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About the author: Ms. Pinky is a Systems Engineer, a Computer Support Specialist, Technical Writer and Researcher. She has over 20 years of professional and technical experience in the Information Technology (I.T.) Industry!
She is also a Professional Medical Practice Office Management, Billing & Coding Consultant. Her focus of specialty are in Interventional Pain Management, Anesthesiology, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Orthopedics.
Pinky Mcbanon's articles
You may be following the trends in the Information Technology industry and the explosion in Internet usage. Advances in technology and consequent reduction in component prices have brought down the cost of computers, resulting in a tremendous increase in the proliferation of personal computers. It is not uncommon to find a home with more than one computer connected in a Local Area Network (LAN).
Posted: 2009-01-28
Category: Hardware
If you happen to be a professional working in the Information Technology (IT) industry, you would be aware of the intensely competitive nature of the industry and the constant need it imposes on an IT professional to upgrade skill sets as technology evolves. You may have felt the need to conquer a new technology or upgrade your existing skill set or just to see where you stand among your peers.
Posted: 2009-01-28
Category: Hardware
If you are the average informed reader of current affairs in the Information Technology domain, you may have come across the term Trojan Virus often. There are many Trojan viruses circulating in the Internet these days, and information about Trojan viruses is the key to combating an attack on your computer by these viruses. Let us look at what the term Trojan Virus means and what it does your computer.
Posted: 2009-01-28
Category: Hardware
You may have decided that you needed something more than a desktop computer to answer your need to be online even when you are traveling or away from home. You may have bought a laptop or notebook computer, and taken advantage of its portability in fulfilling your need to connect to the Internet on the go.
Posted: 2009-01-28
Category: Hardware
DSL is an acronym for Digital Subscriber Line and is a technology that facilitates the transmission of digital data over a telephone line in such a way that a telephone conversation and data transmission can occur simultaneously. This is possible because the telephone conversation uses the lower portion of the bandwidth allocated (<4 KHz) and the digital data transmission occupies the upper portion of the bandwidth allocated (>25KHZ).
Posted: 2009-01-28
Category: Hardware
Can you imagine a day in your life without your computer? Computers have become an integral part of our lives by enhancing our productivity at work and at home. It is essential for the computer to give us reliable service. This does not happen automatically.
Posted: 2009-01-28
Category: Hardware
A LED is a p-n junction diode that is capable of emitting light. An LED operates just like a regular p-n junction diode. Diodes must be forward biased for current conduction.
Posted: 2009-01-28
Category: Hardware
If you have a connection to the Internet at home or in the office, or read the newspapers regularly or keep track of the latest technology trends, you may have frequently come across references to networks. Networks of computers were associated with industries and government bodies just a couple of decades ago.
Posted: 2009-01-28
Category: Hardware
Are you dissatisfied with the way your computer works at a snail's pace? Do you have trouble running several programs at a time in a multitasking Operating System like Windows? Does it take ages for your computer to run programs?
Posted: 2009-01-28
Category: Hardware
As a serious computer user, you may always be in pursuit of extracting better performance from your computer and may not balk at spending money on upgrading your computer components in order to maximize performance. When you are a laptop owner trying to tweak the performance, you may find that your options are limited in comparison with the owner of a Desktop Personal Computer, due to the limited upgrade potential offered by laptops.
Posted: 2009-01-28
Category: Hardware
iPods don't come cheap, and that alone justifies the effort in taking a few precautionary measure that will help you get the most out of your iPod. Besides, the iPod's features are sure to make it your favorite device for personal entertainment on the go, so let us see what we can do to appreciate the iPod more than we do already and help extend the usability. You need to keep these aspects involving common sense in your mind always while using your iPod to maximize its features.
Posted: 2009-01-28
Category: Hardware
Almost every person using the Microsoft Windows Operating System frequently gets to see annoying pop up messages on their computer screen - this is what Microsoft terms a runtime error. The computer alerts the user of the occurrence of a runtime error whenever a program that is run has an issue with resources or with parameters invoked. Runtime errors are thus dynamic in nature and would depend on the condition of a system at any given time.
Posted: 2009-01-28
Category: Hardware
Are you having trouble playing that new audio CD you just bought? You pop it in the tray and it does absolutely nothing? You wait for a while, then open My Computer or Windows Explorer, and browse through the CD trying to figure out which file to select so that you can see the contents of the CD or to play whatever is on the CD? There are few things more frustrating than having a CD that would not play automatically.
Posted: 2009-01-28
Category: Hardware
A Rundll32 error happens when Windows attempts to load a file and fails to do it. When this happens a message will usually pop up on the screen informing the user that a rundll32 error has occurred. There are many things that can cause rundll32.exe error, it could be a drive error, virus, undetected malware or spyware, or a faulty or incomplete software installation. Faulty or incomplete installations of software can also cause this problem.
Posted: 2009-01-28
Category: Hardware
Before we consider how to choose a spyware removal tool, let us see what the term Spyware means. Spyware is software created with a malign intent that is installed without your knowledge on your computer. Spyware is designed to hide itself from the average user. Spyware usually resides in your computer and may track keystrokes, URLs of the websites visited, the kind of products you usually buy.
Posted: 2009-01-28
Category: Hardware
