Interesting Internet Finds – WE January 24, 2014

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I publish Interesting Internet Finds monthly in the Boca Raton Computer Society’s Boca Bits monthly newsletter, and share them through APCUG‘s PUSH program  with other computer/technology user group newsletter editors.

Each month, I find many more things than I can use, so have decided to start publishing some of those that were not used for the newsletter on this blog most Fridays.

I do not go into much depth about each one, I just put them out there for you to check out yourself.

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Titles, Links, Short Description

Ten Common Smartphone Mistakes That Expose You To Security Risks

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/ten-common-smartphone-mistakes-that-expose-you-to-security-risks/
How many, if any, of these mistakes are you guilty of? With me it is just one, I forget to turn off bluetooth when I leave the car, and I am working on that bad habit now.

How to Troubleshoot Wireless Router Problems

http://www.howtogeek.com/180235/how-to-troubleshoot-wireless-router-problems/
Ever have wireless router problems? If so, and I am sure most of you do, check out this post from HTG for some troubleshooting tips.

Disk Defragmenter in Windows 8 | 7 explained

http://www.thewindowsclub.com/disk-defragmenter-windows
The Windows Defragmenter is vastly improved in Windows 7 and 8. In fact, I no longer use a standalone defragmenter, like I did with XP. This post explains the new defragmenter very well.

How to Print Documents Faster

http://www.ghacks.net/2014/01/21/print-documents-faster/
I don’t do a lot of printing, but this caught my eye because when I do print, I don’t want to wait too long. Some of the tips are common sense, and not all will work for your particular printer, but they are worth trying.

How do I get my Windows machines to network with each other?

http://askleo.com/how-do-i-get-my-windows-machines-to-network-with-each-other/
This question comes up often at user group meetings. Leo explains his “magic formula” for networking Windows machines in this post, and it makes sense to me.

Disclaimer

I have not necessarily checked each link or process out, but if listed I have used the site enough to trust them.

That said, please let me know if something doesn’t work correctly, or the listed site has incorrect information.

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