Ask A Geek

Q: I am going through my services using the system configuration utilities and saw pdwebwmi. Is this something I need to have running or can I stop it?

A: The pdwebwmi program is part of Perfect Disk Live, which is a disk defrag program. The program is something someone most likely paid for but is possibly a free trial. The program runs all the time to, as they say, “Defrag your hard drive – the smart way, Remove duplicate files, increase disk space, Protect your privacy, and Repair your registry with confidence.” Read the rest of this entry »

Q: Can a private individual spy on another person’s computer using a tracking cookie?

A: A web site might be able to determine some browsing habits of a user using cookies but only if they have a presence on other sites. An example of where this might happen is with advertising companies like Double Click and Google Ads. For more detailed information you should read privacy and third party cookies.

Q: On what part of my computer do my chat messages get stored and can I delete them from my computer so no one is able to view my past conversations?

Q: If I am viewing questionable videos on the site of origin does any part of the movie then gets lodge on my hard drive?

Q: I have East-Tec Eraser 2007 and after restarting my computer I get a Application Error stating that ” Exception XCannotCompileDef in module engine .dll at 000D9036″ unrecognized command (12). Was this because East-Tec Eraser was not able to finish its erasing procedure? I uninstalled the eraser program and reinstalled it to try again and the same thing happens. Is there any way to fix this?