Personal integrator

An intro guide to the topic suitable for printing out for the relatives and neighbors.

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Ross Mayfield goes home for the holidays - and reports on how to handle "In-law IT."

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"Went home for the holidays this week, and of course, the annual fix-Mom's-computer event. This year things on my mother-in-law's Windows 98 PC were especially bad; it could've been used as a software showcase of the latest and greatest in malware. For future reference, here's a laundry list of steps I took to get Mom's computer working and secured from evil software."

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"Personal Firewall Day is dedicated to educating everyone about the threats we face - and pose - when we don't protect our computers with personal firewalls. ... If you are a computer expert, share your knowledge with those around you! A safe Internet is everyone's right and responsibility."

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Slashdot thread on the zillions of hours spent by people who know what they're doing fixing their families' computers over Thanksgiving.

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