September 23, 2008
NEW YORK, Sept 17, 2008 — iYogi, a next generation remote technical support company, announced today the expansion of their small business services to include support for Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, enabling business owners to efficiently maintain their network without maintaining an IT department. With more than 50,000 customers worldwide, iYogi offers support for more than 72 software applications and peripheral devices and offers specific service packages uniquely geared for small businesses, starting at $119.99 per computer/per year. "There are currently 2.4 million small businesses in the United States that have server-based LANs," said Merle Sandler, research manager in the SMB program at IDC. "Solving networking — related problems can be an area of concern for small businesses, which often lack adequate IT resources."
Windows Server 2003 is a multipurpose operating system capable of handling a diverse set of server roles. iYogi provides the following features and support options:
- Active Directory
- Group Policies
- Rights Management
- Network set-up
- File and print server
- Internet based services
- Virtual Private Network
- Rights Management Services
- Terminal server
- Remote Access Services
Customers can select from the following pricing plans, paying a flat rate per incident or purchasing an annual subscription.
Single Incident $ 180
One Year, Unlimited Access To Technical Support $ 1999.99
"iYogi leverages India’s 20 years of experience in providing excellent technical support to customers across the globe," said President of iYogi, Vishal Dhar. "We have expanded our personal off shoring model to deliver an incredible experience at a revolutionary price. Our support services for Microsoft Windows 2003 Server are provided by Microsoft Certified professionals with years of experience supporting Microsoft’s products. They have a passion for helping small business and enterprise customers develop the potential of their technology investments."
iYogi’s Remote Service for Windows 2003 Server along with all of iYogi’s services is available to customers in the United States, Canada and United Kingdom. With a resolution rate of 86% and customer satisfaction rating of 93%, iYogi provides customers with an inexpensive and consistent option for their technical support needs.
ABOUT iYOGI
Headquartered in Gurgaon, India with offices in New York, NY, iYogi provides personalized computer support for small business and home office users. iYogi offers 24/7 phone and online assistance for technologies we use every day and supports products from a wide range of vendors. Utilizing proprietary technology, iMantra, and a superior Microsoft certified team, iYogi delivers higher resolution benchmarks and service levels than competing services. For more information and a detailed list of supported technologies. Visit us at : www.iyogibusiness.com
Contact Details:
Company Name : iYogi Technical Services Pvt Ltd
Address : iYogi Inc. 12, Desbrosses Street,
3rd Floor New York,
NY 10013
Toll Free No. : 1-800-237-3901
Work Number : 1-212-229-0901
Fax Number : 1-888-867-2715
E-Mail : awadhesh.singh@iyogi.net
September 11, 2008
Its only a week but chrome is giving a chase to competitors for their money
Everything the search giant Google touches seems to turn to gold, from Gmail, its free web-based email service, to its latest and most ambitious project - a new internet browser, Chrome.
Google’s answer to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer web browser, Chrome may only have been released last Tuesday, but it’s already making a huge splash.
Just six days after the beta, or test, version of Chrome was launched - 1.8 per cent of all visitors to our website were using the new Google browser. What makes it more interesting is that visitors to our website are a conservative bunch - almost two-thirds are running Microsoft’s Windows XP operating system, 17 per cent use the newest version, Vista, while 9 per cent use Macs and 1 per cent run Linux. So, for such a significant number of Telegraph online readers to have jumped on the "early adopters" bandwagon and downloaded a beta version of a week-old internet browser is very telling.
Graham Jones, an internet psychologist, says this apparent "leap of faith" can be put down to the "Google Factor".
"People trust Google," he says. "They are more likely to take the risk of downloading and trying the new software if it’s made by a trusted brand. There’s also a mistrust of Microsoft. Some people feel that when they buy a Windows computer and find Internet Explorer pre-loaded, they feel compelled to use it. They feel it takes away their choice.
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"People like to feel in control, so opting for a browser from a trusted brand helps them to take back some of that control."
Google appears to be directly challenging Microsoft’s dominance of both the online and offline computing worlds.
"It challenges not just Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser but also its Windows desktop by supporting richer web applications less dependent on standard operating systems," says Laurent Lachal, an analyst with Ovum.
Much has been made by Google of the fact that Chrome is a browser designed for a new era of internet use.
"We realised that the web had evolved from mainly simple text pages to rich, interactive applications and that we needed to completely rethink the browser," says Google. "What we really needed was not just a browser, but also a modern platform for web pages and applications, and that’s what we set out to build."
One of Chrome’s major selling points is its ability to treat each open web page as a separate "process". It also means that Chrome can handle hefty tasks usually performed by dedicated software, installed on the hard drive. Photo editing, for example, could be done through Chrome using an online service such as Google’s Picasa rather than installed software such as Adobe Photoshop. Similarly, word processing tasks could be performed through the browser, online, using the Google Docs service rather than Microsoft Word.
In short, Chrome’s sheer processing "grunt" could, in time, make it less an internet browser and more like an operating system, capable of running complex software online, accessible from any computer with an internet connection, rather than installing programs on a single machine.
