Opinions differ on how safe it is to send confidential information by email.  But let's take it as given that, every now and then, you want to send something by email and be reasonably sure that no one but the intended recipient can read it.  Let's also assume that you don't want to spend any money, and that it has to be as easy as possible for the recipient to read your message. 

Recommended Free Utilities

• Disk cleanup
• System information
• Internet Connection
• Backup
• Photo editing and organizing

CCleaner

An excellent free utility that will help you clean your

What's All That Junk?

A field guide to the boxes, cables and wires cluttering up your space

Cords/Wires/Cables

Ethernet (network) cords have clear plastic connectors that are almost identical to phone jack connectors, but slightly larger. You'll need two separate ethernet cables to hook your computer to both a cable modem and a router.