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Create An Administrator's Password Reset Disk

A problem we see a lot is forgotten Administrator’s passwords–Especially in Windows Vista where it urges you to run as a limited user. If you created a password for your Windows Administrator’s account and run as a different user, it might be only a matter of time before you forget what that password is, and [...]

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Computer Tip #4 Install Multiple Web Browsers

Computer Tip #4 Install Multiple Web Browsers

Internet Explorer: You either really like or or you really hate it. One thing for sure, IE is a prime target for hackers due to the fact it is so widely used. But we recommend using multiple web browsers not because of security issues alone. Sometimes, web browsers just break. And if you only have [...]

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Computer Tip #3 | A Backup System That Works

Computer Tip #3 | A Backup System That Works

Everyone knows how important it is to backup their data. Whether it’s photos, movies, Emails or documents our data is important to us. Keeping that data safe is not always an easy thing to do.  It’s easy to forget about backing up, or even worse, backing up to a single location and losing that backup [...]

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Computer Tip #2 | Save Your Favorites

Computer Tip #2 | Save Your Favorites

Our amazing computer tip today deals with the ultimate Doh! moment we’ve all had at some point in our computing lives. Scenario: You just remove have your recovery disk or your Windows install disk from the CD drive and look up at your new, shiny installation of Windows and realize you forgot to save you [...]

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Computer Tip #1 | Create a System Restore Point

Computer Tip #1 | Create a System Restore Point

Today we reach deep down into the moist, juicy bag of computer tips and pull out a tip we didn’t even know was there. We had forgotten all about our furry little friend the System Restore Point. He was introduced several years ago in Windows ME, but it is probably one of the best–and most [...]

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