Tag: Microsoft Windows

Remember the school-day definition of the computer, Computer is an electronic device, which accepts data, processes it either mathematically or logically, and gives desired output? It seems so simple today. But when you go in deep scrutiny, the apparent simplicity turns into complexity. How well the operating system, application software and the hardware coordinate and collaborate, is no less than the mystery of our own body functions. Nowadays, you are making use of the computer in a rather complex way, where it is connected with other similar PCs or laptops, routers, printers and more. Probability of error or problem is hard to deny at any stage. It can be simple or complex.

The basic of computer repair and maintenance starts right from home or on your own. You might be aware with some of the troubleshooting steps, and can take care of issues related to slow performance, Internet connectivity, driver conflicts and more. But the growing sophistication and the business challenges have paved the way of computer technical support, as a separate discipline, and thankfully, businesses and enterprises have come to the rescue.

Computer technical support is not mere a phrase, it incorporates the wholehearted support for computer set-up, Internet networking, data backup and recovery, virus and spyware removal, hardware troubleshooting and repair and more. Each and every aspect is again sub-divided according to the demand, like computer set-up includes technical support for installing, activating, updating, upgrading and reinstalling software on the machine, along with connecting peripherals, and taking care of the related procedure, and so on and so forth. All these support services lie in close intimacy and allow you to enjoy the digital world to the utmost.

Cosmic feasibility of the Internet and the advent of remote technology have favored the concept of online computer support, which can go beyond the boundary of time and geography. Tech support experts can look into the system, and can perform the entire troubleshooting on the system as though he/she is sitting in front of your system. The concept has been a boon to novices as well as the professionals, as no more they need to wait, and kill time at local PC repair shop. It has evolved as an effective, safe and easy-to-access mode to fix computer issues at the comfort of your home or office.

Now, online tech support is available either directly from the product manufacturers or from the independent service providers. You might be pretty much aware with direct service providers such as Microsoft Support, Dell Support, HP printer support and more. Otherwise independent service providers are there, which are catering support for Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Intuit, Kaspersky, AVG and more. Here, the difference between duos is quite clear; former is brand-specific support, while the later provides support on quite broad range.

The ball is in your court, play the way you want. However, it has been seen that people prefer the independent support owing to its comprehensive nature, effectiveness and easy accessibility. Moreover, the support is available far behind the expiry of the warranty period.

One important feature of the computer is the Internet history feature, which enables users to retrace the websites they have visited previously. Sometimes it may be important for the user to be able to go back to the previously visited sites and the links are still in the history feature.

However, as the user continues to surf the internet, the history will just pile up until eventually it slows the performance of the computer and makes it sluggish. Therefore knowing how to delete internet history is useful to free up some space on your computer and continue to enjoy a trouble free computing experience with a faster and more effective computer.

Deleting internet history is not difficult to do. Anyone can learn how but first having a key board will be important with Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer.

With all these key elements present, then just double click on the Internet Explorer icon. This is usually present in the start menus of the computer. When you have opened the internet explorer icon look for the tools option and click it. This is usually found on the top left hand of the computer screen. Then a selection of applications will appear in a column. This is where you look for the internet options menu and clicking it will open up a dialog box. Internet explorer 7 and earlier versions will have similar features. From there in the dialog box just click on delete browsing history.

There is a section named browsing history commonly found at the middle part of the column box that appears. Look for the delete button, click it and it will start clearing the history of your visited sites, once that is done, and the rest of options appears. Explorer 7 users will have a dialog box that has several options to choose from what to erase.

To makes sure that all the past visited websites are deleted, it is important to click the button labeled Delete History. A dialog box usually appears after that to double confirm whether you are sure that you wish to delete the history of visited websites. When you click yes, the computer starts deleting and of which you may have to wait a few minutes, depending on the volume of files that has accumulated in your computer. Obviously, with bigger files, you may have to wait longer. Finally, when it is done just click on the close button and then select the Ok and you can exit. Clearing up the files and deleting them will free up a lot of processing space that can let your computer run more efficiently. In addition, as you delete the internet history in your computer, deleting of the temporary internet files is possible. The more files you delete, the more space you will clear up. This is especially for files that is no longer needed and serves no purpose in your computer.
Deleting files clears up space on Your computer.

Just remember to save your favorite websites or passwords when you use this feature.