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Seven Habits Banish Bad Technology

Seven Habits Banish Bad Technology

Floss every day, rotating tires regularly file their taxes on time, and exercise at least twice a week. In other words, you have a lot of good habits. But when it comes to technology, so we need to talk. You know all the icons cluttering your desktop, and passwords to keep Notepad, and support stockings taken once a month? These are the results of bad habits – and they are not alone. WD Passport Essential 250GB

Fortunately, it is easier than you think to correct the bad behavior of technology to manage the computer with the same care and wisdom that is used in the protection of the gums.

Bad Habit # 1: Create a desktop too Passport Essential 320GB Clutterwd

Stardock Fences helps you organize your desktop and (paradoxically) leaves more open field than it had before.Your Windows desktop looks like the inside of your junk drawer, with icons stretched from one end of the screen other. How can you find anything in that mess?

If you need a good way to organize, try Stardock fences. This free utility corrals semi-transparent icons desktop pen, reducing clutter and improving organization. Best of all, the first time you run it, Fences offers to order and "close" icons automatically. It's like having a one-time cleaning and clean your screen!

For the ultimate in decluttering your desktop, double-click on any open space, and watch as all icons hidden valleys – or leaves only a few visible. Another double-click brings it all back. Now you can enjoy a nice wallpaper Windows without having to sweep their icons in the Recycle Bin.

Bad Habit # 2: Using the power button to turn

When you are finished using your laptop, your impulse is to press the power button to turn it off, right? Not so fast: In many systems, the role of the default button is to put the machine in standby mode. That's not necessarily a bad thing: A "dream" PC working again in seconds, which is very useful but there is a bad habit, for two reasons. WD Passport 320 essential blue

First, because the standby is not the same as it was, your computer laptop is still using battery power. So unless you are connected to an AC outlet, you can return to a draw, PC dead – he had some work unsaved with him when he gave up the ghost. Second, if based solely on standby, your computer rarely has the opportunity to restart system – and restart is essential to keep Windows running smoothly. WD 500 GB Passport Essential Blue

In order to discourage this habit, simply change the function of your power button to actually turn off the system.

(The only time you press and hold the power button to turn off the PC when system is blocked and they have no way to reset it.) Wd Passport Essential 640GB Blue

Bad Habit # 3: Storing passwords in a text file

LastPass keeps your passwords secure and organized in an undisclosed secure location location.Oh, irony, coming with a password to use hackproof your banking site and then stores a copy of the password on an unprotected worksheet take into account in Outlook, or smartphone note. Goodbye, protection. WD Passport Essential 250 GB silver

You need a password manager – a fortified database for important data such as passwords, PIN numbers and Social Security numbers. We are part LastPass, creating strong passwords, which applies when you visit different web sites, organizes each and every private data that attention to the store, and also synchronized across multiple platforms and devices to access their passwords at any time and place. Surprisingly, LastPass is free, but will have to upgrade to the Pro version (at just $ 1 per month) if you want the companion Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, Palm and / or Windows Mobile applications. WD Passport Essential 320 GB silver

Bad Habit # 4: Use the mouse put in place programs

Old habits – Such as reaching for the mouse every time you want to run a program – die hard. Here's a little known but faster alternative: Windows 7 (and Vista, if you enable the Quick Launch bar), you can start any program on the right of the Start button with the Windows key and a number. WD Passport Essential 500 GB silver

For example, the icon in the taskbar that is closer to the Start button (usually Internet Explorer) is linked to "1." Pressing Windows-1, can start the program directly from the keyboard. Pressing Windows-2 is like clicking on the icon of a second, and so on. This method works for the first nine key icon on the taskbar Windows 7 (or the Quick Launch toolbar View). Even with XP? Try Launchy, an incredible launch pad that lets you open power programs, files and even favorite Web sites with just a few keystrokes. WD Passport Essential 640 GB silver

Bad Habit # 5: Make a unit Flash unencrypted

TrueCrypt keeps your data safe when you've loaded in a flash drive.Flash units are ideal for transporting data, but are easy to lose This could mean a big problem for private data.You can correct this vulnerability (and overcome the bad habit of leaving yourself in danger) by installing TrueCrypt, an encryption utility open source password protect data on your flash drive. WD 250GB Passport Essential Red

TrueCrypt works on up, which means that encrypts and decrypts data as access. (The software also works with files and entire hard drives, if your bad habit extends to her laptop.) Failure to provide the correct password or encryption key, the data remains locked tight, thanks to a variety of algorithms highly secure encryption. TrueCrypt is very easy to use and is completely transparent once it's up and running, get started with this booklet together. WD 320GB Red Passport essential

Bad Habit # 6: A blind Clicking "Next" to install software

They never ask how mysterious new icons appear on the desktop? Why unknown toolbars on your web browser? How he manages to sneak spyware onto your PC? One possibility: They were given permission. WD Passport Essential 500 GB red

If you installed more than a handful of software in your life, what you get in the habit of automatically clicking each button 'Next' an installer throws your way. Big mistake. During the installation process, some programs will ask whether you want to install, for example, trial versions of other programs company, or perhaps a new search tool on your browser. If a blind click your way through the setup screens, approval of things left and right, will miss the opportunity to opt for these deals – and end up with things you probably do not want. WD 640GB Passport Essential Red

So slow, fast. Take a few seconds to read the fine print, and avoid unpleasant surprises.

Bad Habit # 7: Based on a method individual backup

We are not going to harangue again about the importance of making backups. However, intelligent backup have a harangue. Most users who take the backup job based on a single method, and usually that careless – that is, dragging the contents of your My Documents folder to a blank DVD, or run a backup program without knowing how to use it to restore files in case of disaster. WD Passport Essential Portable SE 750GB

What you need is a diversified backup all your bases covered, not just one or two. First, use an external hard drive to clone the primary drive, and sync with the software (as Casper 6.0) to be carried out regular operations. Then subscribe to a backup service online (like Mozy Carbonite) that automatically important data files (documents, photos, financial records, etc) in the background while you work. WD Passport Laptop Essential 1 TB SE

Now is the time to get more granular. Install Xmarks to synchronize your browser bookmarks (and passwords, if desired) on the Web and / or other PC. Google free use of Google Calendar Sync utility to make an online backup of your Outlook calendar, or spend $ 15 on gSyncit 2.0 to synchronize Outlook contacts, calendars and tasks to your Google account. Speaking of Google, just $ 5 a year to buy 20 GB of online storage for Picasa Web, enough to maintain (and keep) any modest collection of family photos. Conclusion: The automated methods used to back up your PC, the best you. WD Passport Elite 500GB Blue

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