Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Get Your Windows Activated Via Phone


Microsoft recommends all their users to activate their version of Windows to validate the copy operating system that they have installed on their personal computer. This system was brought in by Microsoft to fight piracy; it also ensures that the user is using a true copy of the Windows operating system abiding the user license agreement from the company. Using the original version has many advantages not least of which is the quality support from the Windows tech support team. It’s a simple and effortless program that has to be activated as soon as one buys this product. Microsoft leaves a Windows user with two simple options to activate their copy of operating system; it can be done via Internet or through a tele-phone. Tag along these instructions to activate your Windows by either method.
Instructions
Activating Windows using Serial Number
Go to the "Start" tab and pick out the "All Programs” tab when the startup menu crops up.
Inside the all programs window, tag along the tab “Accessories” and pick out the “System Tools".
Once the system tools window crops up, click on the "Activate Windows" tag.
Go through the “Windows product activation privacy statement” and hit the "Next" tab.
Click on "Yes, I want to register and activate Windows at the same time" and trigger the "Next" tab.
Enter all relevant information in to the designated area and tag on the "Next" tab.
Furnish the product key when asked by the activation wizard and go for the "Next" tab and later the "OK" to see through the process.
Activate Windows over the Phone
Navigate to the "Start" tab to bring up the startup menu to pick out the "All Programs” tab inside which lies the “Accessories” tab.
Inside the accessories window, go for the “System Tools" and tag along the "Activate Windows" tag.
Just go through the “Windows product activation privacy statement” and trigger the "Next" tab.
Tag along the "Yes, I want to telephone a customer service representative to active Windows now" tab followed by "Next".
Pick out the toll free number as per your country and present the "Installation ID" when the technical executive requests the same.
Once he gives back the "Confirmation ID", type it in and hit the "Next" tab followed by the "OK" tab to wind up the activation procedure.
For further clarifications and remote desktop assistance, get in touch with the Windows tech support panel.

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Support Options for Windows 7


Windows 7 is the biggest hit of all the platforms released by the Microsoft until now; Windows 8 ain’t showing any big movements in the market. Windows 7 has a lot of options and features and stands out in performance and graphics. There are a lot of tech support websites that provide excellent support for Windows 7. But the support provided by Microsoft alone is enough for the current users. There a lot of support options provided by Microsoft for Windows 7 and you can read about them here.

Online Support
Online Support by Microsoft is the fastest and easiest option that users can access. What you have to do is, navigate to the Official Microsoft Support website and you can search for articles related to your problems. In case of a typical problem, you can post the question in the forum. Some user or the Microsoft Support staff will answer the question and you can check it. It’s a free option.

Other Options
Some support options are free, others aren’t. You can check the Microsoft support website for the type of problems and the support available. Some problems will be provided with free support where as others are provided with paid support. You can choose the support type and options for any kind of problem. For the internal or programming problems with the software like, MS Office or Windows platforms, Microsoft provides support free of cost.

Unsupported Products
Some versions of Windows 7 provided through the OEM (original Equipment Manufacturer) aren’t provided with support services from Microsoft. Microsoft support wizard requests the user to contact the equipment manufacturer for support. These users can also go for tech support provided by many other firms which are also good.

Things You Can Do Before Requesting for Technical Support
There are many methods by which you can solve the problems without contacting support services. Before contacting the support team, you should try to solve the problem using the ones available in hand. There is a help guide provided to the users which can be helpful in a lot of ways for solving the problems. The Windows Troubleshooter in Windows 7 platform is also good. Windows Troubleshooter detects the problems, scan for the cause and try to solve the issue by its own. Some of the problems can be solved by using the troubleshooter. If all of the efforts fail, go for support from Microsoft.
Hope you enjoyed the article.

Using Task manager – How to Check RAM usage?


Computers have become a necessary tool in our day to day life. Shopping of groceries to high electronic equipments, writing a diary or journal, searching for a new date, chatting with your friends, etc. are now done through computers very frequently by a very large sum of people. Even smart phones can do almost all the above said things. Still, computers can never be replaced.
Computer technology has evolved a lot from the early days. The first electronic computer, ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) occupied a big room with all the vacuum tubes and transistors where as the new age Ultra books, a lot powerful than the ENIAC, size as small as a notebook. The specs of the computers used in the current days are very high and they are able to do billions of calculations per second. For the most advanced computers in the market, navigate to any tech support website.
Proper utilization of computer resources by the platforms is necessary because, it can only then offer the user, the best performance. RAM or Random Access Memory is a temporary storage device that has high data transfer speeds. Even though it holds the name Random Access, the current RAM’s use burst technology rather than the Random Access method for blazing speeds.
Microsoft has provided the Task manager option in their Windows platforms to monitor the system activities. The task manager can monitor Network activity, System processes, Running Applications, RAM usage, Processor usage and many other stats. Task Manager helps a user in identifying unwanted memory usage and many other characteristics. Tech support professionals use the task manager for a lot of purposes. To check the RAM usage using Task manager in Windows platforms, you can use the instructions given.

Instructions

1. Power ON your Computer and boot to Windows. After the Windows Desktop is loaded, press Ctrl + Alt + Del together and click on the Task Manager button or Right click on the Windows Taskbar and then click on the Task Manager option in the drop list.
2. The Task Manager will be default in Applications Tab. For processes or Networking monitoring, other tabs are given there. Click on the Performance Tab to check the System resources usage.
3. There will be 5 charts given there with moving lines that show different parameters. The chart with the name PF Usage or Memory Usage shows the RAM usage. RAM usage depends upon the platform and the applications used.
4. Other details about memory like Physical Memory, Kernel Memory and Commit charge are given there.
Hope you enjoyed reading the article.