When it comes to computer problems in the office, Murphy's Law often applies – PCs fail when you need them most. If you attempt to install an application from a CD, and the computer does not recognize ...

Next time you wipe your PC's hard drive clean and reinstall Windows with that old installation disc, you don't want to connect your fresh, unpatched and vulnerable system to the internet only to ...

Also called a "setup program" or "installer," an install program is software that prepares an application (software package) to run in the computer. Unless the app is a single utility program, it is ...

Any idea how I could reformat C drive and reinstall Windows95 from scratch without a CD drive?<P>My husband brought home his old computer from the office when he upgraded. It was running Windows 95 on ...

Last week in Gearhead I discussed how CD identification services such as Gracenote and freedb, in conjunction with applications like WinAmp, figure out which CD you have just loaded. The data from ...