Friday, November 16, 2012

How to get a sub version of Windows XP on your machine


Service packs released by Microsoft are called sub-versions. Often users get confused about what qualifies as a sub-version? These service packs are released by Microsoft to increase the performance of a computer installed with the Windows operating system and to offer better and enhanced security against various malicious software. The latest sub-version released for Windows XP is “Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3”. Reading the instruction below will help you to understand this better and you won’t have to dial up the Windows support number for assistance.
Instructions
Tips to get  Service Pack 3 installed On your XP powered machine…
You should execute a proper backup for the entire files and folders kept on all your drives before going for the installation of the service packs. If you are having a computer that runs on Windows XP, then access the "Tools" menu to unleash the “Advanced” window in which there will be a tab with the label “Automatic system recovery”. Click on it to engage the ASR wizard.
Call off every other anti-virus software.
Make sure that you are having an empty space of 3.5 GB on the drive where you intend to install the sub-version of the Windows XP by accessing "My Computer"  from the desktop interface and then go to the drive where Windows is installed, which is usually the “C Drive” and right click on it to reveal the “Properties” of that particular drive.
Now go to the User Account Control Interface by clicking on the “Start” button and accessing the “Control Panel” and check if there are any other persons logged into your system at the moment.
Connect  to the "Microsoft Windows XP SP3 Download" official Microsoft website and  stab on the "Download" tab.
Now you will see the tab with the label "WindowsXP-KB936929-SP3-x86-ENU. exe" which is  an executable file and has to be saved to the “C Drive”.
Now bring on the Windows Explorer from the “All programs” tab in the startup menu.
Now go to the “C Drive” and run the ‘. ex’ file with the label “WindowsXP-KB936929-SP3-x86-ENU. exe”.
Clicking on the ‘. ex’ file will extract and copy down the files required to install the sub-version of Windows XP on your computer.
Just dial up the Windows support number if you are facing any sort of thorny situations while installing the sub-version of Windows XP.

Saturday, November 3, 2012

How to get rid of Editing marks in MS Word


Microsoft launched MS Office to lend a hand for all the activities that happens in an office. Important documents, bank account details, spread sheets, diagrams and presentations can be made easily using the MS Office. In the MS Office package; MS Word is the application that’s been widely used by people around the globe. Editing marks that appear in red underlines are one among many features in MS Word, these editing marks will help an individual to realize his\her mistake and can correct it. But MS Word also carry options to avoid these editing marks if you are intending to just write down and doesn’t need the help of the editing tool in MS Word. MS Office 2003 and 2007 have different techniques to avoid this editing tool. Guidelines developed by Microsoft tech support team will help you to see through the removal of editing tools from your MS Word.
Instructions
For MS Word 2007
Go to the “Review” button placed on the top most corner of your Microsoft Word Window.
Check the status of the “Changes” button, if it’s highlighted then that means that this tool which monitors the editing tool is now working and is in now “ON”.
Hitting on the “Changes” tab will go back to your old ways when the “Track changes” button was in the “OFF” position. This will eradicate the editing tools from your MS Word interface.
For MS Word 2003
Launch MS Word application and hit on the “Tools” tab placed on top of the MS Word 2003 window.
Inside the tools menu look if the “Track Changes” option is in “On” option. If so; it’s in working status and editing tools are now available on your MS Word interface.
Now go to the “Track changes” tab, which can be accessed from the “Tools” menu located on top of the MS Word window. Doing so will turn off the editing tools in the MS Word, this also means that you will no longer have the services from editing marks while preparing documents in MS Word.
Additional tip
Using the “Ctrl”, “Shift” and “E” keys on your keyboard together will turn on\off the editing marks in MS Word. This is applicable on both versions of MS Word 2003 and 2007.
Get in touch with the Microsoft tech support team for more help.