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Protect your computer from viruses!

Unfortunately, one of the most common problems that home users experience is virus and spyware infections. Getting rid of these infections can be a pain in the behind, but rest assured there’s lots of ammunition for you to use.

The best way to remove an infection is to not get one in the first place. Read up on how to protect your computer from viruses and spyware.

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Your computer keeps track of everywhere you go. It keeps a history of every webpage you visit, and if you visit lots of webpages it can severely impact your computer’s performance.

Whether you want to clear your browsing history because it’s causing your computer to run slowly, or because you’ve been looking at wedding rings – it’s a task easily achieved in most browsers.

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Here are several things you can do to make sure you computer is working as efficiently as it can. The more efficient your computer works, the less time it’ll spend working, and the quicker tasks will be completed.

Note that to speed up your computer, you may have to mix any number of the solutions. I’m starting with the most innocent causes of a slow computer, read over them all to see which you think you should try first. Some of these solutions costs, but are a wise investment over all.

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Getting the right backup software to back up your documents is something you shouldn’t put off doing. Losing documents is a feeling best not experienced. It’s important to realise that losing documents doesn’t come down to luck – it comes down to being prepared. Every electrical device is eventually going to die, don’t make the mistake of believing that your computer is somehow invincible.

There’s lots of online backup software available, but Windows XP has its own backup software included. If you’re using XP Home Edition then you might need to download the package and install it. If so, you can follow this link to do so and then come back here when you’re ready.

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Windows XP has had mysterious bugs from the day Microsoft said go, some serious and others just more… annoying. One such bug is corruption of the generic driver used for CD and DVD drives.

One day, you may just find that your CD/DVD drive has vanished. When you check in Device Manager, you see your drives have little yellow exclamations by them – what’s up with that?

If you look further, you might come across something similar to:

“Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39)”

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RAM stands for Random Access Memory and is commonly referred to as computer memory.

Here’s a few ways to think of it:

• Computer memory is the equivalent to “thinking memory”. When you’re trying to work out a long equation, or complete a puzzle like a Sudoku, your thinking memory is what limits your ability to do so efficiently. If you can’t remember something, you have to write it down. The more you have to write down, the longer the entire process will take.
• When you go shopping, you take a shopping list. If the shopping list is in your head, you know what you need and where to go. If it’s on a piece of paper, you have to look at the piece of paper, read it, and cross out where you’ve already been. The latter takes longer.
• You have a desk that is big enough to spread eight sheets of paper and keep them visible. If you have less than eight sheets, you’ll be able to work on the paper with no problems. If you have more than eight, you’ll have to shuffle sheets with a pile, which is less efficient.

Get the picture? Your computer works the same way – it can only remember so much at any given time. It’s important not to mix the purpose of memory and your hard disk space; memory is a precious resource that applications use to temporarily store data, and hard disk space is an abundant resource that you use to store your precious documents that should be backed up!

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If you’re looking for quality free antivirus for your PC, look no further than AVG. This guide illustrates the steps required to install AVG free antivirus on your PC.

AVG – that’s short for Anti Virus Guard – is a PC security package that provides comprehensive protection against the latest threats on the internet today. It is supported and trusted by millions of users across the globe. The authors of AVG provide free antivirus and antispyware protection for home users because for them, it’s a win-win situation  - you get the protection you need, and they get to know about any viruses you encounter which helps keep the protection comprehensive.

Please feel welcome to take a look at our other articles too, the latest are published in the column to the left- along with the most popular.

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