PC Irritants: What To Do About Them | Computers

By KayBrenner
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Having a software and using it wisely may seem like two different matters, when it comes to Windows. What we try to say here is that no matter how reliable and easy to handle Windows was designed to be, it is still a cause of some serious nuisances that border on stupidity. Not one time, Windows users had to deal with annoying and redundant security alerts, weird messages communicating what the users just did or conflicts with pluggable devices that the users should be free to plug and unplug whenever they want. In this article, we will show you how to keep Windows at bay, along with all the irritation it can cause.

In this article I'll be discussing some common Windows Irritants and their solutions.

Pluggable Devices Do Not Befriend Windows

If you have ever encountered the message "Delayed Write Failed", then you know what kind of love/hate relationship Windows and USB drives share. Even if you like your USB drives because you can plug them in and out when you want and use them as you see fit, Windows seems to have something against this harmony. In order to avoid the error message mentioned earlier, you need to make sure that Windows finishes writing your USB drives until they go unplugged, without any failed attempts, after that. How do you do that? Your system tray has an utility called "Safely Remove Hardware" that announces when the USB is no longer in use. If you are interested in finding more on the subject, Google is your friend.

Irritant: Perpetual Security Alert Messages

Even if your system has the latest virus definitions installed, Windows may still be babbling on about your system being at risk of an exploit or virus. This can sometimes occur when you disable a setting on your antivirus software. To prevent Windows from being so meddling and intrusive, you may opt out of receiving the security alert messages by clicking on the balloon alert message when it pops up, selecting Recommendations in the Virus Protection Panel; from here, select "I have an antivirus program that I will monitor" to put the alert messages out of commission.

Irritant: Printer Messages Stating the Obvious

If you send files to a network printer, you may have been annoyed at the "item printed" balloon message that pops up every time. To disable this lame option, navigate to the Control Panel and go to Printers and Faxes; next, click File, Sever Properties, and choose the Advanced Tab; at the bottom of the box, uncheck the "Notify me when remote documents are printed" check box.

Irritant: Whimsical E-mail Clients

Today, we can use more than just one web browser to surf the Internet. The thing is that Windows do not like changes like these and it acts accordingly. If you wanted to use for some time Mozilla Firefox, and then just returned to Internet Explorer, you will see what mess you have gotten yourself into. Just after you made the switch and you uninstalled Firefox, you get an e-mail through Thunderbird or Outlook. And, surprise! Any URL from the e-mail no longer works and you get annoyed and frustrated. Here is how you should do to save yourself a headache. From Control Panel, choose Internet Options; there, in Programs, make Internet Explorer the default browser for surfing the net. That's all!

About the Author

Kay Brenner is a Faster computer expert who restores slow PCs, saving you time and money wrestling with a slow PC. To reclaim your dream machine you first bought, download a free PC Health Check

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