Thursday, December 3, 2009

Find out if your PC can run Windows 7

To see if your PC is ready for Windows 7, download the free Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor. It scans your PC for potential issues with your hardware, devices, and installed programs, and recommends what to do before you upgrade

Click here to scan your PC for compatibility

What is System Restore?

System Restore helps you restore your computer's system files to an earlier point in time. It's a way to undo system changes to your computer without affecting your personal files, such as e‑mail, documents, or photos.

Sometimes, the installation of a program or a driver can cause an unexpected change to your computer or cause Windows to behave unpredictably. Usually, uninstalling the program or driver corrects the problem. If uninstalling does not fix the problem, you can try restoring your computer's system to an earlier date when everything worked correctly.

System Restore uses a feature called System Protection to regularly create and save restore points on your computer. These restore points contain information about registry settings and other system information that Windows uses. You can also create restore points manually.

System Restore is not intended for backing up personal files, so it cannot help you recover a personal file that has been deleted or damaged. You should regularly back up your personal files and important data using a backup program.

•Open System Restore by clicking the Start button , clicking All Programs, clicking Accessories, clicking System Tools, and then clicking System Restore.‌ If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Windows Updates

Microsoft has released several new important security updates for Windows.
Every month Microsoft releases updates to fix security vulnerabilities in its software.
Windows PCs without these fixes could be vulnerable to attack by malicious programs.
The updates can be downloaded from www.windowsupdate.com or by enabling Automatic Updates.
Vista users can click the Start button, click All Programs, and then select Windows Update.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Common Symptoms Of Virus Infection

- Computer does not boot.
- Some virus infect your startup system. Strange massage appear
- Some virus infect your ragistry. Strange ststem or software run automatically
- Computer does not boot.
- Computer hard drive space is reduced.
- Applications will not load.
- An application takes longer to load than normal time period.
- Hard dive activity increases especially when nothing is being done on the computer.
- An anti virus software message appears.
- The number of hard drive bad sectors steadily increases.
- Unusual graphics or messages appear on the screen
- Files are missing (deleted)
- A message appears that hard drive cannot be detected or recognized.
- Strange sounds come from the computer.
- Some viruses take control of the keyboard and occasionally substitute a neighboring key for the one actually pressed. Another virus "swallows" key presses so that nothing appears on the screen.
- Also interesting are system time effects. Clocks going backwards are especially frightening for workers who cannot wait to go home. More seriously though, this type of virus can cause chaos for programs which depend on the system time or date.
- Cannot connect to network.

Virus and Spyware

Stap to protect your PC from viruses

- Automatic protection of anti-virus software should be turned on at all times.
- perform a manual scan or schedule a scan to occur automatically weekly.
- Scan all removable disks before first use.
- Enable Automatic Update option on anti-virus software
- Periodic backups of the hard disk should be done.
- Buy legal copies of all software they use and make write-protected backups.
- Email messages and email attachments from unknown people should not be opened.
- Make sure that Macro Virus Protection is enabled in all Microsoft applications, and they should never run macros in a document unless they know specifically the functionality of the macros.
- Appropriate Passwords should be assigned to the shared network drives.
- Disable auto run mood, so that auto virus form disk or removable drive cannot infect PC