With record temperatures around the country, it’s no wonder why we’ve received a blue light special on overheating PCs and laptops! There are several preventative yet affordable measures you can take to make sure you’re PC or laptop does not overheat. Just follow the steps below to prevent your laptop or PC from overheating. Prevent [...]

Why should I upgrade my PC to windows 7? This is a valid question and one you should strongly consider asking yourself as you weigh the pros and cons or upgrading to windows 7. Its no secret that windows vista has received a bad rep and for good reason. This has left a bad taste [...]

We all know that modern computers look so cool and clean on the outside, but what’s inside the monitors and towers is not so pretty. We are constantly upgrading our electronic equipment and computers to get the next best advancement in technology. The old devices are now as good as garbage. This garbage is referred [...]

With Microsoft offering a $250,000 bounty for catching the latest virus author, it goes to show you the havoc its caused to businesses and home PC users around the world. Conficker has been the thorn in Microsoft’s, Symantec, and other software giants side for the past 6 months. What makes this virus so difficult to [...]

As our culture becomes more complex and information becomes more readily available to us, we demand instant results! Over time that once speedy PC goes to a complete crawl. Now we get frustrated and occasionally break things. No more instant gratification. As part of your PC maintenance I encourage all you PC users out there [...]

Happy new year everyone! I know it’s been a while since the last PC advice blog entry and as part of our new years resolution at Relieve my PC, we present you with the first blog post of the year. Disabling start up services on your PC can be the most beneficial action you can [...]

I’m sure everyone heard the term “firewall” once or twice before. What is a windows firewall? Without a firewall, think of your front door to your house being wide open. People can come and go as they please and have access to all of your personal belongings. In the computer world your personal belongings are [...]

Who we suggest read this blog: This blog was created with the intention of educating the world’s PC users of any technology, and PC frustrations they may encounter.  Our mission is to continuously educate the “not so computer savy.” We plan to accomplish this by periodically releasing informational articles consisting of anything from preventative maintenance to pc how to’s [...]