Category: Computers

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BSOD or computer operating system failure - one way you can avoid it.
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BSOD or computer operating system failure – one way you can avoid it.

A BSOD, or other computer operating system (OS) failure is usually a big inconvenience and waste of valuable time.
(BSOD = Blue Screen Of Death).
Perhaps you remember all the stress, pain and other feelings associated with the experience?
Should your computer be crucial for your everyday business or personal tasks, then you simply cannot afford a failed [...]

Easy, reliable way to test your firewall.
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Easy, reliable way to test your firewall.

I first started using a Firewall way back in the 90’s, at a time when many people had never even heard of them. Around the same time I came across an excellent service for testing firewalls:
Shields Up – provided by the Gibson Research Corporation; owned and operated by Steve Gibson.
I quote:
The Internet’s quickest, most popular, [...]

New computer - information, progress and tips.
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New computer – information, progress and tips.

Earlier this week I took delivery of a new computer – a desktop PC.
This blog post, which will be added to periodically, contains information about my experience which may help some of you, or simply be of interest.
I am very pleased with the machine, the value and the quality of service I received from GR-Tek [...]

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Empire Total War – hot computer game.

Note: Originally published on a now defunct blog on 16th January 2009
Readers of my blogs may be aware that I enjoy playing some computer games.
I even have a page devoted to the subject on my website here.
Soon, my favorite computer game developer – The Creative Assembly – will be releasing Empire – Total War. [...]

OnGuardOnline.gov
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OnGuardOnline.gov

Here is a US government website which provides practical tips from the federal government and the technology industry to help you be on guard against Internet fraud, secure your computer and protect your personal information.
How safe are your computing habits?
Find out on this site: OnGuardOnline.gov

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Conficker Eye Chart – Test your computer

http://www.confickerworkinggroup.org/infection_test/cfeyechart.html
Conficker (aka Downadup, Kido) is known to block access to over 100 anti-virus and security websites.
If you are blocked from loading the remote images in the first row of the top table above (AV/security sites) but not blocked from loading the remote images in the second row (websites of alternative operating systems) then your Windows [...]

Kids will love me for this post!
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Kids will love me for this post!

Why will kids love me?
Because if you have kids, and they are currently using your own computer, or even your business computer (horror of horrors!), then you should purchase the kids their own computer – and soon!
Why?
For years I have operated a strict (no exceptions, ever) policy of never allowing children (in this case; my [...]