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Method 1 of 3: Performing a Hard Reset

Open the battery cover on the back of the BlackBerry. Remove the battery from the phone.
- You can perform a hard reset on the BlackBerry Z10 by pressing and holding the Power button on the top of the phone for about 10 seconds.
Reinsert the battery after a few seconds. To be on the safe side, wait for up to 30 seconds and then reinsert the battery into the back of the phone.
Close the battery cover. The BlackBerry should reboot and function normally. You may have to power the BlackBerry back on with the Power button.

Method 2 of 3: Performing a Soft Reset

Press and hold the Alt key . This method will reset your BlackBerry without having to remove the battery. You cannot perform this method if your BlackBerry does not have a keyboard.
Press and hold the Right Shift key. Continue to hold the Alt key while you hold the Shift key.
Press and hold the Backspace/Delete key. Make sure you are continuing to hold the Alt and Shift keys while you hold the Backspace/Delete key.
Wait for the BlackBerry to reset. When this happens, you will see the screen turn off. You can now release the keys. It may take a few minutes or more for the smartphone to return to its normal settings.

Method 3 of 3: Performing a Factory Reset

Open the Options on your home screen. Performing a factory reset, or security wipe, will remove all of your personal information and reset the phone to the state it was in when it came out of the box.
Select Security Settings. In the Security Settings menu, select Security Wipe.
Choose what you want erased. Check the boxes for each of the items that you want wiped from the phone. If you want to completely erase your information, ensure that all of the boxes are checked.
Enter the code. To perform the wipe, you will need to enter the code. Type “blackberry” into the box and then select Wipe.
Wait for the phone to complete the wipe process. Your BlackBerry will reset multiple times during the wipe process. Once the phone has rebooted, your data will be gone.

Anonymous 14:28 Admin Bandung Indonesia

How to Reset a BlackBerry

Method 1 of 3: Performing a Hard Reset

Open the battery cover on the back of the BlackBerry. Remove the battery from the phone.
- You can perform a hard reset on the BlackBerry Z10 by pressing and holding the Power button on the top of the phone for about 10 seconds.
Reinsert the battery after a few seconds. To be on the safe side, wait for up to 30 seconds and then reinsert the battery into the back of the phone.
Close the battery cover. The BlackBerry should reboot and function normally. You may have to power the BlackBerry back on with the Power button.

Method 2 of 3: Performing a Soft Reset

Press and hold the Alt key . This method will reset your BlackBerry without having to remove the battery. You cannot perform this method if your BlackBerry does not have a keyboard.
Press and hold the Right Shift key. Continue to hold the Alt key while you hold the Shift key.
Press and hold the Backspace/Delete key. Make sure you are continuing to hold the Alt and Shift keys while you hold the Backspace/Delete key.
Wait for the BlackBerry to reset. When this happens, you will see the screen turn off. You can now release the keys. It may take a few minutes or more for the smartphone to return to its normal settings.

Method 3 of 3: Performing a Factory Reset

Open the Options on your home screen. Performing a factory reset, or security wipe, will remove all of your personal information and reset the phone to the state it was in when it came out of the box.
Select Security Settings. In the Security Settings menu, select Security Wipe.
Choose what you want erased. Check the boxes for each of the items that you want wiped from the phone. If you want to completely erase your information, ensure that all of the boxes are checked.
Enter the code. To perform the wipe, you will need to enter the code. Type “blackberry” into the box and then select Wipe.
Wait for the phone to complete the wipe process. Your BlackBerry will reset multiple times during the wipe process. Once the phone has rebooted, your data will be gone.

Not all Epson printers have reset buttons.

Epson produces many models of inkjet and laser printers that are ideal for business use. On occasion, you may experience printer errors as a result of drivers becoming corrupted or documents containing defective data that the printer cannot process. Some business printers from Epson include a simple reset button that you can press to quickly clear the corrupted data from your printer's buffer and easily return to printing additional documents.

Step 1Locate the control panel of your Epson printer. It is usually on the top right-hand side of your printer, near any digital display screen that the printer may have, and where the button used to turn the computer on and off is also located. Find the button marked "Pause/Reset," "Reset/Continue" or "Reset" on the row of buttons on the control panel. Skip to Step 3 if your model of Epson printer does not have a reset button.

Step 2Hold the "Reset" or "Pause/Reset" button down for at least three seconds to clear the print job and reset your printer so you can start printing again.

Related Reading: How to Print Two-Sided Photos on an Epson

Step 3Press the "On/Off" or "Power" button to turn your printer off if your model does not have a reset button, and press it to turn your printer on again after a few seconds.

Step 4Try printing again. Repeat Step 2 or 3 again if you still experience printer errors and attempt to print one additional time. Update your drivers and check your document for errors if you still cannot print the document you were trying to print before you needed to reset your computer.

