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download sites Speed
of a web site loading (3 new tests)
Update Utilities including Nvidia WordPress / Home
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Information
About Adobe Flash Player How
to stop unwanted email's or
SPAM
Video
Player Who
owns a web site and how to contact them or FAKE web sties
Disk
usage graph, clock sync, Ad Blocking
Word
Processing Apache
web server bundle free
Firefox
Firefox
Plugins TOR
Web browser for Anonymity Online
Microsoft
Windows
Advanced
Compilers
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Speedtest.net Check the location of
the test server, Internet service providers state local
speed, NOT total route speed), and you can
change the location of test server, If
the result seems high or low; and then you can see
your speed to a remote location by selecting a more remote server,
not just near by. This does
not start until you press the start button
SpeedOf.Me
Internet speed test No Flash or Java needed !
http://www.azurespeed.com/
Azure Latency Test Latency is bigger problem than sheer speed these days;
Smaller Latency; is small lag time; smaller is better.
Test network latency from your IP location to Azure datacenters around the world.
https://fast.com/
FAST.com will test Internet speed globally on any device (phone, laptop, or smart TV with browser). Why is Netflix offering the FAST.com speed test? We want our members to have a simple, quick, ad-free way to estimate the Internet speed that their ISP is providing.
20+ Mbps Multiple High Bandwidth Applications High Quality Video Conferencing
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10–20 Mbps High Quality Video Streaming High Speed Downloads / Business-Grade Speed
6–10 Mbps Excellent Web Surfing High Quality Video Streaming (1080p)
4–6 Mbps Good Web Surfing Experience Low Quality Video Streaming (720p)
2–4 Mbps Basic Email Web Surfing Video Not Recommended
Kbps |
KB/sec |
Mbps |
MB/sec |
|
56 |
7 |
|
|
Dial-Up |
144 |
18 |
|
|
(3x faster) |
384 |
48 |
|
|
(8x faster) |
768 |
96 |
|
|
(16x faster) |
1,100 |
137.5 |
1.0 |
|
(20x faster) |
1,500 |
187.5 |
1.5 |
|
(27x faster) |
3,000 |
375 |
2.9 |
0.36 |
(54x faster) |
6,000 |
750 |
5.8 |
0.73 |
(108x faster) |
6 Mb/sec fast enough if on a budget
and 30 Mb/sec is fast enough most of the time.
High-speed services can deliver speeds of up to 100 Mbps.
Generally, the faster the transfer speed, the higher the monthly charge.
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When testing Internet speeds,
make sure you looking at the same scale;
watch
out for sites sponsored by competitor and biased.
END TO END Internet web speed
testing; it is cool if you got a fast connection
to the nearest machine to yours, but what you really want is a fast
connect from your
machine to the web page you want to view
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1 Byte is 8 bits; KB (kilobyte) is 1,024 Bytes;
Mbits is one million bits per second;
kbits is 1000 bits per second.
What Is
Kbps?
Kbps,
Mbps, Gbps
The distance to the test server affects the test, and what people are
doing (on your leg of the LAN) at the exact moment of the test matters
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Backup
Software: Acronis True Image Home 2019 and 2020
(Be Careful unreliable since 2011 or 2014 use 2011 or 2014 if you can
otherwise use 2019 only not 2016, 2020, or 2021)
2017, 2018, 2019, Does not Restore from Network Drive
and No Longer able to Explore Backup for individual files.
They are releasing Defective Software even though they know better.
- Standard One-time purchase for 3 or 5 computers Buy more licenses than you need to be sure
Other Backup Software that Tested Completely Working
DriveImage XML English (1.78MB)
Image and Backup logical Drives and Partitions
File Size:1.78 MB
Price: Private Edition Free - Commercial Edition - Buy Now
System Requirements: Pentium Processor - 256 MB RAM
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What
is the one most important thing you need to know?
If you have a Microsoft Windows operating system?
Do not
use the Administrator account for anything but installing programs
and Maintenance;
Make and Use a User account
for email and surfing the web.