And, of course, any aspirations that Google might have for its browser to become a web-based operating system represents a serious threat to the likes of Microsoft, which owes much of its success to the ubiquitous presence of the Windows operating system on millions of computers.
The early signs seem to indicate that while Chrome has a long way to go before it commands a similar slice of the market to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, it is chipping away at its user base. Other browsers, such as Mozilla Firefox, are feeling the benefits of Google’s disruptive entry into the fray.
"Internet Explorer took the entire market share hit from Chrome," says Vince Vizzaccaro, executive vice-president of marketing for web-monitoring firm Net Applications. "The rest of the alternative browsers all had gains as well." None the less, Internet Explorer still accounts for almost three-quarters of the browser market, with Firefox taking second place with a 20 per cent share.
According to Net Applications, Chrome has taken between a 1 and 2 per cent share of the global browser market in the week since its launch. Its early success, combined with the fact that Internet Explorer has lost about 5 per cent of its market share since the start of the year, means that Google is in a strong position.
Chrome’s prospects could be boosted significantly by the launch of Android, a Google-backed operating system for mobile phones. Android is designed to bring the things people enjoy on desktop computers to a mobile device, and browsing the web is critical to that. Sergey Brin, one of Google’s co-founders, said that although Chrome was unlikely to appear on first-generation Android phones, expected soon, future versions would probably have it.
Mobile web browsing, such as with Apple’s iPhone, is the next big battlefront. If Google can translate its dominance of web search into web browsing as a whole, both on computers and on mobile devices, then Chrome could become as ubiquitous as Internet Explorer has been - in time, it could become the only software your computer needs.
August 27, 2008
iYogi – a leading provider of technical support services with horizons in the US, UK, Canada and Australia – today announced the launch of its exclusive server monitoring tools for small businesses. The new product offers integrated technology solutions to surmount the users’ unique IT support requirements thereby enabling them to derive and share information, data, enable network performance analysis, and security trends critical to plan and mana ge their set of servers – 24x7.
Uday Challu, iYogi’s CEO commented, “Holding a significant niche for itself in the computer support industry, iYogi has always known to be on the forefront of adapting breakthrough technology to exceed customer service expectations. This time we have developed a tool offering value-add functionality which will help small business customers maximize the business outcomes of IT.”
iYogi’s monitoring tool provides real time observation and monitoring solutions to ensure more robust and reliable IT support and infrastructure for small buinesses. Small Business owners also get a comprehensive assesment of their IT environment to meet technology needs with the scalability for future growth and create preventative measures based on quick analysis of network device alerts, pre-failure indicators, performance benchmark and security issues.
The new Monitoring and performance tool will provide small business with the opportunity to test all technical and non-technical aspects of their servers and help them to strengthen overall IT infrastructure. The array of services will include: Patch Management, Security Auditing, Site Inventory, Real Time Alerting Script Based Management, and Rights Management Services for all critical server issues.
“Irrespective of the business being small or large, when the consumer chooses iYogi, he leverages the potential of an elite taskforce of Microsoft Certified System Engineers and Cisco Certified Network Associates, ready to service their critical assets, using the most advanced network asset tracking and Performance monitoring”, adds Challu.
Another factor where the Company aims to distinguish itself from its competitors is product pricing. Embracing the concept of service quality, iYogi offers competitively priced technical support services at no-haggle, low prices.
As for its small business support, the Company has integrated its exclusive Monitoring and Alerting Services under one price umbrella of just $480 annually. per server i.e. $49.99 per month. The price is certainly hard to find anywhere else.
For more information on iYogi Small Business Support, visit http://www.iyogibusiness.com/
Contact Details: Company Name: iYogi Technical Services Pvt Ltd Address: iYogi Inc. 12 Desbrosses Street 3rd Floor New York, NY 10013 Toll Free no:1-800-237-3901 Work Number: 1-212-229-0901 Fax Number: 1-888-867-2715
August 11, 2008
In case you hadn’t noticed, there’s been a massive shift of interest among the digerati from Microsoft Windows Vista to the largely vapourware Windows 7.
This is testament to how royally screwed-up-the Vista go-to-market plan has become. On the one hand, Microsoft insists that Vista is a huge success, with tons of solid licenses and happy customers. On the other, the company recently offered Windows XP Home as a low-cost PC operating system. Clearly, there is a disconnect. Now, even more damaging to Vista, Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer just used an important tech gathering to preview major innovations in Windows7.
If Windows Vista were a child, it would surely feel hurt neglected, and stunned by the fact that its parents are favouring its still-unborn sibling Windows7.
The level of Windows7 interest should because for significant concern in Redmond. There is the Vista group, which is gamely marching forward, trying to convince people that Vista is the operating system that they want and that they will truly love it if the only give it a chance. Then there is the Windows7 group, which is populated, naturally by some of the very same people. They are telling you how much better Windows7 will be.
