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June 17 My Pro Page - The New Professional Social NetworkAre you bored with you everyday work routine?
Perhaps you've been looking to network with other colleagues in your field. Regardless, you are not alone. Everyday people search for outlets, tools and new ideas to help them expand their careers. During my final semesters in college, I began looking for people who worked in my area. Information Management is not exactly as broad a field as say Medicine, so needless to say I needed direction. I'm sure you know at least 3 people with a MySpace page, so I thought. "Wouldn't it be nice to have a MySpace for business professionals!?" So here I am as the founder of ww.mypropage.info/propage where you can get up to date business news, stock tips, and network with other business professionals just like you. Check It Out!! Wanted!! New Members!! April 01 How to Keep My Computer HealthyHow To Keep My Computer Healthy
The health of your computer is very important. Just like your body there are things that you must do to keep it running properly. The better it runs the more of a value it will be to you. Let's look at a few key steps to keep your computer healthy.
Step 1: Anti-Virus/Spyware Software
You must always keep a current version of Anti-Virus Software running on your computer. Too many times I have noticed, that people have the virus software installed on their computer, but the subscription is expired. I see this way too often in computer users.
Let me let you in on a little secret, attackers are continuously finding ways to destroy innocent users computers and as fast as they create the viruses and spyware, that is how fast it can be placed on your computer. New viruses & spyware are found every hour on the hour.
For you computer, that means that as I surf on the internet, I can pick up viruses and spyware from anywhere.
Don't get caught off guard! Guard your computer with Anti-Virus & Spyware Software and remember to keep it current.
Recommended Anti-Virus & Spyware Software
AVG Anti-Virus 7.5 - Free Edition for Home Users
AVG Anti-Virus for Businesses Free Trial; Purchase for $39.95 http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus/3000-2239_4-10385707.html?tag=pub
Trend Micro Anti-Virus Plus Spyware 2008
Free 30-Day Trial; Purchase for $39.95 http://www.trendsecure.com/easy_install/installer/entry/TM.COM/en/TAV16-T/en-US/
HouseCall - Free Online Virus Scanner
Scan Now! http://prerelease.trendmicro-europe.com/hc66/launch/
Step 2: PC Cleaning Let's start from here.....Ever time you visit a website, a little file called a cookie is placed on your computer. This is so that when you revisit the site it will remember your settings and upload faster. Well, after so many visits your folder that hold the cookies in it needs to be cleaned out to keep from over using your computer memory. Let's go through you options for pc cleaning of cookies, web history, recycling bin & other uneccessary files that is just using up your computer resources. All In One Cleaning Program: CCleaner :Originally called Crap Cleaner. This is a very valuable piece of software to run on your computer. I will delete all the uneccessary files that are used on your computer in the background. If this is your first time running this software, you will see a tremendous difference in the speed of your pc. Download it Now!
Step 3: Defragging Your Computer Have you ever uninstalled a program from your computer? Get this....Everytime you uninstall a program from you pc it creates a gap in your memory. After many uninstalls there becomes large gaps and the ask the computer processes the files, it begins to run slower because of these gaps. In order to get your computer running more smoothly you must Defragment your hard drive. This will take the files that are on your pc and shuffle them around to the right areas so that your hard drive will have more room to work. So how do I defrag my pc? Win Windows XP Go to Start --> All Programs --> Accessories --> System Tools --> Disk Defragmenter The initial screen will look like this:
Make sure to defrag all of the available drives. Click Defragent and wait for the process to complete.
These are three easy steps to good computer health. Remember just as we need vitamins to keep us healthy, computers need cleaning to keep them healthy too. Until next time, The Computer Tech Signing Off Got computer problems? Ask the Computer Tech at http://mypropage.net/problog/ P.S. Don't forget to post your comments and testimonials on the article. To subscribe to our mailing list: Send and email to vwilliams@mypropage.net with the subject: mailing list subscribe
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