Cleaning your Computer Of A Fake Anti-Virus Program

The number one problem I see in my computer repair business is of course, viruses and malware. No matter how well you think you are protected against them, you are probably still vulnerable. The worst offender in the virus war is the system manufacturers themselves. Most of the major players install a "trial" version of a program Like Norton Anti-virus. It expires after a short time and the user is left unprotected. They don't want to buy an anti-virus program so they click off the warnings and continue to surf the web. If just having Norton installed on your machine isn't enough to slow it to a crawl, than the malware and viruses you acquire...

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Outlook Comprehensive Guide #2:Command Line Switches

Switches are commands usually run from the Start/Run dialog box or from a command line(DOS prompt). These switches allow you to perform common maintenance tasks for Outlook and are incredibly useful for clearing up a host of Outlook related issues. In later articles I will show you some other Microsoft Office switches for the rest of the Office applications. Outlook 2003 is normally installed in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11. (If you install your applications on another partition use the drive letter for that partition.) Open a CMD window by typing cmd in the Run dialog box and than navigate to the path above. To do this you will...

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Outlook Comprehensive Guide #1:Outlook Start Problem. Office custom forms error.

Welcome to the first installment of Microsoft Outlook:The Comprehensive Guide. This is not going to be a guide to using Outlook, but a guide on what to do when Outlook decides to stop functioning or doing something silly when you need it to be working. In this installment we will look over a couple of common problems with Outlook and how to correct them. Problem Scenario #1:Outlook will not open. After a hard day of typing out a virtual mountain of emails you decide to shut down Outlook and go grab some lunch. You return only to find that when you click on the Outlook button nothing happens. It looks like it might load and than...zip. Nada....

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Windows Stop Codes and Blue screen of death troubleshooting.

If you ever get a BSOD(Blue Screen of Death) you know how frustrating it can be. Most times it's a change in the systems configuration or a hardware malfunction that's to blame. Trying to interpret these cryptic codes can be a real headache. In this article I am going to give you some useful tips on how to troubleshoot these stop codes and hopefully help you clear up any issues you have so you can get back to enjoying your computer. When a stop code/BSOD occurs it's important to get pertinent information about the issue. Write down the stop sodes which look like this:  0x0000000. There are quite a few so being exact is important. The next...

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Disable Unwanted Startup Scripts.

Whenever you install new programs, some of them will add an entry to your startup so they will start when Windows does. Too many programs running during startup can cause your boot time to become unbearable. There are very few programs that are necessary when you first boot in to Windows. Some examples would be your anti-virus software and your audio card software control icon. Some examples of unnecessary startup items would be instant messaging programs and other random utilities that can easily be run only when needed. Most programs will allow you to create a quicklaunch icon when they are installed and they will also create an entries in...

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Welcome to the Application Geek blog.

Here at Application geek we're all about finding the newest software applications, giving them a test drive and then giving you our honest opinion of them. This blog is going to focus mainly on Microsoft Windows applications but we will have guest writers blogging about MacOS and Linux/B...

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