Tips

Download a new set of drivers from the Epson support page and install them on your computer if you experience persistent printer errors. Updating the software you use to create documents and being careful not to print documents that show any error or out-of-memory messages on-screen also helps to prevent printer errors.
Some older printers enable you to upload special font settings by holding the "Alt" key on the control panel down along with the reset button. Consult your owner's manual to find out more about the "Alt" key on these models, most of which are laser printers.

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John DeMerceau is an American expatriate entrepreneur, marketing analyst and Web developer. He now lives and works in southeast Asia, where he creates websites and branding/marketing reports for international clients. DeMerceau graduated from Columbia University with a Bachelor of Arts in history.

Anonymous 14:23 Admin Bandung Indonesia

How to Reset Epson Printers

Step 2Hold the "Reset" or "Pause/Reset" button down for at least three seconds to clear the print job and reset your printer so you can start printing again.

Related Reading: How to Print Two-Sided Photos on an Epson

Step 3Press the "On/Off" or "Power" button to turn your printer off if your model does not have a reset button, and press it to turn your printer on again after a few seconds.

Tips

Download a new set of drivers from the Epson support page and install them on your computer if you experience persistent printer errors. Updating the software you use to create documents and being careful not to print documents that show any error or out-of-memory messages on-screen also helps to prevent printer errors.
Some older printers enable you to upload special font settings by holding the "Alt" key on the control panel down along with the reset button. Consult your owner's manual to find out more about the "Alt" key on these models, most of which are laser printers.

References (3)

About the Author

The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is the successor to many successful phablets and it gives any high-end device a run for its money, but you won’t be keeping it forever. It may be time to upgrade and hand the Note 4 over to its next owner. You should always perform a factory reset before doing this, though.

How to factory reset Samsung Galaxy Note 4

A factory data reset wipes your device completely, taking it back to the way it was when you so excitingly turned it on for the first time. Doing this will get rid of all your files and private information.
We advice that you back everything up before doing this. This process will delete any files stored in the phone, so save any important files elsewhere. Also make sure your phone is plugged in or you have enough charge to go through this process without the phone dying. That wouldn’t be good news.

When that is done, you can go ahead and follow the steps below to take care of business. There are two ways to factory reset a Samsung Galaxy note 4. A soft reset allows you to wipe it via the phone’s regular settings. However, you can’t always access those settings.
If your phone is having issues and you need to factory reset, you can also do a hard reset by using a combination of buttons.

How to soft reset a Samsung Galaxy Note 4

Turn your phone on and unlock the screen.
Go to your Settings app.
Scroll down to the “User and backup”.
Select “Backup and reset”.
Tap on “Factory data reset” and then select “Reset device”.
After that, simply select “Delete all”.
Your phone will do its job and reset after some time. You are done!

How to hard reset a Samsung Galaxy Note 4

Turn your phone off or make sure it’s turned off.
Press and hold the Volume Up, Home and Power buttons simultaneously.
When the phone vibrates, release the Home and Power buttons, but keep pressing Volume Up button.
This will launch the Android Recovery System. You can release all buttons when this happens.
From here, you can use the Volume buttons to navigate and the Power button to make a selection.
Select “wipe data / factory reset”.
Select “Yes — delete all user data”.
The process will take place. When done, just select “Reboot system now” to restart your device.

Anonymous 14:21 Admin Bandung Indonesia

How to factory reset Samsung Galaxy Note 4

How to soft reset a Samsung Galaxy Note 4

Turn your phone on and unlock the screen.
Go to your Settings app.
Scroll down to the “User and backup”.
Select “Backup and reset”.
Tap on “Factory data reset” and then select “Reset device”.
After that, simply select “Delete all”.
Your phone will do its job and reset after some time. You are done!

How to hard reset a Samsung Galaxy Note 4

Turn your phone off or make sure it’s turned off.
Press and hold the Volume Up, Home and Power buttons simultaneously.
When the phone vibrates, release the Home and Power buttons, but keep pressing Volume Up button.
This will launch the Android Recovery System. You can release all buttons when this happens.
From here, you can use the Volume buttons to navigate and the Power button to make a selection.
Select “wipe data / factory reset”.
Select “Yes — delete all user data”.
The process will take place. When done, just select “Reboot system now” to restart your device.

7th generation iPod nano - image copyright Apple Inc.

Even though it doesn't look much like a desktop or laptop computer, the iPod nano is essentially a small computer. And, just like a regular computer, sometimes it freezes up and needs to be restarted. If you've got a frozen iPod nano that isn't responding to clicks and isn't playing music, it probably needs a reset the same way a desktop computer would (in fact, when trying to solve virtually any problem with an iPod nano, your first step should be a restart. You'd be surprised how often that solves the problem). Luckily, it's easy to reset an iPod nano.

