Today, our Personal Computers are more protected than ever, because there are a lot of programs that detect and eliminate threats that want to access to our computer. Nevertheless, we can not say that Personal Computers are more secure that a few decades ago.Without a doubt, the computers with Windows Operating Systems installed on it, are most at risk, because the most threats have as their objective Microsoft's Operating Systems. Due to this situation, many tools for Virus, Spyware and Malware detection and elimination are developed.It is important to know how to differentiate what action is performed by each type...

Microsoft desktop Operating Systems have a lifecycle in which receive updates and security patches.When an Operating System (OS) reaches the end of its cycle of life, doesn't mean that we will not be able to use this Operating System. For example, Windows XP reached the end of its lifecycle on April 8, 2014, and this Operating System is still installed and working in a multitude of world wide computers. According our users data, 20% of our visitors still using Windows XP on their personal computers.Then, What means that Windows XP has reached the end of its life cycle?The lifecycle of...

Using a computer means that at any given moment we must learn how to manage system files. For example, to copy a list of files from one folder to another, to delete a folder with all the files that it contains, to unzip a file, etc..Windows includes a tool called Windows Explorer that let us to move around directories an files and make some basic operations over files and directories.While the Windows Explorer is useful and carries out its mission, it is a basic file management tool. If we want to have more speed and agility when it comes to...

Summer is here (in the northern hemisphere of the planet). No more homeworks, exams, etc. Many people have a few days of vacation. It is time for sun, beach, swimming pool, and leisure. We can take a walk with our family, go out with friends to have a drink, read those books that we don't have time to read at other times of the year, or play video games.That might sound simple, but it may become an impossible task. It is usual want to play a game and not knowing which to choose. We look in the stack of video...