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From the monthly archives:
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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What is Microsoft trying to do, permanently disable us? This whole navigating to the shutdown button thing is inhumane and might even be considered torture. It takes how many clicks–two, three to shutdown a PC? Well, we’re going to help with that. Our next tip in our ongoing guide to laziness is creating a desktop icon [...]
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Our download today is a Sys Internals program called BgInfo — which stands for background information. This handy program is a must for users that have multiple PCs in their home or office that have changing IP addresses through the router’s DHCP or if you just need to do remote access on a PC and [...]
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