Windows User Account Control, or UAC for short, was introduced as a new security feature in Windows Vista and has made its way into Windows 7 as well. This new security feature was designed to help prevent any unauthorized changes to your Operating System. The UAC feature does this by requesting permissions (or a system administrators password) before it can perform actions that could affect your Operating Systems operation, or that change settings in the system that affect other users. Please ensure that when you see any UAC message about your system, that you read it carefully and verify that the action or program that is about to run is one that you trust.

Here are 4 alerts that will let you know your drive is about fail. Long Boot time: If your drive is taking longer than normal to boot up is usually working harder because a lot of stuff needs to be initialized and it could also be trying to compensate for read/write failures. Temperature:  All drives [...]

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Instant Messaging, or IM for short, is a type of direct text based communication that allows real time conversations between 2 or more people. This is accomplished with the use of a network connected PC or other mobile device, such as a smart phone, and some type of software client. All instant messaging services are [...]

Want to add more bang to your computer try upgrading your memory.  There are many types of memory for computers. Before you just buy a memory module you need to begin by checking your system’s user manual and identify the type of RAM your Motherboard requires.  If you do not have your manual, check with [...]