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Windows 7: Some Methods To Best Secure Your PC
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03 Jul 2011
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Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, clean install, upgrade disc CT |
Some Methods To Best Secure Your PC
Here are some ideas to secure your PC. Some are well known, others are not, but just as helpful Gizmo's Guide to Securing Your PC | My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell XPS 420
OS Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, clean install, upgrade disc
CPU Intel Core2 processsor Q8200(2.33Ghz 1333FSB) Quad Core Tech
Motherboard Dell
Memory 6 gb
Graphics Card ATI Radeon 256MB HD3650
Sound Card Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
Monitor(s) Displays Dell SP2009W 20"
Keyboard Dell USB Keyboard
Mouse Dell Premium Optical USB
Cooling Fan
Hard Drives 640 GB Serial ATA Hard drive
Internet Speed DSL 2.85
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03 Jul 2011
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Win 7 Pro 64-bit South Central Texas |
Good reminders!  | | My System Specs | | Computer type Laptop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Sony Vaio VPCEB47GM Laptop
OS Win 7 Pro 64-bit
CPU Intel i5 2.4 Ghz
Memory 8GB DDR3
Graphics Card Intel HD 3000
Sound Card IDT High Definition
Monitor(s) Displays 15.6 WGXA Anti-Glare LED
Screen Resolution 1280x800
Hard Drives 640Gb 7200rpm
Antivirus MSE
Browser Opera (primary) with IE9 backup
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04 Jul 2011
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Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64 Macedonia |
Nice one!  | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64
CPU Intel Pentium G630 @2.7GHz 3MB
Motherboard Asus P8H61-M LX3 PLUS
Memory Corsair 4GB DDR3 / 1066MHz 9-9-9-24 2T
Graphics Card Intel HD Graphics
Sound Card Integrated
Monitor(s) Displays Philips 192EL
Screen Resolution 1366 x 768
Keyboard Delux K5108
Mouse Genius
PSU Hantol 500W
Case Delux costumized...
Cooling 120mm Hantol, Spire 80mm
Hard Drives WD Caviar Blue 500GB / 16MB
Internet Speed 15 Mbit
Other Info Genius SW-2.1 355 Speakers,Camera,Joystick
Asus K55VJ(i5 3210, GT635M / 2GB, 8GB DDR3, 500GB HDD)
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04 Jul 2011
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Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit Peterborough, England |
Thanks for posting what is excellent advice. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion Elite 495UK
OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit
CPU Intel Core i7 870 @ 2.93GHz
Motherboard MSI 2A9C (CPU1)
Memory 8Gb Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 664MHz
Graphics Card nVidia GeForce GTX 460 1024MB dedicated RAM
Sound Card Realtek HD Audio
Monitor(s) Displays HP2310i
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Logitech K750 solar-powered keyboard
Mouse Logitech Wireless M180 mouse
PSU 460W
Case HP Elite
Cooling Air cooled
Hard Drives 1x1954GB Hitachi HDS22020ALA 330 (RAID), 1x1954GB Hitachi External for backup and storage
Internet Speed 2Mb
Other Info Pure Avanti Flow Internet Radio with iPod Dock, 64Gb iPod, HP USB Speakers, Sony MDR-V500 Headphones, Sony Vaio F-Series Laptop
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04 Jul 2011
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Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1 Mt. Crumpit/Whoville |
Very thorough article without being overly complex. Even I understood it.  | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built Desktop By DataTech
OS Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1
CPU Intel i5-2550K, Differing ~4.4-4.8GHz No built in GPU
Motherboard ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3
Memory 16GB G.Skill Sniper 2133MHz 4x4GB
Graphics Card ASUS ENGTX460 DirectCU/2DI/1GD5 GeForce GTX 460
Sound Card Onboard Realtek 5-1
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung P2570HD
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Old, beat-up Dell USB From 10 yrs Ago
Mouse Gigabyte m6900 wired
PSU Corsair HX650W
Case Inwin Dragon Rider
Cooling Hyper 212 EVO w/two Noctua fans, push-pull, @1300 RPM
Hard Drives Crucial M4 128GB for OS, 750GB Seagate MomentusXT for data, 500GB Seagate Constellation for storage
Internet Speed 8-19 Mbs down, 3-4 Mbs up Comcast Cable
Antivirus Norton Internet Security
Browser IE 9, Opera when needed
Other Info 4 case fans, LG BluRay-RE, ASUS DVD-RW, Mr. Fusion power generator with flux capacitor, 1.21 gigawatts.
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05 Jul 2011
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Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Southern California |
Security is no laughing matter and all articles detailing how we can keep ourselves, our information and systems free from attack is greatly appreciated. You have not lived until your system has been hi-jacked and rendered useless! | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number A blend of brains, brawn and dumb luck, ask me about rig #2 !
OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64
CPU i7 3770k OC'd 4.6 @ 1.17v, still love my FX 8120
Motherboard MSI P67A-GD80 b3
Memory 16 gb Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR3 9-9-9-27 @ 2000
Graphics Card XFX Radeon 7870
Sound Card On board HD audio with lossless 24 bit/192 sample rate
Monitor(s) Displays (2) LG LED 23" 1920 x 1080 2ms Monitors via mini d-port
Screen Resolution 1680 X 1050 p
Keyboard (2) Logitech Illuminated Keyboards (1) usb (1) wireless K800
Mouse Logitech G9x & T-BC21 - nano nx for the laptop
PSU Ultra X4 modular 1050 watt 80% silver rating & APC 1200 RS
Case CoolerMaster Storm Styker
Cooling 6 case fans 140mm & 120mm, Thermaltake h2o extreme
Hard Drives Samsung 256 gb 830 SSD sata III
(2) 1 tb Hitachi deskmates/sata II
(1) 1 tb WD green/sata II
(2) 2 tb WD My Book/esata
(1) 500 gb Sea. Freeagent/esata
(2) 250 gb Sea. Freeagent go's/usb
(1) WD 2 tb Green 64 sata III
(1) 120 gb OCZ Vertex SS
Internet Speed Upgraded from bottom of the barrel to bareable
Other Info 4 Noctua case fans + 3 Noctua in p/p on H100 cooler
Integrated hot swap drive bays for 2.5" Drives
(2) Lite-on dvd/cd optical 22X
Integrated fan controller and led on/off
HP Officejet Pro L7680 all-n-one
HP 4 laserjet (the beast)
Hot swappable 3.5" hard drive bay
Belkin Play N600 HD router
Asus USB 3 & sata 6 PCIe card
Vantec IDE to sata adptr./Ultra sata adptr
HP Probook i3 laptop
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05 Jul 2011
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Win 7 Home Premium x64 A suburb of Chicago |
I bookmarked the main site too. Lots of good information and links. Thanks. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP p6608f
OS Win 7 Home Premium x64
CPU Intel Core i3-540 3.07 GHz
Motherboard MS-7613 (Iona-GL8E)
Memory 4 GB (2 X 2) Dual-Channel PC-10600 DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24)
Graphics Card Integrated Intel H57
Sound Card Integrated Realtek ALC888S Audio
Monitor(s) Displays 17" SDM-HS73 (a vestige from my old computer)
Screen Resolution 1280 X 1024
Keyboard HP USB keyboard
Mouse HP USB optical mouse
PSU 250W
Hard Drives 750GB SATA 7200 RPM
Internet Speed 15Mbps/1Mbps
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05 Jul 2011
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64 with SP1 Pennsylvania |
Good information! Definitely worth saving!  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number ASUSTeK Computer Inc./U56E/Laptop
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 with SP1
CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2450M CPU @ 2.50GHz
Motherboard ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
Memory 6,144.00 GB
Hard Drives Hitachi HTS547575A9E384
Internet Speed Verizon High-Speed
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05 Jul 2011
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#9 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, clean install, upgrade disc CT |
Im glad that, although only a few, I was able to help | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell XPS 420
OS Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, clean install, upgrade disc
CPU Intel Core2 processsor Q8200(2.33Ghz 1333FSB) Quad Core Tech
Motherboard Dell
Memory 6 gb
Graphics Card ATI Radeon 256MB HD3650
Sound Card Intergrated 7.1 Channel Audio
Monitor(s) Displays Dell SP2009W 20"
Keyboard Dell USB Keyboard
Mouse Dell Premium Optical USB
Cooling Fan
Hard Drives 640 GB Serial ATA Hard drive
Internet Speed DSL 2.85
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06 Jul 2011
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#10 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (x64) South Australia |
I think that this thread is worthy of a sticky as it contains some excellent information - can the moderators do that? Nice one Rich.
Regards,
Golden | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Golden Mk. I.3
OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (x64)
CPU Intel i7 860 @ 2.80 GHz
Motherboard Gigabyte P55A-UD3R Rev.1. Award BIOS F13
Memory 16GB Corsair Vengance DDR3 @ 661 MHz Dual Channel (9-9-9-24)
Graphics Card EVGA NVidia GTX 560 1024MB
Sound Card Realtek Integrated
Monitor(s) Displays Dual Samsung SyncMaster 2494HS
Screen Resolution 1920*1080 and 1920*1080
Keyboard Logitech G110
Mouse Logitech MX518
PSU Thermaltake ToughPower QFan 750W
Case Thermaltake Element S VK60001W2Z
Cooling Corsair H60 Water Cooling, 2*230mm and 2*80mm case fans
Hard Drives 1*OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD;
2*Samsung F3 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID0;
3*Samsung F1 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID5;
1*Western Digital 500GB External USB 3.0
1*Seagate 500GB External USB 2.0
Internet Speed Not fast enough!!!
Antivirus MSE and Malwarebytes Pro
Browser Chrome Version 25
Other Info Laptop: ASUS X54C, Intel Core i3-2330M @ 2.0Ghz, 4GB RAM, Intel HD on-board graphics, Windows 7 Professional SP1 (x64), LinuxMint 14 (x64), PepperMint 3 (x86)
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