HOW TO SPEEDUP WINDOWS 8 RUNNING ON PARALLELS DESKTOP FOR MAC

This tutorial shows you how to optimize Parallels Desktop for Mac for the best performance of Windows 8 operating as a guest OS on your Mac. First of all before you fine tune your Windows 8 operating system, you should first give Parallels Desktop configuration options a good tune up so that you get the best performance out of Windows 8 as a guest OS on your Mac.

In this article, I am going to show you how to fine tune Parallels Desktop 8 and Windows 8 running as a guest OS on your Mac without costing you to spend a dollar from your own pocket. The following adjustment should be making before you startup Windows 8 on Parallels Desktop. First load up Parallels Desktop Virtual Machine on your Mac. Click to select Virtual Machine option located on the Parallels Desktop taskbar and select Configure. A small popup window will appear. Select General and then click the lock button located at the bottom left-hand corner to make changes. Another popup window will appear prompting you to enter your password. Just type in your password to unlock and make changes. Go to CPUs option on the popup window and you will notice that by default the CPUs is 1. Click the down arrow and change that to 2. Then go to Memory and change the default setting of 1000MB to 1536MB by moving the memory slider bar. Finally click the lock button to prevent any further changes. Close the popup window and you are done.

Now you can startup Windows 8 on your Parallels Desktop Virtual Machine. Once Windows 8 is launched, you can customize the performance of the guest OS itself. The following are a few tweaks that you can do to speedup Windows 8.

1. DISABLE UNNECESSARY SERVICES FOR MORE SPEED.

One of the best ways to speedup Windows 8 is to disable all unnecessary services running in the background. Most services can be safely be disabled and would otherwise consume up all your system resources. To disable all unnecessary services that you think you don't need, just do the following. Hold down the Command key and press R. A small Run popup window will appear and on the empty space just type msconfig and hit Enter. A system configuration popup window will appear. Select Services and a list of services will appear. Just uncheck any services you think you don't need and click OK. Close the popup window and then choose to reboot your computer.

2, SPEEDUP FILES ACCESS.

This tweak will help you to increase your access to any files faster. All you have to do is to adjust the MouseHover time on your system registry. Hold down the Command key and press R. On the Run popup window just type regedit and hit Enter. A Registry Editor popup window will appear as shown below. Just select HKEY_CURRENT_USER>Control Panel>Mouse and double click MouseHoverTime. By default the value is 400. Just change that to 100, then close the popup window and you are done.

3. IMPROVE BOOTUP TIME.

Hold down the Command key and press R. On the Run popup window just type msconfig and hit Enter. A System Configuration window will appear. On the Timeout box you will notice by default the value is 30. Just change the value to 3. Next select Boot and then select Advance Options. Another popup window will appear. Check the number of processor box and select 2 instead of 1. Close the window and you will be prompted to restart your computer. Click Yes and the next time your computer reboot you will notice how fast Windows 8 bootup.

4. SPEEDUP WINDOWS 8 SHUTDOWN.

This is another simple registry tweak that you can perform yourself to speedup Windows 8 shutdown time. Hold down the Command key and press R. On the Run popup window, just type regedit and hit Enter. A Registry Editor popup window will appear. Select HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>SYSTEM>CURRENTCONTROLSET>CONTROL and double click WaitToKillServices. Change the default value to 1000 and reboot your Windows 8. The next time Windows shutdown you will notice how fast it will be. 

Hope you find this article useful to you.

Good luck!

Joe
Sydney, Australia.
 

HOW TO SPEEDUP MAC OS X MOUNTAIN LION 10.8.3

The new Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.3 is one of the world's most powerful and advance desktop operating system ever developed in today's computer technology. Like in any other operating system there are always a need to tweak and improve its performance. The following are a few recommendations and tips that I would personally suggest to do, that can really speedup your Mac without spending a dollar from your own pocket or investing in any hardware upgrades

1. CLEAR OUT UNNECESSARY STARTUP ITEMS.

Whenever you install any software or applications onto your Mac, some Apps automatically set themselves as a startup item, which causes them to load up every time you turn on your computer. Those unnecessary Apps loading up on the background on startup actually slows down your boot up time. I would suggest you clear out those startup Apps from your startup items list. To do so you can find out what is listed on your startup items list by browsing to Apple Menu/System Preferences/Accounts/login Items. Clear out those startup items that you think you don't need to run on startup and be cautious of what you are removing. Otherwise some Apps might not work the next time you restart your Mac. To remove them, just select the item by clicking it and then click the minus button located at the bottom of the list. Finally click the lock to prevent any changes.

