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*   Adware Ties into Internet Explorer
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When we have multiple hard drives, multiple hard drive partitions, and external hard drives hooked up to our Windows computers, each appears in Windows Explorer and in most programs as a “drive” and is assigned a letter — like C:, D:, E:, etc.

When you add an internal drive that is already formatted (maybe it came from your old computer) into an existing PC, you can see each partition on it (at least those partitions that are formatted in ways that Windows can recognize) as a drive with its own letter.

When we buy a complete external drive, it is ready to use — it has already been formatted and Windows recognizes it immediately.

But, what if we want any of these drives to be accessable by another computer on our home network? That’s when we have to use the features of Windows File and Printer Sharing.

Continue reading Sharing Files, Folders and Drives on a Network

This week’s email and on-line newsletters are now available:
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*   Updates Last Week
*   A Look Inside Click2PDF
*   My Computer Security Software Recommendations
*   I’ve Reconsidered the Linksys WRT54G Wireless Router

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This week’s online articles include:
*   Windows XP Local Users and Groups
*   Updates Last Week
*   Computers used to be BIG
*   To Use a Password or Not
*   My Computer Security Software Recommendations
*   Updated Replicator Version
*   Feedback from Readers

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This week’s email and on-line newsletters are now available:
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This week’s online articles include:
*   Wikipedia — the Free Online Encyclopedia Edited by You
*   Updates Last Week
*   Cable and DSL Speeds — What’s wrong with this picture?
*   Followup on NOD32 Antivirus
*   My Computer Security Software Recommendations
*   Quick Tips

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