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Friday, May 23rd, 2008Hello all! I’m back after a much needed hiatus. With finishing up some projects at my old job, graduating college, moving and finding a new place to live and starting my new job, I am back and better than ever. Since my career has somewhat switched gears, topics I will be discussing will be slightly [...]
Disable 8.3 Naming Convention in XP
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007Most people don’t know, but windows creates a backup of every file that has a name longer than 8 characters. This tends to eat up some of those valuable resources I mention from time to time. If you aren’t running any old programs that run on 16 bit (which I doubt you are unless your [...]
Speed Boost XP: The DIY for Speed Tuning Your Computer
Thursday, July 19th, 2007I have been rummaging around my computer, attempting what every person does when they are bored ( no not surfing YouTube and other time wasting sites), try to speed up XP.
In doing this, I have found some surefire ways to get your computer faster. There is a catch though. Some steps are easy while others [...]
Windows Automatic Update, A Must! - Walkthrough
Sunday, July 8th, 2007There are a lot of tech people out there that do not like to have Windows Automatic Updates running because it takes up resources. Honestly, I think everyone should. It’s the most basic of security features you can have, AND because windows is targeted so often, why would you take the risk of [...]
Turning on Windows Firewall - walkthrough
Sunday, July 8th, 2007OK here is how to turn on windows firewall.
First, click on the Start button on the taskbar. Then, navigate to the Control Panel
Next, click on the Windows Firewall Icon.
Now, just select the button and your good to go!
If you want to know how to turn on Windows Update, click here.
Speed Up Your Computer in 2 Easy Steps
Sunday, July 8th, 2007You should run maintenance tools every couple of weeks on your computer, but honestly, who does that? Even once a month is too much to ask for some people. A lot of computer users simple just forget to maintain their computers, even myself. There are a couple quick fixes you can do though [...]
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