Now that we know for certain that Windows7 is over two years away, will anyone want to want? Sure, Microsoft can tease us with innovations like baked-in virtualization and-bless them-gesture-based multi touch screen support - but a lot can happen in 24 months. Apple obviously won’t wait to trump Microsoft.
source : UK Technical Support Blog (http://uksupport.wordpress.com/2008/08/03/window-7-a-threat-to-vista/)
July 25, 2008
New York, 24 July, 2008: Personal Offshoring, which is driving the next wave of India’s outsourcing success story, got a huge boost today when iYogi - a remote technical support provider from India - raised $ 9.5 million in Series B financing from SAP Ventures, a division of SAP AG, Canaan Partners and SVB India Capital Partners, a venture fund affiliate of Silicon Valley Bank.
iYogi (www.iyogi.net) delivers technical support services directly to consumers and small businesses and is the first, global, technical support brand based out of India. The company offers its customers an unlimited, annual service subscription for $119.99 per desktop that includes support for a wide range of technologies, including PC hardware Microsoft Windows operating system, software applications, peripherals and multifunctional devices.
“Personal Offshoring has created new investment opportunities in India with incredible growth potential,” said Doug Higgins, partner at SAP Ventures. “It is very exciting to see companies like iYogi challenging the traditional enterprise-focused offshore-service delivery model by creating a consumer-focused, direct-to-customer personal offshore model. iYogi is one of the fastest-growing companies in this market segment, and we look forward to working with them to create India’s next success story.”
“Our focus on the customer experience has helped us achieve a 93 percent satisfaction rate across more than 50,000 customers,” said Uday Challu, CEO of iYogi. “We are delighted to have the support of three terrific investors as we increase our market share and continue to provide the best technical support experience possible for our customers.”
iYogi will use the funds to fuel its expansion into 12 new regions, including the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada, and to increase its delivery of new services including PC recovery, anti-virus/spyware, data back-up and PC optimization.
“As consumer technologies grow in sophistication, consumers will be seeking the kind of home IT support services – including remote services offered by companies such as iYogi – to help them solve their most complex problems,” said Kurt Scherf, vice president and principal analyst, Parks Associates. “In primary research, we found more than one-third of consumers are willing to pay for competent and professional remote support services, and 60% express a strong interest in software solutions – what we refer to as ‘PC Dashboards’ – that automate many basic PC performance enhancement and troubleshooting features, solving many PC-related problems before they even are noticed by end-users.”
iYogi had previously raised $3.1 million in Series A financing from Canaan Partners and SVB in April of last year. “iYogi is one of the most promising investments for Canaan Partners,” said Alok Mittal, managing director of India at Canaan Partners. “Third-party, vendor-independent technical support is an exciting new service category, witnessing explosive growth. Customers are looking beyond the traditional vendor-provided support to remote channels for better problem resolution, faster service, and greater overall satisfaction. iYogi has created an incredible value proposition and price offering for its customers that is hard to beat.”
”Several next generation outsourcing companies from India are delivering a range of personal offshoring services for individuals and small businesses in the U.S. including online tutoring, tax preparation, remote executive assistance and research services,” said Suresh Shanmugham, managing director of SVB India Capital Partners, a venture fund affiliate of Silicon Valley Bank. “iYogi has leveraged the technical skills available in India along with process expertise to scale as a global technical support provider for millions faced with increasingly complex technology”.
About SAP Ventures
SAP Ventures invests in innovative and disruptive software and services companies globally. We pursue opportunities across all stages for outstanding financial return. Our goal is to bring substantial benefit to all parties by facilitating interaction between portfolio companies and SAP and its ecosystem of customers and partners. SAP Ventures has a successful track record of building industry-leading companies by partnering with outstanding entrepreneurs and top-tier venture capital firms since 1996. For more information, visit www.sapventures.com.
About Canaan Partners
Canaan Partners is a global venture capital firm specializing in early-stage information technology and life sciences companies. Founded in 1987, Canaan Partners has $2.4 billion capital under management and has invested in more than 240 companies, completed 63 mergers and acquisitions, and brought over 50 companies public. The firm catalyzes the development of innovative mobile, Internet, CleanTech, networking, semiconductor, enterprise software and services, biotechnology and medical technologies to build next-generation market leaders. Canaan was an early investor in Acme Packet (APKT), Aperto Networks, BharatMatrimony.com, Blurb, DoubleClick (DCLK), ID Analytics, Match.com and SuccessFactors, along with dozens of other market-leading companies. Canaan is headquartered in Menlo Park, California and also has offices in Connecticut, India and Israel. For more information visit: www.canaan.com.
SVB India Capital Partners Fund and Silicon Valley Bank
SVB India Capital Partners Fund is a $54 million equity fund that is focused on Indian companies and co-invests across industries and stages with top-tier venture capital firms. Silicon Valley Bank is the premier commercial bank for emerging, growth and mature companies in the technology, life science, private equity and premium wine industries. Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., the company serves clients around the world through 27 U.S. offices and five international operations. Silicon Valley Bank is a member of global financial services firm SVB Financial Group, with SVB Analytics, SVB Capital, SVB Global and SVB Private Client Services. More information on the company can be found at www.svb.com.