How to Reset the 7th Gen. iPod nano

The 7th generation iPod nano is the only nano that offers features like its multitouch screen, Bluetooth support, and a Home button. The way you reset it is also unique. Luckily, reseting the 7th generation nano will be very familiar if you've used an iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad.

Press and hold the Hold button (in the top right corner) until a progress wheel appears on the screen.
The screen will go dark, but keep holding.
In another few seconds, the Apple logo will appear. You can let go now; the nano is restarting.

How to Restart the 6th Gen. iPod nano

If you need to restart your 6th gen. nano, follow these steps:

Hold down both the Sleep/Wake button (the one on the top right) and the Volume Down button (the one of the far left). You'll need to do this for 8-10 seconds.
The screen will go dark as the nano restarts.
When you see the Apple logo, you can let go; the nano is starting up again.

How to Reset 1st-5th Gen. iPod nano

Reseting these early iPod nano models is similar to the technique used for the 6th gen. model, though the buttons you use are slightly different.
The first thing you should do is to make sure that your iPod's hold button isn't on. This is the little switch at the top of the iPod nano that you can "lock" the iPod's buttons. When you lock the nano, it won't respond to clicks, which can make it appear to be frozen. You'll know that the hold button is on when you see a little orange area at the top of the iPod nano and a lock icon on its screen. If you see either of these indicators, move the switch back and see if this fixes the problem.
If the nano isn't locked or moving the switch doesn't fix i:

Slide the hold switch to the On position (so that the orange appears) and then move it back to Off.
Hold down both the Menu button on the clickwheel and the center button at the same time. Press them for 6-10 seconds. This should reset the iPod nano. You'll know the nano is restarting when the screen darkens and then the Apple logo appears.
If this doesn't work the first time, repeat the steps and try resetting the nano again.
If a second or third reset doesn't solve your problem, try plugging your iPod nano into a power source (your computer or a wall outlet) and let it charge. Then repeat the steps.
If after all this, your nano still doesn't work, you may have a bigger problem, and ought to contact Apple to get more help.

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How to Reset or Restart Any iPod nano Model

How to Reset the 7th Gen. iPod nano

Press and hold the Hold button (in the top right corner) until a progress wheel appears on the screen.
The screen will go dark, but keep holding.
In another few seconds, the Apple logo will appear. You can let go now; the nano is restarting.

How to Restart the 6th Gen. iPod nano

If you need to restart your 6th gen. nano, follow these steps:

Hold down both the Sleep/Wake button (the one on the top right) and the Volume Down button (the one of the far left). You'll need to do this for 8-10 seconds.
The screen will go dark as the nano restarts.
When you see the Apple logo, you can let go; the nano is starting up again.

How to Reset 1st-5th Gen. iPod nano

Slide the hold switch to the On position (so that the orange appears) and then move it back to Off.
Hold down both the Menu button on the clickwheel and the center button at the same time. Press them for 6-10 seconds. This should reset the iPod nano. You'll know the nano is restarting when the screen darkens and then the Apple logo appears.
If this doesn't work the first time, repeat the steps and try resetting the nano again.
If a second or third reset doesn't solve your problem, try plugging your iPod nano into a power source (your computer or a wall outlet) and let it charge. Then repeat the steps.
If after all this, your nano still doesn't work, you may have a bigger problem, and ought to contact Apple to get more help.

In most cases, songs copied from CD to iTunes be imported with all their metadata (a name for information about the song, like artist, album, genre, and year). The metadata is useful for obvious things like knowing the name of the song that's playing, but iTunes also uses it for categorizing music, knowing when two songs are part of the same album, and for certain settings for syncing iPhones and iPods. Needless to say, even though most people don't think much about it, it's pretty important.

While songs will usually have all the metadata you need, in some cases, this information either may be missing, or could be wrong and you'll want to change it. To do that, you'll have to edit the song's metadata (also known as ID3 tags) using iTunes. Here's how.

Open iTunes and highlight the song or songs you want to edit by clicking on it once. To highlight a group of songs, click the song at the top of the list you want to change, then hold down the Shift key and click the song at the bottom of the list. This will highlight all the songs in between.
Once you have selected the song or songs you want to edit, do the following:

Go to the File menu
Select Get Info about halfway down the menu
Alternatively, you can also use keyboard commands to open the Get Info window. Select the song or songs you want to edit and then, on a Mac click Command + I; on a PC, click Control + I.
For a third method: Right clicking, or holding down Control when clicking, pops up a menu that you can select Get Info from, too.

