Author Archives: Dominic

Monthly PC Maintenance Schedule

Just like changing the oil on your car or replacing your furnace filters, your PC needs regular maintenance just like any other machine. In this guide, I will share my personal monthly maintenance schedule. You don’t need to follow it exactly, but it may help give you a good idea of what needs to be done to a computer to keep it in good working order.

Scan for Viruses, Malware, and Spyware

Viruses, Malware, and Spyware can really cause a lot of havoc if left unchecked. I try to run a scan every month at the very least. It may even be best to scan weekly or every other week. I would highly recommend setting up some type of automated schedule within your virus protection software so you don’t forget to do this. I like to schedule this scan for a time that I am away from my computer. For example, lunch on Friday is good for me as I am often away from my PC. This way, I not disrupted by the scan too much. read more

The 5 Most Advanced Computer Mice (infographic)

Here is a cool infographic we put together looking at the top 5 most advanced computer mice. This infographic includes the Apple Magic Mouse, the Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse, the Logitech Cube, the Evoluent VerticalMouse, and the Razer Naga Epic. All 5 of these are pretty unique in their own way.

If you own a blog or website, feel free to post this to your blog if you would like. Here is an embed code:

<a href=”https://www.domstechblog.com”><img src=”https://www.domstechblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/state-of-art-computer-mice.jpg”></a> read more

How to format a hard drive

There may come the time in which you need or want to format a hard drive. In this guide, we take a look at how to do this in a few different situations. Before formatting your hard drive, it is important that you backup any files, docs, folders, etc that you wish to keep. When you go through the format process, it will completely clear your hard drive, thus clearing all files on the disk.

Formatting your hard drive could help you resolve issues that ordinarily cannot be fixed or repaired easily. For example, if you just can’t get rid of a virus, formatting will surely knock it out. I always like to consider this a last ditch effort after I have tried removing via my antivirus software. read more

Logitech G35 Headset Test and Review

I was lucky enough to get my hands on the G35 Gaming Headset from Logitech
. As a gamer and an avid music listener, I was really excited to give this headset a test run. Currently, you can find this headset for a bit over $100 at Amazon or Newegg.

G35 Gaming Test

So, the first thing I did was give this the in-game test. I tried this headset out in Starcraft II, Battlefield 3, COD Black Ops 2, and Counter-Strike Global Offensive. My first impression is that these headphones sounded great. The surround sound for these headphones really made you feel immersed in the experience. Some games sounded better than others. However, I think this comes down to the how well the game developers created the sound. read more

Disable Search Service in Windows 7 and 8

The Windows Search Service is the service in Windows 7 and 8 that replaced the Windows indexing service from previous versions of Windows. Essentially, the search service runs in the background and scans files and folders to record information about these files and folders.  Then, when you need to perform a file search, it should run much faster due to these records of information that Windows has compiled. However, this improved file search speed comes at a cost of WSS (Windows Search Service) constantly running in the background using system resources. If your computer has enough power, I would recommend leaving this service alone. However, if you are starting to notice that your PC is slowing down, disabling this service will help you to regain some speed. read more