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bitlocker to go 00 Windows 7: Use Bit Locker to Go to Encrypt Your Portable Media [How To]

Bit Locker encrypts your drives so others cannot access them without a password. With an increasing number of key drives at our disposal, loss of sensitive data is becoming more of a threat. In this guide, you’ll learn how to encrypt your thumb drive with BitLocker to go, which comes with Windows 7.

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burn dvd cd vista 00 Use Native CD & DVD Burning in Windows Vista [How To]

Windows Vista comes bundled with native DVD and CD burning support. If you are just looking to save your files to a CD or DVD, then this is all the software you need. Forget about Nero, Roxio, Sonic etc–just use Windows! Learn how in this guide. Read the rest of this entry »

For the next two weeks, I’m going to run a series of guides that will help you get on top of security and administration for your computer.

Do others use your computer and have their own logins? Do you work at a school, small business, or other organization with computers? If you do, this series if definitely for you. If you don’t, I’m sure you’ll learn some cool tricks from this series.

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deskdrive 0 Get Automatic Desktop Shortcuts to Removable Media [How To]

If you use your desktop a lot and you also use portable storage a lot, this guide is definitely for you.

Desk Drive™ solves a really annoying problem. You pop a USB thumb drive or DVD into your computer and then you have to open Window’s Explorer and find the mapped drive or folder. Desk Drive adds a desktop icon pointing to the drive automatically. Remove the media and the shortcut goes away–brilliantly simple and effective.

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Many of you who use USB drives will benefit from this quick fix. Safely removing hardware can be a pain when you have to click the button every time. In this guide you will learn how to assign a keyboard shortcut to the Safely Remove Hardware Dialog.

07removehardware01 Use a Shortcut Key to Safely Remove Hardware [How To]

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Security & Privacy Protection freeware – this list completes all your security & privacy protection needs without spending a penny.

Check out more freeware on www.mintywhite.com.

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