Home Premium and security features in Windows 7
Posted by thewriter in MS Windows, Security on June 6th, 2010
Communication and data sharing have witnessed a new momentum with the introduction of computers and application software. And it is Microsoft that has launched innovative solutions over time in sync with the changing trends and technologies. The computer giant’s latest upgraded version of its Windows is the Windows 7. There are a plethora of features that Microsoft Windows 7 comes with, each feature having an important role to play.
Microsoft Windows in its Windows 7 edition is equipped with sophisticated security features. There are risks related to your computer being damaged by viruses, spyware and other malware. With the Microsoft Windows 7, you can stay safe on security aspects. Whether you use LAN (Local Area Network) or WAN (Wide Area Network), you can protect data stored in your computer from unauthorized access. There are several distinctive security features in Windows 7 besides the Action Center (to help you deal with any issue), as enumerated below:
Windows Firewall: A flexible and easy-to-use built-in firewall, protecting your computer from malicious software and hackers.
Windows Defender: Checking of slow performance of your computer at the same time protecting your system from security threats caused by spyware and other unwanted software including pop-up ads.
Backup and Restore: Keeps a backup of your most important files and restores files that you may lose.
Choosing a Backup Storage Device
It used to be that you would backup everything on your computer by using floppy disks.Today, when one sound or graphics file can easily be larger than the capacity of a disk, it would be impractical to back up even you documents using floppies, let alone your applications. Luckily there are better options including Zip [...]
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Sun’s ZFS now has built-in deduplication
Posted by admin in IT Blog, SUN Solaris on November 2nd, 2009
A few years ago, Deduplication was the industries biggest buzz word. Well that hype actually pan-out and is a vital way to save disk space. In a nutshell, Deduplication is the process of eliminating duplicate copies of data.
Now instead of having an appliance dedup the data, Sun’s Zettabyte File System (ZFS) will do it for [...]
The New Snow Leopard Update Blocks Intel Atom
Do you have a hacked Mac netbook? Well the new Mac OS X Leopard 10.6.2 will not work on the Intel Atom processor.
According to Stellarola, with the current developer build of 10.6.2, Apple appears to have changed around a lot of CPU related information. He suggests that if you are a Hackintosh user with an [...]
Protecting your PC with SkyRecon’s StormShield
Learn how to protect your PC using SkyRecon’s StormShield. There are two parts to the product: The server components (including the relational database and server) and the various agents that run on each endpoint. Among other things, the agent contains a host-based firewall and policy engine that can be customized to control applications and particular [...]
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