Free e-book "What's Next?" has been released

Robert

Remember the free e-books I had you vote on a month or two ago. Well, the first one is being released NOW.

It's a 10 page PDF report titled "What's Next? 7 programs you must install on a new PC to prevent viruses, spyware, adware, and hacking."

You can grab your copy of the report here:
http://www.beginners-computer-tutorial.com/whats-next.pdf

If for some reason you can't view it, you'll need to upgrade to the latest version of Adobe Acrobat here:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

Enjoy and post your comments here!

CWJT · Joined: 04 Dec 2005 Posts: 11 Location: Singapore

LOL I already know everything you wrote in the e-book. But I think it is good for those who are not so familiar with computers.

Robert · Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 10:52 pm Post subject:

Yea, sorry about that. But you'd be surprised how many hardware wizards know little about that stuff.

Trying to get everyone on level ground before delving into the deep stuff. Wink

Eugenens · Guest

After having read this book of yours, (and, I might add, I also "know it all") I just again realised how important it is to make a list of things that need to be done when installing a new system or fixing an old one. Well, anyway, Robert, thanks for doing so for us....

A point that I have often considered in the past, is this matter of getting an "old" version of XP up to date with the latest fixes. Why is it not possible to create an update CD that contains all the necessary updates that were installed since first installing the system on my disc? (Or am I missing something and everybody else knows how to do this?). After all, if I open my "add or remove programs" panel, all the updates to my system are listed. Is it really necessary to go and download the whole lot again from the internet? Maybe to you guys with broadband connection this is not really an issue, but I promise you my modem connection is SLOOWWW! Rolling Eyes

Anyone out there with some advice?

MikeHerIA63 · Joined: 24 Nov 2005 Posts: 31

You can download SP2 from Microsoft but be warned it is a 266meg download. Then with a program called nlite you can intergrate your Windows Xp install cd with the SP2 you downloaded. It is a nice program and it is freeware.
You still have a lot of updates to install but doing this saves about 70 to 110 meg from update site.