2. RESET THE SMC (SYSTEM MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER)

The SMC can cause problems related to your Mac built-in fan, lights, video display, power supply and general performance & functionality. So by resetting the SMC it can help to speedup your Mac OS X. To reset the SMC, just follow the following steps.

1. Shut down your Mac.
2. Plug in the power adaptor onto your Computer.
3. Press Shift + Control + Option keys and the power button at the same time.
4. Release all the keys and the power button simultaneously.
5. Press the power button to turn on your Mac.

3. CLEAN YOUR HARD DRIVE (FREE UP STORAGE SPACE).

Your hard drive space when full can cause your Computer to slow down and eventually fails. No matter how big your hard drive is, someday it is going to be filled up if you are not careful. Especially these days most users tend to keep photos image files, music files, videos clips, etc that actually takes up hugh space on your hard drive. The next thing you should do, is offload all your music, movies and photos files to an external hard drive. In doing so, you can ensure that your hard drive will not be filled up and slow down.

Mac OS X  Mountain Lion uses the free space on your hard drive as virtual memory to run efficiently. So if your hard drive is too full, it will definitely slow down your Mac. Regularly cleaning up your hard drive will certainly speedup your Computer.
With the increased amount of Internet browsing and downloading users do these days, temporary Internet files, cookies and history tend to build up on your hard drive which can actually slow down your Mac's performance too. I would suggest that you download and install iboostup App to clean those unwanted files. You can download the application from here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/iboostup/id484829041?mt=12

4. RUN DISK PERMISSIONS REGULARLY.

Disk permissions are a disk utility that helps to verify and repair your disk for permission differences. In Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8 or earlier version, when the user run disk verification or repair disk permissions, Disk Utility searches and reviews each of the .bom files in /Library/Receipts/ and compares its list to the actual permissions on each file listed. If the permissions differ, Disk Utility will report and list out the difference (and corrects them) if you use the Repair feature. Running disk permissions regularly will definitely ensure that your Mac runs smoothly, efficiently and error free.

5. REMOVE UNNECESSARY APPS.

Most Mac users tend to download a lot of free applications and games to review and try out. Usually after a while, most of the Apps and games that are downloaded onto your Mac are not useful anymore and left in your system which takes up space. Regularly checking and removing unnecessary Apps that are not needed will help free up your hard disk space and boost up your computer speed. I would suggest that you download and install AppCleaner 2.0.5 to uninstall any applications that you do not required. You can download the free application from here: http://en.softonic.com/s/trash-app-mac:mac. This Apps help to clean up all unnecessary or related files that are left on your Mac whenever you delete any Apps from your computer system.

6. MINIMIZE MEMORY INTENSIVE APPS.

Mac OS X Mountain Lion has integrated several features which are not frequently used by most users. This feature includes Speech Recognition, Bluetooth, Internet Sharing and Universal Access. If you think you do not use these apps on a regular basis then it is better to disable them as it will save some of your CPU resources and Ram memory.

7. DISABLE UNNECESSARY DASHBOARD WIDGETS.

Dashboard widgets consume both real and virtual memory. You can reclaim this resource memories by closing or disabling non-essential widgets on your Mac to improve your computer speed. To disable or close any unused widget, just follow the steps below.

1. Open Dashboard
2. Press and hold the Option key. Then move the mouse pointer over a widget you wish to close.
3. The widget close button (X) will appear in the upper left hand corner of the widget.
4. Click the widget close button (X) and you are done.

8. DOWNLOAD & INSTALL CCLEANER.

CCleaner is the number-one tool for cleaning your Mac. It protects your privacy online and makes your Mac computer boostup faster and more secure. It is an easy friendly software to use, and is a very small and fast to download software. You should get it while it is free from the Apple Apps store. To download Ccleaner you need a Mac with OS X 10.6.6 or later. You can download for free from the link here: http://itunes.apple.com/app/id499268461, To speedup your Mac just run Ccleaner regularly to help cleanup all caches, cookies and temporary files from your Mac.

Hope the above tweaks can help you to speedup your Mac.

Joe
Sydney, Australia.

