Adware can slow down your computer and keep it from working correctly. They can also be very annoying preventing you from taking full advantage the computer’s performance. The most common way ad-ware has access to your computer is through pop-up ads. Most ad-ware gets on your computer without you knowing it. You need to have [...]
Keeping your wireless network secure
You finally have joined the rest of the population and have gotten a wireless router. You are able to use the wireless on your computer. Just setting up the router and getting online with your laptop is not enough to keep your wireless network secure. The first order of business is to decide on a [...]
The Benefits of Wi-Fi
No longer do you have to wait AOL to say “You’ve Got Mail,” and there is no pacing the floor as you listen to the dial up tone as it connects to the Internet. Desktop computers are slowly going out of service as the IPad and Netbooks become popular. No longer do you need cords [...]
The best ways to protect yourself from malware
You would never willingly let a theft rob you. You would not let your work get away with not paying you. You would never give someone your social security and bank account number and except them to be polite with the information. If you are leaving your computer unprotected, you are leaving your most personal [...]
The importance of being careful when downloading files and music
Before you download the email attachment, click on a link, or download the mp3 for your player, ask yourself these very important questions. What is keeping viruses and spyware from getting my personal information off of my computer? Do I really know what this link is? Do I know the contact who emailed me this [...]
Understanding what adware is
Adware is more than just ads trying to get your attention. They do more than mess up your computer settings and make your computer run slow. Even thought the word is thrown around often, many people still do not understand what adware really is. Basically, adware are any forms of ads that get your attention [...]
Ways to keep your laptop safe while traveling with it
Whether it is a road trip with the girls, flying to Michigan to visit family or to going to see a client, you will take your laptop along. Whatever your reason for traveling, keep your laptop safe from harm and theft. Here are several things to remember when flying, riding, or driving. First, leave the [...]
Ways to reserve computer energy on your laptop
Image by Getty Images via @daylife Whether you are sitting in an airport terminal waiting to fly out to Boston or working on a paper at your local coffee shop, conserving energy for your computer is important. Overtime, laptop batteries lose their energy causing you to have to purchase a replacement battery. Here are some [...]
Why you should not overlook setting up a data backup for your computer?
The blue screen of death, the slow computer, or the computer that cannot have a virus scanner run, you know the feeling. You have to start all over. If you are look, you have been able to remove all of your files from your computer. If you are most, the error came as a surprise [...]