If you use the Administrator account to surf the web or for email;
then any viruses or malicious program
you get or download by accident
will have full control of your computer.
How to create and configure a User account in Windows 10
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How
to Create Strong Passwords
NIST guidelines
In June 2017, the United States National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued a new revision of their digital authentication guidelines, NIST SP 800-63B-3, stating that:[13]:5.1.1.2
NIST’s new password rules – what you need to know
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2016/08/18/nists-new-password-rules-what-you-need-to-know/
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http://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Password-You-Can-Remember
http://www.wikihow.com/Choose-a-Secure-Password
NIST guidelines
In June 2017, the United States National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued a new revision of their digital authentication guidelines, NIST SP 800-63B-3, stating that:[13]:5.1.1.2
- Passwords must be at least 8 characters in length if chosen by the subscriber.
- Password verifier systems should permit subscriber-chosen passwords at least 64 characters in length.
- All printing ASCII characters as well as the space character should be acceptable in passwords. Acceptance of Unicode characters is also permitted.
- Verifiers may replace multiple consecutive space characters with a single space character prior to verification, provided that the result is at least 8 characters in length, but truncation of the password shall not be performed.
- Verifiers should not impose other composition rules (e.g., requiring mixtures of different character types or prohibiting consecutively repeated characters) for passwords.
- Verifiers should not require passwords to be changed arbitrarily (e.g., periodically). However, verifiers shall force a change if there is evidence of compromise of the password.
- Verifiers shall not permit the subscriber to store a “hint” that is accessible to an unauthenticated claimant, and verifiers shall not prompt subscribers to use specific types of information (e.g., “What was the name of your first pet?”) when choosing passwords.
- When processing requests to establish or change passwords, verifiers shall compare the prospective passwords against a list that contains values known to be commonly-used, expected, or compromised. The list may include, but is not limited to:
- Passwords obtained from previous breach corpuses, e.g. Online Breach Databases[14], Breached Collections[15]
- Dictionary words
- Passwords consisting of repetitive or sequential characters (e.g. ‘aaaaaa’, ‘1234abcd’)
- Context-specific words, such as the name of the service, the username, and derivatives thereof
If the chosen password is found in the list, the verifier shall advise the subscriber that they need to select a different password and provide the reason for rejection.
- Verifiers should offer guidance to the subscriber, such as a password-strength meter, to assist the user in choosing a strong password. This is particularly important following the rejection of a password on the above list as it discourages trivial modification of blacklisted (and likely very weak) passwords.
- Verifiers shall implement a rate-limiting mechanism that effectively limits the number of failed authentication attempts that can be made on the subscriber’s account.
- Verifiers shall store passwords in a form that is resistant to offline attacks. Passwords shall be salted and hashed using a suitable one-way key derivation function. Key derivation functions take a password, a salt, and a cost factor as inputs then generate a password hash. Their purpose is to make each password guessing trial by an attacker who has obtained a password hash file expensive and therefore the cost of a guessing attack high or prohibitive.
NIST included a rationale for the new guidelines in its Appendix A.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password_policy
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Want
to maintain your computer yourself?
Here is the least you should do Each Month,
alternatively, you can hire some one like me to help you
with this as there is much more than can be
done to speed and protect your computer from not working
and your data from being destroyed.
In the Administrator account do these things:
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Do it in this ORDER:
1) Update Windows, click start, all programs, Microsoft update,
or in run box type: %SystemRoot%\system32\wupdmgr.exe
2) How
to perform disk error checking in Windows XP
How to run Chkdsk from My Computer or
from Windows Explorer
- Double-click My Computer, and then
right-click the hard disk that you want to check.
- Click Properties, and then click Tools.
- Under Error-checking, click Check
Now.
Note The Check
disk options dialog box appears.
- Use one of the following procedures:
- To run Chkdsk in read-only mode, click Start.
- To repair errors without scanning the volume for bad
sectors, select the Automatically fix file
system errors check box, and then click Start.
