How can I completely clean my computer of all information before selling it on E-bay?

November 3, 2009

I want to sell my old computer on E-bay but since I used it to shop online and pay bills and such I am worried that someone who is good with computers would be able to find this old information on my computer. I’ve removed all my programs by uninstalling and deleted all personal videos and photos but how can I completely clean it so no one can access my personal information?

How do I clean up my computer?

November 3, 2009

I somehow have 13.67GB of memory that is almost gone and I don’t know where it went. I need to free up space…but not by deleting system32! I have had some people tell me that system32 is vital but others say that it is crap.
Disk cleanup did not do much and I don’t even have enough space to defragment.

Clean Install of Windows XP SP3..not detecting wireless..?

November 2, 2009

I did a clean install of Windows XP SP3 on my laptop and then when I went to my network connections my wireless is not showing up. I checked all the drives and they are fine and then network adaptor is fine but still not seeing my wireless tried to create a new wireless network and nothing still…I am not that computer savvy so just wanted to know if anyone knew what the problem could be?
It’s a gateway laptop MX6425– my router is a belkin…I’m on my desktop but have my laptop and there is no wireless connection showing only the Network Adapter Connection shows..I already did the whole Download the drives to flash drive then to laptop and still nothing. I looked in device manager and my network adapter is fine and disabled and enabled.
All the drives are installed and fine but still nothing, no wireless connection. I do appreciate the help guys!

How do I do the temporary file clean up on my computer?

November 2, 2009

I go through internet options daily and clean it out but I was told there is another way going through "start" then "programs" maybe? Can you help?

Thanks!

Command prompts to help clean up registry

November 2, 2009

What are some command prompts that can help get my computer up and running. It wont run correctly and is filled with virus. When i ran avast, it helped until the virus scan froze. my registry is corrupted. Ar there any manual ways to help fix my pC without downloading programs. I can TRY to dwnload some things on to my jump drive, but it can not be installation programs. My downloads wont work, nor can i access task manger. i have a program called ODBC but i do not know how to work it. i can access the net. I cant update on microsoft. i got blocked out, some sort of way.