Whichever method you selected, this pops up the Get Info window that lists all of the song's metadata. In this window, you can edit virtually any information about the song or songs (the actual fields you edit are the ID3 tags). The Summary tab, the first one displayed, shows the album art associated with the song or album, the track name and length, artist and album name, and various other information about the song. This tab has been removed in iTunes 12 and replaced with the File tab. See item 9 below for more information.
The Info or Details tab is perhaps the most common place to edit iTunes song info. Here you can edit song name, artist, album, year, genre, star rating, and more. Simply click on the content you want to add or edit and begin typing to make your changes.
- In iTunes 12, there's an Add Field drop down on the Details tab. Clicking this will allow you to add some additional metadata to the song that's not included by default.
The Artwork tabs shows the album art associated with the song. You can add new art by clicking the "Add" (or "Add Artwork" depending on your version of iTunes) button and selecting image files on your hard drive. Alternatively, you can use iTunes' built-in album art downloading tool to add available art to all the songs and albums in your library.
The Lyrics tab is where you can copy and paste in lyrics to the song, if you have them. ITunes doesn't have a built-in lyrics tool, but there are numerous websites that provide this easily copy and pastable lyrics.
The Options tab lets use control the volume of the song, automatically apply an equalizer setting, give or edit a star rating, and determine the start and stop time of the song. Click the Skip when shuffling box to prevent the song from appearing in Up Next or a shuffle playback.
The Sorting tab determines how the song, artist, and album show up in your iTunes library when it's sorted by those criteria.
For instance, a song might include a guest star in its Artist ID3 tag. This would make it appear in iTunes as separate from the album it's a part of (e.g., Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard would show up as a separate artist with a separate album, even though the song is from a Willie Nelson album). But, if you add the artist and album name to the Sort Artist and Sort Album fields, all the songs from the album will show up in the same album view without permanently changing the original ID3 tag.
The File tab, which is a new addition in iTunes 12, provides the information that the Summary tab used to offer about song time, file type, bit rate, purchase information, and more.
The arrow key at the bottom left of the window in iTunes 12 move from one song to the next, either forward or backward, so you can edit more song data.
The Video tab is only used to edit videos in your iTunes library, not songs. Use the fields here to group episodes the same season of a TV show together.
When you're done making the edits you want, click OK at the bottom of the window. If you want to edit the next song listed in your iTunes library, click the "Next" button.

NOTE: If you're editing a group of songs, you'll only be able to make changes that apply to all the songs. For instance, you can change the name of the album or artist or the genre of a group of songs. You can't, however, select a group of songs and then try to change just one song name, because you're editing a group. Anonymous 14:06 Admin Bandung Indonesia

How To Categorize and Edit iTunes Song Info

Open iTunes and highlight the song or songs you want to edit by clicking on it once. To highlight a group of songs, click the song at the top of the list you want to change, then hold down the Shift key and click the song at the bottom of the list. This will highlight all the songs in between.
Once you have selected the song or songs you want to edit, do the following:

Go to the File menu
Select Get Info about halfway down the menu
Alternatively, you can also use keyboard commands to open the Get Info window. Select the song or songs you want to edit and then, on a Mac click Command + I; on a PC, click Control + I.
For a third method: Right clicking, or holding down Control when clicking, pops up a menu that you can select Get Info from, too.

Whichever method you selected, this pops up the Get Info window that lists all of the song's metadata. In this window, you can edit virtually any information about the song or songs (the actual fields you edit are the ID3 tags). The Summary tab, the first one displayed, shows the album art associated with the song or album, the track name and length, artist and album name, and various other information about the song. This tab has been removed in iTunes 12 and replaced with the File tab. See item 9 below for more information.
The Info or Details tab is perhaps the most common place to edit iTunes song info. Here you can edit song name, artist, album, year, genre, star rating, and more. Simply click on the content you want to add or edit and begin typing to make your changes.
- In iTunes 12, there's an Add Field drop down on the Details tab. Clicking this will allow you to add some additional metadata to the song that's not included by default.
The Artwork tabs shows the album art associated with the song. You can add new art by clicking the "Add" (or "Add Artwork" depending on your version of iTunes) button and selecting image files on your hard drive. Alternatively, you can use iTunes' built-in album art downloading tool to add available art to all the songs and albums in your library.
The Lyrics tab is where you can copy and paste in lyrics to the song, if you have them. ITunes doesn't have a built-in lyrics tool, but there are numerous websites that provide this easily copy and pastable lyrics.
The Options tab lets use control the volume of the song, automatically apply an equalizer setting, give or edit a star rating, and determine the start and stop time of the song. Click the Skip when shuffling box to prevent the song from appearing in Up Next or a shuffle playback.
The Sorting tab determines how the song, artist, and album show up in your iTunes library when it's sorted by those criteria.
For instance, a song might include a guest star in its Artist ID3 tag. This would make it appear in iTunes as separate from the album it's a part of (e.g., Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard would show up as a separate artist with a separate album, even though the song is from a Willie Nelson album). But, if you add the artist and album name to the Sort Artist and Sort Album fields, all the songs from the album will show up in the same album view without permanently changing the original ID3 tag.
The File tab, which is a new addition in iTunes 12, provides the information that the Summary tab used to offer about song time, file type, bit rate, purchase information, and more.
The arrow key at the bottom left of the window in iTunes 12 move from one song to the next, either forward or backward, so you can edit more song data.
The Video tab is only used to edit videos in your iTunes library, not songs. Use the fields here to group episodes the same season of a TV show together.
When you're done making the edits you want, click OK at the bottom of the window. If you want to edit the next song listed in your iTunes library, click the "Next" button.

