Setting or changing a computer description.

You can right-click "My Computer" and set the computer description:

You can also do it from the command line:

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C:\Windows\system32>net config server /srvcomment:"Brian Hart's Notebook"
The command completed successfully.

You can use the computer description to identify who owns a computer without infringing on the company naming policy.

If you are on a Windows 7 system and cannot see the description, create a folder named "Network.{208d2c60-3aea-1069-a2d7-08002b30309d}" (without the quotes).

More info: http://blog.chrisara.com.au/2009/08/restoring-computer-description-in.html

Quickly Add or Remove Programs.

If you want to quickly Add or Remove a program from windows you can type "appwiz.cpl" in your Win7 search box or your XP Start->Run box.

Remember it as the "Application Wizard in my Control Panel".

Why do we want to do this?  More on that later.

Protecting your external hard drive data.

Always put your your external hard drive on the floor.  Somewhere it won't get kicked or stepped on, like under the coffee table.  It's already as low as it can get so it can't get dropped and lose all your family pictures and Justin Beiber tunes.