Archive for the ‘Computers’ Category

Difficulty:  Remembering your anniversary.
Estimated Cost: Approximately 12 dollars (if you do it the easy way).  Fixing it yourself: Still Priceless.
Required Patience: Between 7 and 10.
Summary: This method involves removing the (boot) drive from the infected machine, and connecting it to a non-infected machine, and then using the virus scanner on that machine to remove the virus from [...]

Difficulty:  Swatting flys.
Estimated Cost: 0 dollars.  Fixing it yourself: Priceless.
Required Patience: Between 6 and 10.
Summary: This guide will help you get rid of a virus by means of installing antivirus software, anti-spyware software, and touches into hijack this!  This method is about 20 percent effective but when it works, you shouldn’t need to reinstall anything [...]

Intro: This is a simple guide that explains how to set up virus and spyware protection on your PC.
Difficulty Level: Feeding the ducks.
Applicable Operating Systems: Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7, although there is no reason I can think of that this wouldn’t apply to previous versions.
So perhaps you have heard horror stories, from friends [...]

Remove DRM from music you’ve purchased so you can play it in any device. This method utilizes virtual pc’s and therefore won’t require any modification of any of your current system settings. It includes step by step directions and links to the software needed. [...]