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Computer AMC – A Profitable Deal For Companies

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
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Think about a service which keeps every computer in your company running smooth and working without hassles.

Since, in present scenario, computer has become one of the imperatives of a common urban life, it is almost impossible to manage without them. Computers and its different parts come for a certain warranty period. Hence, it becomes difficult to get a service that is qualitative yet better for health of your PC.

Computer AMC is your solution of the time. There are many companies which are providing Computer AMC for a better future of your PC. Computer AMC is also considered post warranty agreement which is devised to help you in staying out of any problematic situation.

A complete computer AMC service includes various ranges of supports, such as, hardware support, software support, antivirus support, operating system support and many more.

There are many benefits of availing a Computer AMC service from a reputed tech support service providers-

  • This is a reliable post warranty cover for computers of your PC which helps you to save money as well as time. To get service from a better company, you can do a comprehensive online research, check for the price listing offered by different companies and avail service of the company, which offers the most competitive pricings.
  • Since, Computer AMC is provided on bulk basis, you can easily get a complete package of computer maintenance service on very cost effective range. Since, these tech support providers work to offer a global experience to their clients; you can be assured of quality computer maintenance service.
  • Companies which are into the business of Computer AMC also undertake hardware maintenance contract and offer their service to different class of people, ranging from individuals to mid-sized and big corporate houses. Computer Annual Maintenance Contract provider companies blend qualitative service with latest technology which helps them in giving a competitive edge to their client’s business.computer amc

A common Computer AMC service provider company offers following services in their package of  -

  • Assembling and upgrading the PCs.
  • Troubleshooting
  • Hard disk data recovery
  • Printer and Monitor maintenance, repairing and servicing
  • Repairing of Hard Disk, Modem, Mother Board and CD-ROM etc.
  • All the services related to Networking.
  • Services based on Internet
  • System protection from viruses and removal of malwares

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Windows Firewall

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
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What is a Firewall?
Firewall is a software or hardware which helps users in detecting and keeping all the malwares away from PC. Firewall is the most effective software that helps you in protecting your PC. It is also important to turn on your firewall prior to connecting to the Internet.Windows_Firewall

Need of Firewall –
Today computer environment has become pretty unreceptive. Hence, it has become very important to get a complete protection for your computer security otherwise hackers can get access to your PC as well as your valuable data. Apart from hackers, your computer can also get affected by Virus and other malwares. Firewall is used as a preventive measure to stay away from all such malicious items.

How does Windows Firewall work?
Windows Firewall monitors every-network traffic which is enabled. Firewall keeps track of every communication that is originated from your PC and also it prevents your PC from all the unsolicited items.

If needed, firewall dynamically opens ports and allows your computer to receive traffic that you have specifically requested, such as a Web page for which you have clicked the address.

Windows Firewall also helps user in blocking of unidentified traffic that can reach to your PC. For special uses, such as networking, hosting online games, or hosting your own Web server, you can select ports which you want to leave open. This allows others to make connections to your computer, but it can also reduce security.

It is always suggested that a firewall product must be well aware of windows firewall basics and use procedure.

Nonetheless, configuration of firewall creates issues in browsing of many websites, such as, gaming sites, web or other server. If you are also facing such issues, these problems can be well-treated with help of expert computer technicians.

(Note – Apart from handling the issues of Windows Firewall, technical support experts also help you configuration of complete PC protection system.)

Benefits

  • Windows firewall is considered of high importance for big corporate houses. They serve as a core of secure networking environment and keep hackers staying away from your computer and crucial information.
  • It offers a secure web browsing environment and reduces of your worries any data theft. It also diminishes the percentage on internal threats.
  • If you want an extensive reach on internet. You can customize your firewall settings. This would help you in blocking only unwanted IP address but rest would be functioning nice.
  • You can decide upon the protocols to be included in your firewall’s filters. You can customize it for some of the commonly used protocols, which are: IP, HTTP, TCP, FTP, SMTP etc.
  • Your firewall can be to customized to allow or block any port number

How to configure Windows Firewall on Your PC

  • Click the Windows icon & select Control Panel
  • Click on System and Security.
  • Click on Windows Firewall
  • If a green check mark is visible, you are running Windows Firewall.

