Speed up my PC #1 – Clearing Startup Items with MSCONFIG

In this series, we are going to focus on how to speed up your computer system. I don't know about you, but personally I hate a slow computer! Having a slow computer is certainly bad for business and personal use. Extra long loading times, crashing and general system stability issues cause numerous headaches, stress, and reduced productivity... nobody wants that! Over the next few weeks I will be building up this series of guides to help you speed up your computer. With our easy step by step...

How to find the best Gaming LCD HD TV set

Each and every one of the current generation of console gaming systems will benefit from an HD TV set. Though both the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360 can utilise their High Definition capabilities and output images at full HD resolutions of 1080p, even Nintendo`s modestly powered Wii looks better when you use a composite video output rather than the component option. However, it is not simply a case of buying any HD TV set that you see for a low price and assuming it will do a good job of...

How to Securely Erase your Hard Drive

Are you thinking of purchasing a new computer? or simply just going to sell/give away an old machine? You may want to read this! Most of us know before ever disposing of a computer, whether we are selling it, or simply getting rid of it for a new one we must format the hard drive to ensure nobody can get to our private data, banking details, pictures, emails etc. I am certain there is at least one piece of information on your computer that you do not want anyone to see, you may have deleted...

Top Free Antivirus Software for your PC.

If you don't have antivirus already, you probably are experiencing a very slow computer! Unfortunately due to the extensive work that it takes to keep up with maintaining an accurate virus signature database, many more popular antivirus software can sometimes be out of many peoples budgets, especially if you are not using your computer very often or have a spare computer that still needs protecting. Thankfully if you are looking for a great, free antivirus solution there are many to...

Save money on power with your PC!

With the cost of power these day's, our computers getting more and more advanced, we have to ask ourselves how much power our computers are using. Considering many of us leave our computers on for extended periods of time, some even 24 hours a day this can equate to large increases in power bills. To give you an idea of how much power a computer uses, most people have at least a 350W power supply for just their computer alone. Then you have your monitor, printer, external hard drives and...

How to get rid of Vista/Windows 7 Security Notifications (UAC)

For the first how-to guide here at revHardware I am going to cover one of the most common things I hear from people. That they are absolutely sick of having their PC come up and say "Windows needs your permission to continue" for the smallest little changes on their Windows Vista/7 based systems. Now a lot of us enthusiasts will already know about this, but I can tell you, if you are just switching to Vista or 7 this is the first question you are going to ask! So here is a very simple guide on...