Category Archives: Microsoft

News: Possible BSOD After Windows Update

Installing Windows Updates is always a recommended function. Microsoft releases updates monthly on “Patch Tuesday” to update, secure, and improve Windows. Sometimes however these updates cause problems, after release. December 2022 patch Tuesday update is one of those times. Microsoft has received reports of a

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How To: Scheduling An Email To Send Later 

Scheduling An Email To Send Later  In this global communication age, being able to schedule an email to send at a later time is a necessity for many people. From not disturbing co-workers in the middle of the night to making sure an email being

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How To: Upgrade To Windows 10 Free

Are you still running Microsoft Windows 7 or Windows 8? You can upgrade to Windows 10 for FREE, legally. Today’s post will go over the steps you need to take to upgrade your pc from Windows 7 or Windows 8 to Windows 10 legally and

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How To: Add Shared Mailbox Outlook For Windows

A shared email mailbox makes it easy for a group of people to monitor and send emails from a public email alias. When a person in the group replies to a message sent to the shared mailbox, the email appears to be from the shared

Alert: Office 365 Issues 7th Oct 2020

Quick alert, if you are having issues with Office 365 or Exchange, Sharepoint, or OneDrive Online it’s not you, it’s Microsoft’s fault.  Many reports started a few minutes ago (just before 3p Easter / US Time) that people could access Outlook or other Microsoft online

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How To: Find The PC Serial Number – Windows

Most Windows machines have a sticker at the bottom of the machine that shows the manufacturing date and serial number. However, those stickers tend to fade or fall off the machine. Today’s post will review an option for getting your serial number when the sticker

Alert: The Death Of Skype 7 Again

So Skype was going to kill the loved version 7 until it wasn’t going to kill the loved version 7. However, now Skype is going to kill the loved version 7 again.  Makes sense right?

How To: Fix Office Install Error 0-1018

While trying to do an office reinstall, on a windows pc, came across an issue. During the install process, the install would crash and give an Error Code: 0-1018 (0). No matter how many times we tried to do the reinstall, the same error

Classic Skype Is Not Dead Yet

This post goes out to all of those “Old School” folks that use Skype, and who were dreading the impending death of Skype 7.0 (AKA Classic Skype). Per Microsoft’s previous statements, as of September 1st, everyone was going to be required to move to the

How To Lock Windows PC Via Desktop File

Whenever I step away from my windows pc, I like to lock the screen. This way anyone who walked up to my pc, only gets to see the welcome screen. The easiest way I find to lock my pc is simply to have an icon