I’ve always said that it was unsafe to run as administrator in Windows. I was always sure that this was good advise but I did not know how much this would help. At last months RSA Conference (a cryptography and information security-related conference) a paper was introduced that shows that 85% of all critical Microsoft…
Tag: Windows
Chromebook vs Cloudbook
We know a Chromebook is a computer running Chrome OS and its main function is accessing Internet based services. A Cloudbook is a Windows based computer that pretty much does the same thing but you can additionally run Windows applications on it. Let’s watch Father Robert and Brian of TWiT‘s “KnowHow” tell you the pros and cons…
Who needs Windows?
Chromebooks and Linux computers are great but they are not for everyone. If you are a professional graphical artist and the firm you work for uses PhotoShop you will need a PC or Mac for that. If your firm uses Adobe Premiere to edit video than you need Windows. Many serious amateur and professional photographers use…
Run Android On Your Windows
American Megatrends the popular maker of BIOS firmware has created the ability for you to run a full Android installation on your Windows machine. Called DuOS it is an Android emulator for Windows. Sorry DuOS is only free to try for 30 days but it is very reasonably priced. $10 for Jellybean and $15 for…
Clean Install Windows 10
To upgrade your PC to Windows 10 is very easy especially if you’ve gotten the upgrade symbol in your system tray. The first step is to backup your data and create some restore disks. Next click on that symbol in the system tray and follow the prompts to the upgrade. Do not try the advanced install option! This will…
Upgrade to Windows 10
You may have heard that the upgrade to Windows 10 will be free for most users. The idea is to have everyone using the same operating system including tablet a Windows Phone users. Usually you get a new version of Windows when you get a new computer. With Windows 10 everyone with Windows 7 and…
Microsoft Everywhere Announced At Build
This week at Microsoft’s “Build” conference we found out at least part of their new strategy is making their products available on every platform. Not just on Windows and Windows Phones but also Mac OS10, iOS, Google Chrome and the Chrome OS, Android as well as any web-browser. Not only will Microsoft apps be available on any…
Crap-ware on your system maybe worse then you think!
Crap-ware on new systems has always been a nuisance. It slows down your new computer, you get pop-ups telling you to register the software and a lot of other annoyances. Resent news has got me thinking that this software can be bad for your security as well. Lenovo maker of the Thinkpad line of notebooks…
Speed up your computer 10 percent in 10 minutes!
You can speed up your computer for free and it will only take a few minutes. First get as much off your desktop that you can, (Jill) because every time your computer starts it has to load everything on you desktop into memory. Next turn off Remote Assistance and System Protection. Here’s Father Robert to…
Windows 10 Preview
Microsoft has just released the preview of the next version of Windows. Called Windows 10 it looks like a hybrid of Windows 7 and 8 but with some major differences like: The Modern UI apps (Windows 8 style) open in their own window now and you can manipulate them to be place anywhere on the desktop…
Good-N-Free Meetup 