Jim Coe on December 9th, 2009

Another big security issue for your Windows installation is keeping up with Microsoft’s security patches. You do this via the online “Windows Update” feature of Windows. As the bad guys (or the good guys working for security companies) discover new ways to exploit the weaknesses in Windows, or the Internet itself, Microsoft figures out ways [...]

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Jim Coe on December 9th, 2009

So, the time has come when I must take a “time out” and move the files which are consuming the most space off of my hard drive. It’s spring cleaning time. But exactly which files are those? The rather lame Windows file manager (“Windows Explorer”) won’t tell me. TreeSize Pro to the rescue! TreeSize is [...]

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Jim Coe on December 9th, 2009

How your Windows software works… Of course every piece of hardware in your computer must be run by a piece of software (a “Driver”). And you also need software to do the tasks that you bought your computer for in the first place. These are called “Applications”. These applications need the services of your hardware, [...]

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