How to Solve "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file." Error

17 May, 2013
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You may have come across the following error message in Windows when you try to open a file or install an application: "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permission to access the item." This error will block you from installing, updating or starting an application or even from opening a file. This error can happen on your computer due to various reasons, such as:

Create Events in Your Google Calendar Right From Gmail

14 May, 2013
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Now you can create events in your Google Calendar right from your Gmail as you read your emails. This new feature launched recently helps you save time if you are someone who does a lot of scheduling over emails. Gmail can now identify dates and times with an underline, by letting you create an event in your Google calendar by simply clicking on it, without even need to navigate to else from the email you are reading.

Automate Common Tasks in Microsoft Outlook 2010 - Learn to Use Quick Steps and Save Time

09 April, 2013
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There are many repetitive and common tasks in Microsoft Outlook which can be easily automated and save a lot of our time. For example, if you always send emails to your manager or a particular deptartment, instead of typing their email addresses each time you send them email, you can use Quick Steps to automate it. Or if you would like to move certain emails to a specific folder, you can automate this process and perform this action in a single click.

Microsoft Outlook Like Reading Pane in Gmail - Previewing Emails in Preview Pane

12 March, 2013
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Gmail is one of the most innovative Internet mail services around. There are many wonderful things that make using Gmail a beautiful experience. In one of my previous posts, I have discussed some of the Gmail tips. I am going to show you how you can preview emails in Gmail exactly like how you preview emails in Microsoft Outlook. By default, Gmail does not provide a Reading Pane or Preview Pane. Reading Pane/ Preview Pane allows us to read the content of an email message as well as previewing an attachment or even opening them without opening the emails individually.…

How to Get Rid Of iMesh Seach Engine in FireFox Browser

01 March, 2013
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I just spent a good amount of time troubleshooting a computer to get rid of iMesh search engine page which automatically loads when FireFox Web Browser is started. It can be very irritating as you cannot have any other Home page. Whatever the Home page you set is automatically reset to "search.imesh.net"! After much research and trial and error, I found a solution to completely get rid of iMesh Search Engine from FireFox Browser.

Google Drive: Create, Edit, Store and Share AutoCAD Drawings Right From Google Chrome Browser

22 February, 2013
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Ever imagined creating or editing an AutoCAD drawing right from your Google Chrome Browser, without even paying a single penny? Yes, with AutoCAD WS app for Google Drive, that is exactly what you can do. AutoCAD WS is an app that works with Google Drive on Google Chrome browser. All you need is a Google Account and an AutoCAD WS online account - both are free, unless you need additional storage space. AutoCAD WS app for Drive allows you to open an AutoCAD file saved in your Drive, edit it and even share it with your peers or collaborators. You…

Google Docs: Learn How to Create a Document, Change Fonts in a Document and Add More Fonts to Your Fonts List

22 February, 2013
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Google Docs is one of the easiest ways to create and edit documents and collaborate with your peers online from your computer, iPhone, iPad, Android phones or tablets. You can create documents from scratch or upload an existing document created in other word processing applications like Microsoft Office, Open Office, etc. Google Docs also comes with a wide collection of templates to help you create documents easily. With the introduction of Google Drive, Google merged Google Docs into Drive. Google Drive is a cloud storage space like iCloud and Dropbox, but with capabilities to create, edit and collaborate documents, presentations,…

Remove Hidden Texts, Revisions and Personal Information from Microsoft Documents and Avoid Revealing Sensitive Info

28 January, 2013
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Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents stores hidden personal information, comments, revisions, etc. that you may not want to share with anyone. Depending on the kind of information, these hidden metadata could be embarrassing or even put you in legal risk. Imagine you are working on a document collaborating with your partner and finally wants to send this document to your client. You wouldn't want your client to see the kind of information you and your partner may have shared on the same document. Even though, those information you share may not be visible on the screen or in the…

How to Remove Redirected Network Printers from your Computer

11 January, 2013
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This is really annoying. You may have come across this situation where you see multiple Printers in your Devices and Printers Dialogue box, usually with a name "(redirected 2)" followed by your printer name. For example, if your printer name is "Canon Color Printer", the redirected printer will have a name as follows: "Canon Color Printer (redirected 2)". You just can't use this printer or remove this. It gets messy here. After spending few minutes, I found out a way to remove such redirected printers from the Computer. Here is how you can do that.

Creating Disposable Emails Addresses in Gmail and Keep your Inbox Clean from Unwanted Emails

04 January, 2013
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Most sites like newspapers, magazines, online forums, etc. demands providing your email address even though you are hesitant to give them because you suspect that you will be bombarded with unwanted emails. You can easily manage these unwanted emails if you can create disposable email addresses. Popular email providers like Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail (Outlook.com) allow us to easily create such disposable email addresses and automatically sort emails send to such addresses. You can also choose to automatically delete such emails. In this article, we will see how we can create and manage a disposable email address in Gmail.

