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Keep your PC's internals and externals in tiptop shape by following the sage advice of Contributing Editor Kirk Steers.
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Hardware Tips: Get the Best View Possible From Your PC's Monitor

Calibrate your display to get the highest-quality picture. Plus: Limit access to the Net on your PC.

Kirk Steers

Monday, July 26, 2004 1:00 AM PDT
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Padlock Your Modem

Want to keep employees, kids, or unwelcome interlopers from accessing the Internet on your PC? Block all access to your dial-up, cable, or DSL modem with ModemLockDown, a shareware utility that password-protects the device, locking everyone else out of the Internet without requiring you to log off Windows or shut down your PC. Download the 30-day trial version; the program is $10 to keep.

Send your tips and questions to kirk_steers@pcworld.com. We pay $50 for published items. Kirk Steers is a PC World contributing editor.


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