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Fix a Slow Computer Full of Registry Errors

In Soft and Tech

If you want to fix a slow computer one of the most important questions you have to ask yourself is if you know the importance of a computer registry. The computer registry is the most important part of the computer. The reason is that all windows processes are done inside the computer registry.
From a simple [...]

Present Your Software

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People want to see what they buy, try before they buy instead of taking your word for it and know where to turn to if something goes wrong. These are some of the things you should consider when thinking of how to sell software online and how to present it.
The list below offers tips on [...]

Developing Software by the 15% Rule

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Writing software on a consulting basis can often be a losing proposition for developers or clients or both. There are too many things that can go wrong, and that ultimately translates into loss of time and money. The 15% rule we’ve come up with is intended to create a win-win situation for either parties (or [...]

What Is a Virus?

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In 1983, Fred Cohen coined the term “computer virus”, postulating a virus was “a program that can ‘infect’ other programs by modifying them to include a possibly evolved copy of itself.” Mr. Cohen expanded his definition a year later in his 1984 paper, “A Computer Virus”, noting that “a virus can spread throughout a computer [...]

Remove GoogleUpdate.exe

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Google Chrome, Google Lively, Google Earth, and an untold number of other Google applications may install an update mechanism named googleupdate.exe, googleupdater.exe, or something similar. The googleupdate may continually attempt to access the Internet without requesting permission and without providing an option to disable it. This behavior may persist even after the parent application has [...]