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How Professionals Troubleshoot a PC- The Basics

Posted by Unknown Kamis, 05 Desember 2013 0 komentar

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As an electronic device, the PC or computer is bound to face many problems at various stages.

To combat these problems and errors, the user needs to perform a proper PC support and related troubleshooting to help the computer system work fine and for a longer duration.

Sometimes, the errors are resolved at the user end by themselves, but as most number of computer users is un-known to these basics of troubleshooting, they need a proper technical support for their computers.

When a user reports a problem with a computer, it generally means reporting a symptom that is seen by the user. Like, a user might not be able to print a document.

In such case, the support technician finds the cause of the problem, and then identifies which category the problem falls into. And then they perform the required support functions to diagnose and troubleshoot those errors.

Below mentioned are some key points regarding common PC issues and the diagnostic PC support:

Hardware Support:

The computer system’s hardware falls into two categories: Hardware and Mechanical. The support provided by the technician in helping to resolve errors pertaining to them falls under hardware support.

Hardware problems are those that involve malfunctioning or incorrect configurations of the computer’s internal components. While Mechanical problems are those that involve the errors, connection or damage issues in physical workings of the computer or its peripherals.

Some examples of Mechanical Problems are:

The computer is not plugged in, so it does not turns on.
The monitor is damaged, so it does not work.
The power cable is damaged which causes the hard drive to not receive any power from the computer power source.

Some examples of Hardware problems include:

The improper installation of a driver that causes the computer to not turn on.
After driver updation, a component stops working.
The computer is not configured to boot from a CD and thus causes boot problem for the user.

The support technician identifies these entire problems while examining the hardware components of a PC, and then performs the right kind of troubleshooting methods.

Operating System Support:

A system performs its entire tasks on an Operating Support, and a problem in functioning of the Operating Support calls for a thorough checkup by the support technician who performs the related diagnosis and troubleshooting.

Operating system support involves various tasks, such as:

Defragmenting the hard disk to free unwanted clutter and creating more space on the hard disk drive.
Applying latest security updates.
Restoring the PC or the operating system to a previous point of operation, because it can no longer function at that point.
Updating the computer’s BIOS (basic input/output system) to the latest version for the specific computer model.
Creation of virtual memory to improve the computer’s performance.
Creation of new partitions for various tasks and applications.

Operating system support enhances the Operating System’s performance, which in turn improves the performance of other programs and application.

Software Support:

Support provided by the technician that resides with problems occurring with software applications falls under the software support category.

Software support includes:

Installation and up-gradation of a software application.
Troubleshooting installation problems that occur with a software application.
Helping users to complete a job in a specific software application.
Troubleshooting an under-performing application.
Removal of software programs that have become corrupt or are no longer needed by the user.

Networking Support:

The networking support category provides solutions in those conditions when a user encounters various issues trying to connect to resources which are not present on the local computer.

These resources include applications, files, folders, and it also means connecting to the Internet, an outer located networked printers, or other computers or peripherals.

Networking support provides the user with following diagnosis:

Installation of networked a printer on a client computer.
Configuration of Internet Explorer or other browser options to enable the client computer to connect to the Internet.
To make sure that the client computer has an IP address for networking.

Apart from these, there are some other problems that users create on their own, or that they encounter while performing an unfamiliar task or do something incorrectly.

A PC support technician goes through various steps to guide the user in performing these support actions. The support technician teaches the user to correct the problem he/ she had created, and to properly perform the desired task.

The technician should guide the user in proper manner as the support is extremely important and being a guide and mentor, guide the user about the various steps involved in diagnosis and about what not to do to not let that happen again.

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7 Things (Other Than Porn) You Will Enjoy Searching On YouTube!

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People Enjoy searching two kinds of things on youtube

Porn
Entertainment Stuff (Songs, movies etc.)

and you know the admin of this blog, he loves watching porn but doesn’t talk about it on his blog.

Whatever, I’ll keep talking.

YouTube, as we all know, is the website for watching and sharing videos. It’s by Google and you probably visit it everyday! I’m here to tell you about some fun-things you can do on YouTube. These “fun-things” are called Easter eggs.

Google has a history of adding Easter eggs into its products and YouTube is no exception. The term “Easter eggs” means an unexpected feature [in a piece of computer software] included as a joke or a bonus!

Most of these Easter eggs were introduced during the occasion of the first YouTube Geek Week. They are nothing but terms that you will search on YouTube and some unexpected thing will happen! You can show it off to your friends or girlfriend(s) and act cool

‘Nuff said! Let’s get to business!

