Archive for December, 2006

PC Panic Button

Wednesday, December 13th, 2006

What do you do when your PC is misbehaving? 

Below are some tips to help stop your PC from freezing:

  1. Ctrl – Alt – Delete – pressing these buttons will help you end task on a freezing application.
  2. Restart – when in doubt, restart your computer to refresh the system.
  3. Install Windows updates by going to Internet Explorer -> Tools -> Windows Update.  This will update faulty drivers and slow Office applications
  4. Remove dormant software by going to Start -> Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs.  This will quicken your computer’s overall performance and make space.
  5. Remove all peripherals (i.e. mouse, keyboard, handheld, printer) and attach them one by one to see if one is failing.