About iYogi
iYogi is the first direct-to-consumer and small business technical support service from India. Providing an annual unlimited subscription to technical support for $119.99 per year, iYogi now boasts more than 50,000 customers. The company employs 450 professionals servicing customers in the U.S., U.K., Canada fast expanding to 12 new geographies across the globe. iYogi’s resolution rate of 87 percent and customer satisfaction rate of 93 percent are amongst the highest published benchmarks in the industry. For further information, please visit www.iyogi.net.
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Contact:
Company Name:
iYogi Technical Services Pvt Ltd
Address:
iYogi Inc.
12 Desbrosses Street
3rd Floor
New York, NY 10013
Toll Free no: 1-800-237-3901
Work Number: 1-212-229-0901
F ax Number: 1-888-867-2715
June 23, 2008
When an unexpected problem arises with your Microsoft Windows Vista operating system, you’re first instinct should NOT be to call a Windows Operating System Support specialist. In fact, you probably shouldn’t even think about professional repairs until you have taken a crack at the problem yourself. The best way to do that is by learning the basics of Windows Vista registry repair.
First off, you should know that the Windows Vista operating system, just like any other operating system, depends greatly on the functionality of the registry. This is due to the fact that the registry logs and records all actions on the computer.
This recorded information allows the PC to gather much needed information about your different systems and applications within a moments notice. When things are organized and "filed" correctly in the registry, the computer will react quickly to commands and things will progress at the normal pace. However, if the registry starts to fill with numerous errors, which can be caused by a wide variety of different things, speed and reliability pretty much go out the window.
It’s important to know that virtually EVERY action on the computer is recorded by the registry — this means applications/files being launched, installed, uninstalled, moved, changed, closed, etc. With all this activity, the registry is bound to fill up with errors at one time or another. And, if you’re a person whom uses a computer daily, registry errors are practically guaranteed.
You now know some of the basics about the Microsoft Vista registry and how it works. The next step is learning what you can do to fix registry errors and return your computer back to it’s normal, reliable speed. And luckily, repairing the registry is actually easier than learning how it works — because all you really need is vista registry cleaning software.
Cleaning your registry can be unbelievably simple, and with the right software, it will only take a single click of the mouse. You can get a free registry scan online from a wide array of different websites; all of which will help you determine whether or not your registry is full of performance hindering errors. Once you find out the status of your registry — error-plagued or error-free — you can then make a decision about what Vista repair software you want to use.
Ignoring the health of your Windows Vista registry is a sure-fire way to damage your PC’s hardware and cause your computer to become severely unresponsive. Having said that, do yourself a big favor and take registry cleaning more seriously — you won’t regret it.
June 20, 2008
These tools help protect your computer from being hacked into, from someone sending a virus to your computer and even someone getting into your personal files and programs that are protected.
You need some kind of anti-virus software installed, along with anti-spy ware software installed too. Always keep your operating system on your computer up-to-date. It is a good idea to check every time you log on and make sure your firewall setups are turned in the on position too, this is a good security measure to do.
The Defender for Windows is a free Microsoft anti-spy ware program. This protects a computer from performance being slow, pop-ups and any threats from software that is not wanted or different kinds of spy ware that might creep up on to your computers programs.
Did you know if you or your children get music or games downloaded from the internet, some of those sites could contain spyware? This is software that can change a computers configuration, show advertisement as pop-ups or banners and even get a hold of your personal information and files. This is usually done without your consent being given or even to your knowledge at times. To keep this from happening, if the site you are downloading from, you aren’t completely sure about, put the sites name in your search engine and pull it up, if any spy ware has been received through this site it will be noted on these as containing spy ware.
This is why file security tools are important to your operating system support; it keeps things like this from happening to your computer and saves you the hassle of having to spend hours fixing the problem.
Do you know the strength of your password? Most operating systems have a program which allows you to check this. You want a password that is memorable to you, but that wouldn’t be to anyone else. Something only you would think of. Checking the strength helps to determine how easy or hard it would be for a person to hack into your personal programs and files by finding your password.
Some file security tools made for the Windows Operating System are Live One Care, Defender Windows, and the Phishing Filter by Microsoft. These are just a few available, there are many more out there from different companies too. To keep you current on the newest security tools coming out go to Microsoft web site. These tolls will help protect you and your computer from unwanted intrusions.
File security tools can be life-savers to, or should we say work-savers? If there is a major outage of power and the computers go down along with everything else, the proper security tools will save and keep your files safe once power is restored. This could also happen during a natural disaster or computer crashes too.
At the office, keep an eye on your workstation security too. Make sure that it is updated on a regular basis and this will keep any new kind of virus, etc. from engraining itself into your computer and corrupting your files.
Everyone needs to have some kind of file security tools in place. Make sure your computer has one of these, if not, buy one and install it. You’ll be very glad you did in the long run and it will save you a lot of time and headaches if you ever did get a bug or spy ware attached itself to your computer.
