Just like your car requires regular maintenance, your Microsoft Windows, your applications and your computer require some care to work at their best. To keep things running stable and smooth, we recommend these maintenance tasks be completed no less than once a year. This article, originally published in 2011, has been updated in 2024. 1….
Haven’t backed up your computer in a while? You may want to consider doing it sooner than later. Do you recognize any of potential situations? You have been working on your family tree or home inventory, a collection of digital family photos, clip art, videos, music or a diary. You have been developing a revolutionary…
We are often asked about firewalls, anti-virus, adware and spyware. Is it really safe to even leave my computer on? Every computer attached to the Internet should be secured by installing and using software which will protect it from the Internet. This includes firewall, anti-virus and adware/spyware protection. Today, these product are usually bundled together and…
Every once in a while, I receive warning messages from people who really mean well. These messages usually relate to viruses, or deception schemes. Sometimes the warnings may actually have been legitimate many years ago but no longer apply. The fact of the matter is that many of them are nothing but urban legends and…