I recently wrote about ways that Windows 7 is better than Windows Vista. Now it's time to tackle the ways Windows 7 is better than the other operating system most of you are using today -- Windows XP.
The choice to move from XP to Windows 7 is one that some people are still hesitant about. You know XP. You like XP. Why mess with a good thing? Here are five good reasons why.
1. Support from Microsoft. On April 14, 2009, Microsoft ended mainstream support for Windows XP. What that means is that you can't get free support for any problems related to Windows XP now; you'll be pulling out the credit card to get help from now on. In addition, the only fixes Microsoft will provide for free are security patches. If there are other problems with XP, you won't get fixes for those.

On Aug. 14, 2014, all support for Windows XP ends. So you won't even be able to get security patches, and your computer will be open to newly-discovered threats with no way to protect you. That's bad.
Yes, that's four-plus more years of support, so if you just won't give up your XP, you'll be covered; but with the tradeoff that you'll be paying for any Microsoft support, and won't get anything but security patches from here on out. (In Microsoft's defense, it has supported XP much longer than most software companies provide support for their products. But no company can support programs forever.)
2. User Account Control. Yes, it's true that many people hated User Account Control (UAC) when it was introduced in Windows Vista. And in its first form, it was hideous, assaulting users with endless popup warnings. However, it improved with subsequent service pack releases. And in Windows 7, it's better than ever, and more configurable. That means you can tune it to give you as few or many warnings as you want.
Besides, no matter how much UAC was hated, it also closed one of XP's biggest security holes -- the ability for anyone with access to the computer to act as the all-powerful administrator and do whatever they wanted. Now that huge security risk has been eliminated -- assuming you don't turn it off.
3. More applications. All the programs are now being written for the Vista/Windows 7 platform. This started years ago, and will continue to be the case for years to come. If you want that new 3-D shooter game or kick-butt utility, chances are it won't work on XP. Upgrading to Windows 7 will give you access to all the cool stuff your neighbor has that you don't.
4. 64-bit computing. The reasons are a bit technical, but the upshot is that 64-bit is the future. While there were 64-bit versions of XP in the past, they aren't for sale anymore, and are not for typical consumer use anyway.
The newer 64-bit computers are faster and more powerful than their 32-bit brethren, and software is starting to appear that takes advantage of 64-bit power. While 32-bit gear and programs aren't going the way of the Dodo in the immediate future, the sooner you make the move to 64-bit, the happier you'll be.
5. Windows XP Mode. Through Windows XP Mode, you can use XP and still get the benefits of Windows 7. If you have the right version of Windows 7 (Professional or Ultimate), and the right kind of processor, you can have the best of both worlds -- Windows 7 and Windows XP.
Windows XP Mode is one of the coolest things about Windows 7. Without diving into the geeky details, it allows you to run Windows XP in a virtual environment; the old XP programs think they're on an XP computer, and work as normal. You don't have to give up the things you love about Windows XP to get the many benefits of Windows 7.
What could be better than that? Anonymous 12:57 Admin Bandung Indonesia

5 Reasons to Dump Windows XP

If you have a Windows XP or Windows Vista PC, and want to upgrade to the much-improved Windows 7 operating system (OS), you'll have a lot less pain and aggravation if you lay the proper groundwork first. Before diving headlong into an upgrade, make sure you do these things first.
XP users need to be aware that they can't do an "in-place" upgrade to Windows 7; that is, they can't leave XP on their machine and install Windows 7 over it, as Vista users can. Upgrading for XP users means eradicating the old OS and installing a fresh copy of Windows 7.

Use the Upgrade Advisor. Microsoft's free Upgrade Advisor is an essential tool to download and install before upgrading to Windows 7. The Upgrade Advisor will tell you what steps you need to take before upgrading, including whether your computer meets the hardware specs necessary for Windows 7 (things like processors, memory and graphics cards); what new drivers you'll need; and if you have programs that aren't compatible.
One bit of advice: before running the Upgrade advisor, plug in any peripherals like printers, USB drives, mp3 players, etc. That way, the Upgrade Advisor can scan those devices and see how well they'll work with Windows 7 and if you need updated drivers for them.
Back up your hard drive. This is the most important step you can take. Upgrades, although typically successful, are no sure thing. It is essential that you back up your documents, pictures, videos -- anything that you don't want lost -- to an external hard drive, thumb or USB drive, or some online service like Windows Live SkyDrive. That way, if the worst happens, you won't want to throw yourself off a roof.

