Wednesday, October 7, 2009

System requirements for Windows 7 installation

With the Windows new Operational System, Windows 7 going to hit the market, it’s necessary to know what configuration your PC needs for installation of the same. If you are eager to install a fresh new copy of the OS, please stop and check out the details.


• Your PC needs to have at least 1 gigahertz or 32-bit processor.
• It needs to contain 1 GB of RAM or more than that.
• Free hard disk space should be at least 16 GB for 32-bit processor and 32 GB for 64-bit processor.
• DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 is needed.

But these are not the all. There are some additional requirements that need to be met up for a successful installation.

• To install Windows 7, you may need an internet connection on your PC. (Chargeable)
• To view the video playback, you need to have additional memory and superior graphic hardware.
• To avail the Windows Media Center functionality it may call for a TV tuner card and additional hardware.
• Windows Touch and Tablet PC need particular hardware.
• A well-suited optical-drive is a must for DVD/VCD authoring.
• Trusted Platform Module 1.2 is needed for BitLocker.
• A USB flash drive is also needed.
• Windows 7 offers an exciting option for switching to Windows XP mode that calls for a supplementary 1 GB of RAM, an extra 15 GB of hard disk space and a processor competent of hardware virtualization.
• Last but not the least, your PC needs an audio output to serve you finer and superior sound output.

Moreover, the installation may need some changes in settings for different computers coming up with diverse configuration.

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Disadvantages Of Remote And Local Data Backup

Data backup is necessary to protect your data from getting lost. Today both business organizations and home PC users such as students store their necessary data and information in their PC. If accidentally the computer gets out of order and you do not take the backup of your data you may lose all your valuable data. Loosing important data may ruin the career or business of a person.

You may backup data either locally or remotely using tapes, CDs or DVDs, local or external hard drives, or using file server. But there are lots of disadvantages in remote and local data backup process.

Remote Backup – Transfer speed can be a problem while taking remote backup of your data. If you have high-speed LAN connection then the data can be transmitted fast otherwise the firewall or the upload issues may hamper the backup process.

Local Backup – Local data backup is probably the simplest and quickest way of backing up data. But it has some disadvantages. If any natural calamities like fire or flood occurs, your computer and the storage devices get ruined you may lose your data forever. On the other hand if you misplace the storage device such as CD or DVD where you have store all your data you will not be able to recover it.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Send Huge Files Without Email

Have you ever faced any problem while sending large files through email? It is a very common problem faced by not only you but also a number of PC users all over the world. If you want to avoid the problem you have to upload the file you want to send to your mail server. To do this you just have to add the file as an attachment. It is the most easy and convenient way of sending files to your near and dear ones.

You may face difficulties while sending a file more than 500KB. Though you may send it as attachment you may face lots of inherent email problems.

While uploading a large file it may take long time. You cannot do anything while the uploading process continues. Moreover, if accidentally the connection gets severed you have to start uploading the file all over again. This problem arises especially due to congestion in the network.

Sometimes the receiver whom you are sending the large file may not wish to accept it. If there is a large file with a huge attachment in the queue the receiver will not be able to view the other important mails.

To avoid such issues you can send the large files through instant messengers or you may use a web-based application. You can upload the file to a web server also so that the other party can download the file anytime without congesting the email queue and irritate the receiver.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

How Online Data Backup Protect Your Data

Computer has taken one of the most important parts in the business sector. Even a minor problem with computer may affect the entire business. Most of all business data are saved on computer. Therefore, it is necessary to take a backup of all our important data so that we can recover them anytime even if the computer does not work.

There are both offsite and onsite facilities through which a company can take a backup and save their valuable business documents. In offsite data backup a business organization or the business owners has to store their data in a place outside the business organization. The advantage of offsite data backup is even if the business establishment or the computer unfortunately gets destroyed the data will be safe as they are stored outside the establishment.

Recently online data backup has become quite popular these days. A number of business organizations are opting for online data backup services like QuickBackup.com.au. Though it is more expensive than remote storage devices but the data remain safe. Online data backup service offer a number of features like automatic backup creation for each and every file which is new and created to ensure that all the data which are stored are update.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

How to Back Up Data Properly

Computer has become an essential part of our daily life. But sometimes it does not work properly. Some problems such as malfunction of motherboard, corruption of files may arise. But the problem can get even worse if the CPU quits carrying your necessary data with it. Losing data is the most harmful things ever faced by a computer user. It can be more harmful for the businessmen as it can damage their career. Therefore data backup is necessary. But many computer users do not know about this and think it is a very complicated process. But backing up data is not at all a very difficult process.

