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To Protect and Maintain Your PC

The Common Persons Guide to
Securing, Maintaining, and Backing Up your
Windows XP or Vista Computer.

Why should you read this booklet?

The short answer is:

that it is a concise overview,
and that it is important that you do so,
and that it easy to read and understandable.

The long answer is:

This booklet was written for the common computer user. The person who Web Surfs, E-mails, writes documents and spreadsheets, plays an occasional computer game, etc.. They know that they should protect and maintain their computer, but they are unsure of what all that involves, or are confused by all the geek speak and technology options. I speak geek, but I also speak English. In this booklet I attempt to speak English, with an occasional aside in geek speak.

This booklet is not as large as it appears, as about ½ of the booklet is the subject matter, and the other ½ is lists of software or Appendices with more information. The first part of the booklet is about helping you to understand how to protection your computer against the Environment, Disasters, and The Bad Guys (TBG). The next part is what you need to know in order to Maintain your computer, and the Tools you need for the maintenance. I then have some Appendices that provide other useful or interesting information.

I have tried to keep this booklet a concise as possible, as I know your time is valuable and limited (and that you won’t read it if it isn’t concise) Please feel free to contact me via e-mail at (mark@profitpages.com) with any suggestion for improvement, or in the rare case where you may have a criticism of the booklet.

Table of Contents:

Securing Your PC

Know Your Computer

Maintaining Your PC

Tools for Your PC

Appendix A – Windows XP Control Panels Batch File

Appendix B –  Windows Vista Control Panels Batch File

Appendix C – PC Magazine Utilities

Appendix D – What do I use?

Appendix E –  The Keyboard Shortcut List

Appendix F – Identity Theft

Appendix G – Equipment Recommendations

Appendix H – Helpful Links

Appendix I –  Computer Workstation Ergonomics

A Brief Resume of Mark Dawson

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