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From a post earlier today on the Windows Team Blog (LINK: http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_live/b/windowslive/archive/2010/06/23/announcing-the-new-windows-live-essentials-beta.aspx ), the latest version of Windows Live Essentials will be out tomorrow, June 24th.
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One of the nice cosmetic features in Windows 7 is the great variety of themes that you can select from to change the appearance of your computer system. I had not written this post earlier because somehow I seriously though that most people were aware of all their options. However, after a recent road trip (with the W7 laptop) where I kept getting asked “where did you get those backgrounds for your computer”, I suddenly understood that their are a lot of people who just don’t know about the additional cosmetic changes you can make to your Windows 7 pc. So with that being said, here is a simple way that you can add or change the look of your Windows 7 pc.
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A call that I get sometimes involves “I can’t open my Outlook email”. Microsoft Outlook uses a PST file to store your emails. The problem with the PST file is that a single file holds all the info, so if something happens to the file, it affects all parts of your email (Inbox, Sent Items, etc). The PST file has a size limit as well, for those using Outlook 2002 and earlier the limit is 2 GB. The size limit has changed for users of Office 2003, 2007, 2010 and its now 20 GB. Two of the most common ways to When you let your pst file get close to its size limit, or if your pc happens to power off while you are in Outlook you risk. Since the beginning of Outlook, one of the little known tools that Microsoft includes is the Inbox Repair Tool. The tool is designed to fix your pst file if it ever gets corrupted. The following steps will help you fix Outlook if your pst gets corrupted.
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This week Microsoft released the final version of Office 2010 for those who have accounts with TechNet or MSDN (LINK: http://www.neowin.net/news/office-2010-now-available-on-msdntechnet?showcomments=true), so I figured I should move up from my beta version of 2010 (which has run without issues since I installed it) to the final version. I am one who always believes in doing “Fresh” installs whenever possible, which means that you need to uninstall your current version prior to installing the new edition of the software. However I came across this error when uninstalling the beta version
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An interesting error came up this week when working on trying to add a pc on to a network. The error “Multiple connections to a server or shared resource by the same user, using more than one user name, are not allowed” came up while trying to add pc new pc onto an existing network.
about 7 months ago - No comments
One of the many tools you can use to check/clean your pc is called the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool. Every month when Microsoft releases its updates for Windows, they also include this tool, so as long as you have been doing your Windows Updates on a regular basis you should have the latest version of this software installed.
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Its that time of the month again. Microsoft is set to release its latest updates and fixes this coming Tuesday November 11th (Patch Tuesday).
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(http://www NULL.rj-diamond NULL.com/alex/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/microsoft3 NULL.jpg) Microsoft has sent out notices informing Microsoft Connect (http://connect NULL.microsoft NULL.com/) members (Full Disclosure: I am a member of of MS Connect) that the Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview (which is basically a very early version of the software) will be ending and that as of November the Office 2010 public
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(http://www NULL.rj-diamond NULL.com/alex/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/mslogo1 NULL.gif) With the release on Windows 6.5, Microsoft has also taken the My Phone service out of beta. The following email from Microsoft talks about some of the features of the My Phone service. ************************************************************* Microsoft® My Phone Launches! Dear My Phone User, We appreciate your participation in the Microsoft My
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(http://www NULL.rj-diamond NULL.com/alex/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/mslogo NULL.gif) Microsoft has a post concerning the Windows Live ID’s that were exposed in the past few days. From the Windows Live Blog http://windowslivewire.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!2F7EB29B42641D59!41528.entry?wa=wsignin1.0&sa=363915619 (http://windowslivewire NULL.spaces NULL.live NULL.com/blog/cns!2F7EB29B42641D59!41528 NULL.entry?wa=wsignin1 NULL.0&sa=363915619) ******************************************************* 10/5/2009 Update: Phishing scheme affecting some Hotmail customers As of 3pm PT: We want to provide a quick update, that
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