No Disc, now what do I do?

Posted on 23 Feb 2016 by infotechcomputing

I recently was having some trouble with my computer. I was trying to watch a sermon from Greg Laurie at his website http://www.harvest.org. It was becoming very glitchy and I couldn’t figure out what was going on. I believe I was reminded by the Lord, about the video card on my computer which i had totally forgotten about. The Video Card is a Ati Radeon HD 2600 Xt. What I had forgotten to do was load the driver on the computer, after I had recently reinstalled Windows Vista. i began searching all over for the disk but, to no avail. I then began checking the internet for a possible website, turns out there are a lot of companies out there that will try to solve your problem, like driver update websites, some end up not helping you at all, just giving you more problems. Lucky I was able to find a link from Microsoft.com, which had a link to the AMD website. I have provided a link below

http://support.amd.com/en-us/download

when you get to the website,

AMD Automatically Detect

go down where you see Latest AMD Drivers and Software, I had tried the Automatically Detect and Install you Driver, and found this was not much help for me, maybe your results will be different.

Once you locate your specific driver, for your particular Video card you will notice that there is not one listed for the Windows Vista,

Radeon HD 2600

here click “OTHER” which will take you to another page, which ask if you have a 32 or 64 bit. To find out you will need to go to Start> type in the Search Field “System” once you click on this, you will be taken to another window, look under “System Type, here is displayed if your computer is a 32 or 64.

Radeon HD

Once you have clicked on the proper bit size go down to where you see Downloads click on where you see Catalyst Software Suite

Catalyst Software

After downloading the program, a Window will open up, click install.

Select Installation Operation

Once the program has loaded you will be prompted to click Next, and install.

Here you will have the option to either choose Express or Custom,

Express or Custom

choosing Custom will provide you more security when downloading programs. After clicking next the program will start loading.

installling components

Make sure to read the End User License Agreement, before excepting.

End User License Agreement

After the program loads it will make some adjustments to your computer monitor, the screen will go blank for a couple of minutes, click Finish and your done.

Putting God First!!!

So, how do I shut off the track pad on my ASUS X550CA Laptop?

Posted on 15 Aug 2015 by infotechcomputing

Apple Macbook Pro (Early 2008) 17″ Trackpad (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The Track pad on a laptop is a useful tool, however, I found out early on, it got to be more of a nuance when I tried searching for something on the internet.

YouTube, had several people who had different ideas, however since I was working with Windows 8.1 at the time, this being a tablet format nothing worked.

To give you an example, I would try to type inside the search field, and I would end up with garbage as the text. This would then delete itself and it got to be so frustrating. I went as far as switching to a large keyboard for a while. I was at my wits ends and just thought that it was something I was going to have to deal with.



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I feel the Lord lead me to the answer when I thought of giving it one last try on the internet. It was like there it was, so I figured well it wasn’t going to be easy, having to go through the Bios, my thinking was why there of all places. So, I gave it a shot and sure enough it was just what I needed. Thank You Lord Jesus.

We will be working on Windows 10,

When you open Windows 10, click on the Microsoft Windows logo,

menu tab

Once you click on this, you will see the New Start Menu, move down where you see settings.

double-click on settings

Go to Security and Update

Click on Recovery:

Off to the Right is Advanced Startup>

Click restart.

When the computer restarts, click Troubleshoot

Once you see Advanced Options then click UEFI Firmware Settings>

Click Restart

The BIOS Will open up click on the Advanced Tab>Internal Pointing

device>

Click the + or minus to disable Internal pointing device(Track pad).

press F-10 to save and exit.

The computer will restart and you should have no other problems with the tracking pad.

Putting God First

Using VirtualBox

Posted on 9 May 2015 by infotechcomputing

I have heard about Virtual Ware, and really didn’t know much about it until I ran across VirtualBox. I decided to write a blog on it use. This provides a safe and secure environment and could be fun!

So, lets get started. I have provided a link below.

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

We will be using the Windows, platform. Once downloaded, click New.

