5 Simple Tips to Protect Your Online Accounts from Being Hacked

5 Simple Tips to Protect Your Online Accounts from Being Hacked These days more and more people are discovering the joys of social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. But unfortunately not everyone is using these sites for legitimate purposes and hacking is becoming a real issue. Having your accounts hacked can be disastrous, especially if someone manages to access your online banking information. That’s why banks and companies like Google, Yahoo, and Facebook are constantly upgrading their security policies. That’s something, but it’s not enough. You should make sure your online accounts are safe. Here are five simple tips that...

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Computer Basics

Computer BasicsLearning computer basics is a dreaded nightmare for any new computer user. There are so many things to learn about computers and the fact that they change with new updates every day, the entire learning process seems a little bit crazy. I have been working on computers for more than 25 years and when I first started to use a computer there was no such thing as Windows. You had to navigate around the computer by using DOS command lines, and believe me, computers did not look pretty in those days. I must say, that learning computer basics now days is a lot easier, as everything is right in front of you on your desktop with a graphical interface. The Windows operating system has made it as easy as possible for you to navigate around your computer and get your job is ...

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The Best Windows 7 Tips and Tricks

The Best Windows 7 Tips and Tricks Want to speed up Windows 7 and fix common errors in the process? Try out some of these awesome tips and tricks! Burn CDs and DVDs with Windows: Before Windows 7, PC users had to use expensive (often annoying) software in order to burn CDs and DVDs. Those days are over! To start, put a blank disk into your optical drive. Then, in Windows 7, simply double click on any ISO file, which is a virtual image of a physical disk, and select the drive with the blank disk. Click ‘Burn’ and your disk will be created. It’s that easy. Built-in troubleshooting: Troubleshooting is relatively easy in Windows 7. Microsoft...

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Computer Has a Black Screen in Windows and Will Not Boot or Start Up

Computer Has a Black Screen in Windows and Will Not Boot or Start Up Rarely do I come across a problem with a computer that I cannot diagnose, however when a computer has a black screen in windows it can stump me sometimes. A computer black screen on start up is a challenge for me and I always try to trouble shoot the problem manually, without using those fancy programs, because I believe it is the only way to learn. There are two types of computer black screens that can appear in Windows. One where the computer will not boot up but you have a beep sequence sounding to let you know what the problem could be, and the other has nothing at...

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