One of the oldest process of data backup is floppy disk. Though you cannot store huge amount of data in the floppy disk. But is a very easiest option to backup data.

Backing up the entire hard drive is another option of data backup.

You can backup all your important data in DVD or CD. It will be an added advantage if you use rewritable DVD or CD as you can add more data later.

You can store your data online if you have to travel a lot. You have to store your data in a password-protected file to keep it safe. You can access this file from laptop or cyber café whenever you need it.

Data backup is necessary for both business organizations and home PC users. So if anything goes wrong or your computer crashes you can recover your data without wasting your precious time and money.

Things those are unique about Windows 7

Windows 7 has surpassed its predecessor for various reasons. Not only in features, it excelled in the marketing strategy also.

• Energy competence: as Microsoft declares, computers with Windows 7 running serves 20 percent better than vista in respect of power competence. It helps the processor consume a little power. It results ultimately in long battery life. But all-round performance of the PC depends on the configuration as well.


• Management of memory: previously Vista users complained that their OS was not well-equipped with higher configuration. But now, the requirements for the high-end version of Windows 7 are same as a brawnier version of Vista. Windows 7 will surely be better to manage memory: hence will not bog down less configured machines. It can run on pretty small machinery like netbooks. Windows 7 PCs will start up and shut down very quickly.


• Desktop arrangement: users will be able to manage opened windows more easily as this new version of windows features aero peek and aero snap which enables a user to look through an opened window to see another one.

• XP affability: the XP OS was released at the end of 2001 and 400 million copies were sold by January 2006. a large number of users did not choose Visa afterwards. Xp’s longevity is included in the newest OS .Termed as ‘Windows XP mode’; this will facilitate the users to run several XP programs on the PC. Microsoft has also gone that far saying “if it works in Vista, it will work in Windows 7”.


• Confidence: Vista had a rocky start, indeed. Compatibility issues affected the launch as users were not quite acquainted with the new OS. But Microsoft has started the campaigning for Windows 7 long before its launch which has definitely cleared out all the doubts of the consumers.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

The flaws of Windows Vista

Microsoft is one of the largest companies in the world. Hence, most people think that Microsoft being the best company will not have any problem. However, that is not the case. Problems can arise even it is Microsoft. For instance, if you are using Windows Vista, you will know what kind of problems can take place in it. The flaws of Windows Vista were many. This is primarily the reason why Windows Vista has really not been able to attract the people much.

Launched at the wrong time

One of the flaws of Windows Vista was the time at which Windows Vista was launched. At this time laptops were becoming hugely popular. Most of these laptops could not handle the OS. In this time, MS had to re-promote the Windows XP. Computers were almost at all homes. Hence, nobody could take in the slow functioning of Windows Vista. This is one of the flaws of Windows Vista. Fast downloading and increased speed was the need of the hour. Due to slow Vista installation time and fast internet usage, Vista took a backseat.


Times during start-up

Laptops usually had RAM of two gigabyte, while Vista installation time took more than the usual. This has caused severe hindrance in most of important work of the people. Start-up time of Vista was also quite time-consuming. When people had to operate their PC within a short span of time, the slow start-up time was the main problem.

Issues with System Response

Even worse was installing software which took ages to get installed. Even the constant pop-ups were the most annoying feature which delayed all work process drastically.

Hence, it is see that Windows Vista should be used carefully, and apt measures should be taken to resolve such timing issues of Vista installation.

Few Steps To install IIS On Windows XP SP2 Without CD

A number of computer users face a lot of trouble while trying to install Windows XP in their PC. Sometimes it becomes quite frustrating if you face trouble while installing a small piece of software in your PC. If you are having trouble you may follow the steps mentioned below to install IIS on Windows XP without a CD.

First you have to download XP SP2 installation file unless you have it on your PC.

Then you have to extract the content of the file and paste it into a folder with the help of WinRar or other same kind of compression software.

Now you should start installing IIS using normal process i.e. control panel > add and remove programs > Windows components.

According to the instruction you have to browse for the 1386 folder that is the source folder and you have extracted earlier.

As it will ask you for the missing files you need to browse for the 1386 folder and its sub folders to look for them.

Though the process of installing IIS on SP2 is not very difficult you may face some problems mentioned below.

You may fail while setting up IIS and may be asked for XP SP2 CD while you are having only XP SP1 CD along with SP2 installation package.

If you search you may find solution from Google or Microsoft. But the suggestions can be difficult fro you to follow.

You have to solve this problem by opening the SP2 installation file by WinRar and collect a CD image file from it. Then you need to copy the images onto a virtual CD that you can install to supply the missing files but can be found inside the 1386 folder.