- MOST OF THE TIME DO NOT CHECK FOR BAD SECTORS
AS THIS TAKES A LONG TIME
- To repair errors, locate bad sectors, and recover readable
information, select the Scan for and attempt
recovery of bad sectors check box, and then
click Start.
Note If one or more of the files on the
hard disk are open, you receive the following message:
-
The disk check could not be performed because
the disk check utility needs exclusive access to some Windows
files on the disk. These files can be accessed by restarting
Windows. Do you want to schedule the disk check to occur
the next time you restart the computer?
Click Yes to schedule
the disk check, and then restart your computer to start the
disk check.
3) Run CCleaner I
prefer to configure so that it does not delete my history, etc.
4) Run Auslogics
Disk Defrag, I prefer to configure so that moving system
files to the front, etc.
5) Run
Full Virus Scan, with updated virus scanner, with POST NEW ONE SOON, or yours.
6) Finally, Update
and run SpyBot to Check and Protect from having Spyware
If you want to check for Malware:
7) Run Malwarebytes
Anti-Malware
8) Run MRT.exe,
to run this tool, click start, type into the run box, "mrt.exe" no
quotes.
when you update date, MS Windows it auto installs Malicious
Software Removal Tool very good,
even though from Microsoft updated monthly. run that if the first four
things do not work.
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If you only
do three things to maintain your computer,
then do these three things A, B, C and Seven essential programs.
A) Update Windows, click start, all programs, Microsoft update,
or in run box type: %SystemRoot%\system32\wupdmgr.exe
B) How to run Chkdsk from My Computer or from Windows Explorer
C / (1) Auslogics
Disk Defrag free version
OK for encryption
I still recommend this above for most computer users.
Auslogics works fine on hard drives that have 60 percent free space.
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(2) CCleaner Registry
cleaning;
Can skip if you not having problems.
Be Careful with Registry Tools, if you careful not
a problem
Please check the settings before using the first time.
I prefer to configure so that it does not delete my history, etc.
RE: 1) DO NOT USE Auslogics Disk Defrag Pro, very bad program.
PerfectDisk Pro is best if Auslogics'
get stuck moving files
when your hard disk in mostly full.
PerfectDisk
Pro Not free but worth the $29 dollars.
easy to use FREE 30 day trial that is fully functional.
Use Smart placement on the main drive
on all drives, but make sure
your backup files are not seen as boot files; so run PerfectDisk Pro
before you restart the computer and the prefect is updated.
The first time this program organizes
your drive it take a long time;
and you should only use it with the same setting in the future.
Warning:
Please read the warnings below first before using. Do Not use the Boot Time Defragmenters until they fix it.
If you use this new program and do a Boot Time Defragmenters of the
system file You will get a Blue Screen on restart because the system
files like the Paging file get relocated. You will need to restart
with the Last Know Good Configuration to get your system to see
the system page file.
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Anti-Virus
Software:
3) Norton Security Deluxe Trial BEST do not use free one not worth it.
https://us.norton.com/products/norton-360-deluxe
https://us.norton.com/products/norton-360-standard
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-security-winpc/how-to-enable-and-use-the-built-in-windows/0682bf04-b8d2-4646-9dfb-e5823a5e2117
FREE one work on older computers only:
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AVG
Anti-Virus Free -----> DO NOT USE! BROKEN WILL LOCK DISK!
Avast
Free Anti-virus ---> DO NOT USE! BROKEN WILL LOCK DISK!
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4) SpyBot Check
for Spyware
Quick Specs
- Version: 1.6.2
- File size: 15.65MB
- Date added: January 26, 2009
- Price: Free
- Operating system:
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Windows 95/NT/98/Me/2000/XP/2003/Vista/Server 2008/7
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Total downloads: 121,935,330
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Downloads last week: 49,891
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5) Malwarebytes
Anti-Malware
Quick Specs
- Version: 1.75
- File size: 9.81MB
- Date added: April 09, 2013
- Price: Free; paid upgrade available
- Operating system
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Windows XP/2003/Vista/Server 2008/7
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Total downloads: 113,410,579
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Downloads last week: 480,950
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6) Malicious
Software Removal Tool very
good,
from Microsoft updated monthly.