Types of Firewall
There are various types of Firewall which can be configured on your PC. These are respectably -

  • Packet filtering firewall – this firewall is used to examine the information available in the header of message packet.
  • Application-level gateways – This firewall work on the application layer of the protocol and it works in a pretty intelligent manner than the packet filtering firewall.
  • Circuit-level gateways
  • Hybrid firewall

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How to Remove Windows Antivirus 7

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
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Antivirus 7 is a dangerous anti-spyware program which belongs to the family of Antivir rogue malwares. In a way, this antivirus is a complementary malware for Microsoft’s latest operating system Windows 7, alike its past versions Pro XP Antivirus and Pro Vista Antivirus.Antivirus 7

This program is promoted or spread online with help of unprotected websites and sharewares. When this malware attacks on your PC, numbers of pop-up windows get visible on your computer.

These pop-up windows display a message stating “your computer is infected and that you should run an online scan.” When you click on this message, you would be automatically landing on a page   that is advertising about an online anti-malware scanner. But, in realty, this page is a fake page which installs antivirus 7 on your PC. This malware starts working from the time when you log in.

This is a corrupted software which works as a spyware. This spyware keeps track of your every computer activity. Scanning software of this malware detects those program as a malware which are original windows files. If these programs get deleted, your windows operating system may be corrupted.

How to avoid Antivirus 7 threats?
To avoid Antivirus 7’s threat on your computer, you can employ following measures –

  • Make it sure that macro security level of your PC are high and medium.
  • Always prefer to not to install any of such malware which is completely new to you.
  • Run the latest antivirus software and scanning program on regular basis.
  • You may also find malware virus removal for this particular malware. To get an effective one, you will be required to do a comprehensive online research.
  • Keep your current antivirus up to date that it keep you aware of any unidentified entry in your PC and also provide you information on all the Trojans.

Associated Antivirus 7 Files:

c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\AV7

c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\AV7\Antivirus7.lnk

c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\AV7\Uninstall.lnk

c:\Program Files\AV7

c:\Program Files\AV7\antivirus7.exe

c:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\DataStore\Logs\tmp.edb

c:\WINDOWS\system32\UpdateExplorer.dll

%UserProfile%\Desktop\Antivirus7.lnk

Associated Antivirus7 Windows Registry Information:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\EVA246

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{E2BFE352-A303-4EA8-88FE-CE35361D7E8B}

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\{E2BFE352-A303-4EA8-88FE-CE35361D7E8B}

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run “AV7″

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\User Agent\Post Platform “WinNT-EVI 12.03.2010″

However, Antivirus 7 presents itself like a virus removal software or tool but it is only a malware. If this malware has attacked your PC, you can approach PCcare247.com to get an instant resolution. The company is a leading provider of tech support services.

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How to Improve Your Slow Computer Performance

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
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Alike every machine, computer too needs regular maintenance and in lack of that, its performance starts to deteriorate. Slowed PC-speed, slow internet speed, PC crash, blue screen of death are some of the common features which are shown by an old PC. But, these issues are not a reason of great worrisome.  Performance of your PC can be improved. There are numerous ways to improve performance of your ailing computer. And most importantly, you do not need to call technician.

So if you find your self in the mid of the questions like why does my computer run slow. You can improve performance of your PC by yourself –

  • Virus and Malware can be one of the foremost reasons behind slow speed of your PC. Hence, whenever you find that your PC is running slow, you may consider scanning your PC completely. If your PC is slowing and freezing due to malware-presence, it would be detected in scan. Now you can remove that malicious item and keep your PC running without any issue.
  • Updating of software drivers on frequent basis is considered one of the best ways to keep your computer performance up to the mark. You can do this by frequently updating software drivers which can be done in several ways. You can either opt for online upgrading or consider upgrading of drivers using CD Rom.
  • Tech support experts also suggest deletion of cookies, history files, temporary files and clearing of cache to improve performance of your computer.
  • You PC require proper maintenance; hence, you must give special attention to its hard disk drive. Check for the disk errors on your PC and run the disk defragmenter program at least once a week. It is highly essential and highly required to improve performance of your PC.
  • You should also consider cleaning of your PC on a regular basis otherwise devices inside CPU might be clad with dust layer and thus can create issues in smooth running of computer. Dust may also be the reason of corruption in your hard drive and noisy condition of the fan inside your CPU.
  • Clogging up of computer with lots of data leads to a poor performance of Computer. Hence, it is suggested to create a back up of important files and keep memory space free in PC.

