Virtualization complicates the process of finding and remedying hardware problems, but a few techniques and tools can make the process more manageable. Although it's usually easy to troubleshoot ...

Gadget blog Tested explains how to stress test your computer's most important hardware—and likely pain points in a buggy system—in order to diagnose and fix hardware problems that can commonly crop up ...

Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

Unexpected shutdowns, bad drivers, or file-system bugs can cause file corruption, so software checks are important. In other cases, though, it can be due to failing hardware. File corruption issues ...

Fixing a hardware problem in Windows NT is often a messy, expensive, and time-consuming process. Fortunately, Windows 2000 makes it easier to win the battle against the blue screen of death. Like ...

Star Trek and Star Wars denizens could have founded Tindie, which has a great name for its community members: Tindarians. Doesn’t that sound like a race from one of those two epic series? Tindie is an ...

I usually write about various issues in Windows, because there are so many and so frequent. Hardly do I run across major issues with Linux. Until the one I will mention here, which involves a very ...

For any problem with your Mac, you can at least help isolate or even fix it by performing several checks and troubleshooting actions. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a ...

Here’s more details on the Xbox 360‘s failure rate. Because few things are as fun as kicking a man (or a video game console) when he’s down. SquareTrade, which is an independent warranty company, says ...