Most all modern computers contain at least one mechanical fan to keep internal parts like the processor, power supply’s and graphic cards from overheating from the heat they generate. Fans come in many sizes, colors, features and styles. The larger fans can spin slower than a smaller fan providing similar air flow output. Smaller fans […]
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How to Select an SD Card – What Are The Differences? – Ask a Tech #32
SD Cards are a popular form of saving data in today’s portable devices. Although two cards can physically look the same, there can be some major differences between them in speed, performance and price. This video attempts to examine and explain these differences in a simple way. An SD card contains Nonvolatile memory used to […]
Process Explorer is Task Managers Big Brother – Ask a Tech #31
Process Explorer is a freeware version of task manager developed by Sysinternals, which has been acquired by Microsoft in 2002. It is like Windows Task Manager with a ton of added features for recalling information about the processes running on a windows computer system. It can be used to track down troubled software or systems. […]
Where Has All My Hard Drive Space Gone? – Ask a Tech #30
Cleaning up a hard drive can be a big task if you have lots of files spread out over time. Make the job of locating large disk space hogs using a free program. Links used in this video: http://windirstat.info WinDirStat is a disk usage statistics viewer and cleanup tool for various versions of Microsoft Windows. […]
Tips to Keep Your PC Safe from Harmful Facebook Apps – Ask a Tech #29
Advice to keep your computer from installing other programs that are uninvited when all you really want to do is have fun. Title of Question: Facebook Games Killing Computer The Question: My Mom (computer noob) loves playing Facebook games. However, she keeps getting all these toolbars and shareware programs downloaded to her computer – which […]