Don't Take Chances With Your Computer

Sep 5
17:28

2010

Patrick Daniels

Patrick Daniels

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You know that spam mail you get from people you don't know or businesses you have never heard of? That is almost always a bad thing and it could really affect your business or your personal computer. Don't let that happen and taking the best precautions possible is the best way to do so. Don't let someone else wreck your business and your reputation by being careless about your personal and business files.

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You know that spam mail you get from people you don't know or businesses you have never heard of? That is almost always a bad thing and it could really affect your business or your personal computer. Don't let that happen and taking the best precautions possible is the best way to do so. Don't let someone else wreck your business and your reputation by being careless about your personal and business files.

A lot of people at your company probably have access to your Internet and things that are secretive to your business,Don't Take Chances With Your Computer Articles and they are not likely to use it for the wrong reasons, but you can't take chances because the proper authorities easily track anything done on the Internet. You can never hound your employees and make them feel like they are being watched at all times, but you also need to protect yourself and your business.

Sometimes, just not being able to mess up keeps people from messing up. People need boundaries, otherwise they waste time and company resources and can even get themselves and the company in trouble. The same principles that work in the workplace can be applied in the home. Anyone with kids old enough to use a computer knows that there are sites and pages that they don't need to have access to. So, just like at work, boundaries need to be set and rules need to be put in place.

Now, kids are going to see and hear things that you don't want them to, that's just part of growing up, but it's the ease of access that has made the job of monitoring it that much harder. A parent, just like a boss can't be there every second of every day, you have to trust that they are going to make a good decision. But, that doesn't mean you stop trying. You put up the barriers, the walls and protection and you try to keep the worst of it out of your office or home and off your hard drive.

Taking care of safety for your computer doesn't make you paranoid, it just gives you a piece of mind knowing that your personal accounts and records are safe and that your kids aren't accessing things that you don't want them to see. The computer is not a toy and it is one of the few things over which you need to maintain total control. Nothing is more personal than the information you store in your personal computer, so don't let anyone take that safety advantage away from you no matter the cost.


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