PC Memoirs

You have probably come across this problem while working with your files and folders: you try to open a file, but you get an ‘Access denied – File in use’ message. Similarly, you might try to delete a file, but you can’t do this as the file is locked by some other program and you […]

After you install Service Pack 3, sometimes Windows XP won’t load. All you can see is a blank screen. Unfortunately, you have to uninstall SP3 to resolve this problem. To do this, you must restart the system and boot into Safe Mode (press and hold F8 after the restart until you see the new menu). Once you […]

When you start up your PC, the antivirus definitions are out of date even though you updated them recently. When you try to update again, you are told there are no new updates or you should reinstall the program. I have had this problem several times it was always caused by the wrong time and date. The system […]

Problem: When you watch a video clip, the picture is upside down. Before you try any of my solutions, you should make sure that the problem doesn’t lie in the video itself. It is quite possible that it was flipped on its head before it was sent to your computer. To be sure, try any other video clip in the same […]

Is your computer unbelievably slow? Does it take several minutes to load Windows and start programs? Is it using up all the RAM (physical memory)? If you answered yes to any or all of these questions, it’s time to do something about it. There are many reasons why a computer slows down. Maybe it is simply old and the processor […]