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Top 12 ways to overcome PC disaster
by Ryan Carter May 25th 2007 at 6:00PM
PC World has put together a round-up of ideas to save you from the worst things that could happen to you. These end-game scenarios include:- Your computer won't boot
- You just told off the CEO in an e-mail and instantly regret it
- No PCs show on the network
- Your identity has been stolen!
- Your Net connection is dead
- You're being sued by the RIAA/MPAA
- Your device just got doused with water--or worse
- You're inundated with pop-ups when you boot your PC (adware/spyware infestation)
- You deleted a critical file--and have no backup
- Your hard drive has crashed
- You forgot your Windows password
- Your presentation just croaked
You may want to bookmark these articles, or print them out and store them in a firesafe, just so when your PC takes a nose-dive, you'll have something to fall back on. There are a few gems that are not so common knowledge for your triumph over the untimely death of man's "new best friend" (that's the computer if you haven't had enough coffee yet today). Good luck, you're going to need it.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
