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1• Reformat and Reinstall Windows XP FAQ
By Andy Walker. This FAQ (frequently asked questions page) is for people who own a Windows XP computer and want to reinstall and reformat their hard drives.
2• How to reformat and reinstall Windows XP - Method #2
By Andy Walker. Our Windows XP Reinstall and Reformat FAQ has two methods.
3• 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.
4• Reformat and Reinstall: FAQs
By Andy Walker. Reformatting and reinstalling: What? When? Why? Where? How? You're in the right place for the answers to those questions and more.
5• Reformat your hard drive using Windows 98
By Andy Walker. It makes perfect sense to do so once in a while, if only to keep your box running like a race horse.
6• FAT32 is no obstacle in going back in history
By Andy Walker. How to wipe Windows XP and revert to Windows Me/98/95 if you have FAT32.
7• How to reformat and reinstall Windows Vista
By Andy Walker. Before you decide to reformat and reinstall your Windows Vista, there are several important things to consider.
8• One Window too many?
By Andy Walker. You reinstalled Windows XP on your computer thinking it would overwrite the existing version of Windows XP and now there are two copies when you boot up.
9• How to add a slave drive
By Andy Walker. Don't be baffled by those tiny switches (and their tiny labels) on your computer's case.
10• How to detect and remove spyware
By Andy Walker. Arm yourself with the knowledge and the tools to protect yourself from spyware's malicious work.
11• How to re-install Windows ME
By Andy Walker. If you want to install Windows ME on a clean system, it's pretty easy.
12• Wipe Vista in two steps: Part 1
By Andy Walker. This two-part process shows you how to edit your BIOS and then boot from your Vista install DVD, then wipe the Vista partition and put a fresh copy of the operating system on it.
13• How to add a second hard drive
By Andy Walker. Need more hard drive space? Cyberwalker will tell you how to add more!.
14• How to get rid of programs on the bottom right of Windows
By Andy Walker. Why programs place icons in the system tray and how to remove them.
15• 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.
16• Your BIOS needs facelift, too
By Andy Walker. If you need to update your BIOS and you have a flash BIOS chip, no worries.
17• Get help with your computer problem
By Staff. Cyberwalker.
18• Easy reinstall for Windows Vista
By Andy Walker. If you want to take advantage of Windows Vista's new reinstall option from the desktop, start with this article.
19• Get rid of trash on your hard drive
By Andy Walker. Use these methods to find/delete hidden and unwanted files to maximize your hard drive space.
20• How to Clean out Unwanted Files Hidden on Your Hard Drive
By Andy Walker. There are many hidden files on a Windows computer.
21• Wipe Vista and start fresh: Part 2
By Andy Walker. In this second step of the Vista reinstallation, wipe the hard drive and install a fresh copy.
22• Windows XP goes kaboom?
By Chris Ricci. An XP crash sounds ominous but it doesn't have to be: you can save your PC without losing your data.
23• Bringing Windows 95 back to life
By Andy Walker. How to reformat your hard drive and reinstall Windows 95? It sounds scary, but it doesn't have to be.
24• Dislike NTFS? Go back to FAT32
By Andy Walker. When NTFS is not working for you, this is how to get FAT32 file system on your drive.
25• How to downgrade Vista to XP
By Peter Ehm. It's not always nostalgia that drives us back from Vista to XP.
26• 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.
27• How to remove unwanted pop-up ads
By Andy Walker. Stop spying software from installing without permission.
28• Tech Tip: Find your Windows product key
By Andy Walker. Who know what lurks in the depths of the registry? Cyberwalker knows.
29• Don't throw anything away: Part 1
By Chris Ricci. New programs and applications eat memory galore.
30• Uniblue's RegistryBooster 2
By Ted Gallardo. Clean up your Windows registry with Uniblue RegistryBooster 2.
31• 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.
32• How to remove spyware
By Andy Walker. Has your computer started running slowly or just plain acting strange? You may have spyware.
33• Linus Torvalds' double life
By Andy Walker. Andy Walker catches up with Linux Torvalds in 2000 and talks to him about the operating system that changed his life and the computing world.
34• 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.
35• Not simple to erase Netscape Navigator's trail
By . If you can edit a plain text file, you can delete the contents of Netscape's pull-down URL menus.
36• How to delete temporary files to free up hard drive space
By Andy Walker. You can delete temporary files that the Windows 95 system saves on your hard drive, if you need more space.
37• Keeping home net routers safe
By Andy Walker. Most home network owners never delve inside their routers to use the hidden security settings that can be used to lock down a network nice and tight.
38• Running XP and Vista on the same machine
By Jason Kerluck. For those who are impatient enough not to be willing to wait until Microsoft fixes Vista into an acceptable operating system, here's an ingenious solution: dual-booting.
39• Ready, aim, snap - and edit
By Chris Ricci. A host of photo editing suites is available via the web.
40• Keeping drivers up-to-date
By Andy Walker. Get the story here about what drivers are, the importance of keeping them up-to-date, and how to go about it.
41• Lost your Windows XP password?
By Chris Ricci. New developments help ease the pain of the loss that used to be almost irreparable.
42• Grisoft's AVG Anti-Spyware Free
By Ted Gallardo. A solid, dependable anti-spyware application that is easy for any level of computer user.
43• 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.
44• Keep your PC running in top form
By Andy Walker. A clean and organized computer is a happy computer.
45• CA Internet Security Suite 2007: go for it
By Ted Gallardo. Fighting viruses, spyware and spam behind one firewall is rather attractive but ability to concentrate its controls into one spot would be even more helpful.
46• Time to reload Windows
By Andy Walker. Once in a while your computer just needs a fresh install of the operating system.
47• Upgrade from Vista to XP?
By Jason Kerluck. Vista is a resource hog, and it's slow, and it's unstable, so why not replace it with good, old and reliable XP? Not so fast: this switch could pose a host of challenges, some of them almost impossible to overcome.
48• How to reinstall Mac OS X
By Andy Walker. You may find some bad apples even among the vaunted Macintoshes.
49• 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.
50• 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.