Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Adding Restart To The Start Screen

To restart Windows 8 in the regular fashion, one has to pull out Charms. You then choose Power settings and then select Restart. Would the whole thing not be easier if there was a shortcut to restart Windows 8? Matter of fact there is; use the following instructions and you can add restart to the Start screen or your desktop.

How to add a Restart option in Windows 8
  •  In the Start screen that opens first when you switch on the system, select the Desktop tile to go to the Desktop. Right click at some vacant spot on the desktop to pop out a context menu.
  • In this menu choose the New option and select Shortcut in the subsequent sub-menu that will appear from New.
  • A new window will appear that asks you to enter a location.
  • In the field that appears type shutdown /r /t 0, followed by Next.
  • Enter a name for the shortcut in the next screen, and then click the Finish button.
  • Change the shortcut’s icon and right click on the shortcut to bring out the menu. In this menu select the Properties option.
  • Click on Change icon in the Properties window.
  • If a warning appears select the OK button, and you will notice a new window open up filled with icons that you can set for this shortcut.
  • There are many icons available in this window and whichever you chose is according to personal taste. Just make sure that the icon is comprehendible for other users as well. Select the icon that you want to use and click on OK to close the window. Look for Run option again in the Properties window.
  • In the drop down menu net to Run click on the Minimized option.
  • Once this is done, you can click on Apply followed by OK.
  • You could also have the restart shortcut on the bottom taskbar instead of the desktop.
  • Make sure to select the option to pin to taskbar from the menu.
  • A copy of the restart shortcut will appear on the taskbar at the bottom of the screen.
  • Now you have a Restart shortcut right in your deskto
  • Right click on the shortcut that appears and click Pin to Start in the menu. This will pin this shortcut to the Start screen.
  • You can either continue keeping the desktop shortcut or remove it.
  • Return to the Start screen by pressing the Windows key on your keyboard. The restart shortcut will appear as a tile in the Start screen.
If you face any trouble with your Windows 8 OS contact our Windows support team for help. They’ll guide you through the troubleshooting.

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

The Benefits Of Using A Toolbar Removal Application

Anyone who’s had to install and use a browser application would have come across a toolbar or two in their time. Some of these things are very useful. You would be able to get many functions done using such toolbars from your browser. Others are merely malware applications, meant to take you to a particular promotional site or even worse, an infected one.

Obviously, such toolbars would be designed in such a way as to make the un-installation process difficult. As always, these malware applications once installed in your system would require the use of a malware removal tool to get rid of them. Indeed, there are many toolbar remover applications available for this purpose.

About using the toolbar removal application

Even without the toolbar remover application it is possible for you to get rid many of these malware toolbars. However, you need to be somewhat tech-savvy to be able to perform some of the complicated steps involved. The normal un-installation we do for other applications would not work here.

For example, after you have installed the application from the Control Panel or from the browser itself, you might still get the application back on the same browser menu. This is because you did not manage to completely get rid of it from your system. For that, you’d have to delete all its remaining files and even registry entries.

As I said, you have to be a little tech-savvy to be able to do things like this, especially the part with changing the registry entries. The system registry data is very important for the smooth functioning of the system. Any error in the system registry would therefore result in a system malfunction.

In other words, it would be much easier to just use a toolbar removal application and let it make all the changes in the system for getting rid of the annoying toolbar. There are many effective toolbar removal applications available for free. Some of these are ad-supported.

A good such toolbar removal application is Toolbar Cleaner. This is free but ad-supported. When you install it, it would add the MyStart website home page to your browser, and install an anti-phishing tool to your system. But, you are given the option to prevent the installation these two in the installation wizard.

So, if you are bothered by some unnecessary toolbar in your system, get rid of it using a free toolbar removal application.

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Tips For Sending A Resume Using Outlook Express

Resumes can be sent by availing the services of the Microsoft Outlook Express. Essential details are contained in resumes and these resumes should be produced before interviewers or while applying for jobs. To send resumes in the Outlook Express, the facility of adding attachments should be used. If you have a speedy internet connection and the size of the attachment is quite small, quite quickly the delivery of the resume will take place. To know the speed of your internet connection, contact your internet service provider.

To effectively make use of the service of the Outlook Express to send a resume, the below mentioned Outlook Express help guidelines have to be followed.

