Cleaning and Maintaining Your Dirty Dirty Computer

A computer is like any other machine, it needs to be properly and regularly maintained to work as it should. Some people don't realize this and think that their computer should run in tip top shape all of the time for years on end, while they continually download programs and install/uninstall multiple drivers. What they fail to understand is that even with just normal computer use spy ware, ad ware, and other scary things are put onto the computer. But alas there is something that can be done! Actually there are a few things that a person should do on a regular basis to keep their computer running nominally. Did you know that some experts suggest formatting your hard drive and reinstalling your operating system every few months?

As I said, there are several things you can do to "maintain" your computer. I will break these down into two groups. The physical side and the software side. On the physical side of things you have the actual components in the computer itself. Depending on your environment the components can get pretty dirty. I would usually recommend using a "duster" spray can that can be purchased at a store like Walmart or any computer store, once every two to three months. Then just open your computer case and spray out the dust and buildup that you see inside. Be sure not to touch any of the components inside with your hands unless you are properly grounded using E.S.D. straps. Also be careful to not spray a bunch of the dust/dirt onto electronic components. Sometimes if there is a lot of buildup inside I will use a dust buster or vacuum cleaner hose above the computer case. That way when I spray the dust/dirt up out of the case it will get sucked up and not fall back down onto the computer or go all over the room.
If you have really dirty components there IS something else you can do, but be cautious when doing it. You can use a solvent like rubbing alcohol or something similar that will evaporate quickly and clean off the components very tediously. This also works well when cleaning out keyboards (when SOMEONE spills soda in them) or for cleaning out your mouse. Remember that anything electronic you touch with something CAN get damaged. I accept no responsibility for any damage you do to your system! I also clean computers among other things for people so if you don't want to do this yourself then send me an email to nebraskacurt@hotmail.com
The software side of things is a bit more time consuming and/or in depth than cleaning the physical components. Not only that but while core fundamentals of this process will be the same, some aspects will vary depending on what operating system you are using. Since some 90% of persons out there are using Windows (yeah I know...yay) I will be covering that operating system. I'm sure that if you are using Linux or some Apple OS like OSX then you will know how to accomplish these same processes. If you don't know exactly how to do the same type of thing on your operating system then I would suggest searching the net for information, contacting your OEM support, or even calling up a local computer shop/store and asking some basic questions regarding this. If they are a good store then they should give you some pointers, if they aren't a good shop then I would hang up...call another shop...and then immediately after that call everyone you know and tell them to napalm the first shop you called. (again, I accept no responsibility for any actions you take and if you don't realize that was a joke then please grab a stick, hit yourself over the head, and yell "NO")
Okay, getting back on track now. There are many different things a person can do to "clean" up the software side of their computer. Oh and from here on out in this article if I say "clean up" I am referring to the software side of things. Now, you can really do this in any order you wish, it doesn't REALLY effect things that much unless you are experiencing a specific problem. If you ARE experiencing an actual problem with your computer (error message, specific things not running properly or not at all, blue screen of death, etc.) then please either contact tech support for your computer or operating system vendor, your network administrator, or a computer repair shop. Or you can be smart about it and send me an email ;) lol.
The first aspect of cleaning you will want to do involves NOT using any third party software programs (programs that are created by another company that is NOT the company that created your operating system or OEM). We will get into some of these programs later on. Now then, what I would do first is to make sure your computer is off. You want to do a cold boot (starting your computer from a completely powerless state) and boot into safe mode with command prompt. You usually do this by holding down the F8 key when your computer is starting up. This will give you a boot menu and you should be able to key down and select 'Safe Mode With Command Prompt'. You CAN just boot into safe mode but I usually boot into safe mode with command prompt just in case I need to use DOS...or command prompt as it is now called. When Windows starts up it should show you the command prompt window. Go ahead and type in 'exit' and hit enter or click the [X] to close the window as we will not be using this right now.

*NOTE: if any of the steps covered in this article do not work in Safe Mode then boot into Windows normally and perform them. I simply advise booting into Safe Mode because it enables you to get rid of files that may be loaded by virii, programs, or other strings of code that you may otherwise not be able to delete.

