Outlook has this lovely tendency to lock out certain file types from entering your mailbox. This is a fantastic security feature, providing you aren’t ever planning on receiving executable files (.exe), registry entries (.reg) or Access databases (.mdb) via your mail. If you need a certain file type unblocked, read on! Read the rest of this entry »
When you install Vista SP1, the installation procedure leaves all of the pre-SP1 files on your system in case you need to uninstall it. In fact, you can find SP1 listed in Programs and Features on the Installed Updates page, as shown in Figure A.
Assuming you have followed our previous guide on, 10 must-do-tweaks for any new PC, you will have got a system up and running with the latest Virus and Spyware signatures, your operating system and software is updated and running and you have your data, registry and system state backed up. Yes? Great! so lets see what else you may need for a seamless web experience. Read the rest of this entry »
A laptop, more than any other type of computer, is a security hole. If sensitive data is stored or cached (Offline Files) locally, then losing a laptop to theft or negligence is a severe problem for you as well as your clients. Read the rest of this entry »
Do you know that –
Windows secretly records all the web sites you’ve ever visited?
After you delete your Outlook emails and empty the Waste Basket, someone could still read your email?
After you delete a file and empty the Recycle Bin, the file still exists?
Your computer might run software that spies on you?
Your computer might be a bot, a slave computer waiting to perform tasks assigned by a remote master?
The web sites you visit might be able to compile a complete dossier of your online activities?
Microsoft Word and Excel documents contain secret keys that uniquely identify you? They also collect
statistics telling anyone how long you spent working on them and when.
This guide explains these – and many other — threats to your security and privacy when you use Windows
computers. It describes these concerns in simple, non-technical terms. The goal is to provide information
anyone can understand. Read the rest of this entry »
If any of you are anything like me then not too long after getting a new gadget, you will want to tweak and tune it. Problem is that very often this may cause many a blue screen error message, in the case of a PC. Here are 10 things that you can safely tweak!
It happens so very often, you switch on your computer and ‘BOOM’ - blue screen of death! Read the rest of this entry »
Hello again!
I have been hearing allot of stories about Microsoft committing a rather drawn out suicide. You haven’t heard? Read the rest of this entry »
Hello everyone!
The past few days I have been keeping a relatively close check on the statistics of our blog. I must admit, what I found out came as a huge surprise! It seems as if we have quite a large following!
I know to some it may seem silly, but it gives me a warm feeling every time I get any feedback from you all. Whether it be to correct my statements or to tell us how it helped you, I love hearing it! And for those of you who follow our blog, thank you! It really means the world to us at LPF Systems that someone, somewhere out in ‘cyberspace’ is getting peace of mind. Even if it is only something small.
For that, I would like to thank you all personally. Keep the comments coming guys!
Sincerely,
-Kenny
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