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How do I uninstall Norton Antivirus?

Posted on September 25, 2007 by theFakeGeek Leave a comment

How can remove/uninstall the Norton Antivirus trial that was loaded into my new Toshiba Vista laptop by Toshiba, but was never activated or used by me? There’s no uninstall program in add or remove programs. Isn’t that tricky of Norton? They want to make it as hard as they can for you to remove their […]
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How to Update Norton AntiVirus

Posted on September 24, 2007 by theFakeGeek Leave a comment

My computer came with Norton Antivirus and it recently expired so I purchased a new subscription from the Symantic website. I updates Norton but it keeps bugging me every few days saying that my Norton is not updated but it is. Thanks for asking! Basically when you buy an antivirus your buying a license and […]
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How do I find out what programs I’m running?

Posted on September 15, 2007 by theFakeGeek Leave a comment

Sometimes my computer seems to be running slow. How can I check to see if there are unwanted things running on it? To see if there are any unwanted applications running on your computer all you have to do is press these three keys at the same time: CTRL SHIFT ESC. This combination will bring […]
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How to monitor people on your computer

Posted on September 6, 2007 by theFakeGeek Leave a comment

i want to see what everyone that uses my cp is doing on my cp. is there a store in Canada that sell this kind of soft ware or do i have to buy it on line? Thanks for asking! You have a few choices and it all depends on what you want to monitor. […]
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A list of things to do to speed up your computer

Posted on August 29, 2007 by theFakeGeek Leave a comment

my computers running slow can i speed it up? You sure can! There are a number of ways to speed up a slow computer. Here is a handy list of jobs I do every week to keep my computer running quickly. Run Disk Defragmentor. This will gather your data into a cohesive pile instead of […]
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Should I turn my computer off or put it to sleep?

Posted on August 27, 2007 by theFakeGeek Leave a comment

should i shut down or sleep my computer? The answer will vary depending on who you ask. What I’ve always done is keep my computer on all day, merely putting it to sleep when I’m not using it. Then at night I’ll turn it off, but then again sometimes I will leave it on sleep […]
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How do I backup my computer?

Posted on August 26, 2007 by theFakeGeek Leave a comment

I think my computer is on it’s last legs and is gonna break soon. I have a lot of pictures and songs on it. What’s the best way to back everything up. CDs, DVDs…… Hey there! That’s a question I get all the time. Don’t backup on CDs unless you absolutely have to, they simply […]
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