We will first do some basic cleaning using features that are build into Windows. This will be deleting cookies, temporary internet files, and history. Cookies are small files that hold information on the times and dates you have visited web sites. Other information can also be saved to your hard disk in these files, including information about online purchases, validation information about you for members-only web sites, and more. The only real downside to deleting your cookies is that you will have to enter information into forms on websites when logging in, etc. Regardless to horror stories you may have heard about cookies they are harmless like 95% of the time. Still it is a good idea to delete your cookies every now and again. To do so, make sure you close your web browser first. Then follow these steps:

1. Click Start, click Run, type inetcpl.cpl, and then press ENTER
2. On the General tab, click Delete under Browsing History in the Internet Properties dialog box.
3. In the Delete Browsing History dialog box, click Delete Cookies.
4. In the Delete Cookies dialog box, click Yes.

To manually delete cookie files for Windows 98, Internet Explorer 5 or 6 follow these steps:

1. Click Start, click Run, type inetcpl.cpl, and then press ENTER.
2. On the General tab, click Delete Cookies in the Internet Properties dialog box, under Temporary Internet Files.
3. In the Delete Files dialog box, click to select the Delete all offline content check box, and then click OK.

To manually delete cookie files for Internet Explorer version 4.01 or version 5.0 for UNIX on HP-UX or Sun Solaris follow these steps:

1. Change to the .microsoft folder in the user's home folder.
2. Change to the Cookies folder in the .microsoft folder.
3. Delete all .txt files that are located in this folder. For example, delete the 'user@www.example.com.txt' file.

You can also follow some steps to verify that the cookies are deleted. To do this for Internet Explorer 7 follow these steps:

1. Click Start, click Run, type inetcpl.cpl, and then press ENTER.
2. In the Internet Properties dialog box, on the General tab, click Settings under Browsing History.
3. In the Temporary Internet Files and History Settings dialog box, click View Files. This opens the folder where your cookie files are stored.
4. In the folder that you opened in step 3, verify that there are no .txt files.

To verify that the cookie files are deleted for Windows 98, for Internet Explorer 5/6 follow these steps:

1. Click Start, and then click Run, type inetcpl.cpl, and then press ENTER.
2. In the Internet Properties dialog box, on the General tab, click View Files under Temporary Internet Files.
3. In the folder that you opened in step 3, verify that there are no text files.

To verify that the cookie files are deleted for Internet Explorer 4.01 or 5.0 for UNIX on HP-UX or Sun Solaris follow these steps:

1. Change to the .microsoft folder in the user's home folder.
2. Change to the Cookies folder in the .microsoft folder.
3. In the folder that you opened in step 2, verify that there are no .txt files.

If either of these options do not apply to you or do not work, you can search for a folder called 'cookies' and delete all of the .txt files in the folder. Or you can click Start>Control Panel and then go into your internet options. On the General tab there will be a button called 'Delete Cookies'. Click that and you will be prompted to confirm the cookie deletion. Then click the OK button.
Next we will delete your temporary internet files. The Temporary Internet Files (or cache) folder contains Web page content that is stored on your hard disk for quick viewing. This cache permits Internet Explorer or MSN Explorer to download only the content that has changed since you last viewed a Web page, instead of downloading all the content for a page every time it is displayed. To delete the files in the Temporary Internet Files folder, follow these steps:

1. Quit Internet Explorer and quit any instances of Windows Explorer.
2. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Internet Options.
3. On the General tab, click Delete Files, under Temporary Internet Files.
4. In the Delete Files dialog box, click to select the 'Delete all offline content' check box, and then click OK.
5. Click OK.

*NOTE: if the Temporary Internet Files folder contains a significant amount of Web page content, this process may take several minutes to complete.

*NOTE: an administrator can customize your Temporary Internet Files settings and prevent you from changing them (for example, by removing the General tab from the interface in the Internet Options dialog box). If you cannot access the Internet Options dialog box or the General tab, contact your administrator for more information. Or email me ;)

*NOTE: files that start with the word "Cookie" may remain in your Temporary Internet Files folder after you follow these steps. These files are pointers to the actual cookie files that are located in your Cookies folder.

Now that we have deleted cookies and temporary internet files, we will delete your history. This is relatively easy to do by following these steps:

1. Click on the Start button.
2. Go to Settings.
3. Click on Control Panel.
4. Double-click Internet Options.
5. Make sure the General tab is selected.
6. Click Clear History in the History box.
7. Click OK when it asks if you want to delete all items in your history folder.
8. Click OK at the bottom of the General box to exit.