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Well
known and relatively safer down load sites for programs:
Most Popular Downloads for Windows -
CNET Download.com
download.cnet.com/windows/most-popular/3101-20_4-0.html
FileHippo.com - Download Free Software
www.filehippo.com/
Softpedia
www.softpedia.com
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Top Project Listings - SourceForge
sourceforge.net/top
Tucows Downloads
http://www.tucows.com/downloads
Most Popular Downloads for last week
- 1. Avast
Free Anti-virus 1,047,432
- 2. AVG
Anti-virus Free 2013 663,118
- 3. Malwarebytes
Anti-Malware 467,540
- 4. CCleaner 459,121
- 5. YTD
Video Downloader 298,157
- 6. Free
YouTube Downloader 260,190
- 7. Advanced
SystemCare 257,046
- 8. Virtual
DJ 246,215
- 9. Hotspot
Shield 203,091
- 10. WinRAR
(32-bit) 194,760
- 11. Glary
Utilities 192,372
- 12. Internet
Download Manager 189,271
- 13. Camfrog
Video Chat 166,639
- 14. VLC
Media Player 153,025
- 15. GOM
Media Player 137,176
- 16. Google
Chrome 117,591
- 17. KMPlayer 114,878
- 18. UMPlayer 91,920
- 19. IrfanView 84,927
- 20. Free
CUDA Video Converter 84,405
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Do
Not use other drive update software,
because you may update you drivers newer than your hardware.
Intel® Driver
Update Utility Automatically
identify and find drivers; does not
work with unsupported boards.
NVIDIA
Driver Downloads NVIDIA
Smart Scan tool (No Java support)
SiSoftware
Sandra Lite 2014 SP2 20.28 Learn all
the details about your hardware and software and bench mark tests
as well
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to Get Adobe Flash:
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ Make
sure and unchecked the scan.
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Links to archived flash player versions
use these First:
http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/archived-flash-player-versions.html
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Complete Archives for these two versions,
only download them if needed.
(126 MB)
OLD VERSIONS FOR OLDER COMPUTERS:
(Released 11/04/2010) Flash
Player 10.1.102.64 and 9.0.289.0 (126 MB)
ANOTHER DOWNLOAD LOCATION:
http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/installers/archive/
fp_10.1.102.64_and_9.0.289.0_archive.zip
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Media Player
List
of file formats
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iDisk See
how your disk space is used
Atomic
Clock Sync Keeps
your computer clock correct
I am not sure if v3.5 works, I like version
2.7 I find a link to it later.
AD(versitment)
Blocking with a Hosts File (
<--- Here complete directions )
This is an amazing way to blocks advertisements off
your browsers.
Please Read
the direction above about how to do this in the link above.
Edit in Administrator account,
the "hosts" file with no quotes has (no extension) when
installed here:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
Sample Blank "Hosts" file here, you should start with
your hosts file:
Hosts.
BLANK Example. then add.mvps. remove .txt and.then.update.spybot.txt
mvps file here:
2019.07.31 MVPS Hosts file.txt
insert this into your "Hosts" file with no extension and then
and
then update SpyBot
Hosts. added.mvps.
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Sample "Hosts" file, with mvps added first, then update spybot.
to see it "rename it" and add
the ".txt"
extension and open with editor
like notepad or when finished editing
remove the ".txt" extension and place here:
"hosts" file with no quotes has (no extension)
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
After editing the HOSTS file then update SpyBot;
please remember to update SpyBot because the protection
is removed when you apply the ad blocking unless you really careful.
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Yes you can block Ads on Android cell
phones as well:
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Word Processing
https://www.openoffice.org/ Free
Office like programs.
LibreOffice
Windows, version 4.0.3, English (US).
