Essential Computer Repair Tools

Essential Computer Repair Tools

What’s in your computer repair tool bag? Do not be fooled by those who tell you that you need the 5,000 piece high tech computer toolkit. Unless you’re building a computer chip by chip, you should customize your toolkit for fast, lightweight repair. We’ll going to list some of the most commonly used and essential [...]

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Windows Live Mesh

Windows Live Mesh

I have an announcement to make about Microsoft. Drop your mouses, people! Do not leave, because this is important and could actually benefit you. I know you haven’t been happy with Vista–even if I don’t agree with most of your complaints–I understand your fear and uncertainty when it comes to Microsoft products. But their push [...]

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SuperAntiSpyware Download

SuperAntiSpyware Download

Our recommended download today is SuperAntiSpyware. It is a thorough AntiSpyware scanner that detects spyware that most other products miss! SUPERAntiSpyware claims to remove ALL the Spyware, NOT just the easy ones! And from what we’ve seen so far, it does a pretty good job backing up that claim. They have a free version and [...]

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How to Avoid Phishing Scams

How to Avoid Phishing Scams

Phishing is an attack that attempts to trick a user into divulging personal information, such as bank username and passwords. This attack is typically initiated through email and will contain links to fraudulent websites that look exactly like the legitimate site. A user that is not aware of these schemes will believe they are on the real [...]

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Geometry Wars Will Be the Death Of Me

Geometry Wars Will Be the Death Of Me

We don’t normally latch onto viral videos on YouTube, but since I am familiar with this person and frequent the same website he does, I wanted to give him some props to help spread his great work. The song is from the recently released Geometry Wars 2 arcade title for the Xbox360. His name is [...]

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IDE and SATA Hard Drive Docking Stations

IDE and SATA Hard Drive Docking Stations

Keeping a lot of data on multiple hard drives is a great idea, but it can also be an inconvenient and costly method of backup if you don’t plan ahead. You can buy expensive enclosures or physically open the PC case and plug in the drives, but we have been using different solutions that make [...]

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Best Way To Backup Your Data

Best Way To Backup Your Data

Time and time again, we come across poor soles that have lost data because their hard drive has failed. Invariably, much of their data has not been backed up and the result is catastrophic. You can rewrite term papers and reinstall applications, but when you lose photos of your wedding or the movie of your [...]

Five Ways to Combat Spyware

Five Ways to Combat Spyware

Five Ways to Combat Spyware
If you want to ensure the performance of your computer comes to a screeching halt, all you have to do is ignore this column and within days your computer can become infected with some type of malware. Spyware and Viruses are often lumped into the category of malware, because there almost [...]

Free Registry Tools Downloads

Free Registry Tools Downloads

The Windows registry is a directory that stores information about the Operating System, Software and Users for your computer. Whenever changes are made within Windows, these changes are reflected in the registry. Sometimes it is necessary to edit or tweak the registry to get rid of bits and pieces of old software that never completely [...]

Build Your Own Home Theater

Build Your Own Home Theater

The term “Home Theater” gets tossed around a lot these days. So much so that the lines between a TV connected to a couple of speakers and an actual theater have become blurred. I recently built a full-blown movie theater in our basement for less than $10,000. The cost was so high only because the [...]

Modify Your Hosts File to Block Malware

Malware is a huge problem.
By now, most of us know what spyware is and what it can do to your computer. If your PC is connected to the Internet, chances are you have some form of spyware. It attaches to your PC as you casually roam websites or download files. But you can be proactive [...]

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SuperAntiSpyware Download

SuperAntiSpyware Download

Our recommended download today is SuperAntiSpyware. It is a thorough AntiSpyware scanner that detects spyware that most other products miss! SUPERAntiSpyware claims to remove ALL the Spyware, NOT just the easy ones! And from what we’ve seen so far, it does a pretty good job backing up that claim. They have a free version and [...]

Geometry Wars Will Be the Death Of Me

Geometry Wars Will Be the Death Of Me

We don’t normally latch onto viral videos on YouTube, but since I am familiar with this person and frequent the same website he does, I wanted to give him some props to help spread his great work. The song is from the recently released Geometry Wars 2 arcade title for the Xbox360. His name is [...]

Ophcrack Free Password Recovery Software

Ophcrack Free Password Recovery Software

 

Our download today is Ophcrack, a free password recovery utility that is absolutely essential for any user with multiple PCs or System Administrators that need to access computers where the password is either unknown or forgotten. You can download .iso files of this program for Xp or Vista and boot to them when you start [...]

Essential Computer Repair Tools

Essential Computer Repair Tools

What’s in your computer repair tool bag? Do not be fooled by those who tell you that you need the 5,000 piece high tech computer toolkit. Unless you’re building a computer chip by chip, you should customize your toolkit for fast, lightweight repair. We’ll going to list some of the most commonly used and essential [...]

Windows Live Mesh

Windows Live Mesh

I have an announcement to make about Microsoft. Drop your mouses, people! Do not leave, because this is important and could actually benefit you. I know you haven’t been happy with Vista–even if I don’t agree with most of your complaints–I understand your fear and uncertainty when it comes to Microsoft products. But their push [...]

Change the Location of the My Documents Folder in Windows

Change the Location of the My Documents Folder in Windows

With the incorporation of servers in homes and small offices becoming more common, it becomes more practical to keep folders in one location for all users. For instance, users can share a single My Documents folder on their Windows server (or a different hard drive) that has greater capacity than the C: drive in their PC. [...]

Best Way To Backup Your Data

Time and time again, we come across poor soles that have lost data because their hard drive has failed. Invariably, much of their data has not been backed up and the result is catastrophic. You can rewrite term papers and reinstall applications, but when you lose photos of your wedding or the movie of your [...]

Download Windows XP SP3

Download Windows XP SP3

Windows XP Service Pack 3 has been out for a while now. If you have XP SP2 or–heaven forbid–the original version of XP, then you must obtain a copy of Windows XP SP3. There are a few ways to do this. You can simply install it on your computer through Windows Update, you can order [...]

Five Ways to Combat Spyware

Five Ways to Combat Spyware
If you want to ensure the performance of your computer comes to a screeching halt, all you have to do is ignore this column and within days your computer can become infected with some type of malware. Spyware and Viruses are often lumped into the category of malware, because there almost [...]

Free Registry Tools Downloads

The Windows registry is a directory that stores information about the Operating System, Software and Users for your computer. Whenever changes are made within Windows, these changes are reflected in the registry. Sometimes it is necessary to edit or tweak the registry to get rid of bits and pieces of old software that never completely [...]