Category Archives: Computer Maintenance

When was the last time you defragmented your hard drive?  Is your computer a little slower to load lately? JkDefrag is a fantastic alternative to the Disk Defragmenter tool that comes with Windows (2000/2003/XP/Vista/2008).  It does it better than Windows.  … Continue reading →

Warning: if you’re not a computer g33k don’t bother reading this post, you just won’t understand! In December, I started playing a little more of the game Colin McRae Rally: Dirt. However, I decided that my beast of a machine … Continue reading →

Those that know me personally know why it has been such a long time since I last posted a blog update. For others, you probably don’t even care but I’ll explain anyway. Regardless of what Stephen and Ben say about … Continue reading →

Syncback (the freeware edition – massive thanks to pp, aka ‘dopod’ for this one!) is first on this list for a reason. Everyone needs a good backup solution they can depend on. Don’t be like me losing my entire computer … Continue reading →

I recommend that if you’re going to pay for an anti-virus software, use Trend Micro. If not, use AVG and Windows Firewall (instead of Trend Micro’s firewall – which is outstanding!). Use Spybot Search & Destroy to prevent spyware using … Continue reading →

My webserver is randomly rebooting itself. I am scared. I’ve put the extra fans on, and the CPU and PSU fans on highest speed to see if temperature has anything to do with it rebooting – I reaLLy hope that … Continue reading →

I cannot believe that 20 out of the 46 consecutive Adam Internet IP addresses I just tested were completely vulnerable with zero security. I was able to log into these 20 modems which had full remote management access with either … Continue reading →

An awesome article about twenty years of computer viruses.