Defragging your Computer
As your computer is being used, files can become cluttered on its hard drive, especially if programs are being un-installed and/or re-installed. Defragging helps to put things back inorder and can greatly increase your machine's efficiency.
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Windows System Restore
Occasionally, even the most carefully cared-for computer can [and usually will] go wrong. What most users fail to realise, is that running Windows' System Restore will often-times prevent a trip to the local computer store and the handing over of large sums of cash.
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Keeping your Computer Safe
The internet is cluttered with all sorts of malicious gadgetry, ranging from viruses which ruin your machine, to spyware which aims to discover passwords or even bank account details. The answer is to arm your computer with anti-virus/spyware programs.
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Using AdAware and Spybot
This is the follow-up piece to July's article on using Avast Anti-Virus to keep your system clean.Like Avast, AdAware & Spybot both work to keep unwanted things away from your computer, but while Avast handles viruses, these two programs concentrate on spyware.
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Reconnecting Cytanet Broadband
Broadband... It's supposed to be connected 24/7, or at least that's the theory. Cytanet, however, seems to have a nasty habit of kicking users out and then not letting them back in again. This article deals with reconnecting yourself when this happens.
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Running Disk Cleanup
Surfing the web, downloading program updates and general day-to-day use can accumulate a lot of unwanted files on your computer's hard drive. Running Disk Cleanup on a regular basis will help you to keep these junk-files to a minimum.
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Backing Things Up
Most computer users have experienced catastrophic data-loss at some point or another. And, whether you lose family photos or your company's accounts, it causes a major amount of stress and regret. Regular data backups can prevent computer failure from being a disaster.
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Using Avast Anti-Virus
Whilst there are of course a large number of paid-subscription anti-virus programs, there are also a number of free packages which will keep your machine just safe from intrusion and viruses. Many professionals consider the best of these to be Avast.
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Tales of the Complament
Whilst computers have of course been known to go wrong from time to time, even going so far as to be on fire by the time I arrived on the scene on one occasion, there are also some incidents I could mention which can only be referred to as: 'Critical User Failure' This is one of them.
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