HOW TO SPEEDUP SAFARI ON MAC OS X MOUNTAIN LION 10.8

Safari is one of the world's most innovative, easy to use and elegant browser designed to enable you to see web pages full screen and free of any desktop distractions. It takes advantage of Multi-Touch technology built into your iPad, iPhone and iPod touch devices. Safari web pages can fill the window of your device when you turn them on. You can even zoom the web pages in and out just by double tapping or by pinching and extending your fingers on your device screen. Safari is indeed a blazing fast and easy to use browser, but it can go slow if your browsing history and caches piles up or if it is storing heaps of auto fill entries. In this article I am going to show you how to keep your browser healthy and running faster on Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8..

EMPTY THE CACHE

As we know, Safari uses caching to save recently viewed websites on your hard drive. If your cache gets too big or corrupted, it will cause your computer to slow down to a crawl.
One easy way to ensure your browser is always healthy and fast is to regularly clear all your browsing history and caches.
To empty the cache memory on your Mac, just go to the Safari Menu and click Empty Cache. A popup window will appear explaining what will happen. Just click OK to proceed and you are done.

CHANGE SAFARI HOMEPAGE

By default, Safari homepage is Apple's site which usually takes a while to load up every time you turn your browser on. I would suggest you change that to Google homepage which will load up faster. When changing Google as your homepage, make sure you turn off auto complete function as it will slow down your browser. To do so just start up your browser and on the address column type:http://www.google.com/webhpcomplete=0&Hl=en. Once Google homepage is launched, you can set it as your homepage by going to your Safari Menu bar and click onto Safari, then click on Preferences, go to Homepage and click "Set to Current page".Now you are done and the next time you launch your browser Google will be your homepage, and you will notice how fast your browser loads up.

RESET SAFARI

Apple provide a quick and easy way to empty cache, erase browsing history, clear cookies and reset auto fill information on your Mac. This can usually provide a quick fix for improving your Mac's performance but the disadvantage is you will need to re-enter again all your log in information and password on websites that had previously stored data in cookies on your computer. To reset Safari just go to Safari menu and click Reset Safari. A popup window will appear explaining what will happen. Just click OK to proceed and it will reset Safari to default.

CHECK & DISABLE EXTENSIONS

Extensions and plugins on Safari are useful features that help to perform many tasks such as blocking unwanted pop up ads, but occasionally they can cause Safari to slow down to a crawl or even crash. It is advisable to ensure that all the extensions and plugins are always up to date, and try to disable those you do not use by manually turning them off. To manage the extensions and plugins on Safari, just follow the following steps.

1. Open go to Safari Menu and open preferences.
2. Navigate to the Extensions tab and disable whichever extensions you don't need or those you think may be causing Safari to slow down. You can choose to either enable or disable all extensions with the slider switch or select each extension individually from the left hand side panel by using the Enable checkbox located on the main window. To update any extensions individually, just click Updates at the bottom the side panel beneath the list of extensions.

SETUP NEW TAB

By default, Safari homepage Toolbar does not show any New Tab. Say for example if you are browsing on a certain webpage and at the same time you need to look up some other websites, you will not be able to find any New Tab to open them. Here I am going to show you how to add New Tab on your Safari Toolbar. First go to your Toolbar and right click on the grey empty space on your Toolbar, a tiny popup window will appear. Click customize Toolbar. Another popup window will appear requesting you to drag your favourite items onto the toolbar. Just drag the New Tab icon from the list onto the top right hand corner next to your Toolbar. Then click Done. Now the next step you need to do is go to click on Safari>Preferences, a popup window will appear. Go to click the down arrow on the New Tab open with and check empty page or homepage (if you are using Google as your homepage). Close the popup window and you are done.

Hope you enjoy this article!

Joe
Sydney, Australia.

HOW TO SPEEDUP MAC OS X MOUNTAIN LION 10.8 SHUTDOWN

 

Is your Mac slow at shutdown lately after upgrading your Mac OS X software to Mountain Lion 10.8? Apparently some Mac users have reported this problem when trying to shutdown their Mac, such as having a grey screen with a spinning wheel rotating before your Mac actually shutdown. This can be a real nuisance having to wait for your computer to shutdown. Well in this article, I am going to show you how to resolve this problem and restore Mac OS X Mountain Lion shutdown back to normal.