These are some of the tips that can help you easily in improving performance of your PC.

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How to Remove Vista Antivirus Pro 2010

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
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Vista Antivirus Pro 2010 is the renamed version of XP antivirus Pro 2010 which is specially designed to attack on computers with Windows Vista platform. When this malware attacks on PC, we start seeing various pop-ups and alerts showing a message ‘your PC is infected and hackers try to attack the PC’. You can also see a fake alert from Microsoft informing about infectious software and ‘Vista Antivirus Pro 2010 Software’ as a great solution of it. But these messages are only ‘lie.’ This malware commonly make entry in your PC via any shareware or unprotected websites. It makes entry in PC in absence of good antivirus software.

Threats put by ‘Vista Antivirus Pro 2010’ Malware –

  • This is a corrupt anti-spyware program which does no good with your PC; instead put more threats to it.
  • This antivirus program is spread via Trojans which are considered fatal for the heath of PC.
  • This software is linked with numerous problem causing issues, such as, many more malware and spyware come wrapped with the package of Vista Antivirus Pro 2010.
  • This malware has a tendency to repair its files, get updated by self and self spread. Hence, it brings aided threat to your PC.
  • Vista Antivirus Pro 2010 also violates your privacy and security zone.

How to Remove Vista Antivirus Pro 2010 Malware manually –

  • Stop its processes – this can be done by using the simple procedure of ending process of a program in the Vista operating system.  To do the same Press Alt+Ctrl+Delete, now click on ‘Task Manager’ and end the process tree. This is simple and easy.

antiviruspro2010.exe
antiviruspro2010.lnk

  • Manually find and delete Vista Antivirus Pro 2010 files – You can manually hunt for files of this malware program and delete them accordingly.

%Program Files%\Antivirus Pro 2010\
%UserProfile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Antivirus Pro 2010.lnk
%UserProfile%\Desktop\Antivirus Pro 2010.lnk
%UserProfile%\Start Menu\Programs\Antivirus Pro 2010

Here is a step by step process to manually delete the files listed above

  1. From Start –> Search, then click on “For Files and Folders…“
  2. From “What do you want to search for?” list on the left, click on “All files and folders”
  3. Type the filenames on the search box, and choose the “Local Hard Drives” (normally, it’s C: drive)
  4. Click on “Search“. That’s it!

However, its name suggests that it is an antivirus program but Vista antivirus Pro 2010 is nothing other than a malware. If you are receiving any message on your PC that is recommending Vista Antivirus Pro 2010 malware, you may be under threat of this spyware. If want to know more, you can check online. Internet is crammed with information on the same.

And if already under its threats, you can contact to PCCare247.com. This is a leading tech support provider company which staffed with numbers of Microsoft certified professionals. These professionals are pretty experienced and have solved tech issues of customers from all across the world.

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Common Windows 7 upgrade issues figured out by PCCare247 Technicians

Monday, March 29th, 2010
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As we all know, latest offering from Microsoft, Windows 7 is a delight for tech savvy people. This is a feature packed operating system with amazingly improved interface. Hence, demand for Windows 7 is increasing on daily basis at a rapid pace. Apart from this, numbers of Windows XP or Windows Vista users are also looking for an Windows 7 upgrade. But, this upgrade is not an easy deal. Users are facing numerous issues while upgrading their current operating systems to Windows Vista.

To avoid such issue, our computer technicians have find few most common Windows 7 upgrade issues that occurs commonly. To know more, continue reading –

Issue 1: While upgrading to Vista, PC hangs at 62 percent-completed level
It is shown very often while upgrading from Windows Vista to Windows 7, PC hangs forever at 62 percent complete level.

