Computer Security

Computer security is another growing field. Many businesses have created networks, websites and become reliant on computer technology, without employing safeguards to protect their data. There are many malevolent computer geeks out there who attack systems, or software for fun, curiosity or profit. Data extortion is now a common organized crime method for Russian mafia!

Security violations have created new careers in network security and software development. Courses of study are mainly in Microsoft products and software development languages like Visual Basic, C++, .net, compiler and assembly languages.

Career positions in this category include network security, software programming, web design, web development and website administration (server side).

Databases

The acceptance of computers into business has created a great demand for databases. Almost every industry has a need for databases for marketing, client retention and daily operations. Industries such as banking, insurance, hospitals and utilities absolutely rely on them. Terrorism threats have created new laws, like Patriot Act, that require a database of all foreign nationals who enter country.

Creation of these databases relies on software, mainly developed by Oracle for large scale databases, Microsoft SQL for web based applications and Microsoft Access for smaller scale and custom applications.

Jobs in database category include data architects, database administrators and information systems managers.

The information age has created a wealth of career opportunities for computer geeks, elevating their status as knowledgeable professionals and compensating them well financially. If you’re a computer geek, or would like to become one, a career in any of these professions can be obtained in less than two years of study.

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No matter whether it was their intention or an accident, your system administrator or person who configured your PC could use this feature to your disadvantage. Now you'll have to use it once again and regain control over screensavers.

Here's what you should do:

1) Click Start and then click Run...

2) Type "gpedit.msc" and press Enter.

3) A window will open with a tree on its left. Expand User Configuration node, then expand Control Panel and click Display.

4) Now look at policies in list to right. Make sure that policies starting from Hide Screen Saver Tab and ending with Screen Saver Timeout all have their state set to Not Configured.

5) If any of them has a different state, double click line with policy, select Not Configured and click OK.

6) Now close Group Policy window.

Now you can open Display Properties and see whether screensavers are back. If they aren't, step back and check if you carefully followed all steps described above.

Note that you can see a window saying you don't have permission to access Group Policy window when doing step 2. That will happen if you are working under a restricted user account. You will have to log under an account with Administrator's rights or contact your system administrator.

With a little creativity, you can use information in this article to prevent your kids and other unauthorized users from messing with your screensavers. The procedure is basically same. The only difference is that you should specify meaningful values for screensaver related items instead of Not Configured.