Anti-Hassle Anti-Virus
Nearly every new Windows PC gets shipped with some sort of Anti-Virus software, usually it’s the memory sucking ‘Norton Suite,’ and it’s plagued with a 60 or 90 day trial. After the inevitable...
View ArticleSteady As She Goes: Windows User Control
Windows Only: The last two days I have spent most of my time setting up the tech bar at a local coffee shop. This gourmet beverage delivering company hosts two public access computers for customers to...
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Peek-a-Boo! I See You! Hidden Files
Sometimes you just need to see everything. Luckily, you don’t need a special pair of hi-tech glasses to see every file on your computer. Viewing hidden files on Windows is easy. Open a folder, go to...
View ArticleDon’t Be Fooled by an Apparent Virus
A quick post… In light of all the media this conflicker worm is getting, doomed to hit PCs everywhere starting tomorrow, please be advised. If this IS a real attack (unknown as of yet), be on guard...
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Your Service is not Needed
Today I needed to delete a service in Windows XP because on this PC there were remains of an old virus- good ‘ol _qbot. Even though you can disable services that are running on your PC through...
View ArticlePC Killed by Fake Anti-Virus? Get Help.
In these times, I’m glad to have a Mac. There’s a certain virus going around and it’s really good. It gets the best of people- and you usually don’t have to do anything to get it. You just have to be...
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Having a Firewall is Important
A what? Firewall. If you’re a PC user you have antivirus (or at least you should) and you probably even have spyware protection. Well good for you. But have you ever considered using a firewall? A...
View ArticleHow to control your kids music on their ipods
I have four kids. Two of them are old enough (4 and 5) for ipods (I guess) and have recently each received one thanks to their very generous grandma. So among the iphones in the house, we now have an...
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