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2010 Netbook Contest Winner

This is Sandy, our 2010 Netbook Contest winner. I tried to tell you all that this contest was for real!

Maybe we’ll see about a netbook contest for 2011…

Recently, I’ve been very hard-pressed to find a client’s computer without one of the available automatic registry cleaners (registry boosters) installed. I have my own opinion about these products, so I’d like to try to clear up any confusion, relating to these digital wonder drugs.

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I was just checking out the SUPERAntiSpyware website and was happy to see that they’ve added a new tool, for computer technicians and average computer users, alike. It’s the SUPERAntiSpyware Portable Scanner.

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Angelo PC’s 2010 Free Netbook Contest is officially underway. As we had stated previously, we were working on our contest for 2010. You should know, now, that the contest has officially begun! You can click the banner, above or just go directly to the contest page.

Don’t forget to read the contest rules.

Here is a partial list of services in Windows 7, along with their respective descriptions:

ActiveX Installer (AxInstSV)
Provides User Account Control validation for the installation of ActiveX controls from the Internet and enables management of ActiveX control installation based on Group Policy settings. This service is started on demand and if disabled the installation of ActiveX controls will behave according to default browser settings.

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Dell Mini Netbook

Angelo PC will be giving away a free Dell Mini netbook, in our 2010 Netbook Giveaway. Oh, you’ll have to work for it, but it will definitely be worth it.

The contest will begin on January 1st and run through June 30th, 2010.

Contest details coming soon. Subscribe to updates, follow us on Twitter and become a fan on Facebook to make sure you’re in the know.

Fake Antivir Logo

I just want to provide a quick warning about what I witnessed on a customer’s computer, yesterday. In the last two weeks, I’ve received at least ten calls regarding fake alerts and rogue antivirus programs infecting peoples’ computers.

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UPDATE 12-10-2009: I thought I had seen the last of the finallyfast.com TV commercials, but, last night, I saw another. Different ad copy, but all the same, lame premise.

As a geek and a friend to my customers, I have to let you know about the heavily-advertised MyCleanPC.com and DoubleMySpeed.com computer cleaning scams.

I had posted articles, a while back, about FinallyFast.com and Ascentive PC SpeedScan Pro. Just as I had suspected, this was a scam to install rogue security programs and spyware on your computer.

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Most technicians are probably against having this information posted publicly. However, I’m an information guy and I enjoy passing along a computer secret, every now and then. Of course, this information is only secret to some and common knowledge to others.

***Keep in mind, this entry refers to removing files that are buried fairly deep inside Windows. Security products do what they are designed to do – remove infected files. If a Windows system file is infected and removed, Windows may no longer work properly. Don’t attempt any of this if you don’t feel confident in doing so. If you don’t feel comfortable doing this, call a local professional computer technician.***

***Use this information at your own risk.***

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From setting up new computers to cleaning up and organizing older computers, there are five three must-have Windows-based programs that I pass along to my customers.

Photo Editing and Organizing
The simplest free photo-editing and organizing program, for me, is Google’s Picasa 3. It’s a snap to install and it doesn’t slow down your computer, like Kodak’s Easy Share software. You can also share photos and albums with a free Google account. This account will provide access to Picasa Web Albums and other Google services.

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