Many people ask me whether or not Windows Vista 64-bit is compatible with 32-bit programs. The answer is a very definite yes. Windows Vista 64 is compatible with many 32-bit programs, but not all of them. Actually, though your 64-bit Windows Vista will not be able to install all 32-bit programs, it is a big […]

There are three ways to go about cleaning a computer’s registry. The first way is not so highly recommended. The second way is definitely not recommended at all. And the third way is the only way to fly when trying to get corruption out of the computer’s registry.
The first thing we should do at this […]

There is a lot of talk these days about how and why we would need to repair corrupt registry files in our PC’s. The short answer is because a damaged and corrupted registry can cause a computer to run slowly and sometimes crash or refuse to start up. In an effort to fix a computer […]

A friend told me her computer was in her words, “aggravatingly slow.” I asked her the normal questions a technician asks in such a situation, like does she have a virus cleaner program installed on the computer, or does she have spyware protection. I also asked her if she installed any new programs lately. To […]

Error messages pop up on a computer’s screen in order to let the computer user know the operating system can’t find a particular file or files. In the early days of computing, files would be missing because a program installation did not go smoothly, or media, such as a hard drive, was not retaining information […]