About.com offers excellent guidance and advice on backing up your computer.
Check and see if your manufacturer offers upgrade pricing. Many companies, like Acer and Fujitsu, offer discounted, or free, upgrades to Windows 7 to those who bought their PCs after a certain date. Microsoft worked with a number of vendors on a similar program. Most of the deals have now expired (they generally ended on Jan. 31), but you still have time to send in your receipts to validate your purchase.
Get a DVD, rather than a downloaded copy. You'll definitely want a full DVD copy of Windows 7, rather than downloading a copy from the Internet and using that to upgrade. If your upgrade goes wrong or you need to reinstall the OS at a future date for some reason, you'll be out of luck unless you have the DVD. Keep it in a safe place; a place you won't forget.
Don't use a pirated copy. This may be obvious, but I'll say it anyway: the money you save by getting an illegal, free copy, will not be worth the expense in the end. Pirated copies will not be eligible for upgrades, fixes and patches. And when something goes wrong with your copy of Windows 7, you won't be able to get any help from Microsoft.
There are two other good reasons as well:

It increases the costs of software for everyone else. All commercial software companies lose money on pirated software. Those lost dollars have to be made up somewhere, and they get made up by -- you guessed it -- charging us honest buyers more for the legitimate copies we buy.
It's stealing. Let's just say it straight out -- using a free copy of Windows 7 is no different than walking into a store, slipping an iPod Nano in your pocket, and walking out again without paying. Is that who you are?

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Windows 7 Upgrade Checklist

It increases the costs of software for everyone else. All commercial software companies lose money on pirated software. Those lost dollars have to be made up somewhere, and they get made up by -- you guessed it -- charging us honest buyers more for the legitimate copies we buy.
It's stealing. Let's just say it straight out -- using a free copy of Windows 7 is no different than walking into a store, slipping an iPod Nano in your pocket, and walking out again without paying. Is that who you are?

Downloading updates for Windows is a crucial step to maintaining your computer. Updates regularly contain patches for security vulnerabilities that could allow infections in your machine, bug fixes that resolve errors and features that could make your operating system more useful. Though you should have automatic updates configured, that isn’t always the case. To keep your computer safe you’ll need to know how to manually trigger updates and change your update settings.

New and Improved PC Settings

The procedure for downloading updates in Windows 8.1 is very similar to the process in Windows 8. However, since 8.1 overhauled the PC Settings app, you’ll find the process is no longer broken between the modern app and the legacy Control Panel. Everything you need is in one place.
Open the Charms bar and click “Settings” to get started. Next, click “Change PC Settings” to launch the modern settings app. Choose “Update and Recovery” from the left pane of the window to get to the section you need. Click “Windows Update” from the left pane and you’re ready to go.
The Windows Update page gives you all the information you need to learn the state of your update settings including whether you are set up to download your updates automatically and whether or not there are updates currently ready for installation. We’ll cover that later though.

Manually Trigger Updates

To manually trigger an update, go ahead and click “Check now.” You’ll have to wait while Windows check for any available updates. It should only take a few seconds, but that will vary based on your Internet connection speed. Once done, you’ll see a message letting you know if there are any updates available.
If there are critical updates available, you’ll be alerted. If not, you’ll see a message stating that there aren’t any updates to download but you can install other updates. Either way, click “View details” to see what’s available.
From this screen you can see all of the updates that are available for your computer. You can select each individually for installation, or click “Select all important updates” to save time. Optional updates are also included in this view, so select any you want. Click “Install” to finish the process.
Windows will download and install the updates you selected. Once done, you’ll have to restart your computer to complete the configuration procedure. Click “Restart now” when prompted or close the PC Settings app and restart when it’s convenient.

Change Automatic Update Settings

Though it’s certainly easy enough to manually trigger updates, this method is not the best way to go for most users. The average Joe or Sally will simply forget to ever check for updates and there system will go unprotected. To prevent this issue and to ensure that your computer always has the latest updates installed as fast as possible, you should enable automatic updates.
As I mentioned above, all the update functions of Windows are baked into the new and improved PC settings. There’s no need to bounce between PC settings and the Control Panel. To change how updates are installed on your computer, return to the Windows Update section of the PC Settings as described above.
The Windows Update page will alert you to your current update settings. If you want to change them, you’ll find a link below the “Check now” button that says “Choose how updates get installed.” Click it to change your settings.
First, click the drop-down list to choose how Windows installs important updates. Your options are:

Install updates automatically
Download updates but let me choose whether to install them
Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them
Never check for updates

I recommend you have Windows download and install updates automatically to provide the best protection for your computer.
Next you can select two additional options below the drop-down list.

