If you have a 64-bit capable machine, you may want to upgrade from 32-bit Windows to 64. Unfortunately, the upgrade, while quite possible, isn’t easy.
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System Restore is a pretty nifty feature in concept. In practice, I see it have too many problems to feel comfortable relying on it.
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Anyone with physical access to your computer can do anything with or to it. I’ll look at cleaning up after loaning it to the wrong person.
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Windows Explorer is the workhorse behind the Windows user interface. In many ways it *is* Windows. I’ll cover what to look for when it crashes.
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The 10 most popular questions for 2011 as measured by visits to Ask Leo! This year’s top issue? Email account theft.
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If you’re finding unrecognized and adult entries in Hotmail’s auto-complete, there’s a good chance that you have Messenger invitations that you don’t know about.
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Internet Explorer add-ons are a common cause of problems that are incorrectly blamed on IE itself. I’ll show you how to disable IE add-ons.
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In a desperate move to resolve account access issues, people are frequently trusting people they shouldn’t and providing too much private information.
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It’s not uncommon to use a web browser other than Internet Explorer. What you may not realize is that you’re still using IE for other things.
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Once your machine is infected, system backups are likely to include the infection as well. I’ll look at what steps to take when that happens.
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