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An .ISO file is an “image,” containing the complete contents of a CD or DVD. It’s a common way that versions of Linux (or many of its variants) are released. For example, you might want to download a copy of F-Secure Rescue CD 3.00 so you can scan a hard drive for any malware.
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OK, we admit it. While we at PreparedPC.com don’t always live on the cutting edge, we did get googly-eyed when we read about the new features in WordPress 2.6.
After reading the Wordpress upgrade guide, we decided to make the leap. After backing up and carefully copying files to right places, and reactivating the plug-ins, [...]

Just as your ears might be assaulted by someone’s foul mouth as you walk down the street, you might unwittingly come across some family un-friendly language on a web page. You may not browse to any overtly nasty sites, but on sites that allow unmoderated comments, some people might leave some profanity-laced prose.
The Profanity Filter [...]

JKDefrag is a freeware utility that handles that unglamorous but important task of defragmenting your hard drive(s). JKDefrag falls into that happy category of programs that handle a task better than Microsoft’s own utility for the job. Running JKDefrag is quite safe because it “hooks into” Windows’ defragmentation API (Application Programmer’s Interface), sending defragmentation requests [...]

An emerging and intrusive technology may soon be coming to your ISP. Three companies, NebuAd, Front Porch and Phorm, are best-known for using deep packet inspection of ISPs’ user’s browsing habits as a way to present targeted advertising to users. Advertising on the web is nothing new, but the way these companies’ services work is [...]

As part of the most recent 2nd-Tuesday-of-the-month “patch Tuesday” (July 8, 2008), Microsoft released patches for Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008. Windows Vista (neither the 32- or 64-bit versions) is NOT affected. Windows 2000/XP users who are using ZoneAlarm could lose internet connectivity after applying the patch. Read ZoneAlarm’s [...]

It’s important to backup your files, but you may be inadvertantly storing and backing up multiple copies of files on your hard drive. You might forget that you have another copy of a video clip or MP3 file somewhere else on your hard drive, and duplicate folders of photos from Aunt Myrtle’s 75th birthday party [...]