http://tekrevolution.com/open TeKrevolution will become profice users and support staff with valuble information on IT software and technology Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:00:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hi all If you have ever wondered what a blog is or how it works here is a nice video that explains it in simple english. Hope that helps. If you need more info please comment on this post and I will be happy to help out. [tags]Blogs, Plain English, Simple[/tags] http://tekrevolution.com/open/2008/09/03/blogs-in-plain-english/ Sometimes windows will just not start, You either see the blue screen of death or a message complaining about missing files. There are hundreds of reasons why a PC will not boot up but what can you do about it. In this article we will have a look at one ... http://tekrevolution.com/open/2008/08/01/repair-windows-xp-using-your-install-cd/ Ever had a problem with windows security settings and just wished you could reset the security settings back to default. Well here is a quick article showing how. One word of warning this method relies on the setting contained in a file called Secsetup.inf, this file contains ... http://tekrevolution.com/open/2008/06/05/reset-windows-security-settings-to-default/ SATA hard disks will outperform a standard IDE hard drive but only if your SATA drive is running in native mode. Some desktops and laptops have the option to disable native mode so that you are able to install windows using an install CD that does not have the SATA ... http://tekrevolution.com/open/2008/05/30/how-to-install-sata-native-mode-drivers-after-installing-windows-with-native-mode-disabled/ From our last article we had a look at the good old virus. If you have read the article you will know that the common computer virus is very reliant on the user of a computer to copy it around. In this article we will have a look at the ... http://tekrevolution.com/open/2008/04/29/what-is-a-computer-worm-in-plain-english/ While we are on the subject of viruses at Simple IT Support I thought readers may be interested in this artical on Slashdot news that talks about Grayware. Grayware is software that in inbetween Malware and usefull applications. I think all these names for programs that dont quite do what ... http://tekrevolution.com/open/2008/04/28/grayware-artical-on-slashdot/ Hi everyone As you can tell not much has been happening round here on the blog. Most of that is due to me working away on a few other projects. So I thought it might be a good idea to explain what I have been up to. First off I am now ... http://tekrevolution.com/open/2008/04/28/new-adventures/ One of my readers asked me to write a post about viruses in plain English so that the normal computer user can understand what they are and how they work. While thinking about it I decided that it might be a good idea and split the subject up into a ... http://tekrevolution.com/open/2008/04/14/what-is-a-computer-virus-in-plain-english/ It's a great day for all internet users as the last Firefox beta roles off the development line. Firefox is a ver. popular web browser that can be downloaded and installed for free. It is one of the first browsers to provide tabbed browsing as well as a great plug-in ... http://tekrevolution.com/open/2008/04/03/firefox-in-final-beta/ What is it 7Zip is a utility that uses a compression method called LZMA. What's nice about the compression method is that in some cases it compresses files more than other compression systems out there. 7Zip also has support for opening and uncompressing quite a few other formats like Zip, Rar ... http://tekrevolution.com/open/2008/03/14/7zip-compression-utility/