PC Fear Factor Commentary

The PC Fear Factor web site is pleased to announce that it will be publishing commentary on a variety of topics related to personal computer disaster prevention and recovery.

The PC Fear Factor web site is also pleased to announce that Alan Luber is a monthly columnist in Smart Computing Magazine, His column is called Defensive Computing. Alan also writes feature articles for Smart Computing.

Date	Topic	Description
02/2005	Enjoy Every Sandwich	Written in honor of Alan Luber by Editor Rod Scher from Smart Computing.
02/2005	Email - Organize Your Email At Yahoo! Mail
02/2005	Defensive Computing - Install & Configure Service Pack 2	How to install Service Pack 2 on hard drive.
01/2005	The View From Behind The Desk - The Skinny On Tech Support From Those Who Provide It
01/2005	Browsers - Live Bookmarks In Firefox 1.0
01/2005	Email - Search For Messages In Gmail
01/2005	Backup Solutions: An End To The Confusion
12/2004	Microsoft Digital Image Suite 10 Editing And Organizing Your Work	This article was in the December 2004 issue of eDigitalPhoto Magazine
12/2004	Email - Use Search Folders To Track Email In Outlook
12/2004	Action Editor - Registration Woes, Rebate Advice & Software Returns
12/2004	Iconic Images - Spruce Up Your Desktop
12/2004	Microsoft Digital Image Suite 10
12/2004	Defensive Computing: Beyond-The-Box Computer Disasters
11/2004	In The Driver’s Seat - Use The Web To Save Money Buying A Car
11/2004	Email - Organize Hotmail Messages With Filters
11/2004	Browsers - Manage Bookmarks In Firefox
11/2004	Online - Gab With Google Groups
11/2004	When Will The Madness End?
10/2004	How To Install A Web Cam
10/2004	Don’t Be A Password Pinhead
10/2004	Digital Booksellers - Shop Online For The Best Book Prices
09/2004	Online - Control Your PC From Afar With RealVNC
09/2004	Email Headers - Analyze What Goes On Behind The Scene
09/2004	Basic Troubleshooting - Spam
09/2004	Basic Troubleshooting - Networking - Software
09/2004	Browsers - History In IE
09/2004	Email - Master Spell Check In Outlook & OE
09/2004	Update Device Drivers In Windows Me
08/2004	Down & Out & Offshore - The Decline Of Tech Support
07/20/04	Hard Drive Backup and Restore Basics: Part 2	Learn how to backup and restore your hard drive.
07/20/04	Updating Device Drives in Windows Me	Learn how to find, download, and install the right device driver
07/20/04	Beware of Spyware, Adware, and Sneakware	Learn about the dangers of spyware, adware, and sneakware, and how to keep your system pest free.
07/20/04	Hard Drive Backup and Restore Basics: Part 1	Learn when to backup your system partition
07/20/04	Don't Be A Service Pack Pioneer	How to avoid a Microsoft service pack computer disaster
05/01/04	Whatever Happened to Accountability?	How software companies should be accountable for causing computer disasters.
05/01/04	Mirror, Mirror on the Wall	A roundup of drive imaging software
04/01/04	Diary of a Madman, or Sigh-mantec Part II	Learn how an automatic update from Symantec created a computer disaster for millions of users.
04/01/04	I Am Spam, Spam I Am	Learn about the unknown dangers of spam, and how to protect yourself.
03/01/04	Has Symantec Become Sigh-mantec?	Quality and customer service problems abound at Symantec.
02/06/04	The Ultimate Disaster Recovery Congifuration	Learn how to recover from computer disasters quickly, completely, and easily
01/09/04	The Unstable Equilibrium Revisited	Incredibly silly solutions that actually work!
11/24/03	Risk Management	Learn how to apply risk management techniques to defensive computing, and to life in general.
10/19/03	Beware of Phony Joules and Inflated Run Times	Learn how to choose the right Uninterruptible Power Supply for you.
10/19/03	Defensive Computing Faux Pas	Learn about common defensive computing mistakes.
10/19/03	Avoid Configuration Day Dismay	Learn how to avoid a computer disaster while you are configuring your new computer.
10/19/03	The Blame Game	No, its not Shirley Shirley Bo Birley, its all about how your ISP's business model can get you into big trouble.
10/19/03	Every Move You Make, I'll Be Watching You	Learn how to tell if your computer is infected with Spyware, and learn how to get rid of it once and for all.
10/19/03	Avoid Self-Assisted Computer Disasters	Learn the difference between a "good touch" and a "bad touch" when it comes to defensive computing.
10/19/03	The Ultimate Flat-Panel LCD Buyer’s Guide: Part 2	Learn how to save hundreds of dollars on useless warranties and buy the LCD flat panel display that is right for you.
05/18/03	The Ultimate Flat-Panel LCD Buyer’s Guide: Part 1	Learn how to save hundreds of dollars on useless warranties and buy the LCD flat panel display that is right for you.
05/16/03	The Real Score on System Restore	Learn about all of the misconceptions people have about this very useful Windows XP disaster recovery feature in Alan Luber's latest commentary in July issue of Smart Computing Magazine!
05/15/03	Spammer in the Slammer	Spammer charged with felony for forging return email addresses
05/08/03	Welcome to Your Unstable Equilibrium	Learn why your PC is an unstable equilibrium in this column published in Smart Computing magazine.
01/29/03	PC Fear Factor Feedback	Alan Luber does a "McFly, anybody home?" number on PC macho men and comments on feedback he has received on PC Fear Factor.
12/20/02	PC Migration Tools	Learn why Alan Luber thinks that a software tool to migrate your data and applications from one PC to another is not a good idea.