1. REPAIR DISK PERMISSIONS

Disk permissions are a disk utility that helps to verify and repair your disk for permission differences. In Mac OS X Mountain Lion or earlier version, when the user run disk verification or repair disk permissions, Disk Utility searches and reviews each of the .bom files in /Library/Receipts/ and compares its list to the actual permissions on each file listed. If the permissions differ, Disk Utility will report and list out the difference (and corrects them) if you use the Repair feature. You can try running repair disk permissions and see if that makes a difference in speeding up your Mac shutdown time.

2. TRY RESETTING THE PRAM

1. Shut down the computer (by holding the power button).
2. Turn on the computer. Wait until you hear the boot sound.
3. Press and hold the Command, Option, P & R keys (simultaneously).
4. Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.
5. Then release the keys.

The PRAM should now be reset to the default values. Now try shutting down your Mac and see if it makes any difference on the shutdown time. Otherwise do a reset of the SMC which will help in your shutdown issues.

3. RESET THE SMC (SYSTEM MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER)

The SMC can cause problems related to your Mac built-in fan, lights, video display, power supply and general performance & functionality. So by resetting the SMC it might help to speedup your Mac shutdown. To reset the SMC, just follow the following steps.

1. Shut down your Mac.
2. Plug in the power adaptor onto your Computer.
3. Press Shift + Control + Option keys and the power button at the same time.
4. Release all the keys and the power button simultaneously.
5. Press the power button to turn on your Mac.

Now that your Mac is up and running, try shutting it down and see if it makes any difference. If you think the shutdown speed is still slow then just follow step number 4 below which will certainly restore Mac OS X Mountain Lion shutdown back to normal. But before you perform step number 4, please backup all your files to an External drive or USB pen drive.

4. CREATE A NEW USER ACCOUNT

Go to click the apple logo on the taskbar and click System preferences, then click Users & Groups. A popup windows will appear. Click the lock to make changes. Click the + sign located at the bottom of the popup window. Another small popup windows will appear. On new account, click the up/down arrow and choose administrator then enter your (new) name and password. Click create user then click on login options. On automatic login, click the up/down arrow and choose your new user name that you have created. Finally click the lock to prevent future changes and you are done. Now reboot your Mac and it will bootup as a new user. Once your Mac is up and running, you can reload all your files that you have previously backup from your External drive or USB pen drive onto your Mac. Once you have done that, you can try shutting down your Mac and you will notice how fast your Mac shut down.

Hope you find this article useful to you.

Good luck !

Joe
Sydney, Australia.

HOW TO SPEEDUP MAC OS X VERSION 10.7.4 SHUTDOWN

Is your Mac slow at shutdown lately after upgrading your Mac OS X software to version 10.7.4? Apparently some Mac users have reported this problem when trying to shutdown their Mac, such as having a grey screen with a spinning wheel rotating before your Mac actually shutdown. This can be a real nuisance having to wait for your computer to shutdown. Well in this article, I am going to show you how to resolve this problem and restore Mac OS X  shutdown back to normal.

1. REPAIR DISK PERMISSIONS

Disk permissions are a disk utility that helps to verify and repair your disk for permission differences. In Mac OS X Lion or earlier version, when the user run disk verification or repair disk permissions, Disk Utility searches and reviews each of the .bom files in /Library/Receipts/ and compares its list to the actual permissions on each file listed. If the permissions differ, Disk Utility will report and list out the difference (and corrects them) if you use the Repair feature. You can try running repair disk permissions and see if that makes a difference in speeding up your Mac shutdown time.

2. TRY RESETTING THE PRAM

1. Shut down the computer (by holding the power button).
2. Turn on the computer. Wait until you hear the boot sound.
3. Press and hold the Command, Option, P & R keys (simultaneously).
4. Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.
5. Then release the keys.

The PRAM should now be reset to the default values. Now try shutting down your Mac and see if it makes any difference on the shutdown time. Otherwise do a reset of the SMC which will help in your shutdown issues.

3. RESET THE SMC (SYSTEM MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER)

The SMC can cause problems related to your Mac built-in fan, lights, video display, power supply and general performance & functionality. So by resetting the SMC it might help to speedup your Mac shutdown. To reset the SMC, just follow the following steps.

1. Shut down your Mac.
2. Plug in the power adaptor onto your Computer.
3. Press Shift + Control + Option keys and the power button at the same time.
4. Release all the keys and the power button simultaneously.
5. Press the power button to turn on your Mac.

