How to Reboot a Computer Hard Drive and run Hard Drive Scan

Rebooting a computer can be as simple as clicking the “Start” button and selecting “Restart.”

Rebooting is the process of shutting down and restarting your computer again. All you have to do is click the Start and select “Shut down.” You will be prompted with a list of power options, including Shut down (turn the power off) and Restart (momentarily turns computer off and then back on). To reboot, simply select the Restart option.

Vista Error Code 0×80240016 While Updating Windows Defender may be a Skype Problem

This error code 0×80240016 happened to me while I tried to update Windows Defender. After some searching I found that it may be a problem with Skype and its associated plugins for Firefox and IE. When I clicked on the windows defender update icon in the lower right of the screen vista admin did not popup and ask if I wanted to OK this.. Only after I disabled the Skype plugin for Firefox then clicked on the lower right screen icon in the tray that the admin screen appeared then I clicked approve and windows defender updated with no problem.

Maybe I just got lucky, but I hope this might help other people with the error code 0×80240016 problem.  This may be an Access Denied. Meaning You do not have sufficient permissions. Be sure you are logged on as an Administrator. I was already logged on as admin but it did not let me update the first time but it did the second time. If anyone else was able to fix the 0×80240016 error code problem please post a comment.

Other possible fixes to this are:

Reboot (log on as admin)

Try Updating again.

Uninstall Skype

Speed Up Firefox With Two Tiny Tricks!

Ever wished your browser could be faster? Or just appear faster? Well, with this quick trick it can!

All you have to do is type about:config in your browser bar. Once you’re in filter for “network.http”. Then find “network.http.pipelining” and double click the value to change it to true. Then find “network.http.proxy.pipelining” and change it’s value to true. Now, find “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests and change the value to eight or more. The reason it’s eight is because that’s the most http requests that Firefox can send. Setting it higher won’t break it, but it won’t do anything either! Now, lastly what you’re going to do is right click somewhere and choose new>integer.

After that, you should get a message asking you to name your new integer, call it “nglayout.initialpaint.delay”. After that, restart firefox and you should be browsing at a tidbit closer to light speed.

Two Ways to be Just a Bit More Efficient on your PC

As a power user on Windows and getting there on the Mac, I make it my duty to find and use every possible loophole of efficiency.

Here’s two that I use, or used to use on a day to day basis: (I say used to use, because now my primary computer is a Mac)

The First video show’s you how to move and manipulate your Taskbar. I made the video under Vista but it should work on XP.

And this next one shows you how to save surfing time by putting your favorite sites on your desktop:

I hope you like those tricks as much as I do, and if you have any other Windows power user tips, please email me: helpmetechshow@gmail.com or leave something in the comments.

Windows explorer time savers

Internet Explorer Shortcuts

Go to the Address bar. <Alt>-D

Refresh the current Web page. <F5> or <Ctrl>-R

Stop Downloading a Web page. <Esc>

Show or hide the Search bar. <Ctrl>-E

Open the Find dialog box. <Ctrl>-F or <F3>

Show or Hide the History bar. <Ctrl>-H

Show or Hide the Favorites bar. <Ctrl>-I

Toggle full-screen mode On or Off. <F11>

Open a new browser window. <Ctrl>-N

Go to your Home page. <Alt>-<Home>

Open the Open dialog box to go to another Web site. <Ctrl>-O or <Ctrl>-L

How to use MSCONFIG to speed up your PC. Make your computer Faster!

Info from the YouTube post.

Using MSCONFIG to speed up your PC. Make your computer load faster. Diagnose computer issues, Disable Spyware from Auto Restarting. Boot Up Faster. Increase Systems Performance by gaining back resources.

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