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Friday, February 6, 2015
VIRUS THAT CONSUMES HARD DISK SPACE
There is virus/malware that fills your windows and system32 dir with .TMP files
To solve this problem you need to use WinDirStat (Windows Directory Statistics)
Download it here.
License
WinDirStat is free software published under the GNU General Public License, version 2
To solve this problem you need to use WinDirStat (Windows Directory Statistics)
Download it here.
License
WinDirStat is free software published under the GNU General Public License, version 2
You need to locate folder inside your temporary internet files called Virtualize and delete it.
That folder will contain copy of your c-disk and use your hard disk space. Just to be sure run scan with some of the anti-malware software like Malwarebytes.
Download it here it's free software.
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Thursday, June 12, 2014
How to test your computer hardware failure
-First of all i want you to test and exhaust all software troubles before you move on hardware testing failures. Testing your hardware can be real pain if you don't know how it manifest itself and where to look at first place. I will show you how can you determine which piece of hardware causes you errors.
-So here we go one by one:
-Hard drive failure (HDD)
All errors which include moving, copying, reading, deleting or OS is unable to boot are main HDD problems. Also if your computer start to loop in circles can point you at HDD failure as well. First of all you need to use software to test your hard drive because some of this errors can be caused by another piece of hardware so you need to eliminate hard drive at first place. Use any of these software: HDD health, Test disk, Scandisk etc.
I personaly encountered one weird situation where HDD was bad, it boot slow and can only acces bios after 10 minutes and when in bios every move have a delay of few seconds. I replaced HDD and my problem was gone. At first i tought it was bios failure so i tried changing cmos baterry and flash bios which didn't gave me any results in process. I replaced HDD followed with new OS and everything worked like a charm.
-Memory failure (RAM)
Here is a list of errors you can get with bad memory chips: random reboots, pc does not boot at all, installation failures, blank screen, fatal (errors, exceptions and messages). If you suspect that your memory is damaged by any means you should check are they stay correctly in RAM slot and if there are more then one you should pull out one by one and eliminate damaged RAM. Also in some cases you can encounter our old friend called "Blue screen of death".
-Motherboard and CPU failure
This is worst scenario you can get in computer world and in most cases it ends up with changing completly your motherboard. There is numerous number of errors you can get when this issue happens and i will count few of them: pc does not boot, loophole, beeping sound, blue screen, several error messages after sucessefull boot and so on. You can use some software to test your motherboard but that's only case if you succede to boot your OS. Hot CPU tester is best tool to do such research.
My personal advice (use only if you are really sure all other options fails because this can cause irreversible damage) is direct heating of motherboard bridges (use hair dryer). Direct your heat source to GPU for about 60 seconds in circular motion and avoid by any means heating plastic parts or RAM slots! Of course you need to remove memory modules first and motherboard must be pulled out of computer. Again i warning you do this only if you think this is your last option and your motherboard doesn't have guarantee list for repair.
-Power supply failure
Here we have few situations you need to consider before you diagnose power supply failure. Power supply can be damaged by higher force (thunder and other high voltage strikes). Best thing you can do is to change your power source and keep going. Keep in mind that all other components of your computer are conected to your power source and they can also be damaged if you try to do some kind of tests on it. It's best that you only change power source supply to prevent more damge to your pc including the motherboard (check post above) which is worst scenario that could happen. There is no such software to test your power source integrity but if it still works you can use program who can monitor the voltage and power supplies to the fans. If you are not experienced with such hardware problems leave it to experts and they will do it for u.
Second problem can occur when you buying new complete pc configuration. As you already know every component of your pc use some power in order to work properly and here is great site where you can summerize your power supply usage for each of the components. If your power supply is not strong enough to supply all the components equally it will reboot as soon as you turn it on or it will not start at all, so it's very important that you calculate perfectly.
-CD-ROM and DVD drive failure
Before we begin with testing you need to make sure multiple disks nit working in the drive and by multiple i mean CD or DVD of the same kind. If DVD works fine and CD causing you problems then your drive is ok and problem is in the disk itself.
