I run pre-boot assessment on my Dell laptop, and get the dreaded 0142 error message – hard […]

When my computer started taking forever to change screens I first did a Malware Bytes scan and then a complete anti-virus scan, then I ran disk defrag. There was no improvement and these processes took way longer than they used to do. I next looked for possible hardware issues. I set up my drive which […]

When your computer isn’t running right, and I mean you are experiencing crashes, blue screens and so forth, the first thing to check is whether some newly installed update or software is causing the problem.  But if it is not, you might have a hardware issue. Windows has some built-in programs that can help evaluate […]

After Windows crashed and I used System Restore to restore to an earlier instance my Windows media Center no longer worked. So I tried to go through the Windows Media Center setup again and it failed at installing the Microsoft play ready process which is a digital rights management process that protects content providers from […]

Windows Media Center is really a fantastic tool. It is a built in DVR, with all the functionality that you expect from your local cable company. And, by adding extenders, you can use your HTPC, using Windows Media Center, to provide both programming and DVR functionality to multiple TVs, thus eliminating the need for multiple […]

Table of Contents Before You Build Legend Overview of Selecting Parts Build Notes Tools External Build Overview of the External Build The External Build Steps The Internal Build The Final Test Before You Build Building a computer can be a fun and exciting task or it can be frustrating and often some of both.  Building […]