Thursday, June 12, 2014

How To Fix Windows XP Issues

It has been two months since Microsoft has ended the support for Windows XP operating system. However, the interesting fact is that many users are still unaware about this. Microsoft support executives still receive calls from Windows XP customers seeking support for their operating systems.

However, on realizing that Microsoft no longer provides support for this operating system, they look for other technical support companies in the market. Now, in this post, we will help you to find out how to fix various troubles with Windows XP operating system, as you will no longer receive support for this operating system from Microsoft.

Support forums

When you encounter an issue with your Windows XP operating system, you can always go through different support forums. These forums will provide you with solutions for various Windows XP issues. Microsoft help forum is another place where you will find solutions for various issues with the operating systems. There are also many technical blogs, which provide users with large number of solutions on different issues.

Technical support companies

Even though there is no support for Windows XP operating system from Microsoft, you can still resolve the issues associated with the operating system with the help of other technical support companies. Most of the major technical support companies still offer support for Windows XP operating system. They will help you to remove viruses from the operating system and tune up the computer.

All the technical support companies charge you for the services they offer. Most of them have different packages for the customers. If you wish to fix only a particular issue, you will be charged for a one-time support. However, if you encounter issues with the operating system often, then it is advisable that you go for the annual support packages. With this package, you can avail the support from the technicians throughout the year.

An attractive feature of availing support from these companies is that you can avail support at any time of the hour, as most of them work round the clock. In addition to the support for the operating system, you can use the support package to fix various software issues related to your peripheral devices like printers, scanners, input devices like mouse, keyboard etc.

Therefore, if you are a Windows XP user who still wishes to stick on to this old operating system, you can find solutions to your operating system issues from Microsoft help forum and other technical support firms.

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Bookmarking A Windows Vista Help And Support Center Article

If you are using the Windows Vista operating system in your computer, there are chances that you will experience issues often. At times the best option is to call up Windows tech support. Some people use Vista help and Support Center instead, and this works just as well in many cases.

There’s a way to bookmark a specific Vista help and Support Center article, if you find that it might be of use in the future. This is advised because Vista’s Help and Support Center is usually directed to the Microsoft Windows Help Web site, where there’s probably a permanent fix for almost any problem. After opening the web page, go ahead and save the URL, unless you want to print the article instead.

If you do not know how to bookmark a Windows Vista Help and Support Center article, you can follow the instructions mentioned below:
  • First, you need to locate the Help article you would like to refer to. Here, let us suppose you are searching for an article by the name Which CD or DVD Format Should I Use.
  • After finding the article, you can right-click in the body of the article followed by the View Source option. You will see a notepad window pop up, which contains the actual HTML source code behind the help article.
  • Here, you need to check for article’s 36-character ID number. You can find this number immediately after text, and it will look a lot like: mshelp://windows/?id=.
  • Make sure you select that text and copy it to the Windows Clipboard. So, if you are looking for the article mentioned above, you need to select 2af64e60-60aa-4d79-ab6c-3a5db5806cbe1033, and copy it to the Clipboard.
  • Now, you can open your web browser and go to the website: windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/, then the 36-digit ID number, followed by .mspx. For the CD format article, this would be windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/2af64e60-60aa-4d79-ab6c-3a5db5806cbe1033.mspx.
  • You will be able to see the Help and Support Center article in your browser. Now, just like you’d bookmark any content on a normal website, you can do the same for this article as well. So, Bookmark the page if you want to.
  • Now, according to the Windows tech support team, you need to open a new tab with the page/Help article. Here, you can copy the address and insert it in a new e-mail message. You can use this email to tell others how to get to a specific Help article.
  • Now, simply drag a shortcut to the site/Help article onto your computer’s desktop.
These steps can help you in bookmarking a Windows Vista Help and Support Center article. To get more information on these, feel free to dial our 24/7 technical support number.

Friday, June 6, 2014

Sharing Apps In Windows 8: A Tutorial

With the dwindling number of Windows 8 Users, Microsoft is introducing a lot of changes to attract more users to install Windows 8. With stiff competition from Mac OS and Android platforms, these changes seem to be the need of the hour. The Charms bar, the latest addition in Windows 8, is one such design change.

Users are accustomed to sharing items on social networking websites like Twitter and Facebook. Most websites are built in with a Share button which immediately shares the data from your social networking profile. Almost every user knows how to share photos, videos and status update with their friends.

Before creating and designing Windows 8, Microsoft programmers realized that the share feature, which is popular among millions of users, can be improved. The share feature which was earlier limited to websites, calendars and e-mails is now incorporated into Windows 8.

Getting Familiar with the Share Feature

Before we start describing how to share content, we have to inform you that this feature is only available in the latest updated version, Windows 8.1. So update your Windows 8 device immediately! Apart from the share feature, Windows 8.1 has loads of interesting features that are not available in Windows 8. Use the Windows 8 store to update and the whole process will be completed in an hour.

Taking and sharing Screenshot
  • To take a screenshot, place your mouse cursor on the top right-hand corner of your screen and open the Charms Bar. If you are a touch user, place your finger on the right side of the screen and swipe to the right to reveal the Charms Bar. 
  • In the Charms bar, you will see the Share icon. Tap or click on this and a drop down Menu will appear, from which you can select Screenshot.
  • Next you have to select the app through which you want to share the screenshot from a list of installed apps. Default apps include Mail.
Sharing Anything else

If you want so share pictures, links or web pages, the share feature works the same way as sharing Screenshots. Here’s how you share in Internet Explorer, the default browser in Windows 8.
  • Once you get the page you want to share, bring the Charms Bar as shown before.
  • The Share button will share the link using the app of your selection.
At the time, only People, Mail and Reading List are included. Most third party apps will have to bring updated version which supports this Share feature. Once these updates are released, you can share using the above mentioned feature. If you feel you are missing out on all these interesting features, install Windows 8 now!