October 20, 2009
It takes a Geek to Install Linux
Posted in authored by John Gohde tagged Alternatives to Microsoft, authored by John Gohde, Blog Talk Radio, Blogger News Network, BlogTalkRadio, BNN, Free, Free Programs, Free Stuff, Freeware, Linux, Operating Systems, Personal Computers, Red Hat LINUX, Simon Barrett, Used Computers, Windows XP at 5:39 pm by John Gohde
Previously in Adventures with Linux I wrote about installing Red Hat LINUX 5.2 Operating System on a junk NEC Ready 7022 personal computer. At this point, I am wondering why Simon Barrett on BNN would actually consider Linux as a good alternative to Microsoft?
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October 19, 2009
Adventures with Linux
Posted in authored by John Gohde tagged Alternatives to Microsoft, Blog Talk Radio, Blogger News Network, BlogTalkRadio, BNN, Free Stuff, Freeware, IBM Personal Computers, Linux, Nearly Free Programs, Operating Systems, Personal Computers, Red Hat LINUX, Simon Barrett, Used Computers, Windows XP at 4:21 pm by John Gohde
Anyone looking for an alternative to fooling around with Windows XP, and other Microsoft operating systems, is often advised to switch to Linux. It is an easy 15 minutes install, they say. Linux they claim is easy to use. And, will work on the smallest of computers.
But, … Is it really true?
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July 24, 2009
Speeding Up Your Personal Computer
Posted in authored by John Gohde tagged CCleaner, Computer Performance, Computer Repair, Does Your Computer Run Fast?, Fast Computers, Free Programs, Free Stuff, Freeware, IBM Personal Computers, Nearly Free Programs, Personal Computers, Recovering Performance, Smart Defrag, Used Computers, Windows XP at 6:04 am by John Gohde
Is your tired old personal computer not performing like it used to? Now, you can rejuvenate that clunker of yours until it will perform like a new machine.
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May 22, 2009
Registry Cleaners-SHDOCVW.DLL & 0xc0000022 Errors
Posted in authored by John Gohde tagged 0xc0000022, Computer Repair, DLL, explorer.exe, Fix Your Computer, Free Programs, Free Stuff, Freeware, IBM Personal Computers, Miracle Computer Cures, Miracle Computer Fixes, Nearly Free Programs, Personal Computers, Registry Cleaners, Repair Your Computer, SHDOCVW.DLL, Used Computers, Windows XP at 5:25 am by John Gohde
Registry Cleaners Are NOT Miracle Cures
While I am a very strong advocate of using FREE Registry Cleaner programs to clean and speed up used computers they are, also, at the same time one of the biggest scams on the Internet. Commercial registry cleaners positively wont fix a Windows XP computer that suddenly boots up blank, reports that SHDOCVW.DLL is missing, or that explorer.exe wont initialize due to a 0xc0000022 error.
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May 14, 2009
The First Step – Fix Obvious Problems On Your Computer
Posted in authored by John Gohde tagged authored by John Gohde, Computer Performance, Does Your Computer Run Fast?, Fast Computers, Free Programs, IBM Personal Computers, Personal Computers, Recovering Performance, Used Computers, Windows XP at 9:07 am by John Gohde
There are few easy things that everyone can check and adjust that will dramatically affect the speed performance of your computer. They wont positively give you more speed, but experiencing them in the negative will cause your personal computer to really drag along at a horribly slow pace.
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