Happy Father's Day to all of the dads out there! Here's something you can give dear old dad on his special day - sit down with him and walk him through some pointers on how to keep his computer and his personal information safe. If you are over at dad's today spending some time, be sure to give his computer a good tune up while you are there. Below are some ideas for things to pass along. You might have to do a few of these things for him or perhaps teach him the steps if he's interested, If you've got other tips that would be useful for your dad, please use the comment feature at the bottom to add to the list. Dad's Computer
Marcus H. Sachs |
Marcus 301 Posts ISC Handler Jun 20th 2010 |
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Jun 20th 2010 1 decade ago |
Great tips! A small note, a lot of older people still use slower internet connections or connections that are not always on, such as dial-up. This decreases the likelihood that software and anti-virus is up-to-date even further. Some software does not check for updates by default when a modem is specified as the internet connection.
Might want to bring those patches and definitions on a flash drive, if this is the case! |
hacks4pancakes 48 Posts |
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Jun 20th 2010 1 decade ago |
Great suggestions, if you want your dad to throw the geek son out of the house for messin' with his computer.
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hacks4pancakes 1 Posts |
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Jun 21st 2010 1 decade ago |
These are great tips, but I was living in Florida for a while and with all the older community around me and large retirement checks, a lot for people convinced retired people to get cable and wifi when the only had one PC, played the occasional game, and turned off the PC after every use.
If grandma plays WoW and plays Pandora all day that is one thing, but really don't need high speed to download pics of grand kids. |
hacks4pancakes 2 Posts |
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Jun 21st 2010 1 decade ago |
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