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To the cloud – 8.1 Requirements for Upgrading a PC or just the operating system

by | Jan 22, 2014 | Clouds

Tekmar’s system management services help clients maximize their technology investment while reducing costs. Our free thirty day trial will give a business or home PC user the information needed as the April 8, deadline for getting out of a Windows XP computer and into a windows 8.1 upgrade or new system cost effectively. Many of our clients users fined the Win XP system runs better when equipped with Win 8.1. Some have trouble with the learning curve at first but TSI helps with that too.

Windows 8.1 Requirements System requirements

If you want to run Windows 8.1 on your PC, here’s what it takes:

  • Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster with support for PAE, NX, and SSE2 (more info)
  • RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit)
  • Hard disk space: 16 GB (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
  • Graphics card: Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM driver

Additional requirements to use certain features:

  • To use touch, you need a tablet or a monitor that supports multitouch (more info)
  • To access the Windows Store and to download, run, and snap apps, you need an active Internet connection and a screen resolution of at least 1024 x 768
  • Microsoft account required for some features
  • Internet access (ISP fees might apply)
  • Secure boot requires firmware that supports UEFI v2.3.1 Errata B and has the Microsoft Windows Certification Authority in the UEFI signature database
  • Some games and programs might require a graphics card compatible with DirectX 10 or higher for optimal performance
  • Watching DVDs requires separate playback software (more info)
  • Windows Media Center license sold separately (more info)
  • BitLocker To Go requires a USB flash drive (Windows 8.1 Pro only)
  • BitLocker requires either Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2 or a USB flash drive (Windows 8.1 Pro only)
  • Client Hyper-V requires a 64-bit system with second level address translation (SLAT) capabilities and additional 2 GB of RAM (Windows 8.1 Pro only)
  • A TV tuner is required to play and record live TV in Windows Media Center (Windows 8.1 Pro Pack and Windows 8.1 Media Center Pack only)
  • Miracast requires a display adapter which supports Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) 1.3, and a Wi-Fi adapter that supports Wi-Fi Direct
  • Wi-Fi Direct Printing requires a Wi-Fi adapter that supports Wi-Fi Direct and a device that supports Wi-Fi Direct Printing
  • Free internet TV content varies by geography, some content might require additional fees (Windows 8.1 Pro Pack and Windows 8.1 Media Center Pack only)
  • To install a 64-bit OS on a 64-bit PC, your processor needs to support CMPXCHG16b, PrefetchW, and LAHF/SAHF
  • InstantGo works only with computers designed for Connected Standby

If your PC is currently running Windows 7 or Windows 8 you can check to see if it meets the requirements by running the Upgrade Assistant. We also recommend that you visit your PC manufacturer’s website for info about updated drivers and hardware compatibility.

From <http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/system-requirements>

 

The thrill of a sales receipt email.

by | Jan 17, 2014 | Uncategorized

There is nothing more exciting than the Friday morning email notification that contains a copy of a receipt for new license acquisition from a long time client. It means their business is growing. This growth portends new prospects and more sales. That existing customers are easily able to scale their technology to changing circumstances effortless while reducing costs and increasing productivity is priceless. It means more profit for them with less frustration. Which in turn means…

I changed the email arrival sound for those emails to the chime of an old-time cash register drawer. Try it, here is how:

“Cha Ching” setup. 

Start by creating a new rule in Office Outlook, (Depending on version your buttons/menus may look different.)

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Before starting the rule make sure the email is highlighted. Mine comes from TSI Mail Services which is an automated account used from a variety of company notifications. The one that means an order has arrived has a subject Account Update and the customer number. Since I want the sound for all orders and not just the customer now, I remove that part of the subject. Having many windows open I like an alert window to be oped since I may not be here when the sound plays and I know I’ll the New Item Alert window eventually.

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By clicking the browse button it is easy to change the sound.

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The file folder above may contain exactly what we are looking for, but I am too busy to check it out… So, knowing my threat protection monitor is running, ProtectBot, I’m confident that it’s faster to download the file http://www.wavsource.com/sfx/sfx.htm*.

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* Tekmar Solutions, Inc. is not affiliated with nor is it recommending this site. However I have personally found their files virus and maleware free, clean and error free.