Sunday, September 28, 2014

Fake Microsoft Support Services

The experts in computer security say that the thieves are ramping up criminal activity these days and that the users may be seeing new scams in their area very soon. You may have already heard of the scammers posing as IRS agents, who claim to be from Microsoft. They call you and say that they have discovered issues with your PC and if you give them access to your computer, they will be able to fix it.

This type of scam is generally called as the ransom scam and it involves a program that freezes the screen of your PC, blocking all the access until you pay many hundred dollars in ransom to get a password to unlock the computer. Recently, these scammers tried to run the scam on Rick Winter, who is a software developer who is working out of Niwot. The scammers told Winter that he had some important issues in his PC, but Winter says it is very common to have errors in the event viewer of the PC and that it does not mean that there are any serious issues in the PC.

"The next thing they'll do is point you to a website where you download software that gives them control over your computer," Winter said. They will send you a legitimate website that is often used by the tech support service firms to work on the remote terminals. "It does give them full control over your system," Winter said. All of the personal and banking information of the users will be exposed in an instant and they can prove to be really aggressive when you try to hang up. "They were very insistent that you have a problem and that you need to get it fixed," Winter said.

Winter says that is when they get to the matter of payment. "Once you buy into the idea that you have a problem, then they say now you have to pay $200 to $300 or whatever it is to fix it," he explained. If you pay these scammers, they will be taking your identity and your cash. The FBI says that if someone calls you and says they are from Microsoft, you should just hang up. Microsoft does not make it a practice to call their customers until and unless you have called them.

If you wish to know more on this news, you can contact our Microsoft fix it team. The Microsoft fix it technicians will be able to help you further regarding this.

Monday, September 8, 2014

Know About Windows Anytime Upgrade

Windows Anytime Upgrade is a program that helps the user, who is planning to install a non-ultimate edition of Windows vista or Windows 7. Like every other feature there were some improvements made in this program in Windows 7 operating system. One of the most important improvements made is the upgrade time, which is considerably reduced to 10 minutes. While the upgrade license can be purchased from any online retail store, DVDs for anytime upgrade were available only with Windows vista operating system.

Windows-anytime upgrade in Windows vista took ample time to complete and it required a DVD, to carry out the process. These DVDs needed to be the original copy containing the same SP level as that of the current Windows operating system. While Windows vista required an original DVD to carry out Windows-anytime upgrade, Windows 7 did not require any physical media to do the same. The extra components of Windows 7 is installed from a service called component-based servicing. This is stored in the computer.

According to the Microsoft marketing sites, it says that almost all the installation media will have the entire functionalities of the highest SKU or the Stock Keeping Unit. Through pidgen.dll and winlogon.exe, the higher-level functions of SKU will be disabled, which differentiates between Windows XP Home and Windows XP Professional. This practically means that the license purchased online will be able to tell you, which operating system the user can upgrade from and to which different editions.

Some of the advantages of using Windows Anytime Upgrade are that you need not request for a separate installation-media, you need not re-install the operating system. You will be able to perform a complete upgrade even without the installation media.

When it came to Windows 8, the name of this feature is changed to ‘Add Features to Windows 8’. This allowed the users to upgrade between two of the consumer-oriented editions of Windows 8 and include Windows media center to their installation as well.

Therefore, WAU is used to add more features to the current operating system and check if they are compatible. When you do this, you will be provided with the information about the price separately for different editions. You need to click on the Start button, from where you will be able to access WAU. You need to follow the onscreen instructions to complete the process. An important point to note is that you only be able to upgrade from a 32-bit OS to another 32-bit operating system.