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ie and firefox dont connect to the internet

ie and firefox dont connect to the internet

  Recently I came across a computer that could not connect to the internet.  Firefox and IE weren’t able to connect and gave a warning about Proxy something.  I am pretty sure this is some kind of malicious malware that caused these web browsers to stop working. It will look as if your computer can’t [...]

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Issues with Firefox 3.6

Issues with Firefox 3.6

Lately there have been issues with people who have upgraded it on the mac side.  I noticed that a few people had mentioned that there firefox 3.6 viewing websites properly and some of them had the history or bookmarks not working. After doing some searching online, I saw that most of the issues can be [...]

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How to remove Bing toolbar from Firefox

How to remove Bing toolbar from Firefox

I had the most annoying toolbar ever install on my Firefox the other day.  For what ever reason it started displaying adds over websites I was viewing.  Who in their right mind would think this is a good idea?  Does Bill Gates think that we wont notice adds covering up a part of a website [...]

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Fix your registry and make your PC FAST!

Fix your registry and make your PC FAST!

        The registry is where your computer will tell the story of hours of abuse.  This is the heart of your computer operating system.  Well it could almost be called the brain.  Each program that gets installed on your computer gets entered into the registry.  Over time the registry will start having [...]

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Look out for Hijack ware

Look out for Hijack ware

There are dangerous things floating around the internet today.  I come across a lot of different computer viruses on friends and relatives computers while working on them.  Recently I came across one called hijack ware. Hijack ware more or less hijacks the functionality of your computer and only lets your click on an option to [...]

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Quick fix for a slow PC

Quick fix for a slow PC

Over the years I have had to work with many different computers.  Yes, I do go back and forth from a Mac to PC.  I do feel that both systems have their pros and cons, so for this reason I’m one of those few biased computer nerds. In terms of trouble shooting your windows vista [...]

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Does your computer have a virus

Does your computer have a virus

If your computer is slow and un responsive at times, it might have a virus.  Now a lot of people right away take this to a fix it shop and fork some dough to have it delt with.  There are alot of great Anti virus programs on the web now for windows vista. Before you [...]

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