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Bucaro TecHelp Newsletter
Maintain Your Computer and Use it More Effectively
to Design a Web Site and Make Money on the Web.
~ ~ ~ January 19, 2005 Volume 5 Number 2 ~ ~ ~
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Free Ebook - PC Technician's Toolkit
Unfortunately, a PC Running Microsoft Windows is about as reliable as a 75 Gremlin.
Although it's probably easier and cheaper to fix the Gremlin. For repairs, you could
take your PC back to the place you purchased it - if you never want to see it again.
Or maybe you could take it to an independent shop where they charge you $100.00 just
to set it on the bench, and then charge you another $200.00 to replace the hard drive
(the actual problem was a loose connector).
The wise thing to do would be to learn how to maintain and repair your own PC. That's
what this ebook is all about. You'll learn about Your PC, from computer thermodynamics
to plug and play resource allocation. How to maintain your computer, from defragmenting
your hard disk to working with the registry. How to secure your computer, from user
permissions to spyware blocking firewalls. How to troubleshoot your PC, from taking
too long to start to bringing a totally dead computer back to life.
This ebook also provides you with many important resources. Sources for free technical
information, for freeware and shareware PC diagnostic software, and Web sites that
give you free technical assistance. With these resources you could start your own PC
repair shop and charge $100.00 an hour!
PC Technician's Toolkit
Powerful FREE PC Diagnostic Program : Everest
By Stephen Bucaro
Every PC technician should have Everest in their toolkit. Everest is a powerful
freeware system information, diagnostics and benchmarking program for home PC users.
It provides accurate system information and diagnostics capabilities, including
hardware monitoring, software misconfiguration detection, system benchmarking,
and reporting.
In addition to displaying and printing reports, Everest's easy-to-use Report Wizard
creates reports in plain text or HTML formats. It has Built-in SMTP and MAPI support
for e-mail transfer of reports.
For field work, Everest files are too large to fit on a floppy disk. Everest files
can be burnt to a CD-ROM. Launching Everest from a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM or flash drive
is fully supported.
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Free Firewall: ZoneAlarm
By Stephen Bucaro
There was a time when a firewall was considered necessary only for Internet users
with an always-on broadband connection. It was thought that dial up Internet users
were connected for such short intervals that the odds of a hacker finding their
connection was low. But today, hackers use automated software to continuously probe
the Internet for vulnerable computers.
Hackers want to know what operating system you're using, what browser you're using,
and what virus protection you have installed. Most importantly, they want to know if
your computer has any open ports they can use to take control of your computer. One
of the hackers favorite tricks is to install spyware on your computer.
Spyware secretly monitors your Internet activity, logs your keystrokes, accesses
your email and other documents, and then uses your Internet connection to send this
information back to the hacker. Your only clue to spyware activities is that your
computer seems a bit slower than usual.
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