How to Encrypt the Word or Excel document?

Hey friends here in this blog I describe how to protect your Word 2010, Excel 2010 and PowerPoint 2010 documents. Some times it happens that your important document is stolen by someone else and you do nothing for that because you don't know about the encryption of documents.So, no need to worry I am here with my blog to resolve your problem. You have to follow the steps describe below:

• Firstly you have to click on file tab then you have to click Info.  Now you see the menu at the right side here you have to click on Protect Document and then click on Encrypt with Password.

• After that a Encrypt Document dialog will appear here you have to type a strong password and finally you have to click on OK to finish.

• After selecting the password your document should be protected but make sure that password must be strong.

If still you face any kind of problem then go for online technical support. This will solve all your computer related technical problems.

Waterproof Keyboard for Computers:

Keyboards are the main part of your computer setup. You can type with the help of your keyboard. So, maintenance of keyboard is the part of your computer maintenance. many times it happens that your keyboard is damaged just because of few drops of water. So here in this blog i describes about waterproof keyboards to safe your computer.

• Adesso AKB-230W:

This is the best keyboard which is foldable also. It has 109 keys. It is very lightweight and has ability of water resistant. It also has one more advantageous feature is that it is antibacterial. You can use this type of keyboard in any environment like in any industry, in hospitals, you can also use it with your children. This type of keyboard is compatible with Windows 98/2000/XP/ME. cost of this keyboard is $23.00.

• Seal Shield Silver:

This type of computer keyboards used the SEAL SHIELD waterproof technology. By using this technology your computer keyboard is safe from water and other type of liquid. It is washable keyboard. It is also antimicrobial specially used while making the keyboards to prevent your keyboard from bacteria. Cost of this keyboard is $34.99.

• Silver Surf Touch:

The Silver Surf Touch provides us wireless waterproof keyboard. The keys use in it are very soft that make our typing very comfortable. It consists 105 internal keys. It also protect your computer from bacteria and cost of this keyboard is  $79.99.

Computer Restart Automatically:

Many times it happens that when you are using your computer it suddenly restarts automatically. This problem is happens with almost all the computer users so to solve this problem i am here with my blog to make you aware about the main cause of this restart problem of computer.

Some common causes and their solutions that will make your computer automatic restart.

1 Problems related to drivers of the computer: Driver of a computer system are a set of programs that are designed to make the interaction of hardware and peripherals with the CPU. These drivers may get corrupted while updating through internet.To solve this problem you need to go at  My Computer option and make a right click on it and choose the option Properties after that you have to select Hardware and then select the option Device Manager. Now you see a list of device drivers after that you have check that if there any yellow warning signs in front of them it shows that your drive is corrupted and to remove it you need to go for driver repair to get driver backup or reinstall the driver.

2- Problem related to overheating: Overheating is also main of this problem mainly in case of laptop. To remove this overheating problem you need to replace the cooling fan your system. This overheating problem is mainly happens because of bad quality fan used in system. So, you have to select the best quality cooling fan for your system.

3- Viruses: Viruses are the most important factor that make your computer restart again and again. So,to safe your computer from virus attack you need to choose the best antivirus software for your computer.

Spam Emails: How to Stop It?

Some time it happens that in your email inbox some unknown emails are placed with some kind of unknown attachments which you don't know. These are called as spam emails. These spam emails are the main cause of hacking the email account and because of these spam email some time all your inbox is deleted and you need email recovery at that time. So to solve this type of problem and to avoid these kind of spam email you need to follow the description given below.

To save your email account from these spam emails you need to use different email address for different purpose like for online banking purpose you have to make separate address for shopping purpose make different account etc. By doing this you can protect your email inbox with spam emails.

You can also use spam filters to protect your email account from spam mails. These spam filters are provided by different email service provider. This will help you to reduce the spam email. With the use of spam filter spam emails are automatically deleted.

Data Execution Prevention: How to configure it?

Lack of knowledge is the cause of problems and people takes advantage of it. Do you know an original Microsoft windows operating system have self in built security feature which monitors your computer for security threats? This feature get disable because you don't enable windows updates properly. This blog will help you to configure the DEP that is Data Execution Prevention.

Data Execution Prevention (DEP) provides safety feature to prevent your computer from viruses and other security threats. Below are the steps to configure the DEP properly.

