Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Instructor
Brent Lee
Email: Brent.Lee@viu.ca
Computer Philosophy
Maintain your computer like you would
your car…
Don’t spend all your time worrying, do it once
in a while, but don't wait for the gauges to
blink until something needs attention.
Regular maintenance makes it run better!
Save your money when you can!
Where is technology taking us?
Software is becoming less expensive…
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How do we save money??
Stop buying software (Upcoming Slide)
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MSConfig
Regedit:
Start Run “msconfig”
Click Startup Tab
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Backup Solutions
Sync: Offline Storage
http://sync.live.com
Gmail: Email Storage (7GB)
http://gmail.google.com
Picasa: Photo Management (2GB)
http://picasa.google.com
Dropbox.com: Remote Storage (2GB)
http://dropbox.com
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Where to get software from?
Google search for such things as:
“Free virus software”
“Free image software”
“Free spyware remover”
www.download.com
www.webattack.com
Information Site for this class
Visit: http://leeb.ca/moodle
Click “PC: Computer Speed Up 101”
Enter Enrollment Key: computer
Click “Enrol me in this course”