Now that your Mac is up and running, try shutting it down and see if it makes any difference. If you think the shutdown speed is still slow then just follow step number 4 below which will certainly restore Mac OS X shutdown back to normal. But before you perform step number 4, please backup all your files to an External drive or USB pen drive.

4. CREATE A NEW USER ACCOUNT

Go to click the apple logo on the taskbar and click System preferences, then click Users & Groups. A popup windows will appear. Click the lock to make changes. Click the + sign located at the bottom of the popup window. Another small popup windows will appear. On new account, click the up/down arrow and choose administrator then enter your (new) name and password. Click create user then click on login options. On automatic login, click the up/down arrow and choose your new user name that you have created. Finally click the lock to prevent future changes and you are done. Now reboot your Mac and it will bootup as a new user. Once your Mac is up and running, you can reload all your files that you have previously backup from your External drive or USB pen drive onto your Mac. Once you have done that, you can try shutting down your Mac and you will notice how fast your Mac shut down.

Hope you find this article useful to you.

Good luck !

Joe
Sydney, Australia.

{SOLVED} 5 MOST COMMON MAC PROBLEMS & SOLUTIONS.

As we know, when a Mac computer was first bought from the shop everything seems to be running very smoothly and there were no problems whatsoever to be found. But often after a few months of constant usage, you'll find some common problems showing up on your system. Well you are not alone facing such problems. Here in this article I am going to show you a few basic ways on how you can fix the following problems yourself for free.

1. APPLICATION NOT RESPONDING.

If an application is not responding or appears to have frozen, you may need to force quit it. To do this you need to hold down Command, Alt and esc key to bring up the Force Quit popup window or alternatively by choosing Force Quit from the Apple menu. After quitting the frozen program, you can try relaunching it and the program should work again. If that doesn't work, then you can try resetting the PRAM on your Mac. To reset PRAM, locate and hold down Command, Option, P, and R keys, and turn on your computer. Continue holding the keys down until you hear the startup sound for the second time, then only release the keys and your computer will startup. Resetting PRAM will help to refresh your Mac memory and
helps to make your Mac applications responsive.

2. EJECTING A DISC STUCK IN THE OPTICAL DRIVE.

If by chance you inserted a CD or DVD into the optical drive of your Mac and it refuses to eject, try restarting the Mac by holding down the left mouse button on the track pad. This should force the optical drive to eject the disk for you. 

3. CANNOT PRINT.

If you cannot print from your Mac, it is always a good idea to reset your entire printing system. To do this you can go to your Print & Fax System Preference, right click the printer list and select Reset Printing System. After resetting your printing system on your Mac, you should be able to print again. If the problem still persists, then it could be caused by a variety of different issues relating to your printer hardware or printer drivers, so you may need to contact the printer manufacturer for help.

4. FORGOTTEN PASSWORD.

This is a very common problem faced by most Mac users. Usually this situation happens when we have too many password used on various program that causes us to forget which password used on our computer.  To reset password on your Mac, just insert your Mac OS X install DVD disk into your computer and restart by holding down the "C" button. You will be prompted to select your language of choice. After selecting your language, go to the Menu bar and select Utilities>Reset Password. Just follow the instructions and you are done.

5. SLOW INTERNET CONNECTION.

A sluggish internet connection could be caused by your browser's settings. Try resetting Safari. To reset Safari just go to Safari menu and click Reset Safari. A popup window will appear explaining what will happen. Just click OK to proceed and it will reset Safari to default. You can also try changing Safari homepage. As we know by default, Safari homepage is Apple's site which usually takes a while to load up each time you turn your browser on. I would suggest you change that to Google homepage which will load up faster. When changing Google as your homepage, make sure you turn off auto complete function as it will slow down your browser. To do so just start up your browser and on the address column type: http://www.google.com/webhpcomplete=0&Hl=en. Once Google homepage is launched, you can set it as your homepage by going to your Safari Menu bar and click onto Safari, then click on Preferences, go to Homepage and click "Set to Current page". Now you are done and the next time you launch your browser Google will be your homepage, and you will notice how fast your browser loads up.

Next you can try power cycling both your modem and router, such as your Airport Extreme. Turn off or unplug the device, let it powered off and wait for 10 second, then plug it back on again and you are done.

Hope you find this article useful to you.

Joe
Sydney, Australia.