That's it, we have completed the first basic steps to cleaning up junk on your computer by doing some manual steps. Now we will use some automated features built into Windows to go a little more in depth. The first tool we will use is called "Disk Cleanup". The Disk Cleanup tool helps you free up space on your hard disk by searching your disk for files that you can safely delete. You can choose to delete some or all of the files. Use Disk Cleanup to perform any of the following tasks to free up space on your hard disk:

- Remove temporary internet files
- Remove downloaded program files (ActiveX controls, Java applets, etc.)
- Empty the Recycle Bin
- Remove Windows temporary files
- Remove optional Windows components that you are not using
- Remove installed programs that you no longer use

You can start Disk Cleanup, by doing any of the following:

1. Click Start, and then click Run, in the Open box, type cleanmgr, and then click OK.
2. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Disk Cleanup.
3. In Windows Explorer or My Computer, right-click the disk in which you want to free up space, click Properties, click the General tab, and then click Disk Cleanup.

To remove files stored on your hard disk that you no longer use, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, and then click My Computer.
2. Right-click the disk in which you want to free up space, and then click Properties.
3. Click the General tab, and then click Disk Cleanup.
4. Click the Disk Cleanup tab (if it is not already selected), click to select the check boxes next to the files that you want to remove, and then click OK.
5. Click Yes to the process with this action, and then click OK.

To remove Windows components that you are not using, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, and then click My Computer.
2. Right-click the disk in which you want to free up space, and then click Properties.
3. Click the General tab, and then click Disk Cleanup.
4. Click the More Options tab, and then under Windows components, click Clean up.

The Windows Components Wizard will then start

5. In the Components list, click to clear the check box next to the component(s) that you want to remove. *A shaded check box next to a component indicates that only some of its subcomponents are installed. If you want to remove a subcomponent, click Details, click to clear the check box next to the subcomponent(s) that you want to remove, and then click OK.
6. Click Next.
7. In the Completing the Windows Components Wizard page, click Finish.
8. Click OK, click Yes to proceed with this action, and then click OK.

To remove programs that you no longer use, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, and then click My Computer.
2. Right-click the disk in which you want to free up space, and then click Properties.
3. Click the General tab, and then click Disk Cleanup.
4. Click the More Options tab, and then under Installed programs, click Clean up.

The Add or Remove Programs dialog box is displayed.

5. In the Currently installed programs list, click the program that you want to remove, and then click Remove (or Change/Remove).
6. If you receive a prompt to confirm the removal of the program, click Yes.
7. Repeat step 5 and 6 to remove other programs that you no longer use, and then click Close.
8. Click OK, click Yes to proceed with this action, and then click OK.

Now that we have completed those steps we will use the Disk Defragment utility to Defrag your hard drive. The defragment utility locates and consolidates fragmented boot files, data files, and folders on local volumes. A volume must have at least 15% free space for a defrag to completely and adequately defragment it. Defrag uses this space as a sorting area for the file fragments. If a volume has less than 15% free space, defrag will only partially defragment it. To increase the free space on a volume, delete unneeded files or move them to another disk. Also, you cannot defragment volumes that the file system has marked as dirty, which indicates possible corruption. You must run CHKDSK on a dirty volume before you can defragment it. You can determine if a volume is dirty by using the fsutil dirty query command. For more information on using that please do a search on it. There are a couple ways to start Disk Defragmenter....

Method 1: Use the Properties of Your Local Disk

1. Open My Computer.
2. Right-click the local disk volume that you want to defragment, and then click Properties.
3. On the Tools tab, click Defragment Now.
4. Click Defragment.

Method 2: Use Computer Management MMC

1. Start Computer Management MMC (Compmgmt.msc).
2. Click Disk Defragmenter.
3. Click the volume that you want to defragment, and then click Defragment.

Method 3: Use Disk Defragmenter MMC

1. Start Disk Defragmenter MMC (Dfrg.msc)
2. Click the volume that you want to defragment, and then click Defragment.


*NOTE: Disk Defragmenter will usually take awhile to run, especially on larger volumes or if you have not run it in awhile.

Well this is about it as far as basic cleaning and maintaining goes. In my next article we will go more in depth into spyware/adware, virii, and registry edits. I mainly just wanted to get some basic steps covered in this article. So look back soon for the second part of this series..