June 18, 2008
Install SP1. If you can’t install SP1 it means you have one of 13 or so drivers that are so badly written that it’s not worth doing anything else to the system until you get rid of them. Of course Microsoft doesn’t want to come out and point the finger at companies like Dell or NVIDIA, so you’re going to have to figure out which drivers to try updating or replacing, or you could try installing from a Vista image that includes SP1 which works on some systems that can’t handle the update. And if you are not able to fix it out your self you approach Microsoft Certified Technical Support
Give it a couple of days. Whether you’re installing Vista or SP1, the system has to watch what applications you like to load to make SuperFetch work properly – this arranges files and pre-loads them to make application and file loading seem faster. Vista isn’t born psychic; like a fake medium it has to gather clues before it can impress you with its prescience. Also, leave the machine on overnight to let the search indexer wade through your email and hard drive. Indexing backs off when you’re busy so it won’t slow things down, but you won’t get the instant access to your information that makes for the biggest productivity improvement in Vista until the index is done.
Plug in a ReadyBoost stick. Flash is getting cheap enough that a 4GB or 8GB USB stick or SD card won’t break the bank and it speeds Vista up as well as saving battery on a notebooks (flash is faster than hard disk for virtual memory and uses less power). And SP1 fixes what was more a matter of trust than a bug; when your PC comes out of hibernation SP1 now assumes that if your ReadyBoost stick is there it’s the same one you had in before and uses it straight away, rather than throwing away all the information on it and then putting it all back, just when your PC is busy un-hibernating and you’re busy waiting impatiently. If you don’t use ReadyBoost, HIBERFIL.SYS is arranged more logically so it’s faster to read back into memory anyway.
Check your drivers, BIOS and apps. In lab conditions, boot and un-hibernate times for SP1 have gone from 30 seconds to 17 seconds; anything longer than that and you’re waiting for something other than the OS.
Check for managed code apps. Managed code has a lot of advantages, and managed code apps that are coded correctly will notice shutdown events and shut down like any other program. Only it turns out that about 90% of all the managed code apps Microsoft looked at weren’t coded correctly and didn’t shut down. SP1 addresses this, but if it’s a line of business app you should get the code fixed as well.
Install Windows Server 2008. Copying files on your Vista machine will feel much faster in SP1 because the copy is now cached: instead of writing the file straight to disk, Microsoft Windows Vista tucks it into memory and tells you it’s done, then sneaks it onto the hard drive in the background. The overall copy takes about as long, but you don’t notice it as much and the estimate of how long it will take is much more accurate.
Don’t run the photo screensaver. This has been rewritten in SP1 not to steal all the memory on your system, so waking your machine up no longer requires a context switch to get your applications back into memory, but a blank screen uses less power anyway.
Update – or avoid – the CPU Meter in the Sidebar. This little tool for measuring performance was, well, introducing performance issues (and the way the Sidebar clock managed the CPU was eating battery). There’s a new version but there are also much more powerful alternatives. Hide the irrelevant apps and threads and manipulate the data to see what’s at fault, whether it’s an app, a driver, group policy being applied or even faulty hardware.
June 16, 2008
Vista registry repair helps in keeping your Windows Vista safe and free from various types of vulnerabilities that are caused by erroneous Windows Registry. But, the very first question, in this regard may come to your mind is why you need of registry repair in vista, as Vista, like the previous versions of Windows, offers an efficient Windows Registry storage and maintenance. Vista stores and maintains the registry information whenever there is installation or un-installation in your system or there are some changes in the system settings or the different hardware or software configurations in the system.
However, errors began to flood your system registry after you use your Vista for a considerable period of time. The main reason behind this can be identified as the overflow of registry entries in your system, and this is generally caused by continuous use of Windows Registry, incomplete installation and un-installation processes and various spyware keys. These problems gradually affect the performance of your system and soon your system starts responding very slowly.
To overcome such a situation, you need to repair your windows registry and for this registry cleaner for Vista is a must. The registry cleaner enables you to remove the various inconsistencies in the Windows Registry which helps in enhancing the performance your system. The primary function of the registry cleaner is to scan your Windows Vista efficiently and effectively, and delete the various unnecessary entries in the Windows Registry. A good registry cleaner always offers registry backups before deleting the unused registry entries so that whenever you need any particular registry entry in the near future, you can restore immediately. It also deletes the registry entries made by spyware and adware programs to provide network security to some extent.
So, by performing registry repair, you can keep your Windows vista registry up-to-date and also schedule, backup and restore the registry according to your convenience. In other words, Vista registry repair offers you to extract the maximum efficiency from your system and keeps your system safe from various adware and spyware.
June 12, 2008
This issue could be caused by any of the below possibilities.
1. Bad software settings.
2. Corrupt or missing sound drivers.
3. Compatibility issues with the operating system and/or other hardware.
4. Speaker related issues.
5. Bad or missing sound card.
Solution:
Verify software volume control settings
First verify you see a small sound icon in the systray (generally at the bottom right hand corner of your screen). If this icon is missing follow the below section.