Issue 2: DVD Drive not found
It is also seen as DVD drive is not found in Windows 7 installation in some scenarios. To avoid it, you can check and find that the drive is visible in BIOS and under the standard driver.

Issue 3: Aero Theme of Windows 7 is not running
This generally happens due to transparency turned off in your operating system. This problem can also occur if the aero theme has not been fully enabled on your system.

Issue 4: Problems with Aero Snap
Windows 7 has numerous new features. Its new ability is to move and resize windows, all in one movement. But sometimes, it may not work and become annoying.

Issue 5: iPhone is not in sync with Windows 7 systems
It is also experienced that just after upgrade to windows 7, iPhone does not sync properly with Windows 7 operating system. Even if it gets recognized, iTunes errors remain.

Issue 6: Custom icons get changed with new theme
When some of the new Windows 7 theme is applied to the system, possibility is that Windows icon can be lost.

Issue 7: Missing Applets –
It is also one of the commonest features of windows 7 upgrade issues. You may find many applets missing and your operating system not working nicely.

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PCCare247.Com Sponsors IPL Season 3 Contest on Facebook

Thursday, March 25th, 2010
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March 25, 2010, GURGAON – PCCARE247.COM, Cricket is the ‘synonym’ of fervor in India and IPL is its new face which is gaining popularity all across the world. To make this quickie incarnation of cricket more fun for you, leading tech support provider company PCCare247.com has sponsored IPL Season 3 Contest on Facebook. Winner of daily contest would be getting T-shirts and grand prize winner would be taking home an iPod Nano.

How to participate in the contest?

The contest is open for every Facebook member. To participate in it, you can browse the contest page www.facebook.com/iplv3 and predict your winners. Catch IPL’s excitement even in boring breaks… go online…

What are the contests?

•    Daily contest – This contest you can play every day until IPL is continued. Daily contest questions are dependent on ‘matches of the day.’ As an instance, if there are two matches scheduled for the day then there would be two questions asking contest-participants to predict about the winners of the matches.  These questions are provided with options (name of the teams). If you predict it right then you can win a T-Shirt.

•    Grand Prize Contest – This contest calls you to win an Apple Nano iPod. This contest would be open in middle of the tournament.

Vote for the Glamorous Personality
Apart from these exhilarating predictive challenges, IPL Season 3 Contest also asks you to vote for the most glamorous IPL personality. The list includes charming Katrina Kaif, Depika Padukone, Neeta Ambani, Juhi Chawla, Shilpa Shetty, Preity zinta as well as IPL baron Lalit Modi and Cabinet Minister Sharad Pawar.

About PCCare247 –
PCCare247 is a technical support service provider, which offers its tailor made services all across the globe. The company majorly serves individual consumers as well small business in USA, Canada and European countries as well as India.

A team of eminent Microsoft Certified Engineers, PCCare247 is endeavored to offer the best of online tech-support service and make a hold on its targeted clientele by making its service a quality offering.  Our unique service model ensures a complete security and protection of your PC.

Media Contact –
Karan Agrawal
Project Manager, PC Care
(M) 91-9650660044
Email – karan.agrawal ( @ ) iconnexxions dot com

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Why does your pc keep crashing?

Thursday, March 25th, 2010
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You are in middle of some important assignment and your computer crashed all of the sudden. This is not single day problem. Instead, your PC keeps crashing and leaves you in wondering about the reason.

If your PC is also habituated to get crashed all of the sudden and you are looking forward to know its reason, read one. Here we have provided some important reasons, which are dug by our tech support professionals.

.  One of the most common reasons of computer crashing is registry issues. When we first buy our PC, it starts running on the best speed but with time, it gets slower and at a point in time it stops functioning properly. Since, we upload numerous new programs and applications to our PC, its registry become overloaded with time. This creates a conflict between new and existing files. Thus, your computer starts crashing. There are many symptoms of issues created by registry. It makes your computer’s performance much slower; you can experience the same with slow start of your pc. It also starts reflecting blue screen of death as well as dll error messages. All such features first slowdown PC and then crashes it.

