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With some hard drives, it can take extra time at or around the 10% mark during the defragmentation process. Some taking five minutes or longer. This behavior, albeit misleading, is considered normal as long your CPU continues to work. You can tell if you CPU is still working by checking whether or not the indicator light on the front of your computer is blinking. Related information See our Defrag definition for further information and related links....
The System File Checker (SFC) is built into Windows to help users repair corrupted system files. The SFC command works by comparing critical system files to a cached copy in the Windows folder. When you get an error message while running the utility, it means that the cached copy itself is corrupted, preventing SFC from fixing the files. Here are the best five ways to get around this problem and repair your Windows installation....
Enable the mouse ‘Snap To’ feature in Microsoft Window XP and later versions to automatically have the mouse pointer focus on dialog box buttons. Enabling this feature automatically moves your mouse cursor to the default button on any dialog box that appears on Windows. That way, you don’t need to move your mouse cursor to the “Ok” button each time a dialog box appears. To enable this feature follow the steps below....
Student-Contributed Wiki An awesome team of students from our education program made this wiki. “Device will not power on” is characterized by the absence of light/LED function The battery tab is the small piece of plastic located on the battery compartment. It acts as an insulator between the battery ends and the metallic contact. The batteries must be alkaline, non rechargeable. Make sure that the metallic contact with battery is uncovered and free from debris or corrosion....
Student-Contributed Wiki An awesome team of students from our education program made this wiki. Heating component is not reaching a high enough temperature to toast bread. Check to be sure that the toaster is plugged in and there is no observable damage to the power cord. If no power reaches the heating component, this could be due to a bad electrical connection that may have occurred if the toaster was dropped or the wires could be corroded if they got wet....
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Difficulty Very easy Steps 2 Time Required 2 minutes Sections 1 Dust Bin 2 steps Flags 0 BackYujin iCLEBO Arte YCR-M05 Full Screen Options History Save to Favorites Download PDF Edit Translate Get Shareable Link Embed This Guide Notify Me of Changes Stop Notifications Introduction What you need Step 1 Dust Bin Remove the dust bin by gently pressing the silver button on top of the vacuum until the bin releases....
Short for Extensible Authentication Protocol, EAP is defined in RFC 3748 and is a general authentication protocol commonly used with PPP and wireless networks. EAP can support multiple authentication instruments, such as public key encryption, smart cards, one-time passwords, and certificates. Authentication, Computer acronyms, Network terms, Protocol, Security terms Related information Computer security help and support.
Memtest and Memtest86 are open source software utilities that scan and test computer RAM (random access memory) for any defects or errors. Memtest86 is a DOS-based program and includes a variation called Memtest86+. Both are actively updated to work with older 386 and 486 computers on up to the current dual and quad-core computers. It’s compatible with Windows 95 through Windows 7 and lets you define the amount of memory to be tested....
Microsoft Teams is a group collaboration software that can be used to help teams work together remotely. You can find chat, video calls, and other collaboration tools within the app. We will explain all of the biggest features so that you can decide whether it’s worth using. You can use Microsoft Teams for free, although larger teams can pay per user with Microsoft 365 Business to get access to Teams alongside all Office 365 apps....
Momentum Cache is a technology developed by Crucial, compatible only with Crucial brand SSDs. It enables users to dedicate a portion of their DRAM to speeding up their SSD. The high-speed DRAM cache reduces I/O latency, improving performance of the SSD. Momentum Cache is controlled by Crucial Storage Executive, proprietary software that requires Microsoft Windows 7 or above. The cache can use 25% of available system memory, up to a maximum of 4 GB....
Short for mean time between failure, MTBF is the estimated time it takes before a system or piece of hardware fails or errors out. An example of how MTBF could be used is: hardware “Product A” has an MTBF of 400,000, which indicates “Product A” will operate on average 400,000 hours before failure. Computer acronyms, Error, Failure, Hardware terms Related information Why do computers get problems?
Plop is a boot manager program, allowing users to boot different operating systems. Users have the option of loading the boot manager from a floppy disk, CD, or a network, or hard drive. Once in the boot manager, users can boot to an operating system using a hard drive, floppy disk, CD, DVD, or even from a USB thumb drive. Plop allows users to set up a portable operating system for various purposes, including troubleshooting and repair capabilities, various programming environments and other uses....
Created in 2006, Redbubble is an e-commerce website that features print-on-demand products. It allows artists to create designs for their products, while Redbubble handles the manufacturing, sale, and shipping of those products. Anyone can browse the products on the Redbubble homepage or a seller’s individual storefront page. The artist is given a commission for each design sold, while Redbubble takes the remaining percentage. The commission, called the “Artists Margin” by Redbubble, can be customized by the seller, who can raise or lower the price of each product....
Short for read the damn manual, RTDM is a term sometimes used by computer savvy individuals in response to a novice asking for help. It’s a gentle reprimand that the novice user should not be lazy, because the answer to their question is readily available in the documentation. Computer acronyms, Manual, RTFM Related information How to find information about computer products.
Spaghetti code is slang describing source code that’s difficult for a human to read or follow because of how the original programmer wrote it. Below are examples of what can cause spaghetti code. Spaghetti code examples Code is not organized and has portions of code that belongs elsewhere in the code. Code jumps around to other portions or files a lot making it harder to debug without also having to jump around a lot....
A file-transfer protocol developed by Chuck Forsburg that is similar to the enhanced 1 K version of Xmodem. Ymodem sends data in 1024-byte blocks, allows for multiple file transmissions at once, performs CRC (cyclical redundancy checks), and can reduce the transfer size for poor connections. Ymodem-G resembles the standard Ymodem; however, to increase download speed, drops software CRC check and relies on hardware error correction. Kermit, Modem terms, Punter, Zmodem...
Z-buffering, also known as depth buffering, is a technique in computer graphics programming. It is used to determine whether an object (or part of an object) is visible in a scene. It can be implemented either in hardware or software, and is used to increase rendering efficiency. When scenes are rendered, each pixel has X and Y coordinates (horizontal and vertical orientation to the camera), and a Z coordinate (distance from the camera)....
Noise when turned on or off It is normal for standard computer CRT monitors to make a click, pop, crackle, hum, buzz, or other noises when they are turned on or turned off. Noise when monitor goes into standby mode When the monitor enters a “standby mode” or “power savings mode,” this is similar to the monitor being turned off. It is completely normal for the monitor to make a noise when the monitor enters this mode....
