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Introducing Microsoft

PC Advisor. 

It helps you fix your computer troubles, maintain it, customize settings, and repair the usual ails.  It has incredible full-screen tutorials that show you how to use your own mouse in the programs installed on your own computer!  Download it here for free.

 

About Microsoft PC Advisor Microsoft PC Advisor is a self-help tool that notifies you about problems in your PC and helps you fix them. Microsoft PC Advisor scans your PC continuously, notifies you about important issues, and, when possible, suggests an easy fix solution. Additionally, it provides a checkup function, so that you can manually check your PC. This manual checkup displays information about additional, non-critical issues, such as suggestions and tips for improving the way you use your PC. The checkup advises you about security, performance, networking, printing, and more. Main features and benefits Optimized: Checks your PC and maintains it for optimal system performance. Secure: Helps you keep your system secure, by continuously monitoring your PC's security settings and software, and by offering relevant security updates. Up-to-date: Helps you keep your PC up-to-date with the latest relevant updates. Real-time monitoring: Monitors changes that occur on your PC and require your attention, and when it detects such a change, displays a relevant notification with solution options. Services PC Checkup Tutorials Toolbox Offers Online Help Support Center The Support Center is a customized browser window that you can use to manage the program's services.   Notification window Whenever the program detects high-priority issues and relevant offers, a notification window will pop up in the bottom right hand side of your screen and display the relevant issues and offers. Improvement Feature The program improvement feature collects information about how you use the program and about some of the problems you encounter on your PC. The information collected does not contain any confidential details about you or your PC. The program improvement feature collects standard, non-confidential information about your PC, such as your operating system version, browser version, your regional and language settings, and your IP address. Other non-confidential information collected includes: Information about your antivirus vendor Program usage, such as: Messages viewed Messages clicked Whether or not a problem was fixed If you don't want the program to collect this information, you can turn off this feature through the General settings. About the PC Checkup service PC Checkup service alerts are issues that the program detected on your PC. These alerts provide additional information about the detected issue. They also provide information about how to resolve an issue by using automated fixes when relevant and links to relevant updates. PC Checkup service alerts are divided into the following categories: Security and Privacy: Alerts that help you keep your PC safe from attacks from unauthorized users, and help ensure that your private information remains private. Performance and Maintenance: Alerts that help you improve the performance of your PC and maintain it in optimal working order. Network and Internet: Alerts that help you maintain your home network, Internet connection, and e-mail, and improve your online experience. Peripherals: Alerts that help you manage your printers, including all-in-one devices and printing tasks. Usage Tips: Tips and suggestions for improving your computing experience, such as how to organize your desktop. If you're online and click Run a PC Checkup in the Support Center, the content of the PC Checkup service is updated, and then checked. In addition, every seven days, the program automatically updates the content of the service and runs a comprehensive checkup. Note:  Whenever possible, Microsoft PC Advisor provides you with an automated fix, Auto Fix, in order to fix a problem that it detected on your PC. The Auto Fix runs automatically on your PC and resolves the detected problem, usually without requiring any additional input from you.

Microsoft PC Advisor Support Center offers the following, which continually is updated with new offerings with an easy online update.   Tutorials- interactive tutorials and other common services using easy interactive tutorials. The Tutorials service provides you with a set of interactive checkup and overviews that teach you about different features of your operating system, browser, and other popular programs and services. Tutorials created by using Coach technology show you how to use different features of your PC, operating system, and other popular programs, rather than just telling you about these features. Coach checkup utilize the actual programs on your desktop, so you can interact and work in a personalized and familiar environment. Because the explanations are displayed on the screen using the actual program you will be working with, you'll know exactly what to do and where to do it. Security and Privacy Enable the Internet Explorer pop-up blocker Adjust your Internet privacy settings Adjust your Internet security settings Performance and Maintenance overview of personalizing your mobile PC's battery alarm Overview of creating power plan for your PC How to use removable media device to increase speed How to change function of the Start menu power button I How to customize the Start menu search feature Network and Internet How to add a website to favorites Overview of Internet Explorer Overview of tabbed browsing Overview of Internet Explorer Print Preview feature Pictures and video Overview of fixing red eye in windows Photo Gallery Overview of windows Movie Maker Overview of adding tags to pictures and videos Overview of applying ratings to pictures and videos Overview of fixing photo in windows Photo Gallery Overview of changing names of imported pictures Overview of windows Photo Gallery Overview of rotating photo in Windows photo Gallery Appearance and Personalization How to change your background using one of your pictures Overview of changing your desktop icons How to restore Computer icon to desktop How to restore Recycle Bin to desktop How to show desktop icons How to enable Toggle Keys How to use visual cues instead of sounds How to display your battery icon How to personalize window appearance and color How to change Start menu style How to display more Start menu programs How to set a screen saver How to change your user account picture Programs and Games Overview of the taskbar's notification area Overview of Windows Sidebar Overview of creating a program shortcut Overview of the Start menu Overview of the Start menu search feature Overview of the taskbar Overview of uninstalling a program from your PC How to create a new calendar How to create an appointment How to create a task Overview of Windows Calendar Music and Sound Overview of setting your PC's sounds Files and Folders How to show hidden files and folders Toolbox - Performance and Maintenance The Toolbox service provides you with a set of operating system-related tools to help you better manage your PC and troubleshoot problems you may encounter. Uninstall or change a program Change your PC's power options Open Disk Cleanup Open Disk Defragmenter Change your PC's regional and language settings Change your display settings Change your PC's sounds and audio devices Change your mouse settings Change your user accounts Open System Restore Open System Information Open Backup Status and Configuration Open Network and Sharing Center Personalize your PC Open the Windows Security Center Fix Common Sound Problems Get Online Help For a good review on the product and a little walk through in using it, please visit MaximumPC for their review.