Showing posts with label Windows Help. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Windows Help. Show all posts

Sunday, January 5, 2014

How To Reset The Windows Password?

Computers have a presence in almost all walks of our life and from a simple billing work to the most complicated surgical procedures are rendered with the help of computers. Even though they assist us in our tasks, it is essential to ensure that security is maintained. Since computers store many important information, it is essential to prevent the intrusion by hackers.
If you were using the Windows operating system, you would know about the usage of password to logon to your computer. These passwords prevent others from logging into your user account and thus it ensures that your information is protected. Even if you have created a password, it is essential to reset the same occasionally in order to keep the information in your computer safe. There could be malicious key loggers running in your system that would trace your password and hence it would be better if you change it at regular intervals.
Changing the password is not a herculean task and you could do it easily by following these instructions. No matter what version of Windows you have in your system, you could do it either by contacting the Windows help and support or by following these steps.

Instructions

Reset the password in Windows XP
  • Click on the Start button on your desktop.
  • Now choose Control Panel and click User Accounts the menu that is displayed.
  • From the list, you should select an account.
  • Now select Change Password. This will open up a new menu on the screen.
  • You need to enter the current password and provide a new password two times. After ensuring that you have entered information correctly, select OK button. This will reset your password at once.
Reset password in Windows 7 or Vista
  • You need to click the Ctrl Key, Alt Key and Del Key simultaneously.
  • Now select Change Password.
  • You will now find three fields on the screen, out of which the initial one would be meant for entering the current password, the second one for the new password and the third one to confirm your new password. Provide the information without any error and click on the arrow next to it or the Enter button on the keyboard. This will reset your password at once.
If you have any concerns regarding the same, contact the Windows Help for assistance.

Friday, September 20, 2013

Finding An App And Installing It From Windows Store


Have you got used to Microsoft Windows 8 operating system already? You might have to find and install apps and programs of your choice from Windows store as free trial versions or purchased ones. You can get Windows help to solve the errors or doubts that you come across with apps on Windows store as well as their installation issues.

The reasons listed below might be preventing you from finding and installing an interesting app from Windows store.

  • You might be having settings for hiding apps
             Set your preferences for Windows Store so that the required or desired apps are never hidden from you. 
  • Age rating for a particular app due to family safety settings
             This parental or age control is useful, but sometimes prevent desirable apps to pop up in the searches made. You would totally forget about this safety setting and may complain that such an app never lists out in your computer’s Windows store.
  • The app unavailable in your country or region
             You need to know that certain Windows Store apps are country or region specific and wouldn’t be available in other areas of the world. This might also occur, if you have chosen your country as a random wrong option from the list of countries during account set up. Make changes to the country selected and the suitable apps would be available in the future searches.
  • The payment method enabled for your account does not match with your residing country or region
             If you wish to buy an app, the payment method should belong to the particular country from where you make the purchase. This might be enforced as a step to provide an overall control or monitoring of the transactions made. 
  • Windows store does not have this app any longer
             The app would have become outdated and removed from the Windows Store list.
  • Incompatibility of processor with the chosen app
            See to the standard system specifications for the chosen app; errors might be popping up due to incompatibility issues. 
  • The system requirements of the app are not met by your PC
            The account to which you are signed in to your PC might not be having enough privileges and specifications as required by the app. 

Hope Windows help information on the problems with apps on Windows Store helped you to fix the PC issues.

Monday, August 19, 2013

Resetting The Task Scheduler In Microsoft Windows 7 OS

Are you in search of Microsoft Windows 7 OS Help topics for troubleshooting Microsoft Office 2013? You would have depended on resources available online such as FAQ sections, blogs and forums for technical support to solve this problem; if you are not satisfied with those steps, try this one. The requirements and specifications of your Windows 7 system have to be met adequately to approve the installation process. You might need to reset the task scheduler to complete Office installation successfully.

Let’s see what could be done about the installation of Office being blocked by other tasks set on your computer.

Guidelines from Windows help team to install Office 2013

For Windows 7 Operating system:
  • You have to start with the scheduler service first. This article would help you do this with the procedure detailed here.
  • Go to Start >> All Programs >> Accessories, you would get a Command prompt option, which you have to right click and select Run as administrator.
  • You would be displayed a command prompt in which you need to type the command as net start schedule and hit Enter key.
  • Now, continue to install Microsoft Office again and in case the installation process fails now as well, proceed to next step.
  • Click the Start button located towards the left hand side of the task bar and in the search box available, type in the text as Task Scheduler. Hit Enter to start searching.
  • Go to Task Scheduler Library >> Microsoft >> Office and click on the Office option listed now.
  • You would get a set of windows open now, in which the top-middle one would have a Name column in it with Office listed in it.
  • You have to now right click each of the Office tasks listed and click on the Delete option.
The steps would be similar in case of Windows 8 operating system as well, with the differences in terms and names for various options in the procedure.

When you are done with the steps as listed above, restart your system and try installing Microsoft Office 2013 again. This Windows help would surely work to steer you out of the worries regarding installation of Office on your system. Hope these instructions were useful to you and for further information on installation errors, contact the online technical support available 24 hours a day. 

Monday, March 25, 2013

Color Inverting Options In Windows XP


Microsoft released Windows XP almost 12 years back, in 2001. It is one of the most liked and appreciated operating systems ever released. What people like the most about Windows XP is that it’s easy to use interface. Many users still make use of this operating system due to the same reason. Even a layman can get to know more about this operating system without the help of a professional. Color inverting options can be performed on your Windows XP operating system in order to modify the appearance of your screen. Contrast and Color settings play an important role in the appearance of your laptop or desktop screen. The color inverting options can be done if you are facing any difficulty to read the data displayed on your screen. You may also make use of the color inverting options just for an added attraction. This article will help you with the same.

Windows Help instructions to invert colors

Here are the instructions to invert colors in your Windows XP operating system. Make sure that you do not omit or miss any instructions.
Load your system and select the Start button followed by Control Panel option.
This will open the Control Panel windows on your screen. The Control Panel is the storehouse of all the system settings.
Locate the Accessibility Options from Control Panel and then select it.
Find the “Adjust the contrast for text and colors on your screen" option and then select it.
Locate the "Use High Contrast" check box displayed below the Display option. Click on the check box.
Click on the “Settings” link in order to load the “Settings” window. Now you need to select the appearance of your screen and then select the OK tab.
This will automatically close the Settings window and you will reach back to the previous page.
Select the Apply option found in the Display window. This will allow you to test various Contrast options associated with your screen. If you are sure of the settings, you may close down the window. For this select the OK tab.
This will display a rectangular box on the center of your screen. The box contains the “Please Wait” instruction.
After a couple of seconds the box will disappear and the color inversion takes place automatically.
These are the Windows Help instructions to invert colors. If you got any doubts regarding the same, contact the Windows Support team.