Give me the recommended updates the same way I receive important updates
Give me updates for other Microsoft products when I update Windows

To provide the best protection, select both. When you’ve made your choices, click “Apply” to finalize them. Provided you’ve selected automatic updates, you won’t have to worry about updates again. Windows will simply install them in the background and ask you to restart your computer when necessary.
If you have friends or family using Windows 8.1, share this with them via Facebook, Google+ or StumbleUpon to ensure they know how to keep their operating system up to date. Anonymous 12:54 Admin Bandung Indonesia

How to Download Updates in Windows 8.1

New and Improved PC Settings

Manually Trigger Updates

Change Automatic Update Settings

Install updates automatically
Download updates but let me choose whether to install them
Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them
Never check for updates

I recommend you have Windows download and install updates automatically to provide the best protection for your computer.
Next you can select two additional options below the drop-down list.

Give me the recommended updates the same way I receive important updates
Give me updates for other Microsoft products when I update Windows

Just like Windows 8, Windows 8.1 includes a collection of new modern apps to add value for its users. Some are of general use that most people will find helpful, others are niche apps that many will simply delete or ignore. We’ll run through a list of the new apps you'll find and which of them are worth your time.

1. Alarms

Alarms is a new app that offers just what you’d expect; the ability to set alarms on your Windows 8.1 device. Use it to wake yourself up in the morning or to remind yourself of something. Setting new alarms is a snap as the interface is about as simple as you could imagine. You can set one-time or repeating alarms and select different tones for each.
On top of the obvious feature, Alarms also offers a couple of other tools. The Timer tab allows you to set up a countdown from a specific amount of time. I use this feature to stay on top of my daily schedule. There is also a Stopwatch tab which lets you count up from zero to time how long something takes. This is useful for mobile users to track lap times while running.

2. Calculator

Calculator, like Alarms, is exactly what you think it is. A modern app version of a calculator. It’s big and it’s touch-friendly, which is great, but it isn’t as simple as that.
The Calculator app offers three modes. Standard provides basic calculator functionality; no fancy frills. The next mode, Scientific, provides a ton more options for trigonometry, logarithms, algebra and other advanced math. The best feature though is the third mode, Converter. This allows you to select common units of measurement and convert them to other units. I use this all the time in the kitchen.

3. Sound Recorder

The Sound Recorder is about the most basic app you’ll ever see. There are no options, no special features, no frills. There is one button which you tap or click to begin recording. It may not be fancy, but it can be useful.

4. Food & Drink

Food & Drink is a pretty excellent new application for home cooks. On the surface it’s a simple app for finding new recipes, but it goes deeper than that if you dig.
Browse through the available recipe list to find interesting things to cook. See something you like? You can save it to your recipe list. Next, set up a meal plan using your recipes to map out what you’ll cook all week. Thinks that’s cool? Try the shopping list feature which will look at the recipes you’ve chosen and combine them into an easy to follow shopping list you can take to the store. It’s really helpful.
Keep digging and you’ll find sections for wines and spirits you can combine with your meals and a tips section to provide helpful advice and basic recipes for beginner cooks.
Perhaps the best feature of Food & Drink is that it showcases a new feature for Windows 8.1; hands-free navigation. Select a recipe and tap “Hands Free Mode” and you’ll be able to page through the recipe just by waving your hand in front of your device’s camera. No more fingerprints or gummy keyboards.

Health and fitness app - Robert Kingsley

5. Health & Fitness

Health & Fitness is an expansive personal health application that will help you take charge of you get healthy and stay that way.
This app has a calorie tracker to help with your diet, workout selections to help you get in shape, a symptom checker to make sure you’re paranoid (or help you know if you need a doctor) and a ton of educational material to ensure you know enough to be healthy.

6. Reading List

Reading List is a new app that helps you maintain a list of articles you may want to read in the future. As you browse the web using IE or another modern app browser you may come across something that interests you, but that you don’t have time to read immediately.
Head to the Share charm and click “Reading List” to bookmark the article for later use. Reading List allows you to categorize your links to help keep things organized as well.

7. Help + Tips

Windows 8.1 makes a lot of changes to the way Windows works. Windows 8 users will notice the difference immediately, users from older versions of Windows will be completely lost.
Windows 8.1 extends a helping hand to users who can seem to find their way around in the form of the Help + Tips app. Go here for a bunch of helpful advice and tutorials on how to get the most out of Windows 8.1. This app is very helpful for new users when it comes to finding your bearings.

8. There's More if You Look

Though the list above mentions all of the new apps bundled with Windows 8.1, there are also a ton of new features tacked on to existing apps. The Store and Mail app have been overhauled completely to make them easier to use and more feature complete. Xbox Live Music has a much more intuitive interface that is much more user friendly. Camera and Photos have both gotten a list of new features to help you take better photos and tweak them easier. Dig around and you’ll find that installing Windows 8.1 makes most of your existing bundled apps better.