Steps to configure DEP are as follows,

· Firstly you have to click the on Start bar after that make a right click on My Computer and then you have to choose “Properties” option.
· After clicking "Properties” option a new window is open now click on, “Advanced” tab.
· Now you have to provide the admin password or confirmation.
· Now make a click on settings, under performance tab.
· After that click on the data execution prevention tab.
· Now you have to choose “Turn on DEP for all programs and services except those I select:”
· Now you have to choose “Turn on DEP for all programs and services except those I select”, click Add to add the programs that you do not want to use the DEP feature.
· Click OK two times.
· Restart your computer setup for the changes to take effect.

How to Customize Your Laptop?

If your new laptop is customized properly, you can use it for long time. A new laptop is just like a blank board, ready to be customized with your preferences and programs. The steps for customizing your new laptop are as follows,

· Remove bloatware:  bloatwares are software that has lots of features and requires considerable disk space and RAM. They are installed by the manufacturers that are not needed normally such as trial versions of picture greeting software. To get rid of the bloatware is to just use the regular program uninstall feature in Windows Control Panel.
Otherwise, you can wipe your laptop's hard drive and install your operating system from scratch.

· Set up Laptop Security:  It is a very essential step in customizing your laptop. The steps to do so are as follows,
1. Set your user account password.
2. Change the administrator password.

· Install antivirus/anti-malware: For a free option, take a look at Microsoft Security Essentials or Avast! Free; both provide protection against viruses and spyware. ClamXav is a free, open-source antivirus program for Macs.

· Laptop Recovery:  Install an anti theft software to fix the laptop.

· Encryption software: it creates an encrypted volume on your laptop to store the important information, and it can encrypt your entire system as well. So, it is better to install it on your system.

· Get system updates: On Windows, go to the Control Panel > System and Security to find the options to check for and install windows updates. On Mac, go to the Apple menu and click Software Update.

· Install Your Essential Programs and Documents: Install all the programs that you need for everyday use, including office applications and your email program.

· Backup Your System and Create a Custom Install Disc: Create your system backups or put the backup on an external hard drive or DVD and label it with the name of your laptop, the date, and something like "initial install”.

· Turn on Firewall: It is the protection wall which secures your laptop from external threats, so turn it on.

How to Create Partition for Windows 7 Hard Disk

There are two types of partition on hard disk, system partition and boot partition. The system partition contains the hard-ware related files and the boot folder that are helpful in starting windows in computer. By default, Windows 7 creates a separate system partition of 100 MB, when it is installed from scratch on an unpartitioned hard disk. A boot partition is a partition that contains Windows operating system files. For example, if you have a multiboot computer that contains Windows Vista on one volume and Windows 7 on another, then each of those volumes are considered boot partitions.

Steps to create a new partition on a Windows 7 hard disk are as follows,

• At the command prompt type diskmgmt.msc.
• Right-click an unallocated or free area, in disk management’s graphical view, then click new simple view.
• Read the Welcome page and then click next.
• Size the volume between the minimum and maximum size limit.
• Size the partition in megabytes using the Simple Volume Size field and then click next.
• On the Assign Drive Letter or Path page, specify whether you want to assign a drive letter or path and then click next.
• The options which you will get are follows,

1. Assign the following driver letter:  from the selection list provided, select an available driver letter.
2. Mount in the following empty NTFS folder: choose this option and then type the path to an existing folder or click browse to search for or create a folder to use.
3. Do not assign a drive letter or drive path: Choose this option if you want to create the partition without assigning a drive letter or path.

Use the Format Partition page to determine whether and how the volume should be formatted.
In the Format Partition dialog box, do one of the following,

1. If you don't want to format the volume right now, click do not format this volume, and then click next.
2. To format the volume with the default settings, click next.

• Click next, confirm your options, and then click Finish.

Virtual Memory: How to Increase it?

Virtual memory is nothing but just a part of computer’s internal memory that is RAM. When RAM of your computer is full then computer needs some more memory to store the data and it requires some additional memory and for that virtual memory is needed. By using it speed of your computer increases. Windows takes virtual memory when it doesn't have sufficient “regular” personal memory to present a task. When it does this, Windows uses your hard disk to store data that normally would be put into your RAM memory. RAM is short for random access memory. Its major job is to process the information inside your computer. For proper computer maintenance high amount of RAM is necessary and to increase it steps are describes below.

