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Archive for 2008/08


Video Problems – Monitor or Video Card?

Recently subscriber Joe Tann wrote with a video problem. Terry, I need you help. Lately my monitor picture begins to occasionally on a random basis do the “shimmeys” (very thin lines of black spread across screen in varying bunches of intervals and the lines begin to vibrate but picture on screen is still discernible albeit [...]

Sunbelt VIPRE Review | VIPRE Antivirus + Antispyware Review

When I began my evaluation period of Sunbelt Software’s new VIPRE Antivirus + Antispyware program, I was promptly shocked. I had read several reviews about VIPRE and had read phrases like “high performance” and “low resources.” I had even read comments that where the writer said that VIPRE was virtually unnoticeable on their computer and [...]

Staying Up-to-Date – Problem Running Online Games

I received an email from subscriber Bev, who wrote that she was having problems running some online games: Hi, Love your newsletter and look forward to it. I don\’t know how to explain myself very well so you can shorten my description immensely. I have an HP Vista Home Premium 3 months old. 2 gig [...]