‘Ponies’ or ‘Bronies’

Go to youtube.com and search for one of these terms after removing the quotes. “ponies” or “bronies”, You will see some ponies running around the search results! These ponies are actually from a cartoon show called “My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic” (Wikipedia Link). Also, searching the names of many characters from this show will cause the top bar to become the same color as the character. Example: try searching “Rainbow Dash”

/ techy waky blog

Searching for /[space]techy waky blog will make the search results appear in the Unix terminal style! Impressive, right? It actually works for any search term starting with “/ ”

Fibonacci

Searching for “fibonacci” will arrange the search results in a tiled effect in accordance to the mathematical sequence “fibonacci”. In mathematics, fibonacci series are numbers in this integer sequence: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21 and so on…

Here’s a quiz for you guys, can you identify the pattern in the above sequence of numbers? Leave a comment with your answer

Use the force, Luke

Searching for “use the force luke” will put a wavy effect on the search results. Also try moving your mouse, the entire screen will fly accordingly! If you are a Star Wars fan, you must be familiar with the quote “Use the force, Luke”. It was a said by Obi-Wan Kenobi to Luke in Star Wars IV – A New Hope.

Beam me up, Scotty

Star Trek fans, the one’s dedicated to you! Searching for “beam me up scotty” will echo the classic Star Trek effect by ‘beaming’ the videos onto the results page.

The popular catchphrase, “Beam me up, Scotty” comes from the command Captain Kirk gives his chief engineer, Scotty, when he needs to be transported back to the Starship Enterprise!

Do the harlem shake

This one’s my personal favorite. Searching for “do the harlem shake” will cause the page to do the “Harlem Shake”. It can be muted and paused. I won’t explain it much, go and see it for yourself!

1980 – Play Missile Command game on YouTube!

Okay, this is not a thing to be searched but it’s awesome anyway! Typing “1980″ while viewing a video pagewill play a game called “Missile Command”. You have to save the video from getting destroyed by missiles! The trick here is to just click on the white space on the page and type 1980 (not in the search or comment box!)

Your turn, Have fun

All the above tricks can also be considered a proof of how creative Google is! Adding these small little Easter eggs resonating to popular TV shows and games makes us (it’s customers) so happy!

I personally loved “do the harlem shake” and missile game the most! Which one was your favorite? Do you know any other cool things about YouTube? Feel free to share it with us via comments.

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Five Awesome Android and iOS Apps for Job Hunters

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With the growing competition in the market, job seekers cannot afford to lose a single opportunity. They have to grab every opportunity that comes their way. Thanks to mobile applications, job hunters can now be alert about vacancies and can apply immediately. But, not all applications are worth downloading as they utilize system resources for operation, which would slow down your phone. Listed below are five great applications which are must-haves for job seekers. The listed application that work on both Android and iOS devices.

LinkedIn isn’t a simply for staying in touch with your colleagues. It’s a place where you can connect with more than 238 million members from more than 140 countries. Starting from small industries to Fortune 500 companies, LinkedIn is the platform that brings all of them together.

LinkedIn mobile app comes packed with several useful features. Profiles can be updated from within the app itself. Users can view and save useful job recommendations. With the help of the app, you can stay updated about job openings in companies you want to work.

Craigslist

Craigslist is a great platform for finding jobs because besides offering good job opportunities, new jobs are listed on this site on daily basis. Craigslist mobile application allows users to post ads directly from the application. You can also browse and search jobs from the main site. Simply circle an ad with your finger and it is added to your favorites’ list. Smart location feature is another remarkable feature of this app, which can locate the user automatically and display all categories available for the location.

CareerBuilder’s Jobs

CareerBuilder’s Jobs app for mobile users houses lots of useful features. First of all, users get the convenience of searching only those jobs that can be applied from within the application. Further, job seekers can keep track of the jobs that they have viewed and applied for. Through this application, job seekers can learn more about companies. Information includes a company’s history, work culture and products. The biggest advantage of this app is that you can apply for jobs without a CareerBuilder account.

In addition to these facilities, it also provides access to job recommendations that are based exclusively on your interests. You can even save the reviewed jobs and apply for the same later. You can even help your friends as this app allows you to share jobs with your friends via social networking sites.

Indeed’s Job Search

In the last few years, Indeed has evolved as the most comprehensive search engine for the job hunters. Indeed’s Job Search application helps users to search jobs in more than 50 countries and search from over 15 million jobs. Right from searching to applying, this application guides users through the entire process of job hunting.

Whether you are looking for the full-time job or you want to work as a freelancer, Job Search allows you to find jobs according to your requirements. You can also filter job searches by titles, companies or locations. It also allows you to personalize your messages before applying for a job.

SnagAJob’s Job Search

Job hunting is a tough task, but it is tougher for people who are looking for hourly employment. For such people, SnagAJob is the best solution. It stands as the number one search engine for hourly employment. Starting from retail stores to restaurants, SnagAJob’s Job Search app helps users to find and apply for more than 350,000 jobs across different industries.

