Tips ‘n’ Tweaks to Help You and Your Computer
by Richard Pedersen The Java security hole is something we all need to pay attention to. The real question is whether you actually need Java. An article posted by ZDNET back in February said this: Oracle today issued a security alert to warn about 21 security holes in its widely deployed Java SE and Java …
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by Richard Pedersen Power Outages and how to handle them It’s spring and we all have power outages and so-called brown-outs. You know, where the power to your home quits for a moment and is right back on? That isn’t a problem for light bulbs and ovens, but for our delicate computers it can be …
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by Richard Pedersen God-Mode? What is it? A while back the Windows 7 geek world was all a-buzz about God Mode. God Mode is a geeky little trick that you can use on your computer to access just about everything on your computer. It’s like an all-powerful, omniscient Control Panel on steroids. Here’s a small part of …
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by Richard Pedersen Default Skyrim Saves Location The default Skyrim save directory is located on your System Drive. Normally, this will be: “c:\users\<user-name>\My Documents\my games\skyrim\saves\”. If your system hard drive is a massive multi-terabyte storage device, then it surely doesn’t matter. But, if your system drive is a tiny 40 gigabyte Solid State Drive (SSD) like …
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by Richard Pedersen Hibernation Can eat Up Several Gigabytes of Space on Your SSD If you have a tiny SSD (Solid State Drive) like I do then space is at a premium. I recently ran a clean installation of Windows 7 on my puny little 40GB SSD. I was appalled to see that it was nearly …
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by Richard Pedersen RAM Drives – How To Use Them In Part I of RAM Drives – What Are They and How To Use Them I explained something about RAM Drives, what I understand about them and where to get one that I happen to like and use. In this installment I will be discussing some …
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by Richard Pedersen What Are RAM Drives? RAM Drives are a good thing. In this article I’m going to tell you what I know about them, how to install them, what to use them for, and more importantly, how not to use RAM Drives. Anyone familiar with the workings of a computer at its most …
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by Richard Pedersen Device Manager Unknown Devices Have you ever had the Unknown Devices icon staring you dumbly in the face in Windows 7′s Device Manager? Have you opened its property sheet details and still not know what you’re looking at? Here’s a way to find out what all that obscure gibberish means. Device Manager- …
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