Computer management
Microsoft Security Essentials
Over the years I have used a variety of anti-malware programs. After trying and discarding most of the well-known ones, I have finally found one that I think is the best solution for the average PC user.
Interestingly, it is Security Essentials from Microsoft. It is often said of Microsoft that it takes the company three [...]
A selection of rescue disks
I have posted about rescue or boot disks before but I think that it so important that every PC owner have one that I am revisiting the subject. An emergency rescue disk will let you repair a PC that won’t boot or run properly because of a malware infection. Recently. PCMag expert Neil J. Rubenking [...]
Decipher cryptic Windows error messages
When something goes wrong and Windows throws up an error message, you are usually still in the dark about the problem. The error message usually refers to some code in hexadecimal, which almost nobody understands. You can try looking it up in Google but now there is a little free program that puts the hexadecimal [...]
