When it comes to computer problems in the office, Murphy's Law often applies – PCs fail when you need them most. If you attempt to install an application from a CD, and the computer does not recognize ...

Alternatively, you can create a backup install disc with a DVD if your computer happens to have an optical drive on board. Either way you go, you'll need a third-party program to get the job done.

In an earlier tutorial, we explained how to clone the Tiger install DVD to a partition on an external FireWire disk. This is a good idea because the DVD is optical media, and optical media can have ...

As we've mentioned many times before, we install every piece of software we recommend here at Lifehacker, meaning that if we don't vigorously remove programs we're not using, Windows can start to get ...

I need to pull 30s clips from a library of DVDs, but only if the DVD is not encrypted. Previously we had been using Handbrake, but someone installed VLC and it started using that decoder. I would be ...

They’re called PUPs—Potentially Unwanted Programs—and they sneak onto your system as accessories to the program you actually intend to install. They’re annoying, and they can result in slower ...