Wednesday 25 May 2011

Reflection 2

Reflection 2
Nowadays we are in the last days in our semester in HCT. In this course LSEC-N100, I learned how to research information in the internet or in the HCT library site. I have only the final essay which I did about the problems and the solutions of the laptops protection.
In this essay, first I started my research in site and know what is the problem and solution of the laptops. I searched on HCT library and Google. Also I used my knowledge while I did this essay.
In conclusion, it was too difficult in the first, but after I did the research I found it is easy to do. In addition, in this course I improved my research skills and how to do it easily and in short time.


Wednesday 18 May 2011

Protecting laptops: problems and solutions

Nowadays laptops are one of the important inventions to all people in the world; moreover most people use it every day in their work or life. It’s one of the favorite inventions for most people. In this essay, I am going to write about the problems and the solutions of the laptops protection.
There are a lot of problems and solutions for laptops protection and the first problem is when laptops speed becomes very slow and you can’t finish your work on time, you have to check your virus software update or scan your laptops to protect your laptops from virus and increase the size of RAM to make it faster and easier to use. Another problem is that if you want to save your files or photos and it told you that there are no more spaces to save more files, you must check the capacity of the hard disk and if it’s full you may delete unimportant file that you don’t want and empty the recycle bin on your laptop. Also, it’s better to delete the temporary files which are located in C drive inside the windows files. Yet another problem is sometimes the CPU usage percentage increased and it’s not good for the laptops. You must press ctrl + alt + Del to close all applications to decrease the CPU usage percentage to make it work easier and fast. Another problem is to put your laptops near to a window or in your car under the sunlight and that will harm your laptop screen and the hardware which is inside the laptop and this is the important part in the laptop. Also, if it’s damaged you may repair it, but it’s very expensive. The better thing is to buy a new laptop because the hardware is damaged and the repair price is as high as a new laptop. Also, some laptops batteries finish in one or half an hour and that is very bad to the laptops.
There are a lot of problems of the laptop protection, but there are a lot of solutions. The first solution is to avoid putting your laptop near to windows or in your car under the sunlight. Another solution is to keep your laptop charged to avoid flat batteries. Yet another solution is to install Anti-Virus to save your laptop from the viruses and hackers to protect your important files and documents. In addition, you have to update your Anti-Virus to keep the Anti-Virus working always. 
In conclusion, protecting the laptops is very important nowadays and most people do that in the right way. Also, if you follow the procedure of protecting the laptops you will never have problems in the future, If you don’t do that it will harm your laptop. In my opinion, I think these steps are very important to do and sometimes I didn’t do these steps and I saw how it harmed the laptop. I hope that I will do it usually when it is necessary and required to do it.

Resources;
Ø  From my own knowledge

Citations:
Ø  Torro, John. "ANTIVIRUS PROGRAM EATING UP CAPACITY." St. Petersburg Times [St. Petersburg, FL] 2 July 2007: 3D. Gale Student Resources In Context. Web. 25 May 2011.
Ø  "ASUS N81Vp-C1." PC Magazine Online 9 June 2009. Gale Student Resources In Context. Web. 25 May 2011.