Your disk drive is damaged if you see errors like this: CD or DVD reading error, can't play any media files (audio, video etc), error when installing something from disks etc.
There is programs made for testing such problems and also there is CD or DVD cleaner if drive lens is dirty. CDRoller can be helpfull and also you can recover some lost files on damaged disk. And CDCheck is also nice software where you can recover lost files, and it's known for it's stability, ease of use and good support as well.
-I hope this article will help you in future and i apologize for some gramatic mistakes in my writings :)
Cheers
-So here we go one by one:
-Hard drive failure (HDD)
All errors which include moving, copying, reading, deleting or OS is unable to boot are main HDD problems. Also if your computer start to loop in circles can point you at HDD failure as well. First of all you need to use software to test your hard drive because some of this errors can be caused by another piece of hardware so you need to eliminate hard drive at first place. Use any of these software: HDD health, Test disk, Scandisk etc.
I personaly encountered one weird situation where HDD was bad, it boot slow and can only acces bios after 10 minutes and when in bios every move have a delay of few seconds. I replaced HDD and my problem was gone. At first i tought it was bios failure so i tried changing cmos baterry and flash bios which didn't gave me any results in process. I replaced HDD followed with new OS and everything worked like a charm.
-Memory failure (RAM)
Here is a list of errors you can get with bad memory chips: random reboots, pc does not boot at all, installation failures, blank screen, fatal (errors, exceptions and messages). If you suspect that your memory is damaged by any means you should check are they stay correctly in RAM slot and if there are more then one you should pull out one by one and eliminate damaged RAM. Also in some cases you can encounter our old friend called "Blue screen of death".
-Motherboard and CPU failure
This is worst scenario you can get in computer world and in most cases it ends up with changing completly your motherboard. There is numerous number of errors you can get when this issue happens and i will count few of them: pc does not boot, loophole, beeping sound, blue screen, several error messages after sucessefull boot and so on. You can use some software to test your motherboard but that's only case if you succede to boot your OS. Hot CPU tester is best tool to do such research.
My personal advice (use only if you are really sure all other options fails because this can cause irreversible damage) is direct heating of motherboard bridges (use hair dryer). Direct your heat source to GPU for about 60 seconds in circular motion and avoid by any means heating plastic parts or RAM slots! Of course you need to remove memory modules first and motherboard must be pulled out of computer. Again i warning you do this only if you think this is your last option and your motherboard doesn't have guarantee list for repair.
-Power supply failure
Here we have few situations you need to consider before you diagnose power supply failure. Power supply can be damaged by higher force (thunder and other high voltage strikes). Best thing you can do is to change your power source and keep going. Keep in mind that all other components of your computer are conected to your power source and they can also be damaged if you try to do some kind of tests on it. It's best that you only change power source supply to prevent more damge to your pc including the motherboard (check post above) which is worst scenario that could happen. There is no such software to test your power source integrity but if it still works you can use program who can monitor the voltage and power supplies to the fans. If you are not experienced with such hardware problems leave it to experts and they will do it for u.
Second problem can occur when you buying new complete pc configuration. As you already know every component of your pc use some power in order to work properly and here is great site where you can summerize your power supply usage for each of the components. If your power supply is not strong enough to supply all the components equally it will reboot as soon as you turn it on or it will not start at all, so it's very important that you calculate perfectly.
-CD-ROM and DVD drive failure
Before we begin with testing you need to make sure multiple disks nit working in the drive and by multiple i mean CD or DVD of the same kind. If DVD works fine and CD causing you problems then your drive is ok and problem is in the disk itself.
Your disk drive is damaged if you see errors like this: CD or DVD reading error, can't play any media files (audio, video etc), error when installing something from disks etc.
There is programs made for testing such problems and also there is CD or DVD cleaner if drive lens is dirty. CDRoller can be helpfull and also you can recover some lost files on damaged disk. And CDCheck is also nice software where you can recover lost files, and it's known for it's stability, ease of use and good support as well.
