If your system is performing in a strange manner and you suspect that it is due to a virus, and you do not have a virus scanning solution such as Norton Antivirus or Mcafee VirusScan. Purchasing one of such a package from your nearest Plug-ins outlet will help you thoroughly scan every file in your system for an infection and also guide you on its removal.

The best way to protect your PC from viruses is by purchasing an anti-virus solution such as Norton Antivirus or Mcafee VirusScan.

Centrino is a marketing initiative from Intel for a particular combination of CPU, mainboard chipset and wireless network interface in the design of a laptop personal computer. The combination currently consists of a Pentium M processor, the Mobile Intel 915 Express chipset family or the Intel 855 chipset family, and an Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 (IEEE 802.11b), PRO/Wireless 2200 (IEEE 802.11bg) or PRO/Wireless 2915 (IEEE 802.11abg) network connection.

Yes. All recordable DVD drives can also record onto CDs.

A DVD-R is a write-once format: once you've burned the data onto that DVD, that information will forever stay on the disc. The DVD-RW discs can be erased or rewritten up to a thousand times. DVD-RAM is similar to DVD-RW except in that it lets you erase and rewrite sections of an existing DVD.

The DVD + format has the same capacity as the DVD – formats, but DVD+RW supports faster writing as well as offering a drag-and-drop writing method. DVD+R is write once and was intended to be a more compatible format than DVD-R, but that doesn’t seem to be the case due to much testing and comparisons.

You would get a Standalone adapter because it uses its own dedicated memory whereas the onboard chip shares memory with the system. Also depending on the type of the Standalone adapter, you will get a considerable performance difference while running graphic applications and games (especially in 3D) over its onboard alternative.

PCI express is the latest type of graphic card available and it uses the new PCI express slot. PCI express cards have double the bandwidth of AGP cards as well as better performance.

No. First you will have to make sure if your system has a PCI, AGP or PCI express card slot. Then you need to make sure what version the slot is (e.g. AGP 2x, 4x or 8x). Accordingly you will have to select a compatible graphic adapter. Information on the type of slots in your system can be obtained from your system or motherboard manual.

LightScribe is a direct disc-labeling technology that provides a simple way to create labels for discs. All you have to do is burn the disc contents, flip the disc, and then burn your desired label.

A LightScribe-enabled DVD drive uses an optical laser to burn an image into the thin dye coating on the label side of a LightScribe disc.

The LightScribe labeling system has the following benefits:

1. no ink to smear.
2. no paper to curl.
3. no sticky adhesive that can cause problems.

WLAN stands for Wireless Local Area Network. A wireless LAN is one in which a mobile user can connect to a local area network through a wireless connection.