by Johnson Yip
on November 21, 2010
I notice with Windows 7 or older versions of Windows that a “Forced Shutdown” or “End Task” error message sometimes shows up when I shutdown my computer. It is kind of annoying when I am in a hurry to shut down my computer. I can imagine this can be even more frustrating if you are a student or worker who is required to shut down computers before you get to go home for the day.
I found a few very simple ways to fix “Forced Shutdowns or End Task” problem from happening as often during shut down. These fixes might speed up the shutdown process to save you time when you shut down your computer.
Click Here to learn how to prevent force shutdowns and end tasks errors in Windows Shutdown
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by Johnson Yip
on November 18, 2010
Norton DNS is a free DNS service like Sunbelt Clear Cloud DNS which stops you from entering websites infected with computer viruses, malware, and spyware by comparing the website name with the Norton Smart Web database to see if the domain name is safe or not. DNS is used to direct your computer to websites when you type in a website link into an address bar on a web browser like Internet Explorer. Norton DNS uses no system resources. You just have to change your computers network adapter’s or router’s DNS I.P. settings to Norton DNS I.P. address.
Click Here to learn more about Norton Safeweb, and how to set it up on your Windows PC!
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by Johnson Yip
on November 15, 2010
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I have been using Blue Coat Free K9 Web Protection Parental Control software on Windows 7 Home Premium (K9 is also available for Windows XP, Vista and Apple Mac OS X) for a few weeks to filter out unwanted content related to adult entertainment, gambling, phishing, malware, spyware, and other categories which I am not interested in when I’m online. K9 Web Protection is a very easy to use program. K9 is the first parental control and web filtering software I ever used and installed on a home computer running Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium.
It only took me a few minutes to fugure out how to use and configure K9, so my web surfing experience is safer for me and everyone who uses my computer. If you know how to use Facebook privacy settings, or other social networking privacy and configuration settings, setting up Blue Coat’s K9 Web Protection Parental Control Software should not be too hard for you.
K9 does not slow down my internet or computer to a noticeable level while protecting my computer from malicious and unwanted content.
Best of all, K9 does not require you install a toolbar on your browser which takes up space on a browser.
Click here to read the rest of my review on Bluecoat K9 Web Protection Software for Windows and Mac!
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