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Education
and information Web
browsers
-
Tor prevents
people from learning your location or browsing habits.
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Tor is for web browsers,
instant messaging clients, and more.
-
Tor is
free and open source for Windows, Mac, Linux/Unix, and Android
Anonymity Online
Protect your
privacy. Defend yourself against network surveillance and traffic
analysis.
With
Firefox, manually
update to versions six months before
the present version
Firefox is updating their program
faster than people can support it.
DO
NOT PRESS CHECK FOR UPDATES, this will update to the latest
version without asking; and
many of your plugins will not work.
USE: > Mozilla
Firefox Extended Support Release ( ESR )
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/
Download
ESR Here ; download on line two,
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Firefox
official web page Better
Internet Browser
--------------------->>>>> add
to Firefox
> LastPass
Universal Windows Installer Password
manager
(open in new window)
https://lastpass.com/misc_download.php
> Adblock
Plus Ad
Blocker for Firefox (open in new window)
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-plus/?src=cb-dl-users
> Clear
Cache 2.0.1.1-signed (open
in new window)
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/clearcache/
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> Flash Video Downloader - YouTube HD Download
[4K] 15.0.5
(open
in new window)
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/flash-video-downloader/
> Flashblock (open
in new window)
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/flashblock/?src=cb-dl-users
> New
Tab Override (browser.newtab.url replacement)
(open
in new window)
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/new-tab-override/
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> Search
By Image (by Google) (open
in new window)
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/search-by-image-by-google/
> uBlock
Origin (open
in new window)
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/
> Video
DownloadHelper (open
in new window)
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-downloadhelper/
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Download Ubuntu desktop and replace your current operating system whether it’s Windows or Mac OS, or, run Ubuntu alongside it.
18.04 LTS 18.10
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Find out
who owns a web site:
http://www.webstatsdomain.com/ or
https://gwhois.org/ http://whois.domaintools.com/
https://centralops.net/co/DomainDossier.aspx
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- Step 1: Identify the Registry. Use the IANA whois service to search for <google.com>. The result tells me that VeriSign is the registry operator (as it is for all .com domain names). The result also tells me: "Registration information: http://www.verisigninc.com"
- Step 2: Identify the Registrar. Visit the registry's (VeriSign's) Websites. Once there, I find the link (at the bottom of the home page) labeled "WHOIS," which allows me to conduct a search for <google.com> using VeriSign's whois tool, which tells me that the registrar for this domain name is MarkMonitor. The result also includes the URL for the registrar.
- Step 3: Conduct Whois Search at Registar. Go to the registrar's (MarkMonitor's) website. That website contains its own whois search form, where I enter "google.com" and learn that the registrant of this domain name is Google LLC and that it was created on September 15, 1997
https://ipinfo.io/122.55.94.34 Geolocation IP address
Report Fake website to
Google: http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/
Cyber Investigations
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For very
serious Internet crimes. The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is
a
partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),
the National White Collar
Crime Center (NW3C), and the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA).
Prior to filing a complaint with the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3),
please read the following information regarding terms and conditions.
Should you have additional questions prior to filing your complaint,
(This link
opens in a new window, as it will not open in frames, or does not return to my
website)
view FAQ ( http://www.ic3.gov/faq/default.aspx (open in new
window))
for more information on inquiries such as:
What details will I be asked to include in my complaint?
What happens after I file a complaint?
How are complaints resolved?
Should I retain evidence related to my complaint?
The information I've provided on this form is correct to the best of my
knowledge.
I understand that providing false information could make me subject to fine,
imprisonment, or both. (Title 18, U.S. Code, Section 1001)The IC3 is co-sponsored
by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C).
Complaints filed via this web site are processed and may be referred to
federal, state, local or international law enforcement
or regulatory agencies for possible investigation.
I understand any investigation opened on any complaint I file on this web site
is initiated at the discretion of the law enforcement
and/or regulatory agency receiving the complaint information.
