The Frightful Five Common Software/Hardware Malfunctions!

Knowing why your software is acting wacky is important because it allows you to find and essentially fix the problem. Here are five easy problems to identify and solve for software and hardware.

1.My Computer Froze!

Computer freezing is a hardware problem caused by heat. Overheating may be caused by the fan inside that is called the Heat Sink. Either the internal fan is broken or it simply needs a clean up from dust. Dust is bad because it can mess with the motherboard along with other essential components that can damage the computer. However, dust can be cleaned with pressured gas. Just make sure you don’t blow away any other parts.

2.Blue Screen

The scary blue screen is a case of another hardware malfunction. This is caused by the hardware failing. There are several ways to solve this depending on the cause of it.  Try correcting the hardware problem and if not, back up your data and reformat your hard drive. This will erase everything in your computer, including your operating system. At that point you must reinstall it as if it were brand new.

3.Laptop is dead

There can be many causes to why your laptop doesn’t turn on at all. It could be that the charger for the computer isn’t working or the battery could be defected. It may possibly be that there are cables that are not connecting to the motherboard which would need to be replaced. The last possible cause would be failure of the motherboard. You could replace the motherboard but it would be best to just get a new computer.

4.Viruses

Viruses is a software problem that can easily be caught just by visiting a website. You may notice your computer has a virus if applications are not responding or launching at all. Another effect of a computer virus is an overall slower performance than what it used to be. Don’t worry too much, it can be eliminated with an antivirus program. To prevent it from happening again, try not to click on fishy websites or ads that say “click here to claim your free iPhone X!”

5.Malware

Malware is a combination of two words which are malicious and software. malware is much more difficult to remove than a virus. Most of the time it comes through email attachments. It is important to be careful when it comes to opening strange and unexpected emails. To solve this problem, you must reinstall your operating system and install a program that prevents malware from ever ruining your computer.

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Adobe Software Used in Multimedia

Multimedia is based on using software from adobe to create unique designs. There are six applications that are used to make the most minimalist to intricate ideas.

Acrobat

Acrobat is used to make, alter, and print files in a Portable Document Format. This is more commonly known as PDF. Important files that become a part of one’s portfolio are printed in this format.

Muse

Muse is and adobe application that is used to design websites. It is important to note that this does not include the code or functioning part of websites. Muse is only for looks. 😉   Web design are altered by where they are seen on like a desktop, tablet, and phone. Each mode have different limits of their screen ratio. However, Muse makes it easy to adjust and fit one’s website in any mode.

Photoshop

Photoshop is used to alter photos to make them prettier. This includes affects and several tools to make each of one’s photos unique and original. You can also make all of your subject’s blemishes disappear with the spot healing brush. Photoshop is also able to make cool optical illusions to trick one’s mind. Overall, Photoshop is a very versatile application that can be used in many ways and will be used frequently in Multimedia.

Animate

As of what I have heard, Animate seems to be one of the hardest applications to master or learn how to use it. Animate is used to create animations using vectors and such to make objects move. Sounds easy right? We’ll the challenge is to make it look decent enough to where it doesn’t look like a transition effect on PowerPoint. Animate’s features explain’s how it has a built-in camera to pan in and out. It also includes stock background pictures to use for one’s animations which saves time not looking for background photos. Along with being able to make your own custom vector brushes, you can save your work in 4K resolutions to make your animations super high quality!

Premiere Pro

Premiere Pro is an adobe application used for video editing.  Video editing will be used in multimedia for the yearbook project to show how great and amazing McFatter is. It may also be used for the Senior Exhibition. Premiere Pro deals with sounds and transitions for the video. For quality, it is depended on the camera used. In the case of being in multimedia, our DSLR camera would be the best bet to take high quality videos.

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