The Weekly Geek

Hello and welcome back to another exciting and fun filled edition of The Weekly Geek. In this weeks edition we are going to go over Microsoft Windows built in self healing options. The first and most widely known is available in Windows ME and XP only, it is the “System Restore” feature. Periodically the computer [...]

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Hello to all and a great big welcome back to The Weekly Geek! This week we are going to discuss firewalls. Computer firewalls are meant to be just like the firewalls between buildings. They are barriers designed to prevent fire, or in computer terms to prevent unwanted intruders from entering. Think of a firewall as [...]

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Greetings one and all and welcome back to another exciting adventure with The Weekly Geek! In this brief article we will go over the ever important and whimsical idea of backing up your data. Since, I have worked both for businesses and in the private sector as a hired gun, I know how many of [...]

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Howdy and welcome back to another fun filled adventure with The Weekly Geek! In this exciting episode we are going to explore a couple of ways to enhance Windows 95 performance. Yes, even though I believe that Windows 95 should not be on the internet due to a lack of security software, it is still [...]

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Howdy and welcome back to another fun and exciting edition of The Weekly Geek! In this article I want to go over how I select firewalls for use in protecting my and my customer’s networks and computers. Gathering the data: How I find out about products. Just like with Anti-virus products, my list begins with… [...]

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