HOW TO STOP THE SPINNING RAINBOW BALL (CIRCLE) PROBLEM ON MAC

Is your Mac experiencing the spinning rainbow ball or circle very often while loading up any applications? Typically, when this rainbow circle is seen, the computer will not allow you to do anything for a few seconds and then resumed. This situation usually indicates that some task that is running on the background is blocking your operating system to interact with a program. In some cases, the whole computer system freezes and the only option left for you to do is to hold the power button down until the computer is forced to shut down. The spinning rainbow ball usually indicates an application not responding on your computer and if this situation happens very often on your Mac, you should resolve it immediately as it may leads to hard drive failure or any other underlying problems later. Here in this article I am going to show you how to get rid of and stop this spinning rainbow ball permanently without causing you to spend a dollar.

1. INSTALL iBOOSTUP.                                                                        iBoostUp

The most effective way to fix the problem is to optimize your hard drive by getting rid of unnecessary files. To do this, just download and install iBoostUp. You can download the application for free from: http://www.iboostup.com/download
iBoostUp tunes up and optimizes your Mac by purging unneeded files, fixing your hard disk, giving you performance recommendations, protecting your privacy by removing cookies, displaying system information and much more. Running iBoostUp regularly will ensure that the file structure on your Mac is organised and functioned correctly, hence results in your Mac working at optimum speed.

2. RUN DISK PERMISSION.

Disk permissions are a disk utility that helps to verify and repair your disk for permission differences. In Mac OS X Lion or earlier version, when the user run disk verification or repair disk permissions, Disk Utility searches and reviews each of the .bom files in /Library/Receipts/ and compares its list to the actual permissions on each file listed. If the permissions differ, Disk Utility will report and list out the difference (and corrects them) if you use the Repair feature. Running disk permissions regularly will definitely ensure that your Mac runs smoothly, efficiently and error free.

3. REMOVE UNNECESSARY APPS.

Most Mac users tend to download a lot of free applications and games to review and try out. Usually after a while, most of the Apps and games that are downloaded onto your Mac are not useful anymore and left in your system which takes up space and physical Ram memory. Regularly checking and removing unnecessary Apps that are not needed on your Mac will help free up your hard disk space and boost up your computer speed. I would suggest that you download and install AppCleaner 2.0.5 to uninstall any applications that you do not required. You can download the free application from: http://en.softonic.com/s/trash-app-mac:mac. This Apps help to clean up all unnecessary or related files that are left on your Mac whenever you delete any Apps from your computer system.

4. RESETTING PRAM.

In Mac OS X, a small amount of memory called PRAM (Parameter Random Access Memory) stores certain settings which Mac computer can access quickly. These settings include your Mac designated startup disk, display resolution, speaker volume and other vital information. Resetting PRAM will help to refresh your Mac memory and speedup your OS. To reset PRAM on your Mac, just shut down your computer. Locate and hold down Command, Option, P, and R keys, and turn on your computer. Continue holding the keys down until you hear the startup sound for the second time, then only release the keys and your computer will startup.

Hope this article is useful to you.

Joe
Sydney, Australia.

{SOLVED}"NO AUDIO DEVICE DETECTED" & SOUND MUTED ON WINDOWS 7 RUNNING ON MAC BOOT CAMP

Is your computer sound muted recently and you noticed a red cross appears on the speaker icon on your taskbar?  When you move the mouse onto the speaker's icon, is there a popup message appeared indicating "No Audio Device detected" on your computer? Well if you get this message, here is my solution! Just follow the following steps carefully to fix the sound problem on your computer.

1. UNINSTALL SOUND DRIVER

Click Start >click Control Panel and click Uninstall a program. Stroll down the list and browse for Windows Driver Package-Cirrus Logic, Inc. (CirrusFilter) Media (08/05/2009 6.6001.1.14) and double click it to uninstall it from your computer.

2. REINSTALL SOUND DRIVER

Insert your Mac OS X install DVD disk (that comes with your Mac) onto your computer. A popup window will appear. Select and click Open folder to view files, then click Boot Camp, Click Drivers and then double click to open Cirrus folder, select and double click CirrusAudioVista32 (if you are using Windows 7, 32bits) or CirrusAudioVista64 (if you are using Windows 7, 64bits) to install the audio sound driver back onto your computer. Just follow the onscreen installation instructions to install your audio sound driver.

