After working with small business owners for almost a decade, I have learned that most of them have no idea on who, what and where their network and system passwords are. I have literally spent hours working on locating and resetting their forgotten and lost passwords. Lost passwords not only cause inconvenience, but also increase system downtime when you need to do any repairs.
When you buy a PC what do you think the single most expensive part? Is it the CPU? Nope. The hard drive? No way. It's long been Windows, and, with the coming of Windows 7 on notebooks and lower-priced PCs, Windows may not only be the priciest part, it may cost you more than everything else in the PC combined. Now, that's real value for your money!
One of the most common complaints heard by IT helpdesks is: “My computer is running too slowly – what can I do?” There are actually a number of reasons why this could be happening, and luckily, a number of ways to solve the problem. Here are our top five recommendations to help boost your desktop or notebook PC's speed and performance.