-Curt

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Univ. of Flordia Student Tased for Asking a Question

If you are not already aware, a University of Florida student (Andrew Meyer) was tasered and arrested after asking Senator John Kerry a question about The Order of Skull and Bones and The Bohemian Grove. (The Order of Skull and Bones, once known as The Brotherhood of Death, is a secret society based at Yale University, in New Haven, Connecticut, and is one of the oldest student secret societies in the United States.) Both 2004 Presidential Nominees - Massachusetts Senator John Kerry and now two-term President George W. Bush - were members of Skull and Bones. When asked about the organization by Tim Russert of Meet the Press, both Kerry and Bush declined to give any details.

It was Q&A time after Sen. Kerry spoke to the crowd and went over in the predetermined time frame. It is my understanding that Meyer quickly approached the microphone to ask his question and Sen. Kerry stated that he would answer it. Then as Meyer began to ask about The Skull and Bones and Bohemian Grove, the police told him that he was done speaking and then they began trying to escort him away. As this was happening Meyer was proclaiming that he did nothing wrong and asking why he was being detained. At one point Meyer put his hands in the air and said something to the effect of "Does everyone see this?". The officers then restrained him and repeatedly told him to "stop resisting" even though he was only asking a question. The scuffle then ended up at the back of the room where police officers were holding him down and then ended up tasering him after Meyer's even at one point stated "I am not resisting, if you let me up I will walk out of here with you".

This event has been covered in the major news media but yet again they have failed to speak about the connection between this use of excessive force / denial of rights that is very similar to the way the Gestapo in Nazi Germany operated and the other examples of an ever growing tyrannical government in the United States. If you just search you will find examples of other persons getting arrested JUST for asking questions about such topics as the Skull and Bones, New World Order, and Bohemian Grove. A lot of people are just sitting idly by while our rights and freedoms are slowly being denied to us. Just as with governments in history, our government has used false flag operations and terror to get the public behind "giving up our freedoms for security".

Let me ask you....what has happened since 9/11 when we were promised greater security for reduction in freedoms? Terrorism has increased around the globe! When you give up your rights and freedoms you don't get liberty and security! You get tyranny, control, and invasion/denial of rights and freedoms. Yet our society is still letting these things happen. Either they don't get it, don't care, or actually believe what they are being told by the government and mass media. When all you have to do is look at the facts! Look at events that have happened in this country (gun confiscation, ridiculous arrests and abuse of power, public spying/eavesdropping...etc.) and look at all of the events in history that took place...that 'strangely' are very similar to what we the citizens of the United States are being told and what is happening.

Please people, do your research and look at what is happening to this country! Be patriotic and question what is going on. This nation was founded by people that didn't agree with what was going on in their government, what they were being told, and actions being taken. We can't just sit here like drones and believe everything that is just shown or told to us. Think for yourselves and free your mind!

-Curt

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The New World Order

It amazes me that so many American's either do not know about or care to know about certain aspects of their government. Some college students today don't even know what year the 9/11 tragedy happened. How can we expect the population or the youth of today to question things that they need to be questioning? How can we hope for change?! Our government has such a powerful control over us that most of the population are drones to what they are being told by the mainstream media, and they are so naive that they block out any other information that is brought up that questions the "official story". I get so frustrated by the fact that we have to have an "underground" movement to get the word out about facts and information. I find it a responsibility to let others know about ALL the facts and information or to encourage them to research it on their own. But it just really upsets me that these people cannot think on their own and do this. There is far too much information out there about False Flag operations, the New World Order, Illuminati, Skull and Bones, the Bohemian Grove, etc. to explain it all in this one article. My intent with this blog article is to merely reach people out there, get them to question, and above all to do research on their own and find out the facts. Come to your own conclusion, the truth is in the public domain IF you allow yourself to be receptive to it. Please don't just allow yourself to take in information from one source (mainstream media)!

I'm not going to go into specific details and information regarding events that took place on 9/11/01 nor will I site loads of details on secret organizations. As I have said, my sole purpose is to inform people ABOUT all of this because it is obvious that so many people out there do not know about this information. The latest research polls show that an exponential amount of the United States population believes that this administration lied to us about what took place on 9/11. So it goes without saying that people DO question the "official story", now we just need to get all of those people the information that has not been presented in the mainstream.

If a person takes a look back at history and researches the information in the public domain about events that happened in the past, then they will see that governments using false flag operations is nothing new! For those of you that do not know, a "false flag" operation is defined as: "False flag operations are covert operations conducted by governments, corporations, or other organizations, which are designed to appear as if they are being carried out by other entities. The name is derived from the military concept of flying false colors; that is, flying the flag of a country other than one's own. False flag operations are not limited to war and counter-insurgency operations, and have been used in peace-time." It is undeniable that these operations have taken place in the past by such governments as: The United States, The Soviet Union, Germany (3rd Reich), and even in Roman times with Nero burning the city and blaming it on Christians. These things happen people and STILL ARE HAPPENING! Do your research and look at the facts yourself!

