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One of our regular visitor wanted to know this thing that what should he have in his computer so that there is the least risk of it malfunctioning. Well there is no specific answer to this question as it depends on one person to another.

The list below may be useful for some and not for others but generally a computer, for problem free operation for a longer time, should have following things:

1.    A good and updated Anti Virus like Kaspersky or any other you like (see this poll to find out the leading AVs). An Anti Virus is a must as it takes out most of the viruses which are the prime reasons for any problem. [Read the rest of this entry...]

It happened to me few days back that I wanted to listen to my favorite songs on WMP but when I started the Media Player, it just restarted my PC. I felt low when I saw that as it was running absolutely fine some days back.

I am using WMP 11 on my PC and whenever I tried to run it, it just shuts down the computer some 2-3 minutes later. I tried many things like uninstalling the Windows Media Player and installing it again but of no help. I also tried restoring the system but the problem was still there.

So here goes the solution that solved my problem:

1. Since the problem was not solved by System Restore and uninstalling the Media Player, the solution is to delete all the files that are conflicting with running this software. [Read the rest of this entry...]

I got an iPhone for myself some days back and I started facing problems linked to it. There were many of those but what I would like to share here with you is that there were times when I was syncing my iPhone with iTunes to transfer some songs, applications etc but it just disconnected from iTunes automatically after some time preventing my transfer.

The same problem was also faced by my friend whose iPhone disconnected automatically after it synced some applications. Well if you are also facing the same problem then try this solution and surely it will solve your problem. [Read the rest of this entry...]

This is the most common problem experienced by almost all of us that when we shutdown our computer, it takes a long time to do so while it wasn’t doing so few months back. Then what happened and why is it taking too long to shutdown? It was also the problem of one of our regular readers who wanted to know what can be done to improve shutdown time.

Reasons of slow shutdown:

There is no single reason for this problem and also no specific one. There are several factors that reduce the computer shutdown speed.

1.    Not enough system memory

2.    Too many startup programs

3.    Too many useless files [Read the rest of this entry...]

I was facing this problem recently that whenever I clicked on any part of a webpage a pop-up opened that showed some advertisement. Yes I know how much annoying it feels when you are surfing the net and clicking on a legitimate site opens a popup ad from popup.adv.net and wtn5.goole.ws in a new window.

Initially I thought it to be normal and something done by the site administrator but slowly I realized that the same site opened the popup ad only on my PC and not on my friend’s. I suspected the cause and came across this solution that fixed my problem.

Cause of this problem:

The only cause of this problem is a Malware that has infected your [Read the rest of this entry...]

Hello everyone, it’s the first day of the New Year 2009 and Tech Salsa is never behind greeting its readers. I, Rajat Gupta, on behalf of Tech Salsa wish all its viewers a Very Happy, Prosperous and Successful New Year 2009.

We would always remember the Year 2008 since it was in this year Tech Salsa was born.

Highlights of Year 2008 [Read the rest of this entry...]

We happen to have more than one Email Ids and sometimes more than one Gmail Id. So logging out from one account and login to the other is very troublesome. If you want to run Gtalk for two or more same Gmail Ids simultaneously, you can easily do that.

There are many ways of doing that (you maybe knowing some) but here is a list of four easier ways. It was notified by one of our readers who was facing problem while using Gtalk for 2 Gmail accounts, so here goes the solution.

Solution:

First method:
•    Using Pidgin
Pidgin is an easy to use and free chat client used by millions. Connect to AIM, MSN, Yahoo, and more chat networks all at once.
Pidgin has hell lots of options and supports many IM clients. You should try that. [Read the rest of this entry...]

How many times it happen that you have some scanned image of a document and want to copy the text from there? Yes quite often. So if you have any image whether scanned or photographed, you can still take out the text from the image easily.

Well there are many software available for that purpose that works on OCR (Optical Character Recognition) system but those are not free and you will have to pay some amount for using those software.

So for copying the text from the image all you need [Read the rest of this entry...]

Let me guess, you have some Anti Virus installed in the computer and are still getting the message balloon saying “Your Computer Might be at Risk. Click this balloon to fix the problem”. This thing occurs when you boot up the computer and more probably when you have installed Symantec Anti Virus.

It should be noted that though you are getting the message but the AV you have installed is still working and protecting your PC. So let’s remove this error message that displays every time on the startup and disappears after some time. [Read the rest of this entry...]

If you are using Wordpress or any application working on Flash to upload the files and images then you might have encountered this strange problem one day or the other. Flash Uploader is a great utility that enables us to upload any no. of files conveniently in one go. No doubt the Flash Uploader is far better than the Browser Uploader in which we have to manually upload each file each time.

What happens in this problem is that when we click on the “Flash Uploader” button, it does nothing and then we have to revert to the Browser Uploader. This problem has left me wondering as once I used to use the Flash Uploader and now, suddenly, it has stopped working. [Read the rest of this entry...]

One of the most popular online games Counter Strike or CS also has some problems related to it. Almost one out of two people playing this game is troubled by the problem of facing a high ping or uneven latency. The high latency makes the game lag so badly that it becomes very difficult to play.

In spite of having good configuration of the PC and a high speed internet connection the gamers come across this strange problem. This is a major problem of CS players around the world and of one of our readers. The reasons for this problem can differ person to person and there is no fix solution to the problem but I have listed here various solutions that may solve your problem. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Want to upload movies, pics, songs, data or just anything in a virtual space for free? Then surely, SkyDrive is for you. It provides you with 25 GB of online virtual space and that too for free. Now that’s what we call space. Mind it.

SkyDrive is the online storage service launched by Microsoft and no doubt is one of the best (might be the best) online storage services of the many online storage services available. What’s more is that apart from uploading, you can also share the documents over net with anyone.

Let’s see the various features of it:

•    Upload anything up to 25GB for free.

•    Share anything with anyone and anywhere. [Read the rest of this entry...]