Steps to increase the virtual memory size are as follows,

• Right click on the My Computer and select "Properties".
• Click on the "Advanced System Settings" located at left side.
• Or go through Control Panel --> System.
• In the Advanced tab of the System Properties locate the Performance group and click on the "Setting" to reach "Performance Option.
• In the performance option window click on the "Advanced" tab.
• In the Advanced tab of Performance Option locate the Virtual Memory group and click on "Change" to reach at the "Virtual Memory" Window.
• Uncheck the "Automatically manage paging file size for all drives" check box to set virtual memory yourself.
• To set the virtual memory select the desired drive and see the recommended size and currently allocated size.
• Then select "Custom size" option. 

By following the above steps you can make your computer working fine and perform multiple task at a time without having any computer problem like shutdown of computer or freezing of computer.

Computer Viruses And There Types

Computer viruses: Computer viruses are nothing but just a program that is made to do there job. They are designed to corrupt the files of your computer. Sometime because of these viruses your important files has been deleted. These viruses are like enemy of your computer. Here in this blog I describe various type of computer viruses which are harmful for your computer.

Types of computer virus:

Trojan horse- Trojan horse also called sometime Trojan is just like a hacker who takes the unauthorized access of your computer and steals the information from your computer. 

Direct action virus- A direct action virus is a virus that infects the files of your computer. This direct action virus installed in your computer and hide anywhere in the computer’s memory. As its name suggest it directly affects the files of your computer.

Boot virus- This virus is also like other computer virus that affect your computer system. Boot virus infects system sector part of your computer.

Macro virus- This macro virus infects the files and application of your computer system like Microsoft word and similar applications.

E-mail virus- Email viruses are attached with your computer. It is like hacker which hacked the important security information of your email account like password and other security information of your account.

Above are the description of computer viruses that makes your computer not working fine or make your computer to be crash. So, computer repair is essential to make your computer virus free.

Computer Start Freezes: Reasons And Solutions

Freezing of computer is very common problem with large number of computer user. Freezing means computer stops working, nothing moves on your screen and sometimes even when you type through keyboard also dose not work and your computer screen is jam because of some reason, and a condition is arise you are just irritated with your computer and you feel like throw out your computer. Here in this blog we will discuss the various causes of freezing of a Computer with there solutions.

Overheating of CPU:

Like other electronic devices computer also consist various components inside it. So, these components gets overheated are the main cause of make CPU overheated.When you are working on your computer from long time it heats up. But usually this heat gets dissipated to the surroundings with the help of a small cooling fan inside the CPU. So if this fan is not working properly, your processor start heating up. This heating of computer creates problem creates problems in its processing. To solve this problem you have to  take your computer to a computer repair shop or call the computer technician.

Maintenance OF Computer:

Many times it happens when you install various games, software, applications, or any thing through internet then some unwanted files are also attached with your computer and getting indexed in registry of your computer. When we uninstall these unwanted files they uninstalled from the computer but in registry it is still saved and this become the cause of making computer freezes. So, to solve these problem you need to clean the registry of your computer. Various type of registry cleaning tools are available in market offline as well as online. With the help of registry cleaner you can clean the registry of your computer and performance and speed of your computer increases.

Check The Attack Of Viruses:

After solving the overheating problem of your computer and also after cleaning the registry of your computer still your computer freezes so you need to check the virus in your computer. This problem is happen because of virus attack. So, to solve the problem of viruses in your computer you need to install antivirus software and also update it regularly.

Check The Memory Of Computer:

To operate properly your computer needs hard drive space. So sometimes this randomly freezing of your computer is because of lack of hard drive space.  If  RAM of your computer is less, your computer will use the hard drive space as virtual memory and in case if it is also not available, your computer keeps freezing up. The solution to this problem is very simple, upgrade your RAM and hard drive.

So, above are some simple steps describe to solve the freezing problem of your computer. After following the steps you may able to solve this problem. But do one thing if still your computer is not working properly you go for computer repair or ask computer technician to solve your computer problem and make your computer faster.

Reasons And Solution Of Computer's Screen Black

Many times it happens with most of the computer user that there computer screen goes black all of sudden. You are a watching a lovely movie on your desktop and on a sudden your computer got freezes and turns to a black screen, whole of your mood goes to a damn shit, you put all of your efforts in fixing it , but it all fails as you are not a computer expert. At that time you are just shocked, you don't know what should you do to solve this problem. Don't worry here some reasons why these problem occur and there solutions are describe.