Now, what happens when a person starts to speak out about information like this is that they are labeled unpatriotic or anti-American. This could not be farther from the truth! The patriotic and American way is to be free and to be able to question everything. Our Constitutional rights and our Freedoms are being taken away and only a small group of people are fighting for them! And if you honestly don't see or believe that our freedoms are being taken away then you are more naive then I thought. Do you KNOW what the Patriot Act entails? Do you even know what the Constitution of the United States ACTUALLY says? I dare anyone to read the Constitution and look at what authorities are doing and to say that it is legal. We are constantly being spied on, have to have ID cards in some form, camera's are going up everywhere, any citizen can be taken at anytime against their will without representation and held, and so much more! And our government and other governments of the world participate in false flag operations. An example of a PROVEN false flag operation would be: Operation Gladio, a decades-long covert campaign of terrorism and deceit directed by the intelligence services of the West -- against their own populations. Hundreds of innocent people were killed or maimed in terrorist attacks -- on train stations, supermarkets, cafes and offices -- which were then blamed on "leftist subversives" or other political opponents. The purpose, as stated above in sworn testimony by Gladio agent Vincenzo Vinciguerra, was to demonize designated enemies and frighten the public into supporting ever-increasing powers for government leaders -- and their elitist cronies. First revealed by Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti in 1991, Gladio (from the Latin for "sword") is still protected to this day by its founding patrons, the CIA and MI6. Yet parliamentary investigations in Italy, Switzerland and Belgium have shaken out a few fragments of the truth over the years. These have been gathered in a new book, "NATO's Secret Armies: Operation Gladio and Terrorism in Western Europe," by Daniele Ganser, as Lila Rajiva reports on CommonDreams.org. People, these operations are not just plans or mock ups. These false flag operations have been actively used by most all governments, even the United States! Our government structure is not oblivious or immune from corruption! Events such as Pearl Harbor, the Spanish-American War, 9/11/01, and more are examples of these false flag operations. There's loads of evidence either in the public domain or in classified papers about all of these events.
I hear people often talk about how it doesn't matter who we vote for or elect as President of the United States because all of the candidates for lack of a better word...suck. Why do you suppose this is? Do some research please! All of our candidates are preselected, it doesn't matter what party they belong to, they present themselves as varying on different issues but in reality they all are puppets controlled by a bigger organizational structure. Do some research on the Illuminati, Free Masonry, Skull and Bones, and even the Bohemian Grove. There are documentaries, papers, declassified documents, and much more information for the public to research. I bet that you didn't know about the Bohemian Grove, which is a 2700 acre establishment in California that top elite government officials and other various people with power go to for a few weeks every July. During this time they do occult rituals consisting of worshiping an owl idol and burning a "fake" human sacrifice. That is just what happens during ONE night of the 2-3 week long event. This is all available information that you the American Public should be made aware of and research.

A lot of people and a lot of information is available online saying that 9/11 was an inside job. And when you look at the factual information of what happened, when you replay footage in slow motion of the planes hitting the towers, when you question the official story and analyze the facts yourself you begin to see a whole different picture. The American public has been lied to time and time again! PEOPLE, think about WHO benefits from events that have happened. Who benefits from invading Iraq? Who benefits from extending the war in Iraq? Defense contractors, Big Oil, and Politicians....think about it. As a defense contractor that gives money to a political party or as an elected official that has stake in one of these companies, would you benefit from spending one year in Iraq or TEN years? Do your research people...please! There is declassified information out there proclaiming that a "Pearl Harbor" type of event would need to take place so the American people would get behind reasoning to invade Iraq. All of this information is out there if you look for it. I'm not personally going to site in specific detail where this information is...in this article. You can find it yourself, use your brain and do some research! Open up your mind and realize what is happening in YOUR country. Are we as citizens of a supposed free and democratic country going to sit back and let our freedoms be taken away? Are we going to let a secret group of officials that belong to occult based organizations run our lives? This is what is happening and if we do not organize and stand together as people have done in the past, then we are destined to live under tyranny in a New World Order and One World Government. It is happening people...

- Curt

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