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Manage The Size Of Your Outlook Mailbox
The power of e-mail is one of the strongest ways to communicate a message to someone online, especially within the business world. Many businesses (especially ecommerce-based) utilize e-mail as the sole method of communication between their customers and themselves. With this in mind, businesses need a robust e-mail product to keepup with the high demand of e-mail, and Microsoft provides this product called Microsoft Outlook.
Date: 2011-12-14
Perform a Disk Check Within Windows
If you have been in the computing world for a long time, many of you will know of the MS-DOS command of chkdsk. This is a tool in MS-DOS that has been around since the early Windows 3.x days that thoroughly scans your hard drive, and can fix and report any logical file system errors. While chkdsk is running, the program can also check for physical issues, such as bad sectors, and also attempt to recover information that may be damaged associated with the bad sectors that it finds.
Date: 2011-11-17
Apply "Persona"lity To Your Firefox Browser
Do you remember about 10 years ago when you could change the
faceplate of your cell phone? The faceplate that you changed was
from the original/default look of a cell phone to a specific thing.
You can also perform this alteration on your browser. Below, I will s
how you how to add a different theme to your Firefox web browsing
session.
Date: 2011-10-27
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Every month, we imprint over a million promotional items for many uses: customer retention, tradeshow giveaways, employee appreciation, new customer generation, brand awareness, and new product launches.
Date: 2011-10-25
Make Your Windows XP Desktop Look Like Windows 2000
If you are familiar with the range of various Microsoft Windows distributions, you will notice that Windows XP is cosmetically different than its previous versions, giving the user three new color choices: Blue, Green, and Silver.
Date: 2011-10-11
A Friendly BSOD For Windows 8
In today's society, we all know that we as human beings are not perfect. Operating systems for computers are the same way, basically because a whole lot of people and businesses use them in many different situations and with various hardware combinations. With this in mind, Windows (all distributions) will sometimes encounter issues communicating with this hardware and will report these issues in a screen commonly known as the "Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)."
Date: 2011-09-27
Customizing Your Start Menu in Windows
The Start menu in Windows is basically the main area where users can access different programs on their company (if they are not already placed on the Windows Desktop), and it is also one of the most-clicked areas within the Microsoft Windows operating system. The Start menu has cosmetically changed throughout the years since its original appearance in Windows 95, and even in the latest version of Windows 7, it has changed even more.
Date: 2011-09-13
Assign Programs to a Schedule Using Windows
If you are a schedule-oriented person, and want to have certain events and happenings to be performed at a specific time of the day, Microsoft Windows allows you to schedule specific programs or tools within your operating system with this premise in mind.
Date: 2011-08-23
Install Windows XP on your Windows 7 PC with VMware?
Dave, I have a new PC that is running Microsoft Windows 7 and I really like it, but I've got a problem: a few of the programs I used for data analysis in my job haven't been updated since the days of Windows XP and I can't run them on Win7 at all. Can I install Windows XP and dual boot or otherwise have the best of both worlds? .
Date: 2011-08-08
Mango - The New Wave of Microsoft Mobile
Ever since the release of the Apple iPhone and BlackBerry, and having these two products take over the smartphone world, Microsoft has been a little behind with its smartphones. However, with the new release of the upcoming version of "Mango," this will hopefully bring Microsoft into the forefront with its two main competitors.
Date: 2011-07-27
Disabling Indexing To Boost Your XP Performance
Windows XP is a great and classic operating system; however, through the years with its heavy usage, the performance of the operating system may seem to be somewhat sluggish due to the many files and technologies we install as software progresses.
Date: 2011-07-08
Convert WMA audio files to MP3 on my Windows PC?
I ripped a bunch of audio CDs in Windows Media Player and now want to convert them from ".wma" format to ".mp3? format so they're more compatible with my various audio players and devices.
Date: 2011-06-13
Change default Windows app for a file type?
Every time I double-click on a .JPG image in Windows 7, I find that it opens up the wrong program. I don't want Photoshop, I want MS Paint to open because I almost always just want to scale or trim the photo. How can I change the default program?
Date: 2011-06-01
Upgrading Your PC? Use Password Exporter!
Have you ever upgraded your operating system or computer before and had to perform the cumbersome task of re-entering ALL of the passwords to your favorite websites? If so, and if you are a Mozilla Firefox user, you do not have to go through this dawnting task anymore!
Date: 2011-05-02
Does Anyone In Silicon Valley Care About Windows Anymore?
Microsoft is today showing off pieces of the next version of Windows (we're all calling it Windows 8 ) but I'm wondering if anyone cares anymore about Windows in the tech enthusiast space.
Date: 2011-04-18
Be Prompted to Shut Down When the Power Button is Pressed
On your computer, you always use the power button to turn the computer on, but not that many people use the power button to turn the computer off anymore. This is because recent Microsoft Windows operating systems, such as Windows 98, 2000, and XP, have trained the computing population to shut down via Start > Shut down menu.
Date: 2011-04-04
Windows 7 SP1 Painless Update
Windows XP is a classic and robust operating system from Microsoft that runs great and speedy on recently built computers; however, on some older computers, Windows XP runs slower due to the fact that many current programs that you can buy or download require more processing power.
Date: 2011-03-21
Windows 7 SP1 Painless Update
Earlier this week, Microsoft publicly released the first service pack for Windows 7. Maybe it's a sign of the times that such a software release didn't capture much attention outside the tech community, unlike the huge attention Microsoft used to get with its software releases and announcements.
Date: 2011-03-11
How To Share Your Internet Connection With Other Networked Users
In some situations, there may be an instance where you will need to network various Windows-based machines together to gain network/internet access. Windows XP provides an easy way to perform this by using a method called Internet Connection Sharing. If you are unsure of how to set up Internet Connection Sharing, please follow the steps in the tutorial that I have provided below.
Date: 2011-02-21
Remotely Log Into Your PC Using Remote Desktop
There may be instances when you need to log into your computer from another location, such as a hotel, place of business, or on vacation. Whether you want to check the progress of a large download, to see the latest activity that has been happening on your computer, or need to access a specific document for work, there is a way that you can set up your Windows XP machine so that you can login from another location.
Date: 2011-02-07
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Date: 2011-02-01
How To Fix Sound Issues In Windows
For reasons that I can't figure out, my Windows 7 laptop thinks that everything's fine with the sound system, but I can't actually hear anything when I try to play music or watch videos on YouTube. Is there some easy way to diagnose these sort of sound or audio problems on Win7?
Date: 2011-01-24
How
To Stop Automatic Updates In Windows 7
I'm working with a group of software developers and recently had a problem where
my copy of Windows 7 automatically updated to change something and the app we're
building stopped working on my computer.
Date: 2011-01-10
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