It is important for all computer users to have a basic understanding of how computers work, which will help in solving computer errors when they occur. Most computer errors are related to software issues, and can be easily resolved if you know the basics of computer errors. This article is dedicated to helping computer users understand how to solve one of the most common software errors, known as DLL errors. Dynamic Link Library or DLL files are used on a Windows system to perform certain specific tasks. These files can be shared among multiple applications and need to be loaded in the system registry only when needed. Although DLL files are quite useful, DLL errors may cause a lot of problems on your computer and prevent you from getting any work done on the system. Here are some basics that you can use to not only fix DLL errors, but also prevent them. The first task that you must perform as soon as a DLL error appears is to restart your PC. Quite often, the errors are generated due to a temporary conflict, which is resolved when the system is restarted. Next, you must be careful while deleting files and folders from your PC. If you are not careful, you might delete an essential DLL file and the next time you try to use the application to which this DLL file belongs, a DLL error, such as the missing icfgnt.dll file, may be displayed. In case you delete a required DLL file, check for it in the Recycle Bin. If you find it there, restore it to resolve your error. You may also try to search for the DLL file in a legitimate online DLL directory or on another PC with a configuration similar to your system. It is essential that you stay vigilant while installing and uninstalling programs. Overwriting or deleting essential DLL files during these processes may also result in DLL errors, such as the missing px.dll error. In case DLL errors start appearing soon after you perform any of these two tasks, reverse your action to see if the error goes away. You may also try to perform a system restore to revert your system settings...
Read MoreErgonomics, the definition of that word must be the ability to contort oneself while remaining completely still in front of backlit screen for hours while tapping just your fingertips on plastic buttons in an orderly fashion to conduct business. Actually to correct definition goes something like the science of man relating to his work and applying efficient usage of human energy. Up until about a month or so ago I never really paid too much attention to office, or more specifically computer usage ergonomics. I would read about it here and there in magazine articles and hear it on the news but always thought, I sit up straight when I type I’m fine. That was until one recent morning when my neck and back had other ideas and decided to notify me by waking me up so pleasantly with a surprise in the form of neck stiffness combined with a massive migraine headache. Taking the advice of “mom” I decided to call my local chiropractor and make an appointment for the next day. There I learned all about the proper form when sitting at a computer desk. How to stretch and exercise to relieve built up stiffness and tension. The importance of proper ergonomics cannot be overemphasized enough. Millions of office workers spend endless hours in front of computers and do not pay proper attention to their posture and positioning relative to the work space. Just as a welder wears the proper mask to protect their eyes, and a surgeon wears the proper mask and gloves to protect themselves from pathogens, the “office” worker should have the proper chair, arm rests and correct computer monitor height. It’s amazing how we’ll spend thousands of dollars on a computer system and technology and then sit on a fifty dollar chair for hours on end and wonder why our backs are sore? Do your homework, go online and search for the proper way to sit at a computer. Pay attention to the height of your monitor, the distance you are away from hit. How do you have your keyboard and mouse placed? What’s the angle of your wrists when you type? Are you getting proper back support from your chair? Does...
Read MoreNot all that long ago, it wasn’t all that common to hear someone say that they worked from home via their computer and phone. As a matter of fact, the term “telecommuting” is a rather new catchphrase. Now you hear it everywhere, from news channels to online communities, telecommuting is all the rage. Other terms you’ll hear are e-commuting, or e-work. Of course there’s the rare individual that sits in their beachside villa, catching rays and fresh ocean breezes while checking in on the office. But for the majority it’s a matter of avoiding a daily two hour commute in smog filled traffic or for others, being able to raise their children at home, and not rely on outside care. The way in which business is conducted is changing at lightening speed. Even more and more emails and texts are being sent in lieu of verbal phone communication. Both for speed but email and text provides another layer of documenting a conversation for future reference. With the increase in telecommuting the need for additional office space will be decreased with the majority of telecommuters carving out an existing home space to serve the purpose. We will see an even greater need for fast, accurate wireless data transmission as even more signals compete with available air space as well as satellite locations in outer space. Handheld devices have also increased triple fold and we’ll see even more in the future. Companies from small business to large global corporations are exploring ways to allow employees the telecommuting option. A low cost “perk” that draws valuable and talented workers to companies. More and more paper files are disappearing and the electronic record is becoming the norm. The great news it we’re saving trees and lowering our carbon footprint in the process. With telecommuting however comes the need for computer repair resources when computer glitches arise. Thankfully with the advent of telecommuting came the business of remote computer repair. Knowing that you have a repair technician available virtually anytime, anywhere there’s an internet connection is reassuring. Hopefully in the near future we’ll see an even greater amount of telecommuters. Perhaps reducing highway traffic, saving trees with less printed paper, and giving folks more...
Read MoreDo you remember the very first time that you sat at a computer and could “search” the internet? I can remember it like it was yesterday, and in some sense it really was. It was in the early 90’s and I was visiting a friend and they were in the process of setting up a Chicago branch office for their company. There in the corner of the room was a brand new computer and it was hooked up and online. I sat down in front of it and my friend opened a new “window” for me and said, here use this “search engine”, it’s the best. That was one of the first times that I had ever heard the phrase “search engine” and I remember just how odd the term sounded. Until then when I thought of search I thought of physically looking for something, like a lost sock or favorite book. The word engine just confused matters all the more as engines belonged in lawnmowers and cars didn’t they? Not in a metal box on the desk? Before me on the screen was an empty white box where I was to type something to “search”. I suddenly remember feeling completely overwhelmed. I was staring at a tiny box on a screen but I may as well be looking at an endless ocean. What should I type? What should I search? I took me a minute or so to even think of one thing that I wanted to learn more about. The concept of being able to change my mind and search on something else wasn’t present at the moment. I almost felt that I had only “one chance” to pick something so I better make it good. My friend said, “go ahead, search something”. So I took the leap and typed into the little box and have never looked back… What did we do before the internet? For most of my young adult life I didn’t own a computer, surf the web or even have a cell phone. Homework was completed using an old fashioned typewriter and notes to friends weren’t via text but rather folded up pieces of paper that you had to somehow pass across a...
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