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Ways to Prevent A Broken Computer

February 7th, 2011 · No Comments · How To Maintain, Tips & Techniques

There are several ways to prevent damage to your computer. Electrostatic discharge, or ESD, is the transfer of electric current from one component to another. In the blink of an eye you can destroy a component of your computer by touching your computer after having built up an electric charge by something as simple as [...]

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What Cause a Computer to Be Slow?

February 2nd, 2011 · No Comments · How To Maintain, Maintain Windows

When an individual’s computer starts to run slow a person can start to experience great frustration. That is heightened by the fact that many an application that is depended on ends up not working as it should. Data is then lost that should not be. Many then wonder what cause a computer to be slow. [...]

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Tips To Keep Your Computer Safe From Attack

February 1st, 2011 · No Comments · Security, Tips & Techniques

When you have a computer, you start to accumulate important things. Photos, documents, files, and programs are all important components. You maybe have a music collection, a lot of important information and things that if lost, would cause a lot of heartache and misery. Sometimes people keep their entire school portfolio of work online or [...]

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7 Tips to Secure Your Home Computer

January 28th, 2011 · No Comments · How To Keep Secure, Security

Computers have become such an important part of our lives – for accessing information, keeping in touch with friends and family, shopping, working, and other activities – that it’s easy to overlook the risks of using them. We rely on computers so much that many of us neglect the importance of PC security to keep [...]

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Avoiding Computer Viruses

January 20th, 2011 · No Comments · How To Maintain, Security

Common sense and vigilance are all it takes to have a safe internet experience. We all have heard about the thousands viruses affecting computers. This is no new news for everyone. Viruses have existed since the start of the computer era. Here are some effective tips that may be of help when it comes to [...]

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Computer Viruses and Malware – What Are They?

November 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Security

I often get asked what is a computer virus, how does it differ from a worm or Trojan and how do they get into my computer? Please find below my article, giving you a brief explanation of these terms and how easily they can infect your system. What is a Computer Virus? Computer viruses are [...]

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Computer Viruses – A Major Digital Headache

October 12th, 2010 · No Comments · How To Keep Secure

There are so many things you have to watch out for when you’re online, and one of the worst of those is the good old computer virus. Now that broadband Internet is almost everywhere it’s making things a lot easier for viruses to get to your computer quickly. This is why it’s very important to [...]

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Top 5 Steps in Fixing a RunDLL Error

October 4th, 2010 · No Comments · How To Troubleshoot

The Run DLL Error In the case of the RunDLL Error, a critical file (the rundll file) is missing or corrupted on your machine. Unfortunately, this is likely due to a virus or spyware. Fortunately, you can resolve the error by cleaning your computer and ridding yourself of the pesky malware causing the problem in [...]

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