Windows XP
1. Open the Control panel
2. Open the "Sounds and Audio Devices" icon.
3. Verify the "Place volume icon in the taskbar" checkbox is checked. If this option is not available or is grayed out, skip to the next section of this document.
4. If you were able to check this box, click ok and close out of this window and the Control Panel.
5. Double-click the sound icon in the systray and verify that all the sound volumes are mid-way or higher.
Windows 2000
1. Open the Control panel
2. Open the "Sounds and Multimedia" icon.
3. Verify the "Show volume control on the taskbar" checkbox is checked. If this option is not available or is grayed out, skip to the next section of this document.
4. If you were able to check this box, click ok and close out of this window and the Control Panel.
5. Double-click the sound icon in the systray and verify that all the sound volumes are mid-way or higher.
Windows 95 / 98 / ME
1. Open the Control panel
2. Open the "Multimedia" icon.
3. Check the checkbox for "Show volume control on the taskbar". If this section is grayed out, attempt to change the Playback "Preferred device" by clicking the down arrow and changing to an alternate selection. If that is also grayed out, skip to the next section of this document.
4. If you were able to check this box, click ok and close out of this window and the Control Panel.
5. Double-click the sound icon in the systray and verify that all the sound volumes are mid-way or higher.
Verify the installed driver settings
1. Open the Windows Device Manager
2. Verify there are no conflicts or errors listed anywhere in Device Manager. If conflicts exist skip down to conflicts section.
3. Verify no other devices are listed. If other devices are listed skip down to other devices section.
4. Verify that your "Sound, video and game controllers" category is listed, if not skip down to the missing sound card section.
5. If no conflicts or other devices are listed and your sound card is listed with no conflicts, skip to the next section.
Conflicts section
If conflicts exists with your sound card and/or other devices installed in your computer it is likely that either the drivers are not properly installed for that device and/or the sound card and/or other devices are conflicting. If you open the properties of the device that is conflicting and view the properties, additional details about the conflict can be found. Additional information about error codes as well as help with Device Manager can be found on our Device Manager section.
If you are unable to locate additional information about your issue or are unable to resolve the issue, follow the below steps.
1. Under Sound, Video and game controllers highlight each device and press the delete key to remove the device.
2. Reboot the computer.
3. As the computer is booting the system will detect the sound card and any of it’s devices and re-install those devices. If prompted for a location of drivers, try pointing it to your sound card CD and/or your Windows CD. If this does not work or is unable to locate the proper files, you will need to get the latest sound drivers from your sound card manufacturer.
Other devices section
If other devices are listed, it is possible that these other devices could be the sound card or other devices conflicting with the sound card. If any other devices are listed it is recommended you remove those devices, reboot the computer and let Windows redetect the devices.
If this does not work, attempt to determine which device is not being detected and resolve that issue first.
Missing sound card section.
If you are missing the "Sound, video and game controllers" category in Device Manager, it is likely that the sound card drivers are not installed properly, sound card has been disabled, sound card is bad, or no sound card is available in the computer. First, verify no conflicts or other devices are present in the Device Manager; if these are present it is likely they are the sound card and/or devices causing the sound card not to be detected. Second, verify that the computer has a sound card and/or that the sound card is enabled on the computer.
If this is an on-board sound card you can verify that it is enabled in BIOS setup.
If you have no adapters and/or cannot click the down arrow to select the correct adapter, close out of this Window. In Control Panel double-click the System icon / click the Device Manager tab within Device Manager and ensure there are no yellow ! or red X.
If you have either of these on any of your sound devices, attempt to remove everything under Sound Video game controllers and reboot the computer. If after rebooting the computer you still have the same conflicts, double-click on the conflicting device and refer to our Device Manager error code section giving you additional information on the error code you are experiencing.
Verify speaker connections
Verify the speakers settings and speakers are not at fault by running through speaker troubleshooting steps.
Sound card drivers
If you have followed the above recommendations and you are still unable to get the sound card to work, download and install the latest sound card drivers from the computer or sound card manufacturer. A listing of sound card drivers can be found on our sound card driver page.
Defective hardware
Finally, if all of the above recommendations do not resolve your issue it is likely that either the sound card is physically bad or that the operating system is severely corrupt. We recommend you contact the Windows Operating System Support.
June 9, 2008
Vista is an ideal gamer and machine combination, unfortunately Vista takes too many resources and leave so little room for older, less memory computers to execute resources intensive 3D games. Vista is advanced and able to deliver a better gaming experience, especially after Service Pack 1.
Tip #1 - Add or free more memory
You must be laughing by now, and yes this is the best way to accelerate games. If your budget is so tight, then you must disable most background services and startup software. Use " msconfig" in your command prompt to activate the system configuration tool, you can disable services from here, go to do some research before you even try to disable the services.
Tip #2 - Downgrade DirectX
You probably are using the newest DirectX now, if you are facing some incompatible problems, try to downgrade 1 version, you might get things back on track. Some games allow you to specify DirectX version, you can keep both New and older version DirectX on the same machine.
