Cleaning up your toys

A common issue seen in the wild is removable clutter on PCs.

I’m not talking about temp files, browser cache, etc.

I’m talking about something that requires us, the users, to directly maintain, and it requires no additional software tools.
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Stayin’ Alive

Don’t you hate it when you lose power right in the middle of a document or other activity on your PC?

Me too.

But did you know your PC hates it too?
We all know we’re not supposed to just show down our PCs by pulling the power cord, or doing a forced power off by holding the power button down, but why? Read More

Keeping the doors locked

Security is one of the weakest concerns I see from my customers, yet it’s a primary complaint.
Seems contradictory? Let me explain.

More often than not I see poor security practices (see here).
However customers also claim about being worried of hackers, getting ID stolen, compromised credit cards from shopping online, etc. Read More

Some like it hot

Surprisingly unknown to many consumers is a large “killer” of PCs; heat.

The computers of this era produce truly amazing amounts of heat for their size.

And that is why PC manufacturers have gone to great lengths to properly dispose of this generated heat to keep running for a long time.
However they can only do so much, which is where the user comes in. Read More