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Virus’d - The Follow-up
08.Feb.08 | Leave a Comment
I mentioned a couple days ago that we had a small virus outbreak at the office this week. Thought I got it all cleaned up Wednesday night, but I ended up chasing it a bit more last night as well.
Tip: Turn off the Windows System Restore thingy before chasing viruses. Turns out ours got saved [...]
Performance Tip of the Day
05.Feb.08 | 3 Comments
My home machine is ailing. Spontaneous reboots, odd errors, blue screens, etc. After some tests I believe I either have a bad SATA card (likely) or the 400 GB SATA drive hanging from that card is going south (less likely considering the symptoms). As I don’t have spares of either — and I want stability [...]
Antivirus And Backup Changes
29.Jan.08 | 4 Comments
I’ve spent the evening uninstalling Windows Live OneCare from three of our home machines. I bought it on a whim last year when I was able to get an introductory offer — 3 machines for $19. Renewal time is coming up but now at the real price of $49. Still not a bad price for [...]
Ma & Pa Get a New Computer
01.Nov.07 | 3 Comments
At the beginning of the month, I helped my father-in-law pick out a new laptop and then set it up for him. He was way overdue for an upgrade.
My folks have also been a bit overdue. Their work horse has been a PIII 450 with (upgraded) 320MB of RAM for quite a few years. They [...]
Active Virus Shield Rode Off into the Sunset
15.Aug.07 | 6 Comments
Don’t you just hate it when you find something that you like and have been recommending has been quietly discontinued?
While on vacation, I noticed the computer that my folks have was a bit out of date with antivirus — to the point where it wasn’t updating signature files anymore. Unfortunately, I ran out of time [...]
