Here’s a great little app to do a very fast (less than 60 seconds on my own computer) virus scan and check-up. It found noth9ing on my computer, but since I had disabled my normal anti-virus it told me I should get Virus and anti-spyware protection. It gave the all clear when I re-ran it with my normal anti-virus enabled. Check it out at “Bitdefender 60-Second Virus Scanner – Fast and Free Desktop App.”

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You can download 32 bit and 64 bit copies of Windows 7 with service pack 1 in ISO format. Just go to the following link and pick which version you need. Excellent!! Windows 7 With Service Pack 1 Direct Downloads

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Tails is a bootable image that you burn to a DVD or USB drive. You then boot to Tails and can surf anonymously from most any computer. It’s a simple way to stay secure if using an unknown computer. Check it out at Tails – Privacy for anyone anywhere.

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This here is a free application that lets you optionally perform scheduled backups automatically. It looks like a keeper. If you don’t already have an automatic backup solution, give it a try at Data-backup for Windows, back-up directly to CD/DVD/USB/FTP.

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If you want to check out some guides for the latest Microsoft Office programs, Microsoft has some free ones available. Check them out at the link below.

Office 2013 Quick Start Guides – support – Office.com

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This program I just learned about looks useful to anyone that wants to clean up their computer, whether it’s new or old. It rates the programs on your computer and gives you a rating based on what other people have done with each of your programs. It leaves it up to you to decide what to keep or remove. Check it out at  http://www.shouldiremoveit.com/.

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  Yes, sometimes you need to uninstall Antivirus software. Usually because it hasn’t worked and you have a virus anyway, or because the antivirus itself is preventing you from accessing the internet, or from doing omething else you should be able to do with your computer. This site I am passing on today is most definitely the ultimate list of uninstallers. It even includes uninstallers for things other than Antivirus software. Check it out at http://uninstallers.blogspot.com/ .

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I may not update often, but I am not gone forever, and quality beats quantity every time. Here’s a great little program for checking out your hard drive’s health. It can tell you a lot of info about your hard drive. Check it out at http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html .

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I have a couple of online deals that will be available tomorrow. First one is a thumb drive for under $15.00. It’s a Maxell® USB 360° Flash Drive, 8GB and only $12.99 at OfficeDepot.com. Valid 11.29.2010 only.

Next deal I have is a laptop. The specifications are excellent for the money. Save $220 on a HP G62-337NR Laptop Computer With 15.6″ LED-Backlit Screen & Intel® Pentium® P6100 Dual-Core Processor and buy for $379.99 at OfficeDepot.com. Valid 11.29.2010 only. LED-Backlit, Intel, only $380.00!  Very Nice. Hp’s website states the processor is a 2 Ghz cpu and this model comes with 4 GB of memory, expandable to 8GB.

If you set up your wireless network a long time ago, or maybe your memory is as bad as mine, you might have forgotten your wireless network key. Since your laptop only needed you to enter it once, it’s common to forget it. The answer to the problem is WirelessKeyView, snd it will show you the password you have stored on your network for all the wireless networks you’ve had to add passwords for. Check it out at http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wireless_key.html.

If you want to reinstall your operating system fresh on an old PC, because it’s slow, or has gotten infected by malware, or for whatever reason, this next tool will help. DoubleDriver allows you to view all your driversand then lets you backup, restore, save and print the drivers you choose. Check it out at http://boozet.org/dd.htm .

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I came across this free Partition Recovery Tool. It appears to be exactly what you may need if your partition has been lost on your hard drive. I have a hard drive I want to try it out on. Check it out at http://findandmount.com/ .

If you need to just recover a file you deleted, maybe NTFSUndelete can find it and recover it for you. Get it free at http://ntfsundelete.com/ .

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