The updated version has improved search options and enables users to search jobs by specific keywords and locations. You can apply for jobs directly from the application and can save recommended jobs to apply later.

Job hunting is a daunting task. In order to get your dream job, you’ll have to be alert and quick. The above mentioned applications will not only keep you notified, but will also allow you to act promptly so that you don’t miss out on a single opportunity.

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How to Backup your Gmail Account

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This past weekend over 150,000 Internet users woke up to find their Gmail inboxes, contacts and chat conversations gone. The issue, according to Google, was caused by a storage software update that introduced an unexpected bug. But while the company has since begun restoring data from tape backups and will likely offer some form of compensation where applicable, the incident served as a reminder that no matter how reliable some cloud-based services are, they are certainly not infallible, and thus it might be prudent to have your own backup ready just in case things go amiss.

There are numerous ways to backup your Gmail data and deciding which way to go will largely depend on the level of effort you want to put into it. You could simply setup Gmail to forward all your mails to another email account and call it a day, for instance. But there are also a handful of other options that offer a bit more flexibility and convenience.

Below, we've listed a few of them, so you can choose whichever best suits your needs.

Use a standalone backup program

Gmail Backup is a simple and easy-to-setup free alternative that does exactly what its name says. Upon installation, just type in your credentials and it will begin downloading all your e-mails, backing them up securely, and allowing you to restore them to your account should the unthinkable happen. The program is free and Windows-only. Their website seems to be down due to the increased load in the past few days, but you can download Gmail Backup here from our local mirror.

If you're willing to shell out $20, Gmail Keeper will back up Gmail messages or messages from a Google Apps Mail account as a .zip file to a local disk. It supports multiple accounts and even stores labels associated with each message, while those concerned about privacy can encrypt their mail and password protect it.

Third-party Web service

Backupify is a handy tool that automatically performs scheduled backups for a number of popular online services including Google Apps, Facebook, Twitter and others. You won't have to put too much effort into the whole backup process -- just supply the login credentials of the sites you want backed up and Backupify takes care of the rest. Be aware though that you're essentially moving your info from one cloud to another.

The site offers both free and paid accounts with varying limitations, but given the recent Gmail blunder, Backupify is taking the opportunity to entice new users with a coupon code "savegmail" for a year of free backups with one of their premium plans, so there's really no reason for not giving it a shot.

Use a desktop mail client

This is probably the most common approach and should take just a few minutes to set up. Gmail offers access to all your mail through desktop clients such as Apple Mail, Microsoft Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird, and many others. The latter is free and available on all major operating systems, so if you're doing this for the first time and especially if you're only planning to use it for backups rather than as your primary client, then Thunderbird might be the way to go.

For those unfamiliar with the setup process: After signing into Gmail, click the "gear" in the upper-right corner, choose Mail settings, then load the "Forwarding and POP/IMAP" tab. Enable POP for all mail and set Gmail to keep its copy.

You'll then need to setup your desktop mail client to retrieve your emails. Google offers step-by-step instructionsfor a number of clients and Thunderbird's automatic configuration is usually spot on getting your settings right with just your username and password -- but make sure to use POP instead of IMAP for one-way message transfers.

Messages will be downloaded automatically each time you launch Thunderbird and stored into your profile folder -- which you can back up standalone as well for some added security. It's pretty straightforward, but for those who prefer to use the web-based Gmail interface, remembering to run Thunderbird or whatever desktop email client every once in a while might be more work than they're willing to deal with.

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25 Reasons for Blackberry Users to be Happy this Christmas

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It would be throbbing fact to know that Blackberry world offers Christmas gift everyday from 1-25 December. Though Blackberry have not revealed about what would be the gift of the day however Lets check it out how to get these gifts.

Whenever it is about 'gifts', a strange spark of joy comes to your face. Isn't it? The good news is that Blackberry has come up with so many gifts for Blackberry 10 users. Now you can download premium games, application, movies, videos etc from blackberry world absolutely free.

To get your gift, you just got to visit blackberry world daily from 1st to 25th December and follow the below-mentioned steps:

1) Visit Blackberry World from your Blackberry smartphone

2) Select 25 Days of Gifts banner

3) Choose the app, game or movie from the list

4) Click on the FREE button and get your gift

People using Blackberry Z10, Q10, Z30, and Q5 devices can avail this Christmas offer. Though there are many models, these ones are different.

Find out where to buy these blackberry smartphones. Visit here

Spokesperson for BlackBerry told PTI “India has been a robust growth market for us from an apps standpoint, so I am confident that we will see tremendous traction with these offers"

“From December 1st to December 25th, if you have a BlackBerry 10 device, you can visit BlackBerry World each day and be treated to a select premium download for FREE!

http://www.havealots.com/

That’s right. Every day, for 25 days, you’ll get access to a premium selection of apps, movies and games that are available to you for free. But be sure to check Blackberry World daily because each gift is only available for 24 hours!”