Anonymous 12:44 Admin Bandung Indonesia

New Apps Included with Windows 8.1

1. Alarms

2. Calculator

3. Sound Recorder

4. Food & Drink

5. Health & Fitness

6. Reading List

7. Help + Tips

8. There's More if You Look

The prevalence of button-free, touchscreen phones has helped us all to come to terms with the idea of interacting with devices using touch rather than a mouse and keyboard. When it comes to using a desktop computer, traditional peripherals may still be incredibly popular, but there is also a burgeoning market for Windows-based tablets, laptops and convertibles. Windows has long been a touch-friendly operating system, but it is only since computers such as Microsoft Surface and Surface Pro range -- as well as other portable devices -- become more widely available, that touchscreen interaction really took off.

Microsoft has also played a large role in increasing interest in touchscreen computers thanks to the new features to be found in Windows 8.1. The latest version of Windows puts a strong emphasis on giving users options. If you're a mouse user, there are plenty of ways for you to interact with and navigate through things. Equally, if you have a preference for keyboard shortcuts, Windows 8.1 makes it easier than ever to get around. But there are also a lot of touch options to work with. Whether you are using a Windows RT tablet, a Surface Pro, a convertible laptop, or a computer with a touchscreen monitor, there are a number of new techniques to learn.
In many regards, interacting with Windows using touch is fairly intuitive, particularly if you are familiar with Android, iOS or Windows Phone on a mobile device. For example, where you would normally single click an item with a mouse, you can instead tap once on the screen with a finger; a double click is replaced with a double tap. What may not be immediately obvious is how to right click on a file, folder or other item. All you need to do is tap and hold. Place your finger on the screen for a second or so; remove your finger and a right click action will be performed -- so you will probably find that a context menu is displayed.
These simple tap methods cover the most basic forms of interaction with Windows, but there are more things to consider. Whether you're browsing the web, reading a PDF fie or navigating through a document, you'll need to be able to scroll. When you use a mouse you've probably made use of a built-in scroll wheel. Of course there is no scroll wheel built into a display, but you can still swipe up and down on a document, website or folder full of files to browse up and down as required; swiping in other directions is also possible in many circumstances such as browsing around Google Maps or large image files.
With a mouse you have probably dragged and dropped files between folders by holding down the left mouse key while moving the cursor. This can be done via touch by tapping and holding on an item to select it, dragging to a new position and then releasing your finger. Selecting multiple file or objects can be achieved by tapping and holding to bring up a selection box and then drawing a box around the files before releasing the tap
There are gestures that can prove useful as well. If you find that it is awkward or slow to tap and hold to emulate a right click, you can instead tap with two fingers to achieve the same results. As you have probably become used to with your mobile phone, a two fingered pinch gesture can be used to zoom in and out of a page, document or image. Place two fingers on the screen at the same time and then move them towards each other to zoom out, or away from each other to zoom in.
But what many people find most difficult to get to grips with, particularly if they are moving from an older version of Windows, is how to interact with the modern elements of Windows 8.1. This can take a little getting used to, but once you have spent the time learning them, they can be real time-savers and you'll find that you are able to fly around the operating system very quickly. One of the most useful features of Windows 8.1 that you will need to access is the Charms bar, and this can be pulled into view by swiping in from the right hand edge of the screen -- place your finger at the very edge and swipe in to the left.
While the release of Windows 8.1 Update introduced new ways to interact with modern apps touch is still the best method. Closing a modern app takes nothing more than a swipe down from the very top edge of the screen and dragging the app off the bottom of the screen. If you would like to run two modern apps side by side, drag down from the top of the screen, and keep your finger on the screen. Move slightly to the left or right and release your finger when then app "snaps" to fill half of the screen.
Switching between apps is also a simple affair. Swipe in from the left hand side of the screen and you can quick switch to the previous used app by just releasing your finger. If you would like to choose which app you would like to switch to, swipe in from the left and then move your finger back towards the edge of the screen to bring up the app switcher from which you can make a selection with a quick tap -- you can also access the Start button from here.
Even if you are using a tablet that does not have a keyboard -- or you are using a Surface or Surface Pro without the keyboard attached -- there will be times when you need to enter text, whether to enter URLs into a browser or to type lengthier documents. Tap the keyboard icon that appear in the taskbar to bring up an on-screen keyboard -- although on many device you will find that a keyboard automatically pops up when you need to provide text input.
Using the keyboard just requires you to tap the on-screen keys much like you would with a regular keyboard. There are different keyboard modes that can be activated by tapping the keyboard button to the lower right and then making a selection from the popup that appears. You can choose between a keyboard with a small set of keys, one with a larger set, one with a different and split layout, and handwriting recognition mode -- this is something we'll look at in another article.
Touchscreen Windows can feel a little strange to start with, but it soon becomes second nature. Anonymous 12:18 Admin Bandung Indonesia