-I hope this article will help you in future and i apologize for some gramatic mistakes in my writings :)
Cheers
Sunday, June 8, 2014
All in one tutorials
-In this article i will provide you with links of best tutorials you can find online at the moment. Since people put a lot of time creating tutorials i will promote them here and many of you will find them very usefull. It will be wide post and i will try to cover all fields.
-Online image editor FotoFlexer.
-Photoshop tutorial by Marius Florin.
-WordPress tutorials Wperror.
-Windows 7 tips and tricks by Mike Williams.
-How to set up a home network in Windows 7.
-Resolve blue screen of death in Windows 7- site 1, site 2, site 3.
-How to fix bad sectors on hard disk.
-Computer basics and maintenance.
-How to install Windows 7.
-How to install Windows 8.
-How to install Windows xp.
-How to install Mac OS on Windows.
-How to install Ubuntu Linux.
-If you want great SEO for your site this guy can make your life a lot easier. His work is already highly appreciated all over the world.
-Online image editor FotoFlexer.
-Photoshop tutorial by Marius Florin.
-WordPress tutorials Wperror.
-Windows 7 tips and tricks by Mike Williams.
-How to set up a home network in Windows 7.
-Resolve blue screen of death in Windows 7- site 1, site 2, site 3.
-How to fix bad sectors on hard disk.
-Computer basics and maintenance.
-How to install Windows 7.
-How to install Windows 8.
-How to install Windows xp.
-How to install Mac OS on Windows.
-How to install Ubuntu Linux.
-If you want great SEO for your site this guy can make your life a lot easier. His work is already highly appreciated all over the world.
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
WordPress and Google Maps
-In this article we will get closer with Google Maps service application provided by Google. It's coded in JavaScript and XML and it's available on desktop and mobile edition. It's user-friendly mapping technology where you can get all available infomations and directions with just few clicks of the mouse. After all it can serve you as driving direction which is one of the most common use of Google Maps and also as trip planner or even the current traffic situation.
-Google Maps covering all continents, countries, administrative regions, cities, etc. World Route Planner and Maps will also provide users with time zones and daylight map, giving you accurate informations for your travels or curiosities. And last but not least we have Google Street View where you can take a look on places you never seen before like Statue of Liberty, Pyramides and other places by your choice. Though Google blurred people faces and license plates for secutity and privacy reasons.
How to add Google Maps in WordPress
-If we want for any reason to add Google Maps in WordPress there is several ways to do so. So lets explain how to manually add Maps to WordPress and by manually i mean embedding Google Maps in WordPress post. First we need to visit Google Maps and make a search with desired location (just type location by your choice like street address or whatever that fit your needs). It's best that you wait for map to be fully loaded before proceding to the next step. When map is fully loaded check for gear icon in bottom right corner and click it.
You will be presented with option share and embed map. Select that option and popup window with embed code will appear. Select and copy code to clipboard (code begins with <iframe). Now go to your WordPress and navigate to section where you want to add Google Maps (post or page). Now open text editor and paste code directly into your post or page. Save your work and first thing you will see that code was changed and thats because WordPress converted HTML code into working code.
-Google Maps covering all continents, countries, administrative regions, cities, etc. World Route Planner and Maps will also provide users with time zones and daylight map, giving you accurate informations for your travels or curiosities. And last but not least we have Google Street View where you can take a look on places you never seen before like Statue of Liberty, Pyramides and other places by your choice. Though Google blurred people faces and license plates for secutity and privacy reasons.
How to add Google Maps in WordPress
-If we want for any reason to add Google Maps in WordPress there is several ways to do so. So lets explain how to manually add Maps to WordPress and by manually i mean embedding Google Maps in WordPress post. First we need to visit Google Maps and make a search with desired location (just type location by your choice like street address or whatever that fit your needs). It's best that you wait for map to be fully loaded before proceding to the next step. When map is fully loaded check for gear icon in bottom right corner and click it.
You will be presented with option share and embed map. Select that option and popup window with embed code will appear. Select and copy code to clipboard (code begins with <iframe). Now go to your WordPress and navigate to section where you want to add Google Maps (post or page). Now open text editor and paste code directly into your post or page. Save your work and first thing you will see that code was changed and thats because WordPress converted HTML code into working code.
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