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Check if your computer can run a game

Posted by Guild of Techs Friday, 25 October 2013 0 comments


It is really annoying for game lovers to buy a game and find it fails to run on their computer. To avoid this it is best to check whether your computer meets the system requirement of the game 

To check the compatibility of the game you can make use of a simple online tool  that can determine if your computer can run a particular game or not 

 Follow the below steps to check:


2. Type the name of the game you like to check 


3.Select begin detection 

4. When prompted run the Java applet 



5.The result will be displayed shortly
























Harddrive has less storage than promised

Posted by Guild of Techs Tuesday, 22 October 2013 0 comments

We buy a new harddrive or pen drive and find that it has less storage space than what was mentioned on the box do you know the reason for it if ?



The answer is that the manufacture considers 1 Megabyte to be 1000 Kilobytes, 1 Gigabyte to be 1000 Megabytes, 1 Terabyte to be 1000 Gigabytes and so on. This is correct considering that kilo means 1000 and mega means 1000000 (10^6). However, computers calculate on base 2 and to them, 1 MB is actually 1024 kilobytes, 1GB is 1024MB and 1 TB is 1024GB. This difference in the method of computation is responsible for this "missing space."

Consider a 500 GB harddisk:

From a manufacturer's point of view, the 500GB will have 500*1000*1000*1000 = 500000000000 bytes.

From a computer's point of view, 500GB is actually 500*1024*1024*1024 = 536870912000 bytes.

Hard drive that promises to have 500 GB storage space will actually display 465.66GB, 536870912000-500000000000 = 36870912000 bytes (34.34GB) less storage space when connected to a computer 

100GB hard disk displays 93.13GB when connected to a computer 

250GB displays 232.83GB

500GB displays 465.66GB

1TB displays 931.32GB

2TB displays 1862.64GB

Increase in capacity of storage increase in missing space  





Source:Google







Download Windows 8 ISO file

Posted by Guild of Techs Saturday, 19 October 2013 0 comments



Windows 8 provides a new graphic user interface– Modern (also called Metro) UI (suitable for phone, tablet, notebook and classic PCs). This interface is characterized by “tiles” which work as links and also as interactive widgets (Store, weather, e-mails). Modern UI is optimized for touch screen, but can be controlled by mouse and keyboard. Windows 8 still offers the classic desktop interface as an option.

Microsoft reworked the booting process, replacing classic BIOS with a new system called UEFI. This provides secure boot, which is protection against viruses.

Windows 8 is lighter than Windows 7 but  it demands more pixels on the screen. The minimum screen resolution for windows 8 is  1366 x 768 pixels, which affects many users laptop and desktop  that have a maximum resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels

Use Windows 8 upgrade assistance tool to check whether your desktop or laptop can install Windows 8  Download

Windows 8 Pro ISO files 

For 32 bit Download

For 64 bit Download


XKY4K-2NRWR-8F6P2-448RF-CRYQH   Windows 8 Pro key to install OS 


Windows 8 Pro activator Download


Note: Use activator at your own risk 




Download Windows 7

Posted by Guild of Techs Tuesday, 15 October 2013 0 comments


In this post you can find the download and activator links for window 7 home, professional and ultimate version in ISO format, use Internet Download manager to download so that you can pause and start the downloads when needed use 7zip or Win.rar to extract the iso file

Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit Download

Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit Download

Windows 7 Professional 32 bit  Download

Windows 7 Professional 64 bit Download

Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit Download

Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit Download


Windows 7 permanent activator Download




Note: use activator at your own Risk




Check whether your computer is infected

Posted by Guild of Techs Saturday, 12 October 2013 0 comments
Quick signs to check whether your computer is infected



1. Computers work very slow
 
2. Some of processes in Task Manager use 100% of the CPU

3. Hard drive LED blinks constantly

4. Internet connection is very slow (even if it’s a high speed connection)

5. There are message popups beginning to show up after reboot, or in normal work warning you about something, or they offer you to connect to some suspicious web pages 

6. There are popups in system tray with warnings telling you your computer is infected

7. Desktop background is changed and Display Properties won’t let you change it back

8. Folder Options in Windows Explorer->Tools are no longer accessible

9. Task Manager cannot be started

10. Anti virus is inaccessible and definitions cannot be updated
 
11. Some often used applications cannot be accessed anymore (Windows Explorer, Explorer process, etc).

12. Your browser keeps crashing

Source: Google 

How to enable the F8 key to start Safe Mode in Windows 8

Posted by Guild of Techs Monday, 7 October 2013 0 comments
Windows 8 introduced a new boot loader that decreased the time that it takes Windows 8 to start. Unfortunately, in order to do this Microsoft needed to remove the ability to access the Advanced Boot Options screen when you press the F8 key when Windows starts. This meant that there was no easy and quick way to access Safe Mode anymore by simply pressing the F8 key while Windows starts.

 In this tutorial you can find how to enable the F8 key to start windows 8 in safe mode 

 Follow the steps below:

 1. Open CMD(command prompt) with admin privilege Click here to open cmd with administrator privilege

 2. When the elevated command prompt is open you will be at the C:\Windows\System32> prompt.
To enable F8 in Windows 8 you need to type the following in the command prompt and then press  the Enter key.

 3. bcdedit /set {default} bootmenupolicy legacy
    
Once the command has been enter as shown above, press the Enter key on your keyboard. If you entered the command correctly, Windows will report that the "The operation completed successfully.". You now need to restart your computer for the change to go into effect. With this settings configured, you can now press F8 while Windows 8 starts in order to access Safe Mode and other Advanced Boot options.

If you would like to disable the F8 key and go back to the original Windows 8 setting you can open an elevated command prompt and enter the following command:

 bcdedit /set {default} bootmenupolicy standard

 Once you enter the above command, press Enter on your keyboard. If you entered the command correctly, Windows will report that the "The operation completed successfully." and you should now restart your computer. The F8 key will now be disabled in Windows 8.
Source: Google 

how to open Command Prompt with admin privilege in Windows 8

Posted by Guild of Techs 0 comments
Follow the below steps to open the CMD(Command Prompt) with admin Privilege in Windows 8

1. Type cmd in windows search



2. Right click command prompt

3. Select Run as administrator

Cmd is elevated with admin privilege



Hide Files or Folders Using Command Prompt

Posted by Guild of Techs Sunday, 6 October 2013 0 comments
Using this trick you can hide files and folders and it cannot be viewed by any search options even by "Show All Hidden Files and Folders" option

 For example:

You have a folder by the name secret which is been stored in Disk drive D to hide it follow the below commands

    1. Press windowkey+R: Run command dialog box appears.

    2. Now type "cmd" and hit enter.

    3. Type "attrib +s +h D:\Secret" and hit enter.

    4. Folder secret will be hidden 

    5. To view this folder, use the same command but replace '+' with '-'
        (Eg: attrib -s -h D:\Secret )


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