Total Computer Repair

Yes, home computer repair is the buzz word these days with many of whom are owning a home PC, more and more are preferring to repair their PC on their own rather than getting it serviced by some or any service technicians who these days charge a hefty amount as a service charge. To avoid this unnecessary wastage of money and time, you can actually do your own home computer repair if you follow these steps. Viruses are the most dreaded and dangerous thing that your home PC could be infected with. Here you can learn about how to find viruses and remove it with your own home computer repair steps.

The first and last and most annoying and threatening issue you could face with a home PC would be viruses, you can actually prevent viruses from entering your home PC by installing a good antivirus program. There are a very good number of antivirus program available in the market, both paid and free. You can install any one as all antivirus programs has their own ups and downs in catching some viruses and omitting some. You should scan your home computer with the antivirus at least once a day if you browse the internet regularly and download lots of stuff online.

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Home computer repair may be a taxing affair, but it is extremely necessary. It is important that you take precaution against viruses and other threats posed by sharing of information via different media and through the Internet. Any potential harm can be avoided if you take the basic precautionary steps.
One of the most essential tools for home computer repair is an antivirus. An antivirus is software that safeguards your computer by scanning it for malicious programs and destroying them. Enabling home computer repair, an antivirus detects and destroys viruses before they can cause harm to your computer.
The most popular antivirus packages support the following:
• Scans – Real time, On demand and Scheduled
• Internet security
• Technical Support
The research firm, TopTenREVIEWS, in its 2008 antivirus software review report has listed the following antivirus packages in order of rating:
1. BitDefender
2. Kaspersky
3. ESET Nod32
4. Trend Micro (PC-Cillin)
5. F-Secure Anti-Virus
6. McAfee VirusScan
7. Norton AntiVirus
8. AVG Anti-Virus Pro
9. CA Antivirus
10. Norman Virus Control
Updating the antivirus periodically is recommended as an important home computer repair step.
You should take into account the following when choosing an antivirus:
• Easy Installation
• User-friendly
• Efficient detection
• Effective removal of malicious programs
• Effective quarantining
• Real time reporting features
• Regular updates
• Technical Support
Another home computer repair tool that is as important as the antivirus in the connected world is the anti-spyware. A spyware is an unsolicited program that installs itself on your computer without your consent. Spyware typically come as adware, or advertising software, and track information on your computer, thus invading your privacy.
Helping you with home computer repair, an anti-spyware safeguards your computer by blocking malicious software and by scanning your computer for spyware and removing them, if found.
TopTenREVIEWS, in its 2008 anti-spyware software review report has listed the following anti-spyware packages in order of rating:
1. Spy Sweeper
2. CounterSpy
3. AntiSpy
4. Spyware Doctor
5. PestPatrol
6. Ad-Aware SE Pro
7. Spyware BeGone
8. McAfee AntiSpyware
9. Maxion Spy Killer
10. SpyHunter
Like, in an antivirus, you should look for the following features in an anti-spyware:
• Easy installation
• User friendly
• Efficient removal of spyware
• Regular updates
• Real time reporting
• Technical support
Efficient home computer repair begins by identifying the ideal antivirus and anti-spyware packages for your computer.
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In order to obtain faster results and the longevity of your computer system, you should be familiar with the basics of computer maintenance. Good maintenance is all about how to back up, some free stuff and cleaning tips. Here are some important advices on computer maintenance

1. Backing up the data

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So now we have come to the point in our home computer repair questing, that we need to know what a backup is and also how to do it. A backup of your computer would round off what we have learned so far.

Why do we need to back our home pc? The obvious answer is because what if something goes wrong and our Hard Drive gets fried, or even worse what if a fire starts and torches everything in the computer room. Lets not get into what could happen, I’m sure you know of someone in their life that said, “oh I wish I had a backup because I lost everything!!!”

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If you use Mozilla Firefox or even Thunderbird then you will be very glad to learn about this very useful backup and restore utility, if you haven’t heard about it yet. I myself use this all the time, because I cannot afford the time lost if I were to have a computer crash and loose my Firefox or Thunderbird information.

Here is the Mozilla Backup/Restore Program. It was made by a third party and it freeware so you need not even register for it. It is very useful and you should consider linking to his page from your blog if you have one, just a nice way to thank you for the very good firefox backup utility.

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So about 2 years ago I stumbled across Thunderbird, a free email client by the very popular company Mozilla. Well I used Firefox already and I loved it, so why not give this email client a try. I was not attached to Microsoft Outlook by any means or to its $200 price tag.

Anyway, so I quickly downloaded it and set it up in a matter of minutes. Oh geez was I impressed by this program. It was not intrusive at all and was 100% stand alone. For those of you that use Outlook, you all know that it is very large in size and tries to put its hands where it does not belong… intrusive to say the least.

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Here is the driver for the Cable Modem RCA DCM245

So here’s why I needed this driver, which was not easy to find. Ok so I just moved into my new place ordered Comcast High Speed Internet, which came with an RCA Cable Modem. My regular computer has a network card and uses the normal RJ45 cable which connects to the RCA Comcast Modem.

My other computer does not have a network card and I wanted to get it hooked up to the modem, therefore I needed to find the driver for the RCA DCM245. I was able to locate it and then it installed on the new system which had Windows XP.

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These days, built-in wireless capabilities have become standard equipment available on most of the laptops and home computers due to many reasons. One of the obvious and main reasons is the cost. In order to stay ahead in technological curve the manufacturers need to add wireless option to all machines.

An important question that arises here is – Is your laptop or home computer wireless enabled? This is how you can check if your computer has wireless capabilities or not.

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OK so I just got off the phone with my friend who just subscribed to this satellite tv service here called Satellite TV For PC. He said he’s had it for about 3 months and he gets so many channels that he doesn’t know what to do.

I was listening about his new satellite tv service through his computer and I was assuming he was going to say it cost him more than $200 per month. OH boy was I wrong… lol. The number he said was not even half that. He compared it to the top cable packages which cost $175 per month, and he said he gets even more channels than them because of all the international channels on his satellite tv service through his pc.

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Freeze problems are quite common in computers these days. In many cases your computer suddenly starts locking up or freezing? Now what to do? Many people don’t know how to come out of this problem.

Here is how you can avoid or overcome troubleshooting freeze or lockup problems: Follow these steps carefully for troubleshooting freeze problems.

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