Lincoln Spector's
Computer Maintenance
and Support Articles
Six
Downloadable Boot Discs That Could Save Your PC
PC World.com, May 7, 2008
How to Do
Everything Faster
PC World.com, April 27, 2008
25 Answers To
Common Tech Questions
PC World, March, 2008
How to Be a Tech
Hero...And Incredibly Popular
PC World.com, November 13, 2007
ReadyBoost Flash
Drives Lack Significant Boost
PC World, July, 2007
How to
Make Windows Start Up Faster
PC World.com, February 13, 2007
Advanced
Windows XP Tutorial
PC World.com, December 5th, 2005
We Need Better Backup Software
PC World.com, October 18, 2005
The Software Thinks It Owns Your Computer
PC World.com, October 7, 2005
Windows 2000's Demise: Greatly Exaggerated?
PC World.com, June 28, 2005
Windows
Rejuvenated
PC World, March, 2005
Make
Backups in the Background
You'll have to scroll down the page a bit to find my piece.
PC World, October, 2004
Move It On Over
& Ditching an Old Computer
PC World.com and Yahoo! News Tech Tuesday, August 12, 2004
Patch Management 101
Yahoo! News Tech Tuesday and PC World.com, August 2, 2004
New Ghost Draws From Drive Image
PC World.com, August 2, 2004
High-Definition DVDs Prepare for Battle
PC World.com, July 12, 2004
Iomega Debuts Versatile Backup Drive
PC World.com, April 12, 2004
MailWasher Pro Enhances Spam Filter
PC World.com, April 2, 2004
Recovery Commander Gives XP the Boot
PC World.com, February 13, 2004
The
Trouble-Free PC: Tune it up. Back it up. Ramp it up.
PC World, February, 2004
Get in a Good Habit: Back Up Your Data
PC World.com, December 29, 2003
Your Annual PC Tune-up
Yahoo! News Tech Tuesday and PC World.com, December 18, 2003
Updated True Image Does Double Duty
PC World.com, December 11, 2003
Control
Windows Bloat?
PC World, January, 2004
California Imposes CRT Recycling Fee
PC World.com, September 25, 2003
Norton Updates Toughen Online Security
PC World.com, September 8, 2003
Creative Unveils Lightweight Nomads
PC World.com, September 5, 2003
.Zip
File Format Splinters
This is a shorter, print version of the June 9 online article.
PC World, September, 2003
The Secret Cost of Notebooks
PC World.com, July 30, 2003
Pain-Free
Windows Tweaks (Five Batch Files)
PC World, August, 2003
The
.zip Standard Splinters
PC World.com, June 9, 2003
Updated
WinZip Alters Zip Format
PC World.com, May 20, 2003
PentaWare
Ships File Manager
PC World.com, April 4, 2003
CMS
Offers Bigger, Better Backup
PC World.com, March 05, 2003
DataViz
Tool Secures Your Password List
PC World.com, February 11, 2003
Original
Zip Program Revamped
PC World.com, January 30, 2003
Partitioning
Plus Backup
PC World, January, 2002
Maxell
Shows Small, High-Capacity Discs
PC World.com, November 20, 2002
Diskeeper
Lite Tidies Files (Manually)
PC World.com, September 16, 2002
Acronis
Offers New and Improved PC Utilities
PC World.com, September 04, 2002
Ten
Essential (but Cheap) Utilities
PC World.com, August 23, 2002
Copy,
Back Up Your PC's Drive With Ease
PC World, August, 2002
Powerful
PC File Manager
PC World, July, 2002
Archos
Puts 20GB in Your Pocket
PC World.com, June 05, 2002
EasyRecovery Update Rescues Data
PC World.com, May 23, 2002
How
to Evade Data Disaster
PC World, June, 2002
Apps
for Tweaking PC Perfomance
PC World, June, 2002
Cover
Story: Tools for Trouble-Free Computing
PC World, May, 2002
You
Choose Which Windows OS to Use
PC World, April, 2002
SystemSuite
Gets Bigger, Better, Buggier
PC World, March, 2002
Make
Move to a New Computer Easier
Basically a shorter version of the review below, for print
PC World, September, 2001
An
Easier Move to a New Computer
PC World.com, July 11, 2001
Smooth-Sailing
Utilities
PC World, August, 2001
Make Your Hard Drive Work for You
PC World.com, February 1, 2000
QuickClean Your Hard Drive
PC World.com, November 30, 2000
CompUSA's Paid Support Goes Online
PC World.com, April 14, 2000
Give Your PC a Quick Physical
PC World Online, April 7, 2000
Free Support Free-for-All
PC World, April, 2000
Learn by Watching
PC World Online, December 17, 1999
Have an Online Chat With Tech Support
PC World Online, December 16, 1999
Crash-Proof PCs Via the Net
PC World Online, February 4, 2000
Get Smart! Control Your Y2K Chaos
PC World, September, 1999
The Fix Is In: Top Windows Utilities
This is a multi-author roundup of Windows
utilities. The part I wrote was "File
Managers: Explorer Gets Lost." PC World, August,
1999
Your Own Windows Laboratory
PC World Online, March 22, 1999
Windows Utilities: Rx for Your PC
PC World, June, 1998. I was one of
three writers. I did the sections on Diagnostics,
Disk
Scanners, and Defragmenters.
2000: The Year of Living Dangerously
PC World, January, 1998