http://forevergeeks.com Computer Tips At No Charge Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:06:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://forevergeeks.com/prevent-programs-running-at-start-up-script http://forevergeeks.com/prevent-programs-running-at-start-up-script#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2009 11:29:00 +0000 Nelson http://forevergeeks.com/prevent-programs-running-at-start-up-script As you probably know or at least have noticed that when you install a program on your computer it puts itself on the start-up, so every time you start your computer the program execute itself and runs in the background. some programs ask you during the installation wizard if you want the program to run [...]]]> http://forevergeeks.com/prevent-programs-running-at-start-up-script/feed 0 http://forevergeeks.com/why-is-seaport-exe-process-running-on-my-computer http://forevergeeks.com/why-is-seaport-exe-process-running-on-my-computer#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:02:11 +0000 Nelson http://forevergeeks.com/why-is-seaport-exe-process-running-on-my-computer As a computer tech I am very picky of what runs on my computer, so periodically I do a check of all the processes currently running on my computer, and that’s how I stumbled upon this process called “seaport.exe” which I have no idea where it came from, or what it does. certainly a quick Google [...]]]> http://forevergeeks.com/why-is-seaport-exe-process-running-on-my-computer/feed 11 http://forevergeeks.com/how-to-create-an-iso-image http://forevergeeks.com/how-to-create-an-iso-image#comments Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:19:00 +0000 Nelson http://forevergeeks.com/how-to-create-an-iso-image There are many occasions when you would want to create an ISO image.  for example, when you want to  create an exact copy of a disk, you create an ISO image, when you modify a bootable CD, you create an ISO image, etc. in this article I will discuss the easiest and quickest way to [...]]]> http://forevergeeks.com/how-to-create-an-iso-image/feed 10 http://forevergeeks.com/the-trust-relationship-between-this-workstation-and-the-primary-domain-failed http://forevergeeks.com/the-trust-relationship-between-this-workstation-and-the-primary-domain-failed#comments Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:48:21 +0000 Nelson http://forevergeeks.com/the-trust-relationship-between-this-workstation-and-the-primary-domain-failed that message “the trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed” came up while trying to add a domain user to the administrator group on a local computer. the reason probably I got the error was because the computer I was trying to add the domain user in has been out of the [...]]]> http://forevergeeks.com/the-trust-relationship-between-this-workstation-and-the-primary-domain-failed/feed 0 http://forevergeeks.com/cd-rom-exclamation-mark-does-not-work http://forevergeeks.com/cd-rom-exclamation-mark-does-not-work#comments Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:37:02 +0000 Nelson http://forevergeeks.com/cd-rom-exclamation-mark-does-not-work The other day I got a computer that somehow was not displaying the CD-ROM under My Computer. actually the CD-ROM was showing up under My Computer but it had an exclamation mark, and the CD-ROM did not work at all. after a little research I found a solution that worked perfectly for this problem.   To fix [...]]]> http://forevergeeks.com/cd-rom-exclamation-mark-does-not-work/feed 0 http://forevergeeks.com/addremove-windows-component-error http://forevergeeks.com/addremove-windows-component-error#comments Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:48:09 +0000 Nelson http://forevergeeks.com/addremove-windows-component-error Awhile back I installed a custom build of Windows XP on a developer’s computer, a few days ago he was trying to install IIS on such computer and he got some errors. of course, he immediately  gave me a call to tell me the error he was getting when clicking on the “Add/Remove Windows Components” [...]]]> http://forevergeeks.com/addremove-windows-component-error/feed 3 http://forevergeeks.com/computer-optimization-guide http://forevergeeks.com/computer-optimization-guide#comments Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:59:12 +0000 Nelson http://forevergeeks.com/optimize-your-computer-like-a-pro-the-ultimate-computer-optimization-guide As a computer professional I always meet people complaining about their computers being slow, and I always give them tips on how to optimize their computers for the best performance. today I will write a list of computer optimization tips I often recommend, now I will refer everyone that complains about their computers being slow [...]]]> http://forevergeeks.com/computer-optimization-guide/feed 3 http://forevergeeks.com/see-whats-running-with-autoruns http://forevergeeks.com/see-whats-running-with-autoruns#comments Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:22:00 +0000 Nelson http://forevergeeks.com/see-whats-running-with-autoruns There are many good little tools at the Microsoft Sysinternals website, but autoruns in particular I believe is a very good tool when troubleshooting your computer. with this tool you can easily see what auto-starts on you system when your computer restarts. autoruns can detect all programs running on your computer, including those dreaded spyware [...]]]> http://forevergeeks.com/see-whats-running-with-autoruns/feed 0 http://forevergeeks.com/increase-offline-files-2-gb-storage-limit http://forevergeeks.com/increase-offline-files-2-gb-storage-limit#comments Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:53:27 +0000 Nelson http://forevergeeks.com/increase-offline-files-2-gb-storage-limit As a small company probably you still don’t have the resources and the tools to do constant backups of files from remote workers and traveling staff, so you need to rely on technologies like offline files on windows XP or vista to keep the files of remote users and traveling staff in synch with shared [...]]]> http://forevergeeks.com/increase-offline-files-2-gb-storage-limit/feed 0