I’ve touched on firewalls in a slew of articles. I’ve recommended getting a firewall, either hardware-based or software-based, to protect your data, specially when you’re accessing the Internet. If you’ve followed my advice, you’ve probably set up your own firewall by now. What I haven’t tackled is how you would ensure that your firewall is […]
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Virtual private networks, or VPNs, offers a way of communicating securely over public networks such as the Internet. VPNs sprang out of the growing demand for cheaper alternatives to dedicated connections or leased lines, the lifeblood of large corporations in the recent past, but which were expensive, if not difficult, to maintain.
Encryption technology has […]
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Many people use PCs at work and at home. If you’re one of these people, there might come a time when you need to access your home PC from work or vice-versa. Or if you’re a tech-savvy person who works in a small office with no dedicated IT support personnel, you might find yourself supporting […]
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If you have a PC at home running Windows, chances are, like most people, you mainly use it for word processing and surfing the web, at the very least. Editing pictures and videos are other common activities among home PC users, before these pictures and videos get posted on the web for viewing on such […]
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Setting up an FTP server in Windows is easy. However, before we start walking you through the process, let’s ask ourselves a few questions first. What’s FTP? And why would we need an FTP server?
FTP, for file transfer protocol, is a method for transferring files over a network, including the Internet. The principle behind FTP […]
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If you’re one of the millions of mobile workers who can’t live without your laptop around, you’d probably made use of hotspots for accessing the Internet. JiWire Hotspot Helper, a revolutionary product in my view, was designed with you in mind.
Formerly known as SpotLock, JiWire Hotspot Helper touts the following features: an on-demand hotspot finder […]
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One of the things I would advise you to do on a regular basis is to back up your data files. You would appreciate the importance of backups once you find yourself a victim of a hard disk crash, or some other problem in which your PC fails to boot up. If you have a […]
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When you save a new file on your PC, it occupies space on your hard drive. When you make changes to the file, increasing file size in the process, it saves the old data back to the same space on the hard drive, and the additional data on another part of the drive. When you […]
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In an earlier article (see Free essential software for Windows), I recommended the use of firewalls, among other software, for protecting your PC. However, I didn’t present any reason why we need firewalls in that article. This article expounds on the need for firewalls, the differences between hardware- and software-based firewalls, and how to troubleshoot […]
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When you encounter an error running an application, and you need to contact technical support, you’d be of more help if you know how to take a picture of your PC’s screen, giving technicians at the other end of the line a better idea of your problem and allowing them to troubleshoot it faster.
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