Lost Password for your Word, Excel or other Office Documents? Try Office Password Recovery Toolbox

18 December, 2012
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Microsoft Office allows you to password protect your documents to prevent unauthorized access and changes. As you may know, Microsoft Office Documents such as Word, Excel, Outlook, etc. can be password protected so that it requires password to either open or edit or both. MS Office does not allow you to open a password protected document if you enter incorrect password and Microsoft does not provide any tool to remove or crack the password. There are various tools out there to open your documents in case if you lose or forget the password. Let's look at one of the such…

Easily Calculate the Results of One or Two Changing Variables in Excel Using Data Tables

12 December, 2012
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Data tables are used to see how changing one or two variable data in a formula affects the result in a Microsoft Excel Worksheet. It creates a range of cells in a table form that shows the results when the variable data is applied in the calculation. Data table allows you to easily calculate multiple results in a single operation and compare the results of all the different variations of one or two data in a single worksheet. For example, data table can be used if you want to easily calculate loan repayment for varying interest rate and you can…

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Creating Outlines in Microsoft Excel and Grouping Data for Easy Analysis

06 December, 2012
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Sometimes you may have to work with very large list of data in Excel Spreadsheets. Browsing through the entire list to look for important data can be tedious. One way to deal with this kind of situation is by grouping and summarizing the entire data. Outline feature in Excel helps you to group data, making it easier to read the data by hiding or showing detail data. In addition to grouping the data and show or hide the details from displaying, Outline also helps you to create Subtotals to show a quick summary of the entire data. You can create…

How to Fix Outlook Resize Window Problem when "Restore Down": Outlook cannot be Maximized When "Restore Down"

03 December, 2012
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You may have come across instants when you "Restore down" Microsoft Outlook, you simply cannot restore the window back. All you can do is to restart the Outlook. This is annoying. Problem: If you try to resize the Outlook window from full screen by clicking the "Restore Down" button, Outlook just minimizes to the task bar. When you try to bring up the Outlook window, nothing happens, the window will not open up. All you can do is to restart the Outlook in full screen mode.

Screen Capture Tool for Google Chrome: Capture Almost Everything Appears in Google Chrome

29 November, 2012
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If you love using Google Chrome like I do, you will like the Screen Capture tool developed by Google. There are times when we need to capture / screenshot a visible portion of a webpage, or may be the entire webpage itself. If you use the Print Screen feature on your computer, you will not be able to scroll and capture a webpage, but it can only capture what is visible right on the screen. But with the Screen Capture tool for Google Chrome, you can make screenshots of a webpage capturing whichever areas you want to on the…

How to Use Names in Excel Formula and Make it Easier to Understand

22 November, 2012
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Usually we use cell numbers in formuals whenever we work on an Excel spreadsheet. Remembering each cell numbers and what it contains is really hard. There is an easy way - you can use names in formulas instead of cell numbers. For example: imagine that cell C10 contains Price and cell D10 contains Quantity and you need the Total in cell E10. You can use "Price x Quantity" in cell E10 instead of "C10 x D10". This makes your formulas much easier to remember and understand.

How to Create Scenarios in MS Excel to Make Predictions and Forecasts

01 November, 2012
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There may be times when we need to experement with several different values in an Excel Spreadsheet to make predictions and forecasts. For example, you are selling various products. Assume that you have a profit target to meet and you want to see how much profit you will make if you sell x number of each product. You can do this in an Excel Spreadsheet easily by making use of Scenarios in the What-If-Analysis tool. By using Scenarios, you are able to enter a set of different values in a spreadsheet, and Excel will automatically calculate the resulting values.

How to Switch Data From Columns to Rows or Rows to Column in Excel Quickly by Using Transpose Data

20 October, 2012
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In my previous post, we looked at how to create conditional formatting in order to highlight or make some cells standout from other cells based on it's values. Today, I am going to show you how to re-arrange data in Excel from columns to rows and rows to columns easily by using transpose data feature. What Does Transposing Data Mean? Transposing data in Excel means re-arranging data entered in columns (vertical range) to rows (horizontal range) or rows to column because you may want to re-layout your spreadsheet. Many time what most of us tend to do is to start…

Conditional Formatting in Excel 2010: Analyze and understand the Data at a Glance

19 October, 2012
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Microsoft Excel is one of the very advanced spreadsheet application that lets you easily create and manage complex spreadsheets. Imagine having a spreadsheet with large amount of data. Making some sense out of this data is a task by itself. Scanning through rows and columns to read and interpret the data can be really difficult. For example, if we have a spreadsheet to capture the activities in a production line. Your employees may be feeding various data into this spreadsheet. If you're required to make changes in your production line because the reject rate in the line has increased, but…

WiseStamp Email Signature: Connect with More People Using Easy To Use Email Signatures and Promote Your Branding

29 September, 2012
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Effective use of email signatures is one of the best ways to connect with new and existing clients or business partners or even with your friends. Email signature helps you promote your online identity and personal branding. Especially if you are a freelancer or running own business, having an email signature linked with your Facebook, Google+, Twitter, Pinterest, RSS Feed from blog, Etsy, etc. gives more opportunity to connect with people and share the information you care about. In this article, I am going to show you how to use WiseStamp, a very cool browser extension for Google Chrome, Safari…

How to Access Your Blog or Domain Emails with Gmail Without Forwarding from the Domain

10 October, 2012
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Most of the bloggers and small businesses finds it a hassle to handle emails with their own domain names, because some of the hosting companies may provide archaic email facilities. There are instances where you may not even receive emails from your customers, visitors, partners, etc. I have also noticed that some of the important and time sensitive emails I received on my