Reasons and solution: why computer's screen go black:

Moisture:

One of the main reason of this problem is moisture. It happens whenever your computer is placed  in a humid environment, water tends to condense and collect on the insides of the monitor. Because of this your computer's screen goes black and nothing is visible on the screen of your computer. To solve this problem do one thing leave your computer alone for a while, so that any moisture accumulated evaporate.

Defective Graphics Card:

Another reason of this black computer screen problem is defective graphic or video card. Here to solve this problem connect a new monitor to the CPU and check. If this problem continues, then replace your graphics card or go for computer repair.

Defective RAM:

A faulty RAM also main cause of black screen problem of computer. Booting is not properly done because of bad RAM modules. It is very difficult to detect this problem but you can do one thing to check this is to install the RAM in another computer and then check.

Motherboard Short Circuit:

A short circuit in the computer motherboard could also cause the computer screen to go black. To solve this problem do one thing ensure that all the connections on the motherboard are proper and tight.

By following the above steps you can solve this problem. If still your computer's screen goes black call a computer technician or go for computer repair.

Problem Of Computer While Playing Games

In computer every problems divided into two parts one is software and other is hardware. So, problem of computer freezes while playing games is related to both hardware and software part of computer. Here some the reasons to why computer freezes while playing games and there solutions are describes below.

Mismatching Hardware & Software Requirements

Mismatching of software and hardware is the main reason behind this problem. Suppose you are playing game on your computer and the game demands that you need at least 2 GB of RAM for the smoothly running of game but your computer has a 512 MB of RAM, It is sure that you are not properly play your game on your computer system. If your processor, graphic card and software requirements are not met, you are not able to play your game properly or in some cases, it would not run at all. So while playing games check out the requirement of hardware and software for the game and upgrade your computer so that computer does not freezes again.

Video Card Driver Problem:

Video card is the most important components that play an important role in the graphic rendering of games. If you don't choose the right video card driver for your computer or your existing video card driver is not work properly than there is possibilities that games get freezes. So you will need to upgrade the video card driver to solve the problem.

Overheated Video Card and CPU:

Overheating is another main cause of freezing of computer. Once  video card is overheated it tends to get your PC freeze. If you have been playing for long hour your video card and CPU gets overheated. When this happens, you need to switch off the system and let it cool down for a while, before you start playing again. Computer maintenance is required here to make your computer faster

Virus Problems:

Another main cause, which is the root of most software or hardware related computer problems is a computer virus infection. Viruses can keep processes running in the background that may cause a freeze during game play. They may even corrupt the game software installed on the computer. Get one of the best antivirus software and clean out all the virus infections that might be slowing the computer down and increase the performance of your computer.

Antivirus: How to install??

Antivirus is a software application or programming that are created to remove the computer's error like malware or malicious software. Malware includes: Trojans, adware, worms, spyware, and viruses. These malware and malicious software  can derease the performance of computer. So, to make the computer faster antivirus is needed.

Where Can I Get Antivirus Protection?

You can find antivirus software in any shop in the market that sells software or you can download antivirus applications directly from the website through internet. There are some antivirus applications require payment for subscription while some of them are free of cost. Some popular freeware antivirus utilities include: Avg, Avast, and PC Tools. Research the vendor, and see what software title suits your needs best.

How Do I Install Antivirus Software?

Locate the cd or downloaded file (.exe extension) and double click to run. Follow the on screen instructions in the software wizardbut be careful make sure to read all information presented. Now complete the wizard.

Once the software wizard has completed, run your antivirus software if it has not already auto-started. Update the application, and run a full scan. Most antivirus programs allow you to schedule reoccurring system scans. Set your computer to scan during times that will not interfere with your computer usage, as a scan can slow down your processing performance. Also, turn on the auto-update feature on your software. Update your version and virus definitions as often as possible. Scan files before opening them that you have downloaded from the internet or that you receive via email. Most applications will let you right click the file to select the scan command.

After installation of antivirus, your computer is safe from all type of errors and speed and performance of computer also increased

Common Windows Error Codes and There Solution

Guys’, having a computer is an easier task, but maintaining its performance in long run is difficult one. If you own a computer it’s very common that you will face some sort of error problems.  Some errors that occur frequently on a Windows system are compiled in a common Windows error codes list. Some of them can easily be solved but some of them are difficult to tackle about. For a normal user who are not from the technical background or who have less knowledge regarding this will find this article useful.

