![]() The next boot, however, will be normal.Ī battery stores a PC's CMOS settings, and the time and date, among other things. The symptoms can also exhibit as a temperamental PC, say, giving you a horrifying message that the hard drive doesn't exist when you try to book up. The problem, I told her, is a weak system battery. Better, but no cigar: Now the time is resetting back to 10:25 a.m., although it's at least recognizing it is Tuesday." Fast forward through several resets, reboots, McAfee Virus Scans, and deleting and reinstalling the Windows Daylight Savings Time patch. Oddest thing, though, it correctly identifies that I'm on Pacific Daylight Time. "So today, my normally reliable computer at work starts changing the time. I get lots of e-mail asking for help, like this one from Cynthia M.: Finally, and probably most important, is that you don't have to worry if your browser crashes midway while downloading a large file-mine are typically 700MB-because the program will resume the download. The other benefit is that you can set a schedule so the manager downloads the files when you want, say, late at night after you've gone to bed. For one thing, you can stack up dozens of files and the manager will download them automatically. Using a download manager is vital if you're scarfing up multi-part videos or lots of files from the Internet. ![]() If you're feeling apprehensive, uninstall FlashGet and read about some alternatives-as well as other downloading tips-in "Get Smart About Downloads." Here's a quick list: Finally I decided that with Kaspersky and my anti-spyware program, CounterSpy, watching over me, I can safely continue to use the download manager. So I struggled with whether to uninstall and replace FlashGet with another download manager. I prefer FlashGet, but I also like a Trojan-free PC.
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