It's a wise idea to keep a soft cloth in your laptop bag just in case.
Follow these steps to clean up the spill
1. Turn it off. Do a hard shutdown...
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Preventing Laptop Theft
No matter what users do, laptop theft will always be a possibility.
Cables
One of the cheapest and most cost effective solutions to deter thieves is to attach a security cable to your laptop. In most cases, the very fact that you have made the effort to physically secure the laptop to an immobile object will be enough to cause a potential thief to look for easier prey...
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Avoid Used of Stolen Laptop
Set a BIOS password
If the very first thing a thief sees when they turn on a machine is "Please enter boot password: " they'll know that they are in for a load of trouble. If memory serves, some older workstations had a small EPROM in them that would, after receiving the incorrect password three times, fuse themselves solid, physically preventing the machine from continuing operation. While this level of security is not available today (to the best of my knowledge), most computers offer a similar degree of protection by allowing the owner to set a boot password...
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Tips to Avoid Spam
Why you get Spam
The internet holds thousands of e-mail addresses and provides an irresistible audience for salesmen. Because the net is so vast and mailing is so cheap (no postage fees!), there is little incentive for spammers to narrow down their mailing lists. So a child receives the same advert for Viagra as an adult. An ISP recently said that a third of their network was used to deal with spam...
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Keep Your PC Safe From Internet Attack
Whether you use dial-up or a broadband service, your computer (or router) is assigned a unique IP address which identifies it on the Internet. Using this IP address, a hacker (or malicious program) can scan your computer for vulnerabilities and gain access to it. There are a few things you can do to prevent this from happening:
1. Keep you operating system, e-mail client and web browser up to date. Check for updates frequently, or configure your system for automatic updates...
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Make Your PC More Efficient
Dust build up inside your case can affect your machine in a couple of ways. If layers of dust build up on the components, the thermal cooling process is hindered, and your computer can eventually overheat (this takes a lot of dust to happen). The other problem with dust buildup is that it can destroy your power-supply and CPU fans. If either of these fans fail, your computer will definitely overheat, and could destroy your CPU, motherboard, or graphics cards. Evidence of overheated computers is that the hard drive and floppy cables become shiny and disfigured. To clean out the case, disconnect it from utility power, open the cover and blow the dust out with a can of compressed air. Make sure that you get inside the power supply and all the fans. You may want to do this outdoors if you haven't done this in a while. Let the computer sit for a few moments before turning it back on, as compressed air can sometimes discharge moisture. You should clean your case out at least once a year.
Run Scandisk and Defrag
Scandisk can repair most file system problems and anomalies. If you are finding errors frequently, or find bad blocks during a full surface scan, your hard drive may be failing. Bad blocks are a sure way to lose data, and are normally isolated from operating system use. They are created by jostling the hard drive while the computer is running, which causes the read and write heads to scratch the surface of the disk...
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Protect Your Devices in Hurricane Season
If your computer uses dial-up internet unplug the phone lines that connect to your computer’s modem. If you use Broadband Internet, unplug the coaxial cables from the modem, unplug the modem that is attached to your computer or router...
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