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The Blue screen of death is the worst thing that happened in the PC world.  It comes suddenly while you will be working on a very important document or just surfing the Internet, and … HERE IT IS! Blues Screen with cryptic white lettering on it.  This means you have a Windows stop error that Windows cannot resolve on its own and will, therefore, prevent starting up your computer due to bad driver, virus, currupted Windows system file. So, the question of the day:  What do you do?

Here are SOME solutions to resolve this problem:

• Turn off your computer and unplug all extra peripherals such as external hard drive or flash drivers and then turn your computer back on. These drives might be not working properly and preventing Windows to start.
• Search the error message in Google and there are might be an easy way to resolve it.
• Boot up into safe mode and scan for viruses. One of the good anti-virus software which works under safe-mode is Malware Bytes. It is free to use it.
• Perform a system repair by booting up to your Windows operating system CD, however, be careful with this method. You might erase all data from your hard-drive.

For more assistance with the blue screen issue please call PC repair specialist.

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It is very important to clean up your computer regularly in order to speed up your computer and remove viruses. Here is 3 steps of PC tune-up which can help your computer run fluent and fast. It also will prevent future computer speed issues. You should can use these steps biweekly:

• Right-click My Computer, select Properties -> Advanced System Settings or System Properties -> un-check the restore point. (IF you do not have My Computer on the Desktop then Click Start -> right-click My Computer).  This will prevent the saving possible malicious settings and files in memory. Then again recreate the restore point. This process will turn back the clock on your computer to a clean and good start-up point.
• Click Start -> Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs or Programs and Features and remove any programs, toolbars, or utilities that you don’t use anymore.

Following these 3 steps will help you to tune-up your PC.

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April 21, 2010, computers were rebooting on their own. The reason was one of McAfee’s software updates. It triggered the anti-virus software to identify a harmless file as malicious, however, it did not work.   This McAfee glitch lasted 2 days, causing a lot of problems for hospitals, schools, and companies.

Here is how to fix this issue:

• Click to Start -> Run and type cmd (command prompt). In command prompt type:  shutdown -a
• Click to Start -> Programs -> McAfee & Disable both the Access Protection and On-Access Scanner
• Go to Quarantine Manager within McAfee still, and restore files by right-clicking and click restore
• Right-click My Computer, click Manage, and click service on left window.  Make sure both Remote Procedure Call (RPC) services are running
• Start or restart the Mcafee Framework service
• In the McAfee program, select Tools -> Rollback DATs and Reboot

If you’re still having computer issues, there is a possibility that your registry or network services might have to be tweaked, and you should call computer repair company.

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There are many ways to print a document, but you can print a document quickly if you put a shortcut to the printer on your desktop and drag a document icon to it, no need to open file for printing just drag a file to printer icon and get your print.

To do this, first click Start button, Settings, then Printers ( first make sure you installed your printer driver). When the Printers window opens, hold down Ctrl and drag the printer icon to your system desktop.

Now you can drag a document icon and drop it in printer icon on your desktop. Here you will get a print quickly and with out open a file.

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