Recently, I was asked how to secure a wireless internet connection. So I thought that for todays tip, I would give you a quick checklist of the steps needed to secure a wireless connection.
This segment is something that will appear every now and again on the “off days” that Tipcast experiences each week.
This week’s recap:
Thom, Sean and Myself would like to sincerely thank everyone that has been participating in the tipcast experience since we launced. I just wanted to point out a couple things to make your visit to tipcast.org that much better…
Sick of paying full price? Well, since you’re listening to this podcast I’m assuming you have an internet connection – and if you do, full price is something you should rarely have to pay.
Most people know that things are cheaper online than they are in the stores, but there are certain websites out there that are dedicated to making sure you get the best deal, every single time.
By default, Windows has a minimum and maximum size set for your page file. Windows starts this file at the minimum size, and grows it as needed up to the maximum size while you use the machine.
As you can probably guess this can cause a lot of fragmentation as the page file needs more and more space. But there is a way to lock the page files size so that it will remain constant the entire time you use the computer!
If you’re like me, you probably don’t use the “search” tool in windows to find your files and folders. You already know where the important ones are, and if you do have to search you don’t mind waiting a minute or two for the result. But did you know that Windows is indexing every item on your machine so that when you DO use the search feature it performs a bit faster?
It sounds like a good idea, but again, if you store your files in a common location such as “my documents” that index is a colossal waste of space! Naturally the next question would be, well Tony, can I turn off this index? Of course you can!
After many weeks of redesigns, and late night conference calls, we are proud to welcome you to the launch of Tipcast!
Tipcast is a daily Tips and tricks podcast from the minds of Uncompressed, Tony Nilles and Thom Wetzel. Joining our team is Sean Partridge, who has himself been on many episodes of Uncompressed. For a complete history of Tipcast, please check out “The Origins of Tipcast” over in the right sidebar.
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