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Antivirus and Spyware
You have to be careful when surfing the internet. No one would install a program without having first run a virus scan on it, or at least know what it was they were installing. But spyware and adware will come to us on the internet, and ask us to give it permission to scan our [...]
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The Registry
The Windows registry is a database Windows uses to keep track of settings and options for Windows and also for software that you install. It is an integral part of Windows. After installing and uninstalling software, over time, it is not uncommon for this registry to have something left over from the software that is [...]
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If only my hard drive were rocks in a bucket…
The way a computer stores information to your hard disk may seem like rocket science, but it is not all as complicated as it may seem the first time you think about it. The temptation is to think of hard drive storage the same way one would think of rocks in a bucket. Everytime we [...]
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Disk Partitioning: The safety net
Disk partitioning can enhance your computer’s performance. Disk partitioning is splitting your hard drive space into separate partitions or drives. This serves two purposes. One is that, on computer’s using Windows, the disk information is read more quickly on smaller partitions. And second, it is generally good practice to have at least two partitions, one [...]
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