(This link opens in a new window, as it will not open in frames,
or does not return to my website)
File a Complaint >>https://www.ic3.gov/complaint/default.aspx
Help us catch suspects
wanted in computer intrusion cases:
Visit our Featured
Fugitives—Cyber Crimes web page to use the power of the web
against the very criminals
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How
to stop unwanted email's --
keep your email address private
by only sending email's to people you know
and using Bcc:
when emailing and have a "public
email address for junk mail"
If you still get unwanted email
to your private email address
you can report the email as
Junk or Spam here:
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What
you need to know to keep your privacy!
Manually Delete all the files in this directory for each user:
C:\Documents and Settings\ (Your User Name) (login
account) \Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files
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with XP right click your desktop and create new shortcut, when it
ask for the location
enter: "C:\Documents and Settings\robinson.AIMCMP4\Local
Settings\Temporary Internet Files"
for example. Then click on the shortcut daily,
(I do not know why, just answer yes to security question), select all
files and delete.
Here
is why you need to this above:
This section update 4/4/2019
1)The Web's New Gold Mine:
Your Secrets What are Web Beacons
PDF.c (working)
2) otherwise known as Web Bugs,
and how do the work? (working)
3)To All About
Cookies.org
Privacy Concerns on Cookies (working)
4) How
Companies Collect Your Private
Information When You Browse Online Welcome (working)
5) Everyone’s
Trying to Track What You Do
on the Web: Here’s How to Stop Them (working)
6) Six ways - your tech - is spying on you - and how to turn it off
7) How to Avoid the Prying Eyes
The Internet is rife with surveillance technology,
but you can cover some of your tracks (working)
8)Escaping the ‘Scrapers’
The Internet has given rise to a dizzying
array of people-search
sites and data brokers that
gather and compile public
information and social-
networking profiles. The sites
gather information from public sources such as property
records and telephone listings,
and other information is
harvested by “scraping”
— or copying — web sites
where people post
information about themselves
PDF.c (working)
9) The Privacy Enthusiast's Guide to Using Android
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Searching
the Web
DUCKDUCKGO
Startpage
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Map
Quest City Maps
http://maps.google.com
Ask.com
Wikipedia
Dictionary
Weather
Image
Hosting
Quicken
Premier This
is the replacement for personal finance software for MS Money,
each version has own file format however, therefore can not
jump two versions; and present version requires 3rd party
cookies; a big Corp. idea; overall more complete that Money
Dance; works much better than the last two versions.
Money
dance is a powerful yet easy to use personal finance app
for Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and iPad.
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Windows XP still favorite desktop OS, a decade on
EVERYONE KNOWS HOW TO USE XP
and there is lots of well written software for XP THIS IS
NOT TRUE OF WINDOWS 7; W7 is the first 64 bit
operation system
for the public use and
it will be years before the doubling of the bits size is put to full
use
by rewritten software.
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Windows XP is a 32 bit operating
system and Windows 7, and 8 are 64 bit;
this means that you are going
to need new software applications or upgrade your software and
pay for newer licenses to use W7 & W8.
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I would suggest NOT upgrading
to Windows 7.
I would think about switching
to Windows 8 when it has been out 4 years.
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Windows
7 upgrade Advisor Checks
if your PC support W7
Upgrading
from Windows XP to Windows 7 How
to upgrade
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-07/considering-windows-8-upgrade-don-t-rich-jaroslovsky.html
Considering Windows 8 Upgrade? Don’t:
Rich Jaroslovsky
By Rich Jaroslovsky - Nov 7, 2012 1:00 PM PT Bloomberg Opinion
I’ve made a lot of computer blunders over the years. The biggest was
taking a perfectly well- functioning Sony (6758) Vaio and upgrading
it from Windows XP to Windows Vista, which left it so crash-prone as
to be all but useless.
So please believe me when I offer this
word of advice on installing Microsoft’s shiny new Windows 8 operating
system:
Don’t.
