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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• How to wipe an NTFS formated hard drive with Windows XP

By Andy Walker. Here's how to wipe a hard drive that uses NTFS as a file allocation system.

3• How to reformat and reinstall Windows XP - Method #2

By Andy Walker. Our Windows XP Reinstall and Reformat FAQ has two methods.

4• Cyberwalker.com Frequently Asked Questions

By . Are you having difficulties finding your way around our site? We have the answers to your questions right here.

5• L2 cache ... HUH?

By Andy Walker. Computer terms can be vague.

6• Video: Clean your memory and turbocharge your PC

By Andy Walker. If you computer runs really slowly -- but it never used to -- then it may be time to clean out your system memory.

7• How to defragment your computer's hard drive

By Andy Walker. Part of your computer housekeeping should be to run Disk Defragmenter regularly.

8• Compare Vista versions

By Andy Walker. Did you know there are nine versions of Windows Vista? Here's a breakdown.

9• Video Newsletter: All Sound Recorder XP Demo

By Andy Walker. How to use All Sound Recorder XP to record music from your LPs onto your computer.

10• The difference between PC100, PC133, and DDR memory

By Andy Walker. If you're looking at upgrading your system with some new RAM, be advised not all forms of RAM are compatible with one another.

11• How to remove unwanted pop-up ads

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

12• Clean your Windows registry

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

13• How to create an autoresponder in Outlook 2002

By Andy Walker. Set Outlook 2002's auto-responder to make sure people who correspond with you know you're away, not ignoring their messages.

14• How to fix your monitor's colors after a reinstall

By Andy Walker. You had reason to reinstall Windows and now your monitor's colors look really awful.

15• RSS feeds on Cyberwalker.com

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16• Evidence Eliminator

By Ted Gallardo. There are many reasons why you want to make sure nobody knows what you've been up to on your computer, some of them noble, even.

17• 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.

18• How to create an autoresponder in Outlook 2000

By Andy Walker. Outlook 2000 has an automatic email "answering machine".

19• Video Newsletter: Multi-core processors demystified

By Andy Walker. Computers have more than one brain these days.

20• RAM chips don't mix.

By Andy Walker. Computer motherboards are finicky things.

21• Right-clicking and other rodent secrets

By Andy Walker. If you've wondered what you're supposed to do with that "other button" on your PC's mouse, get ready for a lot of new choices.

22• How to remove fonts

By Andy Walker. Do you absolutely have to keep every single version of every single font on your computer? Not necessarily.

23• How to reinstall Mac OS X

By Andy Walker. You may find some bad apples even among the vaunted Macintoshes.

24• EAST Technologies' East-Tec Eraser 2007

By Ted Gallardo. Delete files safely and securely, and wipe your Internet browser history, too.

25• E-mailed links don't work? Fix 'em!

By Andy Walker. Sometimes you receive an e-mail with a link in it.

26• Getting Start with Windows Vista DVD

By by Andy Walker. Learn how to use Windows Vista with Andy Walker in his new DVD.

27• Tired of seeing those same error messages on startup?

By Andy Walker. Sometimes Windows means well by showing you what it thinks are startup errors, but they're just annoying you.

28• LabRats #099: Keeping your data safe

By Cyberwalker staff. There are many ways how to frustrate curious computer predators' prying eyes and keep private information private.

29• LabRats #098: Make Vista and XP talk to each other

By Cyberwalker staff. What if you have a set of pictures on your computer in the basement and want to show them to friends while you're sitting by your laptop by the fireplace in the living room? Simple: network 'em!.

30• A remote control of your dreams

By Chris Ricci. It's not for those who can't program a VCR, but for even a borderline geek, this is a dream-come-true device.

31• Too many fonts?

By Andy Walker. Maybe you just want to be able to manage them better.

32• LabRats #091: Give new muscle to old computer

By Cyberwalker staff. If you need or want your machine to run faster and do more things than it has been doing thus far, there are quite a few ways how to achieve this noble goal efficiently, effectively and without having to break the bank.

33• How to deal with a PDF file

By Andy Walker. What is a PDF? Cyberwalker walks you through its definition and how it is used.

34• LabRats #097: Why one screen if you can have two?

By Cyberwalker staff. If you want (or need) to be more effective and efficient, and you want (or need) to keep more than one application active at the same time on your computer, multi-monitor set-ups work like magic.

35• LabRats #090: Make your old iPod work like new

By Cyberwalker staff. Batteries run out and won't take any more new charges? The assembly is sealed and there seems to be no opening to replace an old battery? Not to worry, Andy Walker and Sean Carruthers have assembled information that will help get your iPod up and running again in (almost) no time.

36• ASCII files aren't mysteries - in fact, they're great.

By Andy Walker. ASCII: It's not the code name for the next space mission.

37• LabRats #089: How to keep your network healthy

By Cyberwalker staff. If it's a two-computer network, linking your den in the basement with your wife's home office in your spare bedroom upstairs, or the entire Internet, there are some simple tools you can use when the connection seems to have gone kaput.

38• LabRats #094: Accounts, and why they matter

By Cyberwalker staff. Not everybody in your household should have the same access to everything a computer offers: kids should not be able to download violent or X-rated games, never mind attending porn Web sites and engage in conversations with total unknowns in chat rooms.

39• LabRats #095: Trojan horses: ancient Greece going modern

By Cyberwalker staff. Never open an attachment that landed in your inbox from persons unknown, and better check with your friends when they send you something like that, if they really, really DID send the file that looks too good to be true.

40• LabRats #096: How to stay safe on the road

By Cyberwalker staff. A primer on how to keep your data to yourself in spaces where anyone can read over your shoulder.

41• LabRats #078: Understanding USB

By Cyberwalker Staff. USB ports work much faster than their serial and parallel predecessors, but they have an occasional bug flying in now and then.

42• LabRats #093: at New Media Expo 2007, II

By Cyberwalker staff. Podcasts are here to stay, their creators believe, and numbers seem to indicate they know whereof they speak.

43• Keeping up with the Vistas of this world

By Peter Ehm. For whatever reason, Windows Vista way too often isn't familiar with some rather common (but older) applications.

44• LabRats #079: Software surgery

By Cyberwalker staff. Usually, you uninstall software.

45• LabRats #092: at New Media Expo 2007, I

By Cyberwalker staff. Podcasts are another new media foray into the world of news and entertainment information.

46• LabRats #083: LCD or plasma?

By Cyberwalker Staff. Plasma is costlier and, some say, renders colors more vibrant than LCD, but both these two flat-panel screens are on the cutting edge of today's technology.

47• LabRats #080: HD DVD

By Cyberwalker staff. High-definition TV we know, now, welcome to the world of high-definition DVD.