Tip #3 - Use 4 GB or more fast access memory stick
Use a large and fast USB memory stick to create ReadyBoost and accelerate your games. 4 GB RAM might not enough for x86 Vista, with upper limit of 3.2 GB to 3.6 GB supported, if you have a 4 GB to 8 GB fast access memory stick, just disable the page file and your game should run faster! You should format your memory stick with the largest allocation unit, enable background cache to accelerate the write operation.
Tip #4 - Get the latest firmware and driver
Latest firmware will increase your hardware compatibility level, while latest driver will increase your games’ stability. Visit your vendor website for latest firmware and driver for vista support, update your Vista frequently if your Vista’s Windows updates is done manually.
Tip #5 - Use compatibility mode
Run your games under the Vista compatibility mode, you might need to try different combination before getting the right settings. If this does not help, I am afraid your need an update from your game vendor. Try to visit their website and contact them for the latest patch.
Tip #6 - Join gamer forum
Join their forum for tips and tricks, most of the technical settings will be shared across different forums, visit them and participate to share and get tips for setting up your Vista for the particular game.
The best way to optimize your Vista for gaming is to learn the correct way to minimize and redistribute resources in Vista.
June 5, 2008
By default, Windows XP and Internet Explorer 6 will examine what you are typing in the address bar and pop up a list of similar entries you entered recently. It also stores entries you have made on web documents and forms, including usernames and passwords. While this can help speed up your web surfing experience, it can also potentially compromise your privacy if multiple people are using the same user account on your system. Fortunately, autocomplete can be easily disabled through the IE options menu.
To do this: From Internet Explorer, go to the Tools menu, then select ‘options.’ Choose the ‘content’ tab, then click the ‘autocomplete’ button.
Disable the various options as you see fit. You can also clear autocomplete’s memory cache for web forms and passwords from this window.
May 30, 2008
Windows Vista has an incredible amount of features and tools, many of which are almost totally undocumented and buried in the system somewhere. Administrative and troubleshooting tools particularly are now much more powerful and easier to use then ever before.
Here are six little features and applications in Vista which I think are quite useful.
Snipping Tool
The Snipping Tool was an application I didn’t even know existed till yesterday. This tool was introduced with Windows Vista (although it is not present in Vista Basic) but I just hadn’t come across it yet.
I’m so used to replacing any Windows applications with better freeware alternatives that it didn’t occur to me a Windows tool could do the job adequately. Sure, Snipping Tool isn’t the best screenshot application but it does all the basics, and even has a few extra features such as the ability to directly email a screenshot, or highlight something quickly. All it needs is a setting that enables it to be launched from the printscreen key.
Quick Launch ToolBar
If you initially tried to drag the Quick Launch toolbar off the Vista task bar, you wouldn’t have had much success. However this feature hasn’t been removed from Vista - its just been made less accessible for some strange reason.
If you want to enable the Quick Launch bar, simply create a new folder on your desktop. Drag this folder to the right edge of your screen and let go. The toolbar should have now have appeared down the side of the screen. By right clicking on the bar and selecting ‘Toolbars > Quick Launch’ you will have enabled the Quick Launch toolbar.
There are a couple of adjustable options such as hiding the title and folder text or making the icons smaller. I like using this as my application launcher as it’s the best launcher you’ll find, and I can live without the visual effects of others .
Photo Slideshows
You’ve probably seen this option amongst the buttons along the explorer bar, but have you actually tried it?
The Slideshow is actually a nice way to view your photographs. You can change the speed and effects of the presentation, and a number of themes are included such as “collage”, “album”, “glass” and more. You can display photographs in Sepia, black and white and normal. It may seem trivial but it can be quite useful when you have relatives around, you can bore them with your latest travel photographs or something.
Windows Media Encoder
Windows Media Encoder was included with Vista but has been available to anyone as a free download for quite some time. Again it may lack some of the power of alternative applications, but I think you’ll find it does a fairly decent job.
You can use Media Encoder to capture audio or video, convert files, screen capture and more. The capture is particularly useful if you want to create a video of a program demonstration, etc.
Resizing Icons
Icons can be resized anywhere in Vista by simply holding down the control key and scrolling your mouse. Even though the ‘view’ options only list seven icon display sizes, there are actually nearly forty which you can scroll through via this method. It also works on your desktop icons.
Show Windows Side by Side
Hold down the control key and select two windows on the task bar. Right click and select “Show Windows Side by Side”. You’ll now have the two windows aligned next to each other. This isn’t just for Explorer windows of course, it’ll work on any application. Especially useful for comparing documents.
What are your favourite tools in Vista?
May 26, 2008
Technology is daily undergoing a makeover. Whether you use a desktop or laptop, you will find how quickly the technology changes and progresses. It is extremely difficult for any non-tech person to cope up with tech changes. Fortunately, there is a comprehensive range of computer support resources are there to refurbish a sense of security when encountered with nasty PC issues or tech problems.
