Security and You: dgoslings Place : Vista

The Long Awaited Vista SP1 Has Arrived...

Dorothy Gosling — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:55:00 GMT

On Tuesday March 18th, Microsoft finally released Vista SP1 in its final form. SP1 contains a year of updates and improves on some of Vista's features the public has complained about. ...(read more)

So You Think Your PC Is Secure...Is It?

Dorothy Gosling — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:14:00 GMT

So you search, you surf, you chat, you play games, and you visit websites at random and one day your computer slows down, getting slower and slower by the hour until it is impossible to do any of the things that you could do a few days ago. You can’t understand why, you know all of your protection is up-to-date, so you couldn’t possibly have a malware infection, could you? ...(read more)

Check My Sidebar For New Links To Secure Your PC

Dorothy Gosling — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:31:00 GMT

Please have a look at the new links I have added to the sidebar of my blog, to decide if the websites and programs may be useful to you, my readers. I am hopeful that these quick links to online information will help you keep your computers safe and healthy:...(read more)

Santa Brought You A New PC ... 30+ Days and the Clock Is Ticking...

Dorothy Gosling — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:56:00 GMT

Included with your new computer are the OS (most likely Windows XP or Windows Vista), some Proprietary software from the manufacturer and some Trial software.........The operative word here is TRIAL, meaning that this software expires after 30, 60 or 90 days and on that date it becomes totally useless! ...(read more)

Happy Birthday To You My Computer!

Dorothy Gosling — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:32:00 GMT

A Hewlett-Packard a510n, it has been a reliable and predictable, performing remarkably well, with few repairs. Since the life expectancy of a desktop is about 5 years, and this computer has all the features I will need (as long as I stick with XP sp2 Pro) it should last a few more years. ...(read more)