 An error message is information displayed when an unexpected condition occurs, usually on a computer or other device. On modern operating systems with graphical user interfaces, error messages are often displayed using dialog boxes.

Some of the common windows error codes and steps to fix them are given below,

1.    Error #0

         Error Message: Connection Successful!
         Solution: Does not require any action.

2.    Error #2

          Error Message: System cannot find specified file.
          Solution: You should reinstall NCP & DUN.

3.    Error #5

         Error Message: Access Denied.

         Solution:

·         Please check that you have entered the right username and password in the field labeled "domain" for NT/2k.

·         Check that the option "accept any authentication including clear text" is activated.

4.    Error #5

          Error Message: Invalid Procedure Call.
          Solution: Dialup and Network components must be installed again.

5.    Error #6

          Error Message: Stack Overflow.

          Solution:

·         Please try to cold boot your computer. 

·          If this is not working, the problem might come from your RAM or the Swap file.

6.    Error #20

          Error Message: The system cannot find the specified device.

          Solution: 

·         Ensure that the right modem has been selected.

·         If it does not respond, try to reinstall it. 

·         You can also try to reinstall NCP/DUN/RAS.

7.    Error #71

          Error Message: No more connections are allowed.

          Solution:

·         It may be possible that someone else might have connected under your account. 

·         If you have been ghosted on the server, your Internet Service Provider can bump the ghost program off. 

8.    Error #380

          Error Message: Invalid Proper Value.

          Solution:

·         Autodial should be pointed to the correct dialer. 

·         Else, set up the dialer again.

Likewise there are many error codes of windows, I have discussed here few of them. Some of these error codes can easily be removed but some required expert advice to deal with them. I have given basic knowledge and steps to understand and fix them. Microsoft has information and description on the error codes which users may encounter in Windows NT operating system when the computer operates incorrectly, performs illegal operating or has normal operation failure. Despite Windows operating system has been one of the most user friendly OS available in the market, but when it comes to dealing with errors.

Update issues for Microsoft windows and solutions

No one wants a girlfriend having old day’s thoughts, wearing outdated apparels’, as we are in modern world and adapted to it, we feel more comfortable when something comes familiar to us. As our heart beats more frequently when Nicole Kidman, famous Hollywood actress comes to our mind. We wish and dream to have such a girlfriend. So guys coming to the point a computer system too need latest updates to maintain its compatibility and performance to the day to day changes happening in the software’s and hardware’s applications. This makes it comfortable to be in present day modern world.

Windows update is a service provided by Microsoft that provides updates for Microsoft operating system such as windows vista, windows 7, windows 8 etc, and its installed components, including internet explorer and for other Microsoft software running under Windows, such as Microsoft office, Windows Live applications, and Microsoft Expression Studio. You can do updating with the help of internet and without it.
 

Steps to install windows updates are as follows:-

·        Click the Start button.

·        Type update in the search box and in the list of results click windows update.

·        Click the message to view and select the important updates to install.

·        Select the check boxes for any updates that you want to install, and then click OK.

·        Click Install updates.

·        Click Finish if the update requires it.

Updating your computer by application automated updating, or by manually blockage for updates, is the adopted way to get updates. Sometimes, however, computer, aegis software, or affiliation problems can anticipate scanning or accession of updates. When this happens, actualities are a few things you can try:

·        If you accept automated updates on but some updates fail, try scanning for updates manually. This can sometimes fix the problem.

·        Run your antivirus and antispyware scanners before running Windows Update, to make it free from viruses and spywares.

·        Sometimes it may be possible that another program might be blocking windows updates, close all the programs and restart your computer.

·        Check your internet connection before proceeding further.

Steps to see which windows updates are installed are as follows,

·        Open Windows Update by clicking the Start button.

·         In the search box, type Update,

·         In the list of results, click Windows Update.

·        In the left pane, click View update history.

Windows update is an important application run freely by the Microsoft, windows updating is good ,a lot of the updates are to fix new begin vulnerabilities in the system, so if you don't fix them, there's a accident that anyone will accomplish a virus that will yield advantage of the vulnerability and affect your computer. It also makes the computer system more secure and safe.