Amongst all available resources, online PC repair is at the top. It has become a leading service offering the easiest way to avail computer support and is best suited to help customers with troubleshooting computer problems or installing software programs or fixing virus errors. Online personal computer repair works for most issues.
The technician working with online computer support resources are not amateurs but experienced Microsoft Certified Experts who can handle any tech issue irrespective of the complexity involved. The customer can bring innumerable tech problems and get the quality support and services within a small amount. As the name signifies, online computer support has to do everything with the Internet. You are eligible to avail online computer help services of you have the Web facility at your premises. However, there are many other companies that also offer support over phone. But, the troubleshooting proves will take a longer duration as the customer will be given just the instructions to follow and perform.
With online computer support resources, you are guaranteed to get the professional help. Also, it takes just a click of mouse or dialing atoll free number to call for the help. Any good technical support company will first diagnose the problem before initiating the troubleshooting process which is also known as online PC repair session.
Online PC repair is gaining in popularity nowadays and is outshining the traditional methods of computer repair. It is known to be most successful at the time of troubleshooting software problems. These services are cheaper and effective and yet self sufficient service for tech savvy consumers and small business to sort out any kind of software errors. Also, it’s better than hauling your computer to any local repair shop.
Source :
http://www.1articleworld.com/Article/Increasing-Craze-for-Online-Computer-Support/277552
May 20, 2008
May 15, 2008
Microsoft’s Windows Vista is the latest operating system in over five years after Windows XP. And according to some experts this new OS is not really worth making a hue and cry about. No, there is nothing wrong with Vista, nor is there any single compelling feature that can force you to change your current OS for Windows Vista for the regular PC user.
However, Windows Vista Business is the first OS designed by Microsoft, keeping in mind the specific needs of small businesses support. Besides a user-friendly interface, and powerful new safety and security features, the mobile computing enhancements make this OS easy to use allowing them to get more from their computers. Therefore, if you are a small business owner, then Windows Vista for Small Businesses is worth switching over to from your existing windows operating system.
With better built-in support options and more stability leading to fewer crashes, enhanced new security features, mobility functions, and improvements to increase productivity, you can just focus on what really matters to you the most – making your business profitable. Your business data is safe and secure on your Windows Vista for Small Business PC.
Included within the Windows Vista for Small Business edition is:
* Windows Tablet PC
* Windows SideShow for remote gadgets
* Windows Small Business Server
* Group Policy Support
* File Caching (From client side)
* Remote Server Access for better mobility and secure access to confidential data
* Window Fax and Scan
* Windows ShadowCopy for creating file backup
* Easy Retrieval of accidentally deleted files/documents
As Microsoft claims, “Getting it done just got easier with Microsoft Windows Vista Business”.
May 12, 2008
Users looking to Service Pack 3 for Windows XP, as Service Pack 2’s second coming and the perfect reason to avoid Windows Vista SP1, might need to reconsider their plans. The reason is rather simple, despite the fact that it has spent over two months more time in development compared to Vista SP1, while containing only a minor, standard evolution in comparison to SP2, XP SP3 has come to the table with a flood of issues, a wide variety of them impacting the deployment process. There are no less than nine officially documented scenarios in which end users will find it unable to install Windows XP SP3, and even more error messages associated with the problems.
1. The XP SP3 RTM Infinite Reboot Loop
Jesper Johansson was among the first to signal this problem after installing XP SP3 on an AMD-based computer, an operation which lead to: "incessant reboots. The computer booted, apologized for not being able to boot properly, asked if I wanted to boot into safe mode, defaulted to normal boot, rebooted, and so on and so on. At this point, I want to clarify that the endless rebooting is not at all related to SP3 per se. The problem is that with some configurations, SP3 causes the computer to crash during boot, and Windows XP, by default, is set up to automatically reboot when it crashes."
This is by no means an isolated case. In fact, end users have been crowding to the support forum for Windows XP SP3 signaling the very same problem, as well as variations from this issue. Essentially users are presented by a "Stop 0x0000007E" error message, having performed and upgrade to XP SP3 from SP2 on what Microsoft referred to as a non-Intel-processor-based computer.
"After you upgrade a computer that uses a processor other than an Intel processor to Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) or Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3), you may receive the following error message after you restart the computer: ‘A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer…Technical information: *** STOP: 0x0000007E (0xC0000005, 0xFC5CCAF3, 0xFC90F8C0, 0xFC90F5C0) SYSTEM_THREAD_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED’," reads Microsoft’s description of the problem.
According to the Redmond company, not all systems affected by the "Stop 0x0000007E" error message behave the same, or from identical causes. Microsoft already has resources in place designed to help end users troubleshoot a Stop 0x0000007E error in Windows XP, and there are additional causes to implementing Service Pack 3 that may conduct to this scenario. Still, this does not mean that XP SP3 is off the hook.
"Most computers include an image that the manufacturer created by using the System Preparation (Sysprep) tool. Sysprep lets the computer manufacturer generate an image that can be used