The solution is not at all very tough as it appears. You will not have to waste time merging the SP2 into Win XP CD or alter Windows security folder. You simply have to use the things that are already there.

Friday, August 28, 2009

Windows 7 Family Pack available for online pre-order

A windows 7 upgrade package for home usage is now available for online pre-order which is pretty ahead of time of its launching and will be available at a discounted price.

Windows 7 Family Pack offers the ability to upgrade from an existing version of windows 7 to windows 7 on three PCs at max for a cut-rate price. It is obtainable for preorders on several online retailer websites respectively at US$146.99 and $140.31.

Microsoft said earlier that the offer will continue until supplies last. It will be available for pre-order on Oct. 18 and will be finally in stores on Oct. 22. The Family pack enables users to set up Home Premium for a reduced price on up to three PCs with any version of Windows already running.

Microsoft officials are following up with online retailers who are currently accepting pre-orders since Oct. 18 remains the official date for pre-orders of Family Pack. Microsoft said Family Pack will only be available in North America. At the beginning of this week, MS has included eight European countries. They are UK, Ireland, Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands and Sweden.

Earlier Microsoft had said that they will provide a Windows 7 E version. But the company recently changed its decision saying that Windows 7 will feature a ballot screen to enable the customers to choose their desired browser.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Windows 7 will feature Dolby Digital sound system

Dear friends, are you all waiting for Windows 7 to hit the market? If so, here’s an exciting info about this newest operating system.

Microsoft’s newest OS Windows 7 will feature Dolby Digital Plus multichannel audio. This compressed-audio format will be available in four editions of Windows 7 that are respectively Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate edition. This sound system supports up to 7.1 channels and has various interesting features like bit stream mixing for secondary audio tracks. The quality of data rate is maintained all the through at a lower data transfer rate and it is attuned to all current Dolby Digital A/V recipients. It has an authorized format on blue-ray devices and can be used to deliver internet contents as well as it is the broadcast audio standard for HDTV services in four European countries that are France, UK, Spain, Sweden and Italy.
Windows Vista was the first to introduce innate Dolby Digital system which was limited to its Ultimate and home premium editions. And in previous operating systems, the user had to take help of a third party application to ensemble Dolby Digital system in the machine.

Lenovo is going to offer first netbooks with Dolby headphone technology, which creates an implicit 5.1 channel sound field through standard headphone pair. These netbooks are S12 and S 10-2.

In-flight wi-fi

You want to know about in-flight wi-fi. Well, as of now, the demand is growing rapidly for in-flight Wi-Fi, and the airlines of US are not far behind to meet the demand. Three separate services are there- GOGO, ROW 44 and LIVE TV who provide wi-fi on airplanes of US.

I have accrued some information about these three services which will definitely help you to comprehend the whole matter. Find out what the differences between them are and what the cost of each of them is.

LIVE TV is a well-known company for providing the in-flight wi-fi connection, XM radio and other services for FRONTIER, AIRTRAN and other airline companies. But currently they only offer wi-fi on one airbus of JETBLUE. You can only send e-mail and message. Web browsing is not allowed till now. But we can hope that it will happen in near future. A recent statement from the company spokesperson showed that indication.

ROW 44 uses satellites to deliver wi-fi connectivity. ROW 44 is a better option for the airlines also as they offers them to set a price of their own. That’s why the expensiveness of ROW 44 does not become an issue for the airlines. AIRCELL is the largest source of air-to-ground wi-fi connectivity via its GOGO in-flight wi-fi service.

Everything you do with your wi-fi on ground is provided by this company while you are in an airbus. As much you use the service, you have to pay higher. But days are coming when the rate will go cheaper. As the days are passing, airlines are adopting more and more of this superb technology and in future, the service is surely more to flourish.

Hire an IT support company at reasonable price to do online business

Today most of all computer users have internet connection at their home. I hope you are also one of them. Have you ever thought of doing an online business? If you are also thinking about it but do not have a clue on how to do it then you may follow my tips (I think I can guide you).

Before starting an online business you need to hire an IT support company. Hey stop!! Don’t rush for any IT support Company before having a fair idea about the company and the services they provide. Here are some must have criteria for an IT support company that you should check before hiring. Otherwise you may get cheated.

You should go through the terms and conditions of the company carefully before hiring their service. Otherwise they may apply charges that were hidden when you signed the contract and when you come to know about it, it will be too late.

They should offer total network management and other services like telecommunication or remote access solutions for 24X7 charging the same amount of money monthly.

They should provide necessary antivirus or data back up service so that you can handle the situation if anything goes wrong.

You should search whether the staffs over there have the capability of providing you necessary supports or valuable tips that will be profitable for your business.

