Thursday, June 29, 2006

How To Build a Computer - Part 1: Choosing Computer Components

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Note: This is the first installment in an ongoing series that will detail how to build a computer starting with selecting the components and covering everything in between up to installing the operating system (OS) and tweaking the BIOS settings.

Building your own personal computer (PC) can seem overwhelming at first. There are so many components that go into building a PC that just learning what you need to buy can be very confusing. As a result, many first-time builders sometimes overlook buying some parts. This Tech Tip will cover how to select your components, and how to ensure that your components are compatible and will work together. We will start by making a list of the basic components you need for an average gaming or general use PC; you can then refer back to this basic list throughout the series.

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Thursday, June 22, 2006

Setting Up Remote Desktop in Windows XP

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Why would you want to connect remotely to another desktop on your network, you ask? Say you are at home comfortably working in bed and your laptop doesn’t have the word processing application you need, but the computer in the living room does. If a wireless or wired network connects your computers, you can access the application you need from the computer in your living room without leaving your bedroom. The same goes for the office: why walk all the way back to shipping to print out a label with postage to send out a package when you can connect remotely and save yourself the walk.

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Thursday, June 15, 2006

Shopping for the Perfect Printer - A Printer Primer

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These days, technology is getting cheaper, but the cost required to maintain technology can end up costing more than you had budgeted. Take for example a brand new car. Maybe you’ve experienced this…getting a great deal on the car of your dreams, only to find that the cost to change the oil and perform maintenance checks is many times more than you are used to paying for your old car. Now imagine the car is the printer you just purchased from your local electronics retailer, rebate included so that the cost of the printer justifies the gas necessary get you to the store. You are a happy camper and humming along nicely until the ink runs out after just a hundred pages, and you find yourself running down to your local electronics retailer for another cartridge. To boot, you haven’t even received the rebate you sent in six weeks ago! If you print in color, one cartridge turns into two, which equates to two times the cost. Sound familiar?

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Thursday, June 08, 2006

Installing a PCI Sound Card

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It doesn’t take long for most gamers and movie buffs to realize that the on-board sound card on most mainboards is not that great. Many built-in mainboard sound cards are also not able to support full surround sound, which brings much added realism and immersion to both movies and games. Much like installing your graphics card, the installation of a PCI sound card is a very straightforward and easy process, once you have the general idea of what to do.

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