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	<title>Computer Wizard Indianapolis, LLC &#187; Tips &amp; Tricks</title>
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		<title>More on Printers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article has some information that mainly concerns those who are looking into getting a new printer – or just want to get more informed on this subject.
Buying a new printer? Save some money.
Other  than avoiding HP all-in-one printers, I just found a very interesting  article on how you can save some money [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Printer Troubleshooting Basics</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the advent of cheap inkjet printers almost every computer today has one or more printers connected to it. And just as with any device there could be problems with them. I&#8217;ll try to write down the most basic things one can do to make the printer work when it stops.
In order to troubleshoot something [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Online Backup: What&#8217;s really getting backed up?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Online backup is a great invention. It can save you a lot of grief in case of a hard drive crash, stolen laptop, etc. However there are some drawbacks and limitation that I think it&#8217;s important to know about so that you don&#8217;t get a bad surprise.

Speed
First thing to know about online backups is that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Driver Updates &#8211; When You Would Need Them</title>
		<link>http://www.computerwizardindy.com/driver-updates-when-you-would-need-them/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drivers are little software packages that make it possible to utilize a piece of hardware (printer, video card, web camera, etc).
From time to time I notice, on some computers, programs that check for driver updates.  And sometimes I see problems that seem to come from using these.

With many years of experience and having worked on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Searching Your Computer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Computers today usually have a large hard drive and computer users take advantage of this. We load thousands of photos, documents, or videos on our hard drives. We also load dozens of programs. This amount of information and the large number of items could create a challenge when something needs to be found. Fortunately there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What are &#8220;Cookies&#8221;? Are they dangerous?</title>
		<link>http://www.computerwizardindy.com/what-are-cookies-are-they-dangerous/</link>
		<comments>http://www.computerwizardindy.com/what-are-cookies-are-they-dangerous/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s considerable amount of false and alarming data is in circulation on this subject.  They originate from  the early times of the World Wide Web when it was a hot topic and a lot of personal oppinions got mixed up with facts.
Cookies are small files that certain websites create on your computer when you visit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Extend the Life of Your Computer</title>
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		<comments>http://www.computerwizardindy.com/how-to-extend-the-life-of-your-computer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I&#8217;ve seen a lot of hardware failures ranging from burned out motherboard to simple power supply issues.
I though to put down some of the common sense guidelines that can help you make your computer last longer, as far as its hardware goes.
The first and foremost requirement for the proper operation of a computer is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fighting Junk Mail</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FIGHTING SPAM (JUNK) E-MAIL
E-mail is a wonderful tool that allows people all over the world to communicate with each other for basically free. Unfortunately when it was conceived its developers didn&#8217;t think of the possible abuses. It&#8217;s very easy to create an e-mail that looks like it was coming from somebody else.
Because of its openness, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unnecessary and Unwanted Toolbars</title>
		<link>http://www.computerwizardindy.com/unnecessary-and-unwanted-toolbars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Toolbars are those little horizontal lines at the top of your browser window that are full of buttons, boxes, and sometimes news or advertisements. I included a picture here of an extreme case of toolbar overload.  (You can click on the image on the right to see a close-up and then touch ESC to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making Sure that the System Restore Works</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
First of all, let me tell in nutshell what System Restore is (I&#8217;ll just abbreviate is as SR from now on).
It&#8217;s a function that all Windows versions have starting from Windows XP (XP, Vista, Windows 7), and what it does is it makes &#8220;snapshots&#8221; of the state of the operating system. In Vista, and Windows [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dissecting an Email Scam #2</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 22:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A while back I did an analysis on an email scam that came my way.  Today I got one forwarded to me.
I printed this out and annotated to show the little red flags that  were the indications that it was a scam, not a legitimate email.
This particular scam was masquerading as a note [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Programs Are Vital to Be Kept Updated</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 20:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the recent waves of fake antivirus infections we dug deeper and found out what are the common loopholes that the malicious software peddlers utilize. I&#8217;ve included some of this information in other articles but though that it&#8217;d be worthwhile to summarize what are the important things to keep updated on your computer.
By far the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Notes on Switching From Internet Explorer</title>
		<link>http://www.computerwizardindy.com/notes-on-switching-from-internet-explorer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 18:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been advocating people switch from Internet Explorer to more secure browsers such as Firefox or Google Chrome.
There are some questions that came up in regards to this which I&#8217;d like to address.
The most common misconception people has is that whenever another browser is installed they will not be able to use Internet Explorer anymore.
This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is a Digital Signature</title>
		<link>http://www.computerwizardindy.com/what-is-a-digital-signature/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 17:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One occasionally encounters digital signatures, for example on secure websites, or when opening a software installer file.
A regular signature is a common way of establishing authenticity. For example when you sign your check your signature indicates that it is you who authorize that bank transaction. The use of signatures is based on the fact that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Error Message: Limited or No Connectivity aka Local Access Only</title>
		<link>http://www.computerwizardindy.com/error-messages-limited-or-no-connectivity-aka-local-access-only/</link>
		<comments>http://www.computerwizardindy.com/error-messages-limited-or-no-connectivity-aka-local-access-only/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 20:25:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m starting a little series that explains the various, frequently encountered error messages on the computer.
The first one has to do with networking and internet access.
The &#8220;Limited or No Connectivity&#8221; is the wording used by Windows XP, while Vista and Windows 7 expresses the same thing by saying &#8220;Unidentified Network. Local Access Only&#8221;.
You could ask: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What are Security Certificates?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once in a while, when you are browsing various websites, you might get a message that says something about a Security Certificate. I wrote a little bit about this in another article in relation to the computer’s time being incorrect. But here I’d like to explain what the certificates are and what purpose they serve.
In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m a Mac and I&#8217;m a PC</title>
		<link>http://www.computerwizardindy.com/im-a-mac-and-im-a-pc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m sure you’ve seen those Apple commercials with the young handsome guy playing the Mac and the older, chubbier guy playing the PC. I’m bringing this up because I’ve been asked more and more about whether one should switch to Mac.
As a computer repair man, I know that under the hood, a PC and a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Switching From Internet Explorer to Firefox</title>
		<link>http://www.computerwizardindy.com/switching-from-internet-explorer-to-firefox/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.computerwizardindy.com/?p=865</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been advocating the use of Firefox (FF) instead of Internet Explorer (IE). There are two main reasons, and a lot of minor ones:
1. It&#8217;s proven by actual statistics that people using Firefox have a much smaller incidence of infections.  Any security vulnerabilities discovered in Firefox are fixed really quickly. With IE (which is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Email Hackings</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:37:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the past month or two I&#8217;ve seen an increase in email hackings. Two groups seems to be mainly effected:
- Those who use Yahoo email services (emails ending in @yahoo.com, @sbcglobal.net, @att.net, etc)
- Those who use MSN email services (emails ending in @msn.com, @hotmail.com).
Evidently somebody figured out a way to crack passwords to these accounts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Advanced Tool to Combat Unwanted Software</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We had the fair share of cleaning up computers in the recent epidemic of fake antiviruses. Along with these fake security software came a host of actual viruses and rootkits (Click here for a definition). These made them very hard to remove. So we had to dig further and find another tools to keep up [...]]]></description>
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