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	This column will be dedicated for solving computer related problems or queries of the site visitors. Have any problem sent it to us on techqna@merinews.com and we shall list it on this column with an appropriate solution to it.
	My computer is acting weird. It opens annoying popup while I surf the net. Please help me for the same.
	You have a very common problem many face these days. You can simply install any of the freeware anti-popup program, I recommend you to download Yahoo toolbar that has many features bundled along with a decent pop-up blocker (http://www.toolbar.yahoo.com/?.cpdl=fp ). Also I would suggest you to use Mozilla Firefox (http://getfirefox.com), which has an inbuilt pop-up blocker. This shall resolve your issue.
	I think my PC is infected with virus. My C: drive sometimes shows 10 GB free space and sometimes merely 100 MB. How should I resolve it?
	It seems your PC is infected with a virus, I suggest you to install an anti-virus software and scan your system for virus. You can either buy Norton antivirus (www.symantec.com/), McAfee (http://www. McAfee.com) or simply download AVG Antivirus (http://www.grisoft.com) that is free for personal use. Also I would advice you not to use peer-to-peer softwares, as they are the most untrusted source of data. Also scan your email attachment before blindly opening it. Never accept removable media from any unknown person. Always keep your antivirus scanner’s virus definition updated.
	My Internet explorer has been hijacked. It opens some website instead of a blank page. I tried to reset the settings from Internet Options menu, but the entire option of changing the web address is disabled. What should I do to make it as before again? Is it a virus attack?
	Hi, this does not seem to be a virus infection. It is mostly an adware or a spyware, which has edited the windows registry to a specific value. This value is the page that opens the page in your IE instead of the page desired by you. You need to install a anti spyware software that shall resolve this issue. I recommend you to use Spybot S&D (http://www.spybot.info), this is a freeware and also has appreciable defense against different adwares, spywares etc.
	My computer is very slow when I start it first. One of my friends suggested checking the RAM, it was 256 MB, and he suggested me to increase it to 512 MB. Even after upgrading my RAM to 512 MB it has not made much of a difference.
	Lower capacity RAM doesn’t seem to be the major issue with your system. I think you have tons of software loaded in your system tray (the tray that contains your computer clock on the right side bottom of screen). Please follow the below given steps with extreme caution so you might mess up with your PC.
	1. Click on START
	2. Go to RUN
	3. Type msconfig
	4. This will open a new window with lot many options.
	5. Now click on the option that says, Startup
	6. Now uncheck all the unwanted (like messengers, wallpaper changer etc) list of programs.
	7. The system will ask you for a restart.
	8. This shall resolve your issue
	My computer reboots soon after I start it. I am frustrated with this situation. Please guide me…
	This seems to be a hardware problem; your fan on the CPU might not be working fine or has stopped. Please call your hardware vendor to fix it.

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