The Weekly Geek

Here is another short list of weekly “to do” items.
Run a full anti-virus, anti-malware, anti-spyware scan(s) – Those bad guys are constantly getting in. For details on programs and more, just search this site under the categories.
Perform a full backup -  You can and will live without those pictures, videos and old tax forms, but [...]

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Since there is so much going on in everyones life these days, I figure I will give you some real quick tips.
Everyday…
Update your anti-virus, anti-malware, anti-spyware software.
Perform a backup, an incremental would be good. Check out the several other articles on this site about this.
If a program crashes, save everything and reboot the PC. If one [...]

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It has been a while since I wrote about the critical function of backing us so I figure I had better get to it.
In a previous post I wrote how to backup all of your files, this time I want to cover how to back up just some of your files, the ones you have [...]

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Now that most of you are off of Windows 98 and ME, I would like to share this little tweak.
Files that use the 8.3 naming convention can degrade NTFS drive performance. Unless you have a good reason for keeping the 8.3 naming convention intact (such as if you’re using 16-bit programs), a performance gain can [...]

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In the previous two editions I wrote about Sync Toy by Microsoft and CloneSpy.
In this issue I want to take a look at Duplicate Cleaner by Digital Volcano. I used version 1.2.
This first thing that was apparent was a much nicer interface than previous programs I have been using. Once you set the areas [...]

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