Monday, December 31, 2012

Not Convinced With Logitech USB Mouse Driver?


Device drivers are developed to link up a connection between the computer operating system and a particular device. Indiana University is known for the research and inventions that they have contributed to the tech field. They describes a device driver as "A code that an operating system uses to control disk devices, display adapters, input devices such as a mouse or trackball, modems, fax machines, printers and other hardware".

Simply attaching a new hardware and connecting it to the computer doesn’t mean that it’s going to work on your machine; you will have to call up the device with a command or program for which a device driver is used. A device driver will help a computer system to identify the hardware attached to it. However, after a few short years, hardware can become obsolete and won’t be compatible with some of the latest software and applications. In such situations you will have to remove the device driver from the computer along with the device to make space for other programs. It’s pretty easy to remove driver software from your Windows PC; you can establish this with the aid of various hardware management tools that comes built-in with every operating system. In fact you don’t have to avail the service of a computer support service to eradicate a device driver from your system. Just pursue the following guidelines to get rid of Logitech USB Mouse driver from your Windows machine.
Instructions
Ready? Let’s start. Navigate to the bottom left corner of your Windows machine to trigger the "Start" tab to bring on the startup menu inside which you would be able to access the "Control Panel" window.

Inside the control panel window get hold of the “hardware management” window to pick out the "Printers and other Hardware" window.

Now from the "Printers and other Hardware" tab, opt for the “Mouse” tab to pave way for the "Mouse Properties" menu.

Now tag along the "Hardware" tab to opt for the Logitech USB Mouse and pick out the "Properties" tab to pave way for the "Driver" tab.


Get rid of the Logitech USB mouse driver by picking out the "Uninstall" tab once the process gets underway by clicking on the uninstall button, tag along the "OK" tab to wind up the process of removing the Logitech USB mouse driver.

With these instructions you will be able to transform yourself in to a competent technician and you won’t require the services of a computer support crew for this particular troubleshooting scenario.

Monday, December 10, 2012

Creating a WinHelp file in Windows 7


Windows 7 is a very good and efficient operating system. With the release of this wonderful OS, Microsoft added one more feather to their collection.
Regardless of a good platform to work on, help utility is very necessary for users. Platforms are different and users don’t have knowledge on every aspect of the platform. Windows 7 help is the help utility in Windows 7 that provides information for the users on different aspects of the platform. The files in the Windows help utility are Windows help files and you can increase the database strength of the help utility by adding new WinHelp files.
Instructions
1.  Power ON your PC and wait for the Windows platform to load. After that, download the Shalom Help Maker and the Help Compiler. You should extract the files to the same folder or directory. Download and Install the Windows 7 Help program in your system.
2.  Open Shalom Help Maker by double clicking on the file Shalomhelp.exe. In the program, type a title for the WinHelp file you are going to create.
3.  For each page, give a title by typing in the header text field. For indexing the topic in search, type in the keywords and phrases users should enter. Please enter keywords and phrases which are most likely to be entered by the user.
4.  Now you can add the details in the help pages like text, pop-ups, Images, etc. The data in the Help files should be brief. At the same time, users should be able to grasp the information.
5.  You can press the F4 key to watch a preview of the file you have created. If there are some objects which are out of order or misaligned, you can make adjustments to correct it.
6.  Press Ctrl + H together to test the WinHelp file. Make sure that the whole file is in proper order and the contents are appropriate.
7.  Press the F9 button to compile the Help file. You will be prompted for a file name. Type in the file name and you are done with creating the WinHelp file.
If you follow the above instructions, you can create a WinHelp file and add it to your Windows Help utility. You can use the same method in Windows Vista also.