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Microsoft is now introducing Product Activation in many of its new launches to safeguard its software's and maintains their quality. Product Activation is introduced to cut down the drastically increasing rate of piracy commonly known as casual copying or soft lifting.
¢    PRODUCT ACTIVATION
Casual copying is making illegal copies of the software and then selling it locally.
Product activation is a very simple and an effortless process and is totally based on software. It does not require any hardware's or external devices. The only information it requires is an installation ID to activate the product, which the software creates itself.
For even quicker activation, computer technical support activate your product over the internet, this way all you have to do is sit back and relax while the product does all the necessary loadings.
You can also activate your product over the telephone. All you have to do is, call the regional Microsoft Product Activation Centre.
New software's bought from a store or sold by an OEM should always be activated. The best part of activating the product is that you only have to do it once! The second time activation is required only when you move the product to another computer or make significant changes to the computer where the product is installed.
Some OEMs are already activated by the factory before being delivered to the customer. Microsoft gives you 30 days time to use the operating system before product activation.

¢    PROTECTING YOUR PC

"    The software's should be updated on regular basis. The threat of cyber crime in increasing considerably every day.
Keep updating your antivirus and antispyware programs, operating systems, word processing and other programs. Subscribe to automatic software updates. Keep a check on the programs that are of no longer use and delete or uninstall them. You can remove the unwanted programs for the Windows Control Panel.

"    Always use strong passwords. Quick tips on strong passwords are as follows:
"    Try to use about 14 characters for your password and make a good combination of letters, numbers and symbols.
"    Don't tell your password to anyone.
"    Use different passwords for different websites.

"    Never turn off your Firewall
turning it off for even a short time will make your computer vulnerable to malware. Firewall acts like a barrier between the Internet and your computer.

"    Be careful using Flash Drives:
i-Never connect an unknown flash drive into your computer.
ii-Press the SHIFT button when you insert the drive, in case you forget to do this click on the CROSS signs to close on the flash drive window.
iii-Do not opens unexpected files.



¢    SOUND ISSUES
There are three simple steps for solving this problem.
(i)Check your hardware:
Check your sound processor or sound card. Check if all the cables are plugged in correctly. Check the volume and power of your devices.
(ii)Troubleshoot:
This automatically fixes any problem the computer is facing. All you have to do is run the sound playback troubleshooter and then run a hardware and devices troubleshooter.
(iii)Update drivers:
Make sure you've installed a compatible driver to recognize your sound card or processor. Whenever you upgrade your system make sure your current sound card is also updated to work with the new installations.

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