How good is your memory? Good enough to remember key codes for your installed applications and operating system? Good enough to be able to remember the names and version numbers of all installed applications? Good enough to be able to divulge on demand information about your computer hardware to an inquisitive technician on the other end of the telephone? Even if you answered yes to the questions, you should still follow this procedure. Click on this link .. http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html Download and run Belarc Advisor, print out the results, fasten the pages together, and then put the resultant document somewhere safe.
| Keeping it all in good order.. If a computer is mission critical to the success of your small business, you will want to keep your computer disks in good order. The Computer Guy recommends and uses Diskeeper. Click on the Diskeeper icon for more information and options to make it a part of your computer maintenance schedule. | |  |
Green disposal of unwanted computer related stuff.. In Ontario, Staples stores will accept unwanted computers, monitors, printers, scanners, internal parts etc for no charge. They don't have to be working, but they do have to be sorted by Staples staff members, so ensure that they are at least clean. If you live outside of Ontario Canada, do your best to find a local company which will dispose of your computer waste properly. Dumping into landfill sites is not a good idea as electronic equipment contains stuff which can have an adverse effect on wildlife and natural elements, e.g. water tables. | | Tip of the month February 2010 If you want an icon which is in your 'Start Menu' on the desktop such that you have quick access to it, open the Start Menu as you normally would, highlight the icon with your mouse cursor, press and hold down the CTRL key, and then drag the icon onto your desktop. Better still, drag it straight onto your 'Quick Launch' toolbar. If you do not have Quick Launch enabled already: For XP and Vista, it is very easy to get. Just right click on the Windows taskbar, move your mouse cursor to 'Toolbars' and select 'Quick Launch'. For Windows 7, there is a little more to, but it is explained well in this Microsoft Support web page.. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975784
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