Upon naming your system choose which operating system you are going to be setting up. The program will automatically, select the required memory for that particular OS (operating System)and you have the option to choose to increase the memory size if you wish.

Next is setting up the type of drive, if you are a standard user you don’t need to do anything. Below is link to the VirtualBox Manual which goes into detail of the different types of drives

VDI (VirtualBox disk Image) http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch05.html#vdidetails

Next is setting up the size of the hard drive, you have the option of setting up a particular size or having it expand as it is being used.

Next Place the operating system disc, inside the Cd-ROM, then click the start button as shown in the pane below.

Windows will start to load just like your regular computer, so if you’re using windows XP, I have provided a link below on how to install XP.

How to install a fresh copy of Windows xp

Good Luck. Until Next time.

Putting God First

God Bless

Corrupted files? Try this

Posted on 23 Jul 2014 by infotechcomputing

Sometime files gets corrupted or for whatever reason come up missing. like what happened, the other day when I was working on a friends computer. An error occurred for the task manager “The service cannot accept control messages at this time.”

To get to the Task Manager, Right-click the Task-Bar then click on the Task Manager.

To resolve these kind of issues, you can use what is known as SFC/SCANNOW, or the system File Checker. What this program does, is search your operating system, and if it finds a file that needs replacing due to corruption, it will replace it for you.

In order for this work, you will need the operating disc, for that particular OS, if you don’t have one, you can always borrow one for this operation.

if you are using Windows Xp, and you want to get to Command prompt click start >all programs >accessories, >command prompt >run as administrator, i have provided a link below:

https://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/system_file_checker.mspx?mfr=true

If your running Vista or Windows 7 click on the start button, in the search field type in Command Prompt, when you have the link, Right click and choose “Run as Administrator. For Windows 8, go to the Start Menu, Desktop, hit the Windows Key + C, then type in the search field “Command Prompt” Right-Click “Run as Administrator” Once getting to the Command Prompt, you should see C/ from here then type sfc/scannow and press the enter key,

This will probably take a little time, so you might want to go and do something for a while. after it is finished it will let you know if it found anything. It will usually tell you what was found. Once done, go ahead and close the window or if your a new techie, just type Exit, tap the power button and the computer should shut off. Then go and restart the system. Hope this helped. Putting God First, God Bless.

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Windows 8.1 consumers: It’s time to move to Update 1 | ZDNet

Posted on 10 Jun 2014 by infotechcomputing

Windows 8.1 consumers: It’s time to move to Update 1 | ZDNet.

movie maker in Windows 8

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Today, we are going to download Windows Movie Maker for Microsoft Windows 8.1

The program is free, allows you the ability to edit, add music, add credits, use different types of transitions and effects. I have used this program in the past, to make a slide show of my dad, and then was able to add music to make it more personal. It was pretty cool. So lets get started. After discovering that Movie Maker was not on Windows 8, I went over to Microsoft.com

I have provided a link below:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/Windows-Live/movie-maker#t1=overview

Once you have started the download of Microsoft Essentials 2012, a window pane will open up giving you option to install Microsoft Skydive, Movie Maker, Photo Gallery, Mail, Writer, and Outlook Connector Pack.

Selecting programs

I decided I didn’t need all of these so I just chose Photo Gallery, Movie Maker and Writer. After clicking on your choices, you may be asked to install Net Framework 3.5 to install Windows Essentials. this only takes a few minutes.

Net-Framework 3.5

After Windows Essentials is loaded click close. go to the Start Menu in Windows> search bar,> type Movie Maker, when it appears Right-click on Movie maker pinning it to start and then to the Task bar, this will make it easier to gain access . Click on Agreement and you know have Windows Movie Maker.

After you open the program, you will need to click on add Videos and Photo’s, the next step select a ” Title” then select an effect for your title, click Home, click on caption, after choosing Caption, you can choose Auto movie theme, click on Home, and choose credits to give it the final touch. It appears unlimited on what you can do with Movie Maker

May the fun begin.

Remember Put God First in everything you do.

What is a hard drive anyway?

