System requirements for the intallation of Microsoft Security Essentials(MSE)

The Microsoft Security Essentials(MSE) provides protection for your computer against malware, spyware, viruses and other types of malicious software. Microsoft Security Essentials(MSE) is a free download from Microsoft website that has simple steps to install (Simple Steps to install Microsoft security essentials), and very easy to use, and always kept up to date so you can be assure your computer is protected by the latest technology.

To install Microsoft Security Essentials(MSE), the user have to go through the genuine validation check. If the genuine validation passes, the installation continues but if failed, the user cannot go on with the installation viewing the error “This copy of Windows did not pass genuine validation. You might be a victim of software counterfeiting” and will be either asked to close up the setup or get a genuine Windows.

System requirements for installation:-

1. Operating System: Genuine Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3); Windows Vista (Gold, Service Pack 1, or Service Pack 2) or Windows 7
2. For Windows XP, a computer with a processor clock speed of 500 MHz or higher, and and 256 Mega Byte RAM or higher .
3. For Windows Vista and Windows 7, a computer with a processor clock speed of 1.0 GHz or higher, and 1 Giga Byte RAM or higher.
4. Video Graphics Adapter display of 800 × 600 or higher.
5. Need 140 Mega Byte space available on hard disk.
6. An Internet connection is necessary for installation and to download the latest malware, virus and spy-ware definitions for Microsoft Security Essentials(MSE).
7. Need internet Web Browser: Windows Internet Explorer 6.0 or later, Mozilla Firefox 2.0 or later etc.
8. Microsoft Security Essentials(MSE) also supports Windows XP Mode in Windows 7.

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Simple steps to disable unwanted services of windows 7

Microsoft Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP operating systems have so many unwanted services that are designed to serve the connected hardware peripherals, applications and drivers etc. Among these operating systems, Windows XP has the least number of services.

 Sometimes we suffer that our PC is so bogged down we can not do any work on it anymore. Few services of windows 7 are not useful for the usual working of computer. Even though there is no use of such services they consume memory and will be running on the background of the operating system.

If you are looking for a way to speed up Windows 7 performance in your computer without any help of Windows 7 tech support, you need to disable unwanted services of windows 7.

To disable unwanted services of windows 7, the simple steps to be followed are listed below:-

1. Start menu,
2. Click on all programs.
3. Now go to administrative tools option. However, you have to note that this option may not be able to be seen unless it is enabled.
4. To seen this option, right click on start menu, then go to properties option
5. Then click on customize.
6. After the window opens, click on Advanced.
7. Then check the option display on all programs menu under this option ‘system administrative tools’ now you should be able to see this option.
8. Now click on services and select the option ‘Manual’ after giving a right click on services that you don’t require currently.
9. After it, you need to restart your computer.

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How to get rid of irritating Malware from your computer

Malware are programmes that are written to infect your pc in the backdrop. They are malicious softwares which are highly unsafe to your computer and left untreated it will cause a hard drive crash. As soon as you find that you got your computer system infected with malware it is essential that you till to get ride of it. The blog post tries to elaborate on the steps needs for malware removal.

There are programs like Malwarebytes. Which can be used for malware scan and removal, and the best part about Malwarebytes is that it is free.

The steps that are written here were suggested to me by a Microsoft Tech Support representative when I got a malware infection last night. I am blogging this so that people who look for Microsoft Support can try this before going ahead and paying for a technical resolution to Microsoft Tech Support.

• First, click on this link and download the program to your "My Documents" folder.: http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam-download.php You will have to run this program in safe mode and My Documents is one of the few folders you can access in safe mode.
• To get your computer in safe mode you can find the steps provided here at How to start your computer in safe mode.
• Your computer will automatically boot into safe mode. Click on your user name and ok. When the desktop comes up, the screen will be black. This is normal for safe mode. Open your my documents folder, and find the yellow diamond icon and double click on it.
• This will bring up a blue screen and ask to press any key.
• After you do that, type in the number 2 and press enter.
• It will turn off all processes and start the program. It usually takes 5 minutes or less to complete. The process will attempt to clean temporary files and ask you to clean the registry. Answer this with a "y" and press enter. When it is done, put your computer into regular mode by the same process as safeboot, only in reverse. Click Start, run and type in msconfig, go to the boot.ini tab and uncheck the safeboot box. Click apply, close and restart.
• This will have removed the Malware and your computer will boot in normal mode. It does remove the desktop background, so you may have to go back to display properties and change the desktop background again.

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