Windows 8 is far from the disaster Vista
was. But unless you have a very recent personal computer
with a touch screen, there are few benefits -- and some significant
drawbacks in terms of learning curve and usability -- to upgrading
from Windows 7.
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Computer
Magazines:
See the News Page for more:
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Computer
Edge
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Advanced
Sync
v2.0 As
Administrator Sync.exe [ ] flushes all drives
at once
Make Shortcut, Run with
different credentials, run as Administrator
Usage: sync [-r] [-e] [drive
letter list]
-r Flush removable drives Like an E-Sata
Drive before hibernation !
-e Ejects removable drives.
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C++
2005 Redistributable Package (x86)
C++
2008 Redistributable Package (x86)
C++
2010 Redistributable Package (x86)
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For
most people start here ---->>>>>>>
Get Started with
Wordpress website creator; Create your own website:
Get started with WordPress.com
by filling out this simple form:
Copy and paste into your browser.
This does not work in the frames on this web site.
https://signup.wordpress.com/signup/ or
maybe right click open in new window?
http://alannsandiego.wordpress.com
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Apache
Server Bundle v.2.0 FREE (run
a web server on a windows machine)
This
is needed to run Wordpress on your own machine,
and
this is not for non professionals.
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Do this only if you have
already installed the Apache Server Bundle above or
have a web host with those
resources available. Most likely your web host
would install all this software
for you. This would only be for professionals
building a Wordpress installation
on their own machine, etc.
Download
WordPress
The latest stable release of WordPress
(Version 3.4.2) is available in two formats from the links to
your right.
If you have no idea what
to do with this download, we recommend signing up with one of our
web hosting partners that offers a one-click install of WordPress
or getting a free account on WordPress.com.
What’s Next?
With our famous 5-minute installation,
setting up WordPress for the first time is simple. We’ve created a
handy guide to see you through the installation process. If you're
upgrading your existing installation, we've got a guide for that, too.
And should you run into any trouble along the way, our support forums
are a great resource, where seasoned WordPress experts volunteer their
time to help you get the most out of your blog.
Looking for a Mobile App?
You can find the right app for your mobile
device on our mobile apps page or use the button below to find the
app in the app store on your device.
Find and Download a Mobile App
Download
WordPress 3.4.2 .zip — 4.7 MB not
for UNIX (XP and such)
Download
.tar.gz — 4.3 MB for (UNIX or Linux)
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Test a web
site's loading time performance at:
WebPageTest.org Best
test over all; Do not use default location.
new tests
Quick
https://www.site24x7.com/web-page-analyzer.html
https://www.uptrends.com/tools/website-speed-test
Perform in-depth analysis
https://www.dareboost.com/en use VPN
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Compilers
Open Source (#1):
What is
Eclipse and the Eclipse Foundation?
Eclipse is a community for individuals and organizations
who wish to collaborate on commercially-friendly open source software.
Its projects are focused on building an open development platform comprised
of extensible frameworks, tools and run-times for building, deploying
and managing software across the life-cycle. The Eclipse Foundation
is a not-for-profit, member supported corporation that hosts the Eclipse
projects and helps cultivate both an open source community and
an ecosystem of complementary products and services.
The Eclipse Project was originally created by IBM in
November 2001 and supported by a consortium of software vendors. The
Eclipse Foundation was created in January 2004 as an independent not-for-profit
corporation to act as the steward of the Eclipse community. The independent
not-for-profit corporation was created to allow a vendor neutral and
open, transparent community to be established around Eclipse. Today,
the Eclipse community consists of individuals and organizations from
a cross section of the software industry.
The Eclipse Foundation is funded by annual dues from
our members and governed
by a Board
of Directors. Strategic Developers and Strategic Consumers hold
seats on this Board, as do representatives elected by Add-in Providers
and Open Source committees. The Foundation employs a full-time professional
staff to provide services to the community but does not employ
the open source developers, called committers, which actually work
on the Eclipse projects. Eclipse committers are typically employed
by organizations or are independent developers that volunteer their
time to work on an open source project.
