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Microsoft Windows
Windows is a consumer and enterprise grade family of operating systems developed by Microsoft Corporation. First released in 1985, it has become the best-selling operating system in computer history, and has 90% of the total operating system market.
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Where did the idea of Microsoft come from?
Around 1980, Microsoft was a small software company that signed a deal with with computer giant IBM to develop the disc operating system for the new IBM PC. The software was to be known as PC-DOS (personal computer disc operating system).
Included in the deal was permission for Microsoft to sell virtually the same product under their own name of MS-DOS. Very soon after the PC was released by IBM, other companies began to clone the IBM and so the start of the PC industry was triggered. Although there were other operating systems that would run the new IBM clones, MS-DOS was seen as the fully compatible one to use.
From a tiny software house, Microsoft was launched into huge organization that it is today.
What the key function of the home key?
when you are writing in Word (or similar program) the home key will take you to the beginning of the line. Control+home will take you to the beginning of the document.
Where you can find best antivirus for windows xp?
You need to run these 4 essential steps to remove all the spyware on your computer.
1. Run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
2. Run the anti spyware removal programs spybot
3 Run Superantispyware
4. Run a complete scan with free curing utility Dr.Web CureIt!
Use Mozilla firefox or the google chrome browser for browsing unsafe websites
Install ThreatFire
ThreatFire, features innovative real-time behavioral protection technology that provides powerful standalone protection or the perfect complement to traditional signature-based antivirus programs offers unsurpassed protection against both known and unknown zero-day viruses, worms, trojans, rootkits, buffer overflows, spyware, adware and other malware.
Install a good antivirus in your computer.
Keep your antivirus updated. If automatic updates are available, configure your antivirus to use them.
Keep your permanent antivirus protection enabled at all times.
What happens when you boot up a computer?
The computer gets power from the power suply inside the computer. from there the computer's bios kicks on and starts the CMOS program that is programmed into the BIOS chip. the CMOS program then begins to quickly check all the hardware. first it checks what kind of processor is in the computer, then counts the memory. It then checks the drives such as cdrom and harddrives then floppy. then it checks all the pci, isa, etc. cards and any other devices in the computer and gives each an irq (interrupt request). then the Bios (on most computers) checks first to see if theres a floppy in the drive and if so is it bootable and if so boots from the floppy. If the floppy is not bootable it then looks on the first hard drive's MBR (Master Boot Record) to see if its bootable and if so then boots to that drive.. if that one is not then keeps checking until it either finds a bootable harddrive or tells the user no drives are bootable and usually asks to insert a bootable floppy or restart the computer.
What kind of files are essential files necessary for running windows?
All the files under C:\Windows, which is what contains the OS.
What would be the first concern if another adapter card wants to be added into a PC?
As long as there is a free slot of the right type and an opening, if it is needed, the card can be inserted. However, adding a card usually will require more power so it should be checked to be sure the power supply is sufficient. If not, the ower supply will also need to be upgraded. Upgrading the power supply is not unusual if the new card going in the PC is a powerful graphics card. These can generate a lot more heat as well, so the ventialtion of the computer is important.
What menu contains the spelling command?
Spell check is on the Review tab, in the Proofing section, for Excel 2007.
What is the max memory of an ipod?
Currently, the largest Ipod is the Ipod classic with 160 GB of memory. I think it is $300 or $350.
How do you put a 1 inch border on a Microsoft word document?
The instructions are in the HELP function of MS Word.
Open either Microsoft Works Word Processor from the Task Launcher or Microsoft Office Word directly.
Use the Help button, with search term Page Border (or Add a border to a page -- the results will be the same)
Look for results, "Add a border to a page."
Go to Format then Borders and Shading.
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What command line tool can you use to stop a program that is hung?
Windows Task Manager
Ctrl + Alt + Esc
Right Click Taskbar > Task Manager
Search taskmanager.exe
Ctrl + Alt + Del > Task Manager
A control panel is a display area onto which are placed the devises for monitoring and changing the functioning of some physical system.
A control panel in a computer system allows you to modify a computers various settings. In a control panel you can modify a computer's display, change security settings, and update system preferences.
How can you recover your outlook 2007 password?
With the third party outlook password recovery software you can recover lost outlook 2007 password. One more option you can try for the same purpose, ask your ISP (Internet service provider) to change password of your account and send you.
For this purpose you may use tool below. It will help you to retrieve/recover outlook password of versions MS Outlook 2000 up to 2007.
Why might you need to zip a file?
In computer lingo, to "zip" a file is to compress it. The classic utility for this is WinZip, but today, there are many "zip" utilities.