Rectification

There are also remedies available to avoid the issue of sudden crashing of PC. The best way to repair registry problems is to run a free scan to know about the files that are sitting in the registry of your PC. This scan would also highlight the files which are currently available in the hard drive and becoming problematic in your endeavor to run the computer without any interruption.

Apart from this, there are numerous software programs also available which are specially designed to rectify registry and slow pc issues. Thus, they perfectly remove the issue of ‘sudden pc crash’.

How to get one of such software?

You can get registry repair software online. All you need to do is to search on internet and find list of registry-repair software. Now you can consider research on registry repair programs which are under your budget. This would help you in know all the features of that particular registry repair program. Now buy the software which you find most suitable to your requirement. This is your bit to avoid sudden pc-crash issue forever.

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How Can You Use Your Tech Support Service in Best Way?

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
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Single loose end at your tech support service may be harmful for entire productivity of your company. Since today, technology is overpowering the entire world and computer is ruling over this world. But computer is a machine and alike every other machine, it may also stop working anytime, without giving any initial notification.

If you own a mid-sized or small business, you may consider quality tech support as your solution. This is the only assistance which may help you to maintain the level of your business. These tech support services are responsible for almost every computer error, including rectification to implementation of preventive measures.

Today most of the online tech support services are offered 24 X 7; you may contact your tech support provider any time in day. This is a help for all those whose business hours are un-defined. With support offered within moments, online tech support services are emerging as a great boon for small and medium sized business. You can utilize this service for complete growth of your business.

Read on know, how a tech support service benefits you.

Complete computer security support – You can use this service to help you best in keeping your computers secure and all the security threats removed.  Tech support providers help you in keeping your every computer action secured. Computer security support provider removes malware and spy ware from your computer and they also install latest antivirus. Thus, your PC would be protected from any probable security threat.

Data Backup Service -These services comprise continual data-restoring. They offer the service to transfer critical files to an external hard drive. They also offer online backup facility for future prospects. You can use this service in best manner to keep your entire data safe even if you computer crashes all of the sudden.

Operating system support – Tech support service providers also offer Operating system support, which are designed to heal every issue that takes place in your PC due to operating system. You can use this service to fine-tune the speed of your computer and keep a check on all the device drivers.

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Some of the Best Features of Windows 7

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
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Latest Operating system by Microsoft, Windows seven has already hit stores. Newspapers are replete with ‘review’ reports of it. For some, it is an improved version of Windows Vista while many are finding it difficult to access. Now, it’s is your turn to know all about Windows 7. PCCare247 provides you detailed info on ten best features of the operating system.

  • A brand new look of task bar – If you are complaining about Windows Vista’s cluttered task bar, Windows 7’s task bar may make you happy.   It is pretty clear and handles both running and non-running both with equal ease.
  • Slicker, quicker Taskbar Preview – This was available in Windows Vista but not as nicely, as it is now present in windows 7. It gives a very apparent preview of all windows of an opened application. All in one go…
  • The Jump List Convenience – Its context-sensitive taskbar menus allow you to use an application without opening that even. Example – If you want to run windows media player, you do not need to open complete program. Now you can make your song list and play them in Media Player only by clicking right on its icon.
  • System Tray – Windows 7 has a wonderful system tray which controls overflowing unwanted apps and keeps you away from unhelpful, irrelevant messages.
  • Snap – It is a new and quicker way to resize open windows. You can resize them simply by dragging to the edges of your screen.
  • Alerts via Action Center – Windows 7 flaunts an amazingly improved version of Windows Vista’s security center queued up system messages. You can read these messages whenever you like, they won’t interrupt you in the middle of your work.
  • A new and striking pack of screen savers – Now your computer can look more striking and can easily express your different moods with creatively designed new screen saver.
  • Windows Library privileges – Windows Library is one of the exclusive feature of Windows 7. You can now bunch different folders together from locations all across your hard drive into Libraries. These libraries are designed to provide one-click access from the left pane of Windows Explorer to related files.
  • Touch Potentiality – If your PC has touch screen feature, Windows 7 is the most compatible to your PC. This operating system has touch potentiality too.

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