In general, the Eclipse Foundation provides four services
to the Eclipse community: 1) IT
Infrastructure, 2) IP
Management,3) Development
Process, and 4) Ecosystem
Development. Full-time staff are associated with each of these
areas and work with the greater Eclipse community to assist in meeting
the needs of the stakeholders.
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IT Infrastructure
The Eclipse Foundation manages the IT infrastructure
for the Eclipse open source community, including Git code repositories,
Bugzilla databases, development oriented mailing lists and forums,
download site and web site. The infrastructure is designed to provide
reliable and scalable service for the committers developing the Eclipse
technology and the consumers who use the technology.
Intellectual Property (IP)
Management
An important aspect of Eclipse is the focus on enabling
the use of open source technology in commercial software products and
services. We consciously promote and encourage software vendors to
use Eclipse technology for building their commercial software products
and services. This is made possible by the fact that all Eclipse projects
are licensed under the Eclipse
Public License (EPL), a commercial friendly OSI approved licensed.
https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/
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Open Source (#2)
Download Qt, the cross-platform application framework
http://qt-project.org/downloads
http://www.qt.io/download-open-source/
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Proprietary:
Free Microsoft compilers C#, C++, Visual Basic,
Visual Web Developer
http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010-editions/express
Download Visual Studio 2010 Express
All-in-One ISO (English) ›
Download this: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9709969
Use this ISO image file to install
Visual Studio Express products without Internet access during installation.
Learn more about: Visual
Studio 2010 Express ISO Images ›
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Data
erasure I just took
my hard drive to a hardware guy and he erased for free
DO NOT USE THIS SECTION UNLESS
YOU ARE VERY SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR ARE DOING
THIS SECTION GENERALLY ERASES
YOUR HARD DRIVE SO THAT THE DATA CAN NEVER BE RECOVERED!
Normally
when you erase a file in MS Windows and empty it from the Recycling
Bin,
that
only Marks the file as deleted in the Master file table,
the
file is not really deleted at all.
For simple, non secure and fast
just do a Full Format of the drive; NOT a quick format.
What does Full formatting my
hard disk do?
Reformatting refers to formatting a
hard disk or partition that already has been formatted or that contains
data on it. A FULL format of a disk deletes all of the data on the
disk.
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What's a quick format? This
only erases the MFT (master file table) not the data of the files.
Quick format is a formatting option
that creates a new file table on a hard disk but does not fully overwrite
or erase the disk. A quick format is much faster than a normal format,
which fully erases any existing data on the hard disk.
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DO NOT USE THIS SECTION
UNLESS YOU ARE VERY SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR ARE DOING
THIS SECTION GENERALLY ERASES
YOUR HARD DRIVE SO THAT THE DATA CAN NEVER BE RECOVERED!
Erase without
Operating System like MS XP, many programs run in XP so it may not
erase XP itself.
2
Minute Miracles Hard Drive Wipe - Geek Squad
Darik's
Boot and Nuke
DBAN 2.2.6 Beta for CD-R and DVD-R media.
(Burn this file to a blank disc and boot the computer with it. Do not
unzip this file.)
Secure
Erase, embedded in most ATA drives built since 2001 (4.0
- Released 9/20/2008)
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If you have a Operating system running,
erasing a non system disk, many like this:
Leave
No Trace How to Completely Erase Your Hard Drives, SSD's and Thumb
Drives
DP
WIPER Free Download - File Shredder
Eraser
Best
Free Secure Erase Utility
Five
hard disk cleaning and erasing tools
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Computer
Phone Support
Here,
I do this by Computer Screen Sharing Method
Phone: 619-916-7811
or E-Mail
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These
sites are provide for information only
and are not a recommendation
of these sites; except mine of course.
Please check the pricing, reputation,
and guarantees carefully.
Geek
Squad http://www.geeksquad.com/
Support.com
http://www.guruaid.com/
http://www.iyogi.com/
These
other sites are provide for information only
and are not a recommendation of these sites; except mine of course.
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