Joe Hatch's visit

Yesterday Joe Hatch came to our class to talk to us about computer survival skills. He explained what Clean Access was (a security system for the campus that checks for updates and provides Sophos antivirus, but does NOT protect against identity theft).  It kind of surprised me how this is my second year here and that was the first time anyone had explained what it was - I knew that it was some kind of security feature and that it was a pain in the butt to sign into the system every time I open my laptop, but I didn't know the details.  He also talked about Mac support, which didn't apply to me since I've always used a PC, and he discussed network drives.  I have used my Y drive a few times before, but it was nice to hear more about it.  Joe Hatch also introduced our class to ccleaner.com, which allows you to download a program that removes the buildup of temporary files, cookies, web histories, etc. that builds up on your computer over time.  I downloaded it yesterday and ran the program, and I removed about 1200 MB of junk from my laptop... I had no idea that my laptop had been continuously saving and storing so much stuff, especially since I've only had it for about a year.  Overall, I thought that I learned quite a bit about basic computer survival tips, and I will definitely be using the ccleaner program regularly!