Good day to all readers, thank you for continue reading my blog. Even though, I'm an IT Engineer but I do not consider myself as an IT expert who knows everything about computers! I deal with computer servers, but I do not fix laptop, if you ask me in details about laptop, I might not answer all of your questions. Hehe. Technically, I'm a laptop user for more than 5 years and I had so many questions to ask about computer and laptop. Eventually, I just forget about it, but the information posted by OpenSourceForYou on their facebook page has caught my attention which answered the questions I always wanted to asked earlier.
Thanks to efytimes website which provides information about this. This website tells you the top 10 common computer-related question that most people often ask. Therefore, I repost what stated on the website which might beneficial to you. :-)
Below are the top 10 common related questions about computers:-
1. How to maintain your laptop's battery in good health?
There is a lot of debate regarding how long you should charge your batteries. As many of your gadgets run on Lithium Ion batteries, they can be taken care of quite easily. These batteries perform best when doing shallow discharges, keeping them cool, not leaving them plugged while it is running at 100 per cent battery.
2. What do viruses, trojans, and other malware actually do?
Viruses are known as programs that copy themselves infecting a computer, spreading from one to another real life virus. Alternatively, trojans are applications that may seem normal but have a code that performs like someone else is controlling your computer.
3. What's wrong with using public Wi-Fi?
Public Wi-Fi networks come with a lot of problems, in particular, they are very insecure. It does not keep you safe from other people on the network even if you have a password. It is simple for anyone to see what you are doing and steal personal information or passwords.
4. Why do you need to "eject" USB drives?
Computers utilise a certain thing known as write caching for improving performance. Whenever you copy something to your drive, your computer will generate a message that it has completed the task but it’s actually waiting for some other tasks to perform so all of them can be done together. Once you press eject, it completes any task in the queue to ensure that you don't take it out before it's complete.
5. How can you identify an email as spam?
Most spams are obvious as they come with messages like "I lost 30 pounds and made $24356 in five hours by taking this special pill!", but there are others that are subtle. Many rely on "phishing," where a spammer will make their email appear as it's coming from a valid source. It may ask you to click on a link that appears to seem it’s going to paypal.com, but goes to their PayPal-disguised site where you type in your personal information.
6. Why are cables so expensive?
When purchasing a HDMI cable for your Blu-Ray player, you can opt for simpler and cost effective cables. A cable from Monoprice will perform in an efficient manner so no point investing money on an expensive one. You can even buy refurbished and not go for the extended warranty to save extra money.
7. What happens when a site you are using gets hacked?
Whenever a site gets hacked, the hackers try to get your username and password and it depends on how a site stores your password, along with your password's strength. You must protect yourself with a good password manager and a different strong password for every site you use.
8. Why do you need to keep resetting my router?
If you encounter Internet issues, it is best to unplug your router and plug it back in, you will see that it starts working again. There are a number of things that could lead to this issue, it could be overheating, becoming slow due to heavy traffic (like BitTorrent). There are many things you can do to fix the problem. You must wait a complete 10 seconds before unplugging your router.
9. Will you get caught if you download a movie on BitTorrent?
Your internet provider might monitor your traffic to check if you are torrenting. The legal repercussions of it are not so heavy as earlier, but may lead to getting letters from your ISP, throttled speeds, or other punishments.
10. Do you really need to care about your online privacy?
It is an obvious fact that it is a bad thing if somebody steals your password or credit card information, but more people are not cautious about what they put on Facebook, their personal blog, or anywhere else. You must protect your personal data as it gives companies and governments more power to track you, and it can make it easier for anyone to steal your identity even if it may not seem like it.
Good luck and have a nice day working with your computers!
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