Posted on 24 Sep 2013 by infotechcomputing

Today, we are going to be talking about the hard drive. What is a hard drive, you ask. Well, It is basically a device that stores all your files, including the Operating system, music, pictures, games, and so forth. Sometimes files get corrupted, and this can create problems for the hard drive. To be safe a disk check,once a month will help, along with a disk fragmentation, and disk cleanup. Do not do a disk check but, once a month, this is very hard on the drive.

As an extra precaution, Make sure to transfer all your files on Compact Discs, or DVDs. That way, should the hard drive die you will be ready. To help keep the hard drive from getting over-cluttered, you can you Ccleaner put out by Piriform. They also offer a disk Defragmenter called Defraggler. for disk recovery, they offer Recuva. All these programs are free.

Should you ever start to hear your hard drive making a scratchy noise, this will be the first sign that there is a problem. It may take time before it finally gives out. Hard drive’s are quite inexpensive. Usually run about 50-70 dollars at Bestbuy .

So, to find out what the computer looks inside and find out what that hard drive looks like. Let’s open up the computer. First thing, unplug the computer from the wall-socket. After you have disconnected the mouse, Keyboard, Display and any USB devices, lay the computer down on a work table, attach the Electrostatic discharge band to your wrist. Grounding the alligator clip to a piece of metal on the computer.

To tell you about the Electrostatic discharge band click here: https://infotechcomputing.wordpress.com/2012/08/28/warning-use-this-before-working-on-a-computer/

Once you have slid off the cover, you’re going to see many parts. How do you figure out where the hard drive is located? Well the hard drive is thinner, than say an optical drive. On the front of the optical drive you will see the button that slides open the tray, when you want to listen to your favorite music on a Compact Disc, or CD which is what everybody calls it. Same thing if you want to watch a Movie, DVD, Blue-Ray.

The Hard drive even though it is enclosed, it will look different. It may be inside what is called a Bay, or it could be by itself such as a SATA Hard Drive. If it is a SATA the wires will be color coded, IDE(Integrated Drive Electronics) will have a wide 40 pin Ribbon, known as a IDE Interface Cable.

Now, if you are using two IDE/ATA hard-drives, there is a small plastic connector, that you have to remove from one place to another, on the back of the device. this is known as a Jumper. either case, there are four settings: single, Dual Master, Dual Slave, or cable Select.

Remember this is only if you are using two hard drives. If you are only using the one, set the jumper to Master Setting.

On a SATA device, the computer has what is called auto-detection, which does the setting for you.

This link gives an in-depth illustration on the history of the hard drive

http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/h/harddriv.htm

This is a link on how to make adjustments using jumpers on an IDE hard drive.

http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000413.htm

Apple releases iOS 7 for existing iPhone, iPad upgrades | ZDNet

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Windows 8.1 will include boot to desktop option to bypass Metro interface | The Verge

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HTG Explains: Do You Need the Professional Edition of Windows 8? – How-To Geek

Posted on 1 Feb 2013 by infotechcomputing

HTG Explains: Do You Need the Professional Edition of Windows 8? – How-To Geek.

Two must-have downloads that make Windows 8 more bearable | ZDNet

Posted on 13 Dec 2012 by infotechcomputing

Two must-have downloads that make Windows 8 more bearable | ZDNet.

Do this before you get the “blue screen of Death”

Posted on 3 Dec 2012 by infotechcomputing

Blue Screen of Death as seen in XP, Vista and 7 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Today, we are going to delve into system recovery, sometimes when you load a program that’s not compatible to protect the computer, you will get what they call the “BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH” Now when this happens you will get the blue screen, but it quickly moves so fast that you are not able to read what the error is. I’m going to tell you a way, which will freeze the screen so, you can write that error down, and then decide what the cause is.

So, to begin if you are using Windows XP go to the start button, control panel, click on System, click the advanced tab,go down to startup and recovery, Click settings, go to the bottom click the box next to Automatic restart click OK on the first and second panel.

