Archive for April, 2008
Creating a Throw away email account
When you sign up with your Internet Service Provider (ISP), you will usually receive several free personal email accounts. For example, if your provider is AOL, you email address may be newuser1@aol.com, newuser2@aol.com, etc. It is highly recommended that you do not use these email accounts without some thought. Be very SELECTIVE when using [...]
Computer Security-Strong Passwords-Part 2
1. Demonstration video: A password manager
Computer Security-Strong Passwords-Part 1
To protect your computer, your data and your online accounts or mission critical data for your business, make a strong password your first line of defense. Most people know that strong passwords are a good idea, but don’t realize hackers are becoming increasingly sophisticated at password “cracking.” You have to change your password frequently, and [...]
System Information Utilities
The Windows System Information utility collects information about your computer system and then displays it back to you in an organized menu format. By using this utility you will be able to see a detailed listing of your System’s Configuration as well as information regarding your System’s Components. This can be quite useful especially if [...]
Using CCleaner Utility
CCleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space.
Advantages: cleans junk, cookies, temporary files, registry, startup files and more
Disadvantages: none
CCleaner (originally Crap Cleaner) gives your PC’s hard drives a quick scan to search for all [...]
Better Defragmentation Utility
Defragmentation utilities defragment your hard disk, that is, they move the various fragments of your file so that they are in one contiguous chunk. A defragmented hard disk has two big advantages over a fragmented one - your system will operate more efficiently, since the operating system does not have to move the drive head [...]
