This article covers a number of favorite free Windows utilities geared toward health and maintenance of your Windows PC/laptop.
Cloud Storage – Free/Low Priced
Want to make sure you have a backup of all your critical files? Found a few excellent backup/sync tools for both Windows and Linux. Many also support MAC, Android and IOS
WordPress Security
Tips to lock down your WordPress site (and non WordPress sites)
Video Streaming
Setting up a video streaming service.
Web Site Hosting Tips
Moving your main site to a subdirectory
Linux USB Based Recovery
After looking at various CD based recovery tools I decided to create a USB based install which would allow the addition of whatever software was needed in a familiar Ubuntu based interface.
The best base system I found was lubuntu. This provides a light weight desktop environment. Recommend using an 8GB flash stick.
Stopping Spam (99%)
If you have control of your own domain DNS entries, here’s a number of products that can greatly reduce the amount of Spam you receive. The services used are all free with limitations, however, the limits are high enough to handle most small domains.
This article covers the tools I found to eliminate or greatly reduce the amount of spam reaching your inboxes.
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Building a WordPress Web Site
If you’re interested in the tools used to create this site, read on.
All aspects of the site other than the hosting provider are completely free and/or open source components. Look for a hosting service that provides PHP and MySQL (most do). I prefer a Linux based hosting service as some plugins require a Linux server.