As per latest news, BlackBerry is on its way to launch another offer for BB10 users in December. With this Blackberry keeps your business growing, with perfect balancing of end user and corporates.

Hurry up and grab one of these Blackberry smartphones to get your Blackberry gift this Christmas. Merry Christmas to all of you from iFabworld!!

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Top 5 Best Free Data Recovery Softwares

Posted by Unknown Rabu, 04 Desember 2013 0 komentar

Recovering the lost data which is accidentally deleted from our computers has always been a serious headache. But there are tools available which can help us to get our lost data back.We might often find people complaining that these tools doesn’t work.It is because they don’t follow some simple rules before trying to recover data. Let me tell you these simple rules and please make sure you follow them before going for a data recovery!

Stop using the hard drive or partition from which you want to recover deleted files ,because if you’re trying to recover files from your C drive for example, any activity might accidentally overwrite them.
Do not install, download or extract the data recovery software on the hard drive that you want to recover.
Do not save the recovered files on the hard drive that you’re recovering from.

Here is a list of 5 free data recovery software:

1.Recuva

It is a free data recovery software from piriform, the same team that gave us ccleaner and defragler.
It is simple and easy to use.
Capable of recovering files deleted from recycle bins, memory cards and other portable device.
It also has a deep scan mode where your chances of getting the data back is even better.
Regarding compatibility, it runs good upto windows 7 32-bit. Haven’t tested it with windows 8 yet.
It is also available as a portable version i.e you can run it directly from the downloaded file which is definitely an advantage!

You can visit their website for more details, reviews and download links -http://www.piriform.com/recuva

2.Pandora Recovery

It is also capable of recovering permanently deleted files from your hard drives.
Has a preview mode where you can view the recoverable images and texts from your harddrives.
There is an option called as surface scan where you can search for files from a corrupted or reformatted partitions.
There is also a helpful wizard which can guide you through the recovery processes.
It is compatible up to windows 7.

It is free. You can get it from here - http://www.pandorarecovery.com/

3.Tokiwa Data Recovery

It Is the most easy to use data recovery tool currently available.
It has a simple interface with a few but powerful options.
A scan button to scan for recoverable files.
You can also search for a specific file by typing the file name in the search box.
There is also a wipe button which can permanently delete the recoverable files from any partition except the drive where your OS is installed.

It is also a portable tool. It is highly recommended for newbies looking for something plain and simple.Official Site and Download Links - http://tokiwa.qee.jp/EN/dr.html

4.FreeUndelete

It is just another simple tool for data recovery.
Supports various file systems such as NTFS 1.0, NTFS 2.0, FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32.
Available both in portable as well as installer versions.

Download it from here - http://www.officerecovery.com/freeundelete/

5.Avira UnErase personal

Avira UnErase personal is a bit older than the other tools listed here but still works good.
It supports file systems such as NTFS 1.0, NTFS 2.0, FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32 like others.
It also supports dynamic disks, software and hardware RAID, volume sets and stripe sets which is useful for advanced users.
The interface is less graphical and consumes less memory which is definitely good for low configuration systems.
It is also available as portable version.

You can get it from various mirrors. So simply Google it.

All these data recovery tools are simple and equally efficient.You can use any of these tools to recover your lost datas as per your wish. But just remember to follow those simple rules I stated before for a successful recovery. If you have any difficulties or suggestions, share it in the comments section below. Happy computing!

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FIFA World Cup 2014 Draws: What group will Nigeria be seeded in?

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The FIFA World Cup will take place on Friday, Dec 6 in Costa do Sauipe, Bahia, Brazil.This Friday will go some way to determining the prospects of the 32 participating nations when the draw for the group stage takes place.

Brazilian actors Fernanda Lima and Rodrigo Hilbert host the draw, with singers Margareth Menezes, Olodum and Emicida involved in a lavish opening show, which has been designed to showcase the host nation's natural beauty.

The balls will be drawn by famous players from previous tournament. These will include England's 1966 hat-trick hero Sir Geoff Hurst, France's Zinedine Zidane, Brazil's Cafu and Italy's Fabio Cannavaro.

The 32 teams who have qualified for the finals will be drawn into eight groups of four - with the top two in each group progressing to the knockout stages.

There can be no more than two European teams in any one group and only one from South America. Here are the pots for the World Cup Draw:

Pot 1 (top eight seeds): Brazil, Spain, Argentina, Belgium, Colombia, Germany, Switzerland, Uruguay.

Pot 2: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Algeria, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chile, Ecuador.

Pot 3: Japan, Iran, South Korea, Australia, United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras.

Pot 4: Bosnia-Hercegovina, Croatia, England, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, France.

What group do you think Nigeria will be seeded in?

Culled from BBC Sports.

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