Windows 7 was launched last year. During this time the PC users had a a question in mind: ”It is time to move on?”
My time has not arrived. My choice is Windows XP so far. Read the rest of this entry »
Watch out software security vulnerabilities
March 29th, 2010
You know that windows have serious flaws, but not those are the ones that got exploited most of the time.
The windows alone is useless. What to do? Play Solitaire whole day ?
You have to install programs to do you work, to play music, movies, etc. Read the rest of this entry »
Best practices to protect your computer
March 27th, 2010
The problem with viruses is that once you get one it is hard to clean the computer. You have to install windows again.
Installing windows again and again is a pain. You have to save all your personal documents, files, etc. And that’s not all: bookmarks, saved passwords. Some of the info can’t be preserved.
That is why it is much better to prevent that to suffer consequences. Better safe than sorry. Read the rest of this entry »
Ipgp API usage
March 25th, 2010
In October last year i’ve implemented Ipgp Application Programming Interface ( API ). Website owners can use data provided by Ipgp to extract information about IP addresses, or to show the flag to their visitors.
I was reticent about the impact that the API will have and i thought no one will use it, but after the settling time i am surprised of it’s usage. Read the rest of this entry »
How often you clean-up your computer ?
March 24th, 2010
Cleaning can make things work better. Think about your work desk. If you have all stuff messed around your work desk, it will be very hard to find what you need. You have to spend time to move all the things to find what you are looking for.
Not a good environment to work. The same applies to your computer. If it runs so many unneeded processes it will be hard to find resources for the main ones. If everything is messed it will be hard to find something. Read the rest of this entry »
When looking for a new hosting company check to see if they have cPanel
March 23rd, 2010
When you have to look for a hosting company you look at features that you get. The main things are bandwidth, space, mysql databases, domains allowed.
While those are the main features of a web hosting, there are others that have to be checked. Most people ignore them because they think they are not so important, but they are. Read the rest of this entry »
Is your website online all the time ?
March 17th, 2010
Probably the answer that comes into your mind is: YES. Well, it is a presumption based on several moments in a day when you check if your website is still there.
Has ever happened that you want to check your website and it was down ? Well, too bad for your hosting company. Because, if you enter only several times a day and you managed to find it down, it is very bad and you should consider moving hosting. Read the rest of this entry »
3 things to do immediately after you install windows
March 16th, 2010
After windows installation you may not consider doint any change, because everything works fine and you don’t see why you should try to improve it’s performance. When time comes and windows is starting to load very slowly you will have to do some things to improve the performance.
I know you love visual effects, this is why you won’t change to other operating system, but i bet there are many of you who want things to happen immediately after your action. You don’t want to wait few more seconds before a new window opens, or after you click something. Read the rest of this entry »
Keep your windows clean, uninstall programs that you don’t use
March 15th, 2010
Is your windows slow ? Maybe your old computer should perform better if the resources will be used better.
Every program that you install on your windows, it creates registry entries and startup applications that will run every time the windows starts.
This is pain for your computer. It is like so many programs work at the same time. Read the rest of this entry »
What anti-virus software does people use ?
March 14th, 2010
In a poll i ran on IPGP.net i asked my visitors what anti-virus software they are using. The results are good, only 14% of IPGP.net visitors are not using any anti-virus software. 17% of them are using Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 which i consider the best anti-virus around.
Another good part of my users are using Norton Antivirus, which is also a good one but the load it generates to the computer is higher. Read the rest of this entry »