What is the difference between Windows Media Center and Windows Media Player?
Windows Media Center
* Specialized distribution of Windows XP/front-end application for XP, provided a TV & remote control friendly interface for accessing media. Windows Media Player
* Audio & Video player developed by Microsoft, and distributed with Microsoft Windows.
Why do computers get erased when near a magnet?
Computer memory is dependent on internal magnetic forces. Any other source of magnetism scrambles the magnetic information in storage, thus destroying its meaning and usefulness by the computer.
How do you send a file to another file?
Click on review tab, choose compare and combine documents original with revised.
How does one perform a screen capture?
If you have a PC, and have a normal keyboard, there is a button on the top right of the keyboard. There is a set of three keys, which should say, from right to left: "Pause/Break", "Scroll Lock", and "Print Screen/SysRq". "Print Screen/SysRq" is the button that will copy whatever appears on the screen.
How do you deactivate uac in vista?
Click Start, type 'msconfig' (w/o the quotes) in the search box, hit enter and click continue on the UAC dialog. Once the System Configuration window opens, click on the 'Tools' tab, Scroll down and click on 'Disable UAC' then click the 'Launch' button on the lower right. When that is done, you will need to reboot the computer. When Windows comes back up, UAC will be disabled.
How do you rotate dispaly of your laptop?
Type the following to rotate.
Ctrl+Alt + left to rotate it left.
'' '' right......And so on.
To make it normal type the combination and press "up" instead of "left" or "right".
How can you reset the BIOS password and unlock a computer?
If it's a desktop PC, erasing the cmos memory will usually clear it. Turn the power off, remove the cover. There should be a battery, these days they use a large silver disc watch battery type. Near it should be three pins with a linker on two of them. Move it to the other side, so the middle pin is linked to the other pin. Leave it there for a few seconds and then put it back in it's original position. Replace the covers and boot up. You will then have to reset your BIOS options etc.. On Laptops, they all most always write the password to EEROM or flash memory, which don't need a battery. Unfortunately, sometimes the only way to clear these, is to remove the chip and use a programmer to load it with the latest BIOS from the manufacturer or replace it with a new one. Dell computers have a master password which is unique to each computer. That password can be obtained from Dell customer service.
That is the file extension. Each file has this extension to tell the system what to do with the file. For example, a program has .exe at the end. This means that it is an executable file, so the system will launch it as a standard executable. A document has .doc or .docx. The system checks file association when you run it, and tells whatever program is set to handle documents to open that file. If you have MS Word, then it will open the file. If you use Open Office, then that program will open it. If you change the extension, then a different program will try to open the file. For example, changing a .jpg to a .txt will open notepad. However, the file is not actually plain text, so you will see many pages of gibberish, since notepad doesn't really know what to do with the image file.
How do you completely delete a program?
Generally I use the control panel to delete the program.if it doesn't work I will use uninstall toll to do it, it is evry useful!
What is th importance of spelling and grammar check?
Spell and grammar is very important to present a professional, clean and warm image. If you don't spell check and grammar check, and you do not write English well, some errors and mistakes will pop.
I suggest using Spell Check Anywhere (SpellCheckAnywhere.Com). It adds spell checking, and optional grammar checking, to all windows programs. This includes email, word, wordpad, etc..
How do you install Windows Vista into a new computer?
Two ways:First, you can install by removing the master drive and install the new program (OS) onto the second HDD as you would in the ordinary way.
Second, you can use XP boot program (WinXP_EN_PRO_BF; use search in Microsoft website for this file; besure to choose either XP Pro. (assume XP Pro. will be sufficient for Vista) or Home Ed), download and extract the cabinet files and follow the instructions (you will need 6 floopy discs too, and the OS program and the rest will be done for you (format and all). During your reinstallation of the OS on your master HDD, there will be a screen to define where the new program (OS) to be installed, select the slave drive to install. WARNING: BE SURE YOU HAVE A BACKUP OF YOUR FILES (master HDD) JUST IN CASE THINGS DON'T GO THE WAY YOU WANT IT!!!!
PS: In my opinion, I don't think this is possible because the master HDD will be in conflict with the slave drive based on the OS at boot up.
A third option and best way would be that, you use XP on the master drive to install two OS. To do this just type in the search box of XP HELP AND SUPPORT; 'dual systems' and select 'Installing more than one operating system on your computer' and follow the instructions to install on the master HDD. Thus leaves you with the spare HDD to do other things with. And at boot up after you have installed the second OS you can select which one you want to start up.