For Windows Vista, and Windows 7, go to the control panel click on system, on the upper left hand corner, click on Advanced system settings,go down to Startup and recovery, click settings tab, go down to system failure, click the box next to Automatic restart, click OK on the first and second panel. Then your done.

Surface tablet with Windows 8 Pro: DOA | Microsoft windows – InfoWorld

Posted on 30 Nov 2012 by infotechcomputing

Surface tablet with Windows 8 Pro: DOA | Microsoft windows – InfoWorld.

32 bit or 64 bit which one do I have?

Posted on 26 Nov 2012 by infotechcomputing

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Today we are going to be talking how you can find out if you have a 32 bit or 64 bit motherboard. You want to pick up a Ethernet network adapter card or that new browser upgrade asks is your computer a 32 or 64? First thing you will have to figure out, is where you might find the answer to this dilemma.

In windows XP, Click start button, go to all programs, accessories, look for system tools, system information, a window pane will open up, look for System type x-86 , that means you have 32 bit. X-64 would mean you have a 64 bit system.

In Windows Vista, Windows 7, go to start button, control panel, click on system a window pane will open up displaying the basic computer information, go down where you see system type this will tell you if you have a 32 bit or 64 bit.

After doing a clean install for Windows XP, Vista,7 or 8 you want to do this

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Posted on 14 Nov 2012 by infotechcomputing

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Today, we are going to talk about how to do a disk clean up after you have done a clean install for Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 To get to disk cleanup using XP click on the start button, then go to all programs, … Continue reading →

Beginner Geek: How to Burn an Audio Disc in Windows 8 – How-To Geek

Posted on 10 Nov 2012 by infotechcomputing

Beginner Geek: How to Burn an Audio Disc in Windows 8 – How-To Geek.

How To Play DVDs on Windows 8 – How-To Geek

Posted on 4 Nov 2012 by infotechcomputing

People that run into a problem with windows 8 trying to watch a DVD, this article will explain what you need to do

How To Play DVDs on Windows 8 – How-To Geek.

Firefox browser

Posted on 26 Sep 2012 by infotechcomputing

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Today we are going to talk about loading Firefox as your browser. First thing you want to do is head on over to either WWW.Firefox.com or to WWW.cnet.com if you use cnet.com, you’ll want to click the download tab, than in the search bar type in Firefox, click on the link, on the left side,it will list which operating systems that it is compatible with. If that checks out, go ahead and click the download button. Want to set your homepage as your browser? Easy just type in www.msn.com, www.cnet.com or www.Google.com. Once you have your page, Left click on the Firefox icon next to the arrow(top Left Corner) and Drag it from the search bar to the far right where you see the house along the top. For Bookmarks click on the square with the star inside this will be next to the house. The box will open up, click bookmark this page to save. Than click done.

How to install a fresh copy of Windows xp

Posted on 20 Sep 2012 by infotechcomputing

Windows XP screenshot (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Once a year is always a good time to reinstall Windows. Today, we are going to do a clean install for Windows XP.

First thing though you will need to find the Windows XP Operating disc. Once you have it, you want to insert in the CD-ROM. Then Restart the computer, when the screen appears, look for what function key works on how to enter set-up. That way you can set-up the CD-ROM as the boot drive.

Restart the computer but, this time press (F-2) or whatever number your computer screen specifies. It could be f-1, f-2, f-4, f-6, f-8, or f-12. Once you enter setup this is where the bios is.(BIOS) Basic Input Output System controls your connections, display, mouse speakers etc..go to the boot sequence than using the minus and plus sign to move the cd rom to the number 1, spot > hit escape, you should see save and exit, >click enter, bios will exit the system.

Restart computer, on the screen will appear the words “boot from CD strike any key on keyboard”, it will start to load drivers, it will then ask if you want to repair windows, you’re looking for the other choice to install windows. Than you will want to delete the partition,> create a new partition, Making sure you use the largest number for the partition> The words raw, will appear after it’s done. >Than the computer will start the install Windows XP.

You should do a clean install at least once a year to keep your computer running smoothly.