Steps to follow
  • The resume should be placed in the computers desktop. Wherever the location of the resume is, it should be moved to the desktop. To have the resume available on the desktop from the location where the resume is present, make use of the mouse and drag the file to the desktop.
  • Access the Microsoft Outlook Express that is present on your system. To do so, access the Start menu by clicking the Start button and choose Outlook Express from the menu.
  • When the window of the Outlook Express appears, from the upper left side, choose the button by the name Create Mail. An Attach button is available and you have to choose it. On screen, a new window will be present. Choose the resume that is available on the desktop and select the button by the name Attach. To the mail, the resume gets attached.
  • The necessary details have to be entered in the mail and to the desired recipient, the email has to be sent. To do so, the To field available has to be used for entering the email address of the recipient and in the field of Subject, enter the required subject and in the space for entering the message, enter the message. In order to send the mail, choose the button by the name Send.
By following the above mentioned Outlook Express help guidelines, the resume can be sent without any difficulty. If you have any trouble understanding the guidelines or require professional help, our customer support center may be contacted. The most essential help tips and services can be acquired by making use of our customer support center.

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Mozilla Launches Firefox Aurora 26 For Windows 8

Microsoft developed Windows 8 platform with a refreshing tile-based Metro style user interface. This innovative approach, however, was criticized for being confusing on traditional desktop computers. The absence of the legendary Start button in the Windows 8 platform further aggravated the decline of its sales. Yet with the release of Windows 8.1 update, which brings back the Start button, and provides an option to roll back to the traditional mode, users are readily migrating to the new platform.

Windows 8.1 offers support for a wide range of applications in the modern operating system, which was earlier tagged as low on apps support, and prominent app developers are on the run producing alluring programs for the platform. In the growing trend, Mozilla Corporation recently released a new touch-friendly version of Firefox web browser, Aurora 26, which is duly optimized for Windows 8. Mozilla Firefox help center has stated that the latest browser offers numerous extraordinary features intended to benefit users on the tiled interface.

“It has a tile-based Firefox Start experience and supports Firefox Sync, Windows 8 touch and swipe gestures, Snapped and Fill views, and Windows Share integration all delivered with a streamlined, modern, and beautiful interface,” Mozilla representatives said in a blog post. It is noted that the new Firefox Aurora 26 browser also comes with a shortcut tile that Windows 8 users can pin to the Start screen. Apart from that, advanced hardware accelerated video, superior 3D graphics with WebGL interface, and the innovative Asm.js technology designed to boost the speed of JavaScript programs, are some of the other striking features of the new web browser.

Mozilla Firefox help center also asserts that Firefox Aurora 26 supports running of video files encoded with H.264 codec, which they restricted until now. It is assumed that the move to support H.264 codec format in Aurora is due to its inclusion in the operating system. Speaking to the media on the release of Aurora 26, Mozilla delegates said, “Over the coming weeks, we will be almost exclusively focused on improving performance and responsiveness. This is still a preview and while most of the features are very nearly complete, we know there are bugs.”

Though Microsoft earlier stated that it would limit the features of third party web browsers on Windows 8, continuous pleads by the developers and growing user demands made the tech giant restructure its plans. Let us hope that the decision to allow third party web browsers in the modern platform helps Windows 8 gain some good revenue.

Monday, March 3, 2014

Steps To Turn On Windows Internet Security Settings

It is always essential to have internet security installed in your system. The program not only helps in securing your computer from malware attacks, it also works as an anti-theft solution. You can reset the Internet Security settings on your Windows computer operating systems to ensure efficient protection. This’ll identify and block threatening web content and also allow options to block suspicious content. According to the Windows online support, accessing and activating the security settings in Windows XP computers is an easy task.

You can try the following instructions to turn on internet security settings in your XP computer.
  • In the first step, you need to click Start, Control Panel and then double-click on the Security Center icon.
  • Now, check the security essentials features and turn on the red Off status. Now, you need to click on the Firewall, or Automatic Updates icon. A dialog box would open wherein you need to click the On selection.
  • Next, you need to launch the anti-virus program in your computer to activate or update virus protection. Now, click on the Internet Options icon, and change the security settings.
  • You need to click on the Security tab on the Internet properties box, followed by the Internet option from the security zones field. You would see a box with vertical slide bar.
  • Here, you would see security settings for default levels set at medium, medium-high or high. You need to click on the Default level button and then drag the vertical slide to the security level setting you want to set. You can activate the settings for all individual security features.
  • Now, you need to click on the OK button. This would turn on the preselected Internet security settings. At any point of time. You can also seek assistance from Windows online support.
  • To set up each security feature individually, you need to click on the Custom Level button. A box would get opened that would have a scrolled list of internet applications wherein you would have options to enable, disable, or reveal a prompt for each.
  • For each individual application, click in the circles next to the desired options followed by the OK button.
  • Now, click on the Apply button by checking at the bottom of the Internet properties box. Now, click on the OK button.
These steps would help you to successfully turn on Windows internet security settings in your XP computer. For more information, please contact our technical support team.