To me, most people seem to think running a backup on their machine is an option instead of a necessity. Over the past two weeks, I’ve personally helped two people recover from complete system failures or hard drive crashes and another lost her entire Itunes music library. In all three cases, none of them had a backed up and their digital data.
All the Windows7 Shortcuts you will ever need!
Another great tip from Tekzilla and from a really great site; 7tutorials.com. They’ve complied an entire library of shortcuts to almost anything you can imagine.
Windows 7 hidden treasures: Sticky Notes
Windows 7 Sticky Notes is the digital version of Post-it Notes. It’s installed by default and as part of the Windows 7 accessories package.
Why defragging is still important; even on Windows 7
Back in the dark ages of Windows XP, defraging your hard drive seemed more important than it is today. Even though I recommend defraging at least every month as part of a montly maintenance program, it still seems to be more of a suggestion than it is a must especially with more modern OS like Vista and Windows 7.
Powerline Adapter Tips: Don’t connect them to surge protectors
This is a video from Tekzilla discussing sending video over Powerline Ethernet adapters. Its from last year but it still applies. The most importing to remember is NOT to plugin Powerline adapters to surge protectors.
No more YouTube support on IE6
Another reason to upgrade or get rid of IE6 if you are on the Windows platform, YouTube will not work on it after next month. Keep in mind, you dont have to use IE to browse the web. If you have an old XP machine, you can still install Firefox or Chrome and they will work fine
Windows 7 hidden treasures: Problem Steps Recorder
The “Problem Steps Recorder” or PSR is one of those little free programs that should of been in every version of Windows since 3.1. Unfortunately, it only comes with Windows 7. The PSR in short could save you some pain when troubleshooting problems and is worth spending time to learn how to use it.
More versions of Windows are set to expire this year
There are obviously a lot of people still using old versions of Windows operating systems. So if your still using XP or Windows 2000 and need some more encouragement to upgrade, here is some news that might help push you forward.
Times almost up for the Windows 7 Release Candidate
If you were one of the brave souls to try the beta version of Windows 7 last spring, time is almost up. Microsoft sent out an email today warning everyone who still had the “Windows 7 RC” what to expect in the next few months
Windows 7 hidden treasures: Windows Disk Image Burner
Windows 7 has new and built-in software tools or accessories that make the whole computer easier to use. This first hidden treasure I actually use quite a lot at the office when I need to burn an ISO image to DVD: Windows Disk Image Burner.
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Cibertek’s Top Anti-Virus for 2009
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Keep your data safe with Online Data Storage
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Windows 7 goes RTM and updates pricing!
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The Dream Machine 2009 Project
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Useful website of the week #5: Pandora.com
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Soluto – Software Pick of the Week
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OpenDNS goes Deluxe!
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New Cibertek site is now online!
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Announcing a new WordPress theme for Cibertek Blog
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New on-demand virus detection results for 2010
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Laura Oppenheimer: Hi! Thanks for helping get out the word about O...
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The Cibertek: Unfortunately, I never did finish this project. I...
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Andrew: Did you ever get this to work? I'm also looking at...
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Geek12: Useful list. Thanks. I can also recommend Handy...
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Sully: the first think i back up on my Windows 7 is my pr...