Apart from going through their profile you may contact those people who have taken their help earlier. They can give you authentic feedback about the company. After performing this long research I don’t think you will face any problem. You can now easily start your long awaited online business and make money. Wish you all the best.

Know about Epson Printer and Scanner

Epson promises you the best Printer and scanner. I want to share my experience with you all about a particular Epson Printer and Scanner model that was great. If you come to know about the Epson Printer and scanner, then it will help your purchase.


Know about Epson Printer and Scanner- Stylus NX 100
This is an All-in-One Inkjet printer, which has all the ideal features that you are looking for. When I bought it, I was very much pleased with its combined features of copying, scanning and printing. It has paper capacity of 80 sheets, which is quite huge in number. The photo print features are simply excellent; since it gives the best quality photos that you can ask for. Another most special feature that this particular model of Printer and Scanner demands is that it enables in direct printing from digital camera and memory card.

The price is also very much reasonable. The space required is quite apt so I had no problem in accommodating it in the most suitable area in my office room. Some of the other features that it supports incorporate 8x10 letter, envelopes, prints on envelopes and varied print sizes. The black-and-white printing feature is also very easy to install.

Know about Epson Printer and Scanner- Why I prefer Epson?
Epson has goodwill with most of the customers. The brand is renowned in delivering the reasonable cost and well designed Printer and Scanner. What is most appreciating is that Epson intricately designed the Inkjet printer technology, which eventually helped it to introduce many Inkjet printers. They are budget-friendly and full of good features.

Diagnose email problems

Are you totally dependent on your Outlook Express for your official work? If yes, you might have been a victim of unexpected email problems in Outlook. These situations surely make you nervous and panic-stricken. You tend to bother immensely about your important client interaction which is pending. You might also end up losing your important documents stored in your Outlook Express. In this case you should know how to diagnose email problems. This is where some tips and suggestions are important for you to diagnose email problems in Outlook.

You can face problems such as:

You can be disturbed by messages such as “Message could not be opened from Outbox folder.” You might also find that your ‘outbox’ is storing more messages than your ‘inbox.’ Messages such as “some errors occurred while processing the requested tasks,” might also pop up.

In these cases, you can diagnose email problems and try out the following tips:

You can check your mail server settings.

• You can select Tools and then go to Properties.
• Enter the correct server name in SMTP.
• In settings, you can also enter a different username and password which does not match that of the incoming mail credentials.
• You can also check the port under SMTP.

You should also keep in mind that the ‘sent items’ is not overloaded.

• Your sent items folder cannot hold data which is more than 2 GB.
• If the ‘sent items’ is overloaded with too many documents, sent some of the documents from the sent items to another folder.
• You should always compact folders yourself after the documents are transferred in another folder.

You can also opt to rename a corrupt file -Outbox.dbx.

• You can close the Outlook Express, and then open your Outlook Express store folder with Windows, and rename the Outbox.dbx file to Outbox.old.
• It is likely that this renaming will resolve your ‘sent mail’ problems in Outlook Express. Later on if you want, you can delete the file Outbox.old.

Hence, do not be edgy or stressed next time when you have to diagnose email problems in Outlook Express. It is just a temporary phase and you can fix it yourself by following some of these tips. Till then, happy mailing!

Know More About Online PC Support

Online computer support services are quite a new concept in the world of computer and technology. But it has become quite popular all over the world as it is quite cheap yet very efficient. But before we start discussing more about Online PC support and the ways they offer services we should know whether you have any idea about Online PC support.


What? Do not have any idea about it? Okay. Online PC support helps you to solve all your computer related problem sitting at home. You need not to take the entire system to the local computer repair shop or call any technician at your home. It saves a lot of time and money.


You can easily depend on the Online PC support technicians as they are skilled enough to solve any kinds of computer related problems. They are not at all expensive like your local technicians and are ready to help you whenever you need them. Apart from solving your problem they also offer a lot of information on computer and technology so that you can solve any kind of computer related problems in future.


They provide help in three different ways:


Chat Support – Online PC support technicians offer chat service through which you may let them know about their problem and seek their help.


Email Support – You can email your problem to them and ask for their help.


Support via Telephone – You can directly call an online PC support company and seek their help.


If you are a busy bee and cannot spare much time on your PC you can easily get in touch with an Online PC support company using any of these above mentioned method and discuss the problem. But before choosing a good Online PC support company do a thorough research and go through the profile online. Otherwise you may get cheated.

Saturday, August 8, 2009

Hello from Support Online

Hi to all. This is Rebecca James and I will be blogging about PC support online. Now you will have almost all your queries resolved here with me. Hope you enjoy my companionship. WIll be back with more relevant blog posts.

See you soon.