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1• How to Add RAM

By Andy Walker. Got questions about adding memory to your computer? We've got the answers.

2• Survivor tools

By Staff. More and more websites are available now that can ferret out viruses and spyware on your computer.

3•  How to add a second hard drive

By Andy Walker. Need more hard drive space? Cyberwalker will tell you how to add more!.

4• Call and see whom you're talking to

By Andy Walker. MSN's Messenger becomes a tool that we used to think of in the context of science-fiction.

5• Stand up against hijackers

By Andy Walker. Finding that your home page has been hijacked is frustrating.

6• All about MP3 and WMA files: A digital audio primer

By Andy Walker / Jonathan Walker. Using your digital music files is easier and more fun when you understand the big picture, which Cyberwalker explains here.

7• Is it mice or mouses? Computerese grammar at its best!

By Andy Walker. Often in life, it's the silliest questions that deserves the best answers.

8• Your family needs a computer?

By Andy Walker. Games, finances, digital photography, writing e-mails to Aunt Jennie: decide what you want to do first, then start looking around.

9• Create audio CDs with MP3 files

By Jonathan Walker. When you want to play your MP3s on a standard CD player, you need an audio CD of them.

10•  How to add USB ports to your PC

By Andy Walker. If you find yourself having to unplug one USB device in order to use another, Cyberwalker can show you how to add more USB ports to your computer.

11• How to fix your printer

By Andy Walker. Printers seem to be the source of a lot of the problems faced by computer users today.

12• How to fix Windows disk defragmenter if it stalls

By Andy Walker. Defragmenting your hard drive is recommended maintenance for your computer.

13• Minimize wireless interference

By Andy Walker. An article about the effects of home electronics on your Wi-Fi connection.

14• Slip-stream into the fast lane

By Chris Ricci. Avoid waiting for Windows XP updates and patches, make them all part of Service Pack 2, and live happily ever after.

15• How to keep your recipients' e-mail addresses hidden

By Andy Walker. Sometimes it is a really good idea not to broadcast someone else's email.

16•  How to remove unwanted pop-up ads

By Andy Walker. Stop spying software from installing without permission.

17• Clean your Windows registry

By Don Reisinger. Sometimes the best way to fix a problem is to clean the Windows registry.

18• Reset file associations in XP

By Andy Walker. Wrong programs opening your files is a frustrating experience.

19• Two monitors on one computer . . . Is that possible?

By Andy Walker. Yes, it is possible, but you need to know Windows 98's limitations concerning the whole idea.

20• Unwanted e-mail? Filter it out!

By Andy Walker. If your e-mail in-box is overrun with unwanted messages, there are a few steps that will help you filter them out.

21• Brand-name? A clone? A tough call

By Andy Walker. What is the difference between a brand name and a clone computer? Is there a difference?.

22• Keep it a sweet secret

By Andy Walker. Not everyone wants to have their e-mail address broadcast throughout the cyber-universe.

23• Rename your router or be hacked

By Andy Walker. Change the factory settings on your home network router when you set it up.

24• How to find an e-mail address

By Andy Walker. Trying to locate a long-lost friend by looking for an e-mail address? Elementary, my dear Watson.

25• Here's what you need for your personal home office

By Andy Walker. If you need to buy equipment for your home office, here are some Cyberwalker recommendations.

26• How to remove spyware

By Andy Walker. Has your computer started running slowly or just plain acting strange? You may have spyware.

27• Opening photos that come in your e-mail is easy

By Andy Walker. If Auntie Jennie e-mailed you that old photograph of you naked in the bathtub, could you open it? Would you want to? Learn how, as the CyberWalker shows you the ropes.

28• How to buy a small business PC

By Andy Walker. A business's computer needs are different from a home's.

29• What's connected to a computer? All about peripherals

By Andy Walker. Wondering what is connected to your PC through all those cables? Here is the skinny on computer peripherals.

30• Same box, different results

By Andy Walker. Computers of similar make and build often perform differently.

31• Find the memory you need

By Andy Walker. Find the memory you need to upgrade your computer so it performs better.

32•  Should I upgrade to the Windows XP operating system?

By Andy Walker. To move up to XP or not to move up to XP -- that is the question.

33• How to troubleshoot Windows crashes

By Andy Walker. If you have the dreaded "Blue Screen of Death," this article will help you determine the cause, and how to alleviate it.

34• Take control of your documents

By Chris Ricci. A few useful tips to share your files with those you want to share them with, and make sure they're safe.

35• Fix power management with a BIOS update

By Andy Walker. Fixing power management issues with a BIOS update can be a daunting task, but it doesn't have to be.

36• How to buy a laptop in 2004

By Andy Walker. Here are a few buying tips to think about before you spend your well-earned money on one.

37• Making your MP3 files mobile

By Jonathan Walker. You don't have to be chained to your PC to listen to your MP3 files.

38• Spammers and their dreadful ways

By Andy Walker. If your e-mail in-box is filled with spam, this guide will walk you through how to reduce your daily influx of junk e-mail.

39• If Windows 98 won't install over 95, get the right CD.

By Andy Walker. If you're having trouble installing a recently purchased copy of a operating system on to your computer, you might be surprised to find out one possible reason, and how common the problem really is.

40• Carry your world in your pocket

By Chris Ricci. Storing a computer's worth of data, moving it from computer to computer, has become a snap.

41• How to filter spam on popular email programs

By Andy Walker. If your inbox is stuffed full of unwanted emails read on to see how to alleviate your spam issue.

42• How to fix web link errors

By Andy Walker. If you're having trouble reaching certain web pages on the Internet, and you know they were there before, here are some helpful tips to get you to your destinations.

43• Yep, it's a virus.

By Andy Walker. Just when you thought it was safe to relax your computer security, you find out you were wrong about that.

44• TMP files: A necessary evil?

By Chris Ricci. They slow you down, but deciding which ones have to go and where to find them isn't an easy proposition.

45• What's behind the file extensions?

By Andy Walker. They come in all sorts.

46• How to buy a laptop in 2005

By Andy Walker. Laptops have come a long way since they orginally came out.

47• Get hackers out of your home

By Andy Walker. The arrival of broadband Internet access has opened up a new playground for hackers: home computers.

48• Keeping your data safe

By Peter Ehm. Since the time of tapes or unending boxes of floppies all the way to storing critical data on alternate media, our lives have become safer.

49• General Protection Fault: not a quake

By Andy Walker. Anyone who's ever got the error message, "General Protection Fault" has probably uttered a few expletives.

50• RSS: it's really simple

By Chris Ricci. New technologies expand the horizons for new media.