Method 1 Turn the computer on or restart it. Start tapping the F8 key. The Windows Advanced Boot Options Menu appears. Ensure that the Safe mode option is selected and press Enter. You can choose an option by pressing the up and down arrow keys. Method 2 Windows Vista, 7 or newer: Click the Start… Continue reading How to start Windows in Safe Mode
Month: April 2011
Updating your Graphics Card drivers
Find out what graphics card you have installed: Open Device Manager. Look under Display adapters to find out who the manufacturer of your graphics card is. You can download the latest drivers from these links: NVIDIA: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx AMD / ATI : http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx Intel: http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/detect
How to open the Device Manager
Method 1 Click the Start button. Right click on Computer (or My Computer) and click Manage. On the left hand side, click Device Manager. Method 2 (Not for Windows XP or earlier) Click the Start button. Type in Device Manager and press Enter. Method 3 Click the Start button (Windows XP users should then click Run).… Continue reading How to open the Device Manager
"The contents of this disk can’t be changed." when installing Mac OS X
Problem When installing Mac OSX. You select a hard disk and it gives you the error: “The contents of this disk can’t be changed.” Solution Disk Repair.
Enable Journaling on your hard disk
In the dock, click the Finder icon (smiley face). Click Go (at the top), then Utilities and open Disk Utility. On the left, click on Macintosh HD (or whatever the name is of your main hard drive). Then at the top of the Disk Utility window, click Enable Journaling.