When you have finished reinstalling the Cirrus Logic driver, you will need to reboot your computer. Once your system is up and running, go to your Windows taskbar and locate the sound icon. Double click it and Cirrus Logic audio driver will be installed back onto your computer again. Upon completion of the sound driver installation you will notice that the red cross on the speaker icon will disappear, indicating that your system audio sound is now enabled.

3. DISABLE "NVCPLDAEMON" FROM STARTUP

This program is not required to start automatically as you can run it when you need to. It is advised that you disable this program so that it does not take up necessary resources and in this particular case interrupt your audio device boot up. If you need to you can easily configure this program settings the way you want them in the Display Properties and not have to mess with them again.
To disable "NvCplDaemon" from starting up each time Windows bootup, just go to right click Start menu and on the empty Search programs and files box type msconfig and hit enter. A popup window will appear. Click on Start up and a list of startup items will appear. Uncheck  "Nvidia compatible Windows 7 display driver" and click apply. Close the popup window and choose to restart your computer and you are done.

Reboot your computer and your audio sound will not be muted on startup anymore. You can test out your computer sound and if you think is too low, you can go to the windows taskbar and locate the sound icon and right click it. Click on Speakers icon. A popup window will appear and on the top menu bar select Enhancements and just check Bass Boost, Virtual Surround and loudness Equalization. Click Apply, then close the popup window and you are done.

Hope this article will help you to resolve your Windows 7 sound problem.

Good luck!

Joe
Sydney, Australia.

HOW TO FIX MAC FREEZES AT START UP (THE WHITE SCREEN PROBLEM ON YOUR MAC ON START UP).


Nothing can be more frustrating than turning on your Mac only to find out that it won't start up. Instead of seeing the spinning wheel, you see a blank white screen that just sits there. What can you do? Don't worry. It could be a simple issue that you can fix it yourself. Just follow the following steps carefully and you might be able to fix the problem yourself.

TRY RESETTING THE PRAM.

1. Shut down the computer (by holding the power button).
2. Turn on the computer. Wait until you hear the boot sound.
3. Press and hold the Command, Option, P & R keys (simultaneously).
4. Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.
5. Then release the keys.

If resetting the PRAM doesn't work for you, then try

RESET THE SYSTEM MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER.

1. Shut down the computer.
2. Unplugged all cables from your Mac, including the power cord.
3. Wait for at least twenty seconds and then plug the power cord back onto your Mac
4. Press the power button to start up your Mac.

Your Mac should startup normal now. If you still see the blank white screen and your Mac still doesn't boot up then your hard drive needs to be replaced.

REPLACE YOUR HARD DRIVE.

If you need to replace your hard drive on your Macbook and need to know how to do it yourself, just go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2CxSAVwFqE&noredirect=1 and just follow the instructions.  Alternatively for Macbook pro, you can refer to: http://www.tested.com/videos/how-to/5411-how-to-replace-your-macbooks-hard-drive/.

Now that you have replaced your hard drive on your Mac, you need to reinstall your Mac operating system back onto the new hard drive. To do that just insert your Mac OS X install DVD disk (which comes with your Mac) onto your computer. Hold down "C" key and press the power (start) button. Mac OS X installation will start automatically. Just let the installation completes and you are done.

Hope you find this article useful to you.

Good luck !

Joe
Sydney, Australia.

HOW TO FIX HARD DRIVE ERRORS ON WINDOWS 7

Is your computer running slow and sluggish lately? Well it might be caused by corrupted files on your hard disk drive. You can resolve this problem by checking your hard drive for errors. In this article I am going to show you how to check your computer's primary hard disk or your external hard drive for errors to fix some performance issues.

1. Click the Start button and then click Computer. A popup window will appear showing your hard disk C drive or your external USB hard drive if you have plugged into your computer.

2. Right click the drive that you want to check for errors and then click on Properties.

3. Click the Tools tab and then under Error checking, click Check now. (If you are prompted for an administrator password, just type the password to confirm). Another small popup window will appear with check disk options. I would suggest you check to select both Automatically fix file system errors and Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors. By doing that it will perform a thorough checks and automatically repair any problems found on your disk drive.

4. Click Start and a popup window will appear prompting you, "Do you want to check for hard disk errors the next time you start your computer?" Just click Schedule disk check.

5. Reboot your computer and disk check will automatically be performed on your computer.

Hope you find this article useful to you.

Joe
Sydney, Australia.