Installing Windows XP

July 9th, 2009

In some cases, its easier and preferred to simply reinstall your operating system to resolve an issue with your computer, or if you build a new PC you will need to install an operating system.

My recommended minimum requirements for Windows XP is an AMD Athlon XP 2000+/Pentium 4 2gHz with 512MB RAM. I recommend an AMD Athlon 64 X2 [...] Continue Reading…

Diagnosing Crash Dumps

July 9th, 2009

When Windows 2000, XP or Vista crashes to the infamous Blue Screen of Death, or BSOD, it attempts to write what is called a Crash Dump to the Hard Drive. This Crash Dump is a 64kb file that contains information about the crash, and, if it was caused by a driver, it will record what driver caused the issue. [...] Continue Reading…

Hardware Diagnostics

July 9th, 2009

Before doing any work on your PC, its very important to ensure there are no hardware problems with your PC. Many problems, such as random blue screens (your PC randomly rebooting, going to a blue screen with a bunch of white text, or randomly powering down), and major slowdowns are frequently caused by failing components. Most likely the failing [...] Continue Reading…