Tip 1 : Secure your your data on your Thumb drive.

It goes without saying that if you have important files on your computer, then it is imperative to make copies of them. Do you have important files? The more you use a personal computer, the more files you accumulate. Some of them, you probably would not want to lose. Are you amognst those who rather save their computer and loose their house in a fire?

With today technology, yo can buy a 2GB, 8GB or16 GB of Flash drive (depending on the size of you hardrive) and use it to save your important files. The fact they have a USB interface makes it easier to use. All you need to to do is to plug it in the USB port of your computer or laptop; After this is done, you want to open the folder that contain your file, and also open your Flash card. This done, you can select the files you want to back up , and drag it into your USB Flash card. Very easy. From here, You have the option of encrypting it, to add extra security.

If this sound too complicated for you, The handyComputerGuy can help you or guide you over the phone, if need be.

Tip 2: Can't Connect to the internet? For one of these reasons?

- Internet or network problem after removing the adware, spyware, virus, worm, trojan horse, etc
- Loss network connection after installing/uninstalling adware, spyware, antispam, vpn, firewall or other networking programs
- Unable to access any webpage or can only access some webpages
- Pop-up error window with network related problem description
- No network connectivity due to registry errors
- DNS lookup problem
- Fail to renew the network adapter’s IP address or other DHCP errors
- Network connectivity issue with limited or no connections message
- Other networking problems

Try This:

If you are using Windows XP, here is the way you can launch command prompt after logging in as administrator.

1)Go to Start and click Run…

2)Type cmd.exe and click OK.

3) Type: netsh winsock reset in command prompt and hit Enter

4)After you receive the message: you must restart the computer in order to complete the reset", Restart your computer

Note: If you are Windows XP user and don’t used to play with commands, then you can try Winsockfix program to reset winsock catalog.

If you are using Windows Vista, here is the way you can launch command prompt.

1) Go to Start -> All Programs -> Accessories

2) Right-click on Command Prompt and click Run as administrator.

3) Follow 3 and 4 above

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