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New articles written in 2004 File Management All versions of Windows still require that you understand and know where the file are located on your computer. Microsoft has chase the task approach of Apple but windows has not change. This article will give you a better understanding of files and paths. Favorites An article hopefully to permit better use of your Favorites and applies in general to organizing your connections to the Internet Partitions Partitions is about sub-dividing your hard drives. There are many reasons why this will help to manage your computer and your information on the computer. Images An image is a clone of a drive or a partition store in a file. Sometimes because of file size limitations (approximately 2 GB), it requires more than one file. High compression can be about 50% of the cloning drive/partition. Data This is your unique information (data) that is stored on your computer. You need this information and it location to properly backup and store the data. Welcome The new logon approach in Windows XP. Old or new, your choice. Malware Viruses were now enough, a new even more dangerous problem. Files Types Without an understanding of file types, you will always have some problems with Windows and the programs you use. Protecting My Computer Hopefully some of the ways I do it will help you stay safe. Two New Computers Time for some updating at the club, here is what I selected. Operating system reviews Windows XP Professional This OS is Microsoft effort to combine the user friendly approach of Windows 9X with the kernel of the Windows NT OS. Such a OS should offer ease of use , solid error free computing, excellent security, user permission control and very good multi-tasking. This OS is working very well for my day to day use. Windows Millennium Edition An update to Win 98SE but bad timing. This may helpif you are using the OS. Windows 2000 Professional Because of it’s Windows NT kernel, it has important features such as very few crashes, inherent security approaches, excellent management tools and little leakage of system resources. It is still being used widely but XP is the future. Some Other Reviews Drive Image 2002 A complete solution for disaster recovery, backups, and system upgrades. This is the best yet of this type of program. Diskeeper 7.0 SE This is in my opinion the best defragger available. It also permits automatically keeping all your disks defragged. This will start the “How To” section. Installing a Network Adapter (NIC) You have decided to connect a couple of computers or more together or you are going broadband and you need a Network Adapter (NIC) in your computer (s). This article is a basic approach to getting that job done. Making a Two Computer Network This is basically the least expensive way to transfer data between two computers. |
