Samsung NC10 Tips Hardware, Software and Security Tips and Tricks

Chargers for the Samsung NC10

Spare Charger for the NC10 (US)

As with a lot of gadgets and electronics it is often useful to have a spare charger for your device. Despite the long battery life of the NC10, it can be a frustrating experience to be caught short with no charge left in your battery. People who use their NC10 for work may find it useful to have one charger at work and one charger at home so that you don't have to always carry the charger with you, netbooks are supposed to be portable! Unfortunately chargers do also sometimes fail or become damaged and if this happens to you its important to find a replacement.

There is a range of chargers available including car chargers, travel chargers and adaptable chargers that can be changed to fit several different devices. There are also deals available where you can get a spare charger bundled with a neoprene sleeve or case. (see this post)

Below is a priced list of suitable chargers and adpaters for your Samsung NC10 that are available on amazon.com & amazon.co.uk.

US Buyer (amazon.com)

40w AC Adapter for Samsung NC10/NC20 Series

Tifa BlackGem Car Charger for Samsung NC10

Combo - Samsung NC10 Grey Neoprene Sleeve and 12v Car Charger

UK Buyer (amazon.co.uk)

Qubz Samsung NC10 In-Car Charger

PARA Samsung NC10 Netbook Car Charger

Qubz Replacement Samsung NC10 Mains Charger

Cases and Sleeves for the Samsung NC10

Keeping the NC10 protected with a decent case or sleeve is important. Scratches or blemishes on the finish not only affect the appearance of your NC10 but also its value if you ever need to sell your netbook on. A good case can also make taking your NC10 out with you a lot easier. There are a large number of different styles and colour of case and sleeve available that are made specifically for the NC10 and other similar sized netbooks.

There's a massive range of options for both cases and sleeves available and they protect your NC10 in different ways. Cases provide an excellent level of protection but add some bulk to your NC10. Sleeves provide plenty of protection without all the bulk and are perfect if you already keep your netbook inside a normal bag. Personally I use a neoprene sleeve and then carry my netbook around in my normal bag with the sleeve on to protect it from scratches and knocks.

I've produced a priced list of suitable cases and sleeves for your NC10 that are available on amazon.com & amazon.co.uk.

US Buyer (amazon.com)

Cases

Samsung NC10 Hard Carrying Brief Case (Black)

CaseCrown Premium Double Memory Foam Netbook Pouch Case - (Check Style)

CaseCrown 10-Inch Netbook Premium Memory Foam Pouch Case (Black)

Samsung NC10 Laptop CaseCrown Vertical Messenger Bag (Black)

Sleeves

10 Inch Reversable 2 Side Soft Sleeve for Samsung NC10 (Black / Red)

Durable Neorpene Sleeve Case with Extra Pocket (Many Colours)

Caselogic Black Ultra Portable Laptop Sleeve (Black)

Leather Carrying Sleeve & Screen Protector / Guard for Samsung NC10 (Black)

UK Buyer (amazon.co.uk)

Cases

Ultimateaddons Samsung NC10 Breifcase Style Carry Bag Case (Black)

Cool Bananas Neoprene Case w/ Front Pocket for Samsung NC10 (Black)

Ultimateaddons Samsung NC10 Green Messenger Bag (Green)

Sleeves

Duragadget NC10 Waterproof Sleeve (Black)

iGadgitz Neoprene Sleeve for Samsung NC10 (Black)

Cool Bananas Neoprene Sleeve Zipit for Samsung NC10 (Black/Red)

Use CCleaner on the Samsung NC10

In order to keep Windows running smoothly on the NC10 it is important to remove temporary files and unused files that build up, keep the registry clean and tidy and make sure your NC10 boots quickly by only letting aplications that you need run at startup.

CCleaner is an excellent free tool that covers all of these bases. All of the file cleaning options can be toggled on and off so you can tell it to leave your cookies and settings alone if you wish, you can do this in the menu shown to the left of this article. For the security concious or paranoid amongst you CCleaner features secure file deletion with up to 35 overwrite passes should you wish to enable it.

Important Note: There is some debate as to effectiveness and safety of registry cleaners, personally I've found the registry cleaner function in CCleaner to be excellent and it has never caused me any problems, however you should always click yes when prompted to back up the registry before each fix just in case something goes wrong.

Anti Spyware for the Samsung NC10

When it comes to protecting your NC10, spyware and adware protection are becoming just as important as virus protection. The problem being that it is often the case that spyware and adware come bundled with software that the user has consensually installed meaning that anti-virus software will often ignore these nasties.

Spybot Search and Destroy is excellent free software that not only provides a regularly updated scanner but also an excellent 'immunization' feature that closes loopholes in your system and browsers to ensure that malicious software can't install itself in the first place. Spybot also provides the option to install it's 'Resident Tea Timer' software that monitors software that installs on your system and flags up any potentially unwanted programs before they are allowed to install. If your using Internet Explorer (you should be using Firefox) then there is also the option to install 'Resident SDHelper' that provides IE with even more protection against malicious software installers on the web.

The interface for Spybot can appear plain at times but this shouldn't shake your confidence in its abilities as protection software. The software is widely recommend and there is a big user and support base.

Spybot Search and Destroy can be downloaded for free here.

Don't like Spybot? Try Ad-Aware Free another free anti ad/spyware alternative.