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  • Tools to Keep Your Computer Clean

    Tools to Keep Your Computer Clean

    The other day I discussed how to be “smart” out there online.  Now I’m going to talk about some things you can do regularly to make sure your system stays clean… and sometimes when it gets a little dirty… MBAM – HANDS DOWN the best malware (software that is bad for your computer) removal tool that I know of… best part?  It’s FREE! I would run this scan about once a month, and every time you suspect something is wrong [...]

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  • Vocabulary Lesson: Defragmetation

    Vocabulary Lesson: Defragmetation

    Consider the hard drive in your compuer like a small CD.  When you install programs and write files to the hard drive it starts at the center and writes the files to the disk one after the other.  Then you go through and delete some files, uninstall some programs, and suddenly there are holes in the disk.  Now as you write new things to the disk it tries to fill the holes first, but this means your program won’t all [...]

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  • Help for Haiti

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  • Staying Safe Online

    Staying Safe Online

    Since I discussed Antivirus I mentioned that I am not that concerned about it because I’m “smart” online.  How else can you be smart to avoid getting those pesky viruses? Here ae some great tips and tricks of the trade… WARNING YOU HAVE A VIRUS ON YOUR SYSTEM!!!!  -  For the love of all that’s holy please ignore these warnings.  You don’t, I promise, they LIE!  As soon as you see something like that pop up close it immediately.  Sometimes [...]

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  • Virus Protection Winner!

    Congrats to Heather B for winning the ESET NOD32 Antivirus.  Check back often for more great Tech Giveaways!

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  • Virus Protection

    Virus Protection

    I’ll be the first to admit that I typically don’t worry too much when it comes to securing my computer.  I’m smart enough online to not get into too much trouble, so I just don’t worry about it.  My other reasoning for not securing my computer is that the virus scanners I’ve come across have been clunky, and have caused more annoyances and problems then they have solved (I’m looking at you Norton Internet Security and McAffe).  I just want [...]

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  • Wii Love to Play!

    Wii Love to Play!

    First I hope everyone had a great holiday!  I had a great one, and it just keeps getting better ’cause next week is my birthday!  For those of you who don’t know, my birthday is my favorite day of the year!  So over the break Maddie (our 4 year old daughter) got into playing the Wii.  We don’t have a ton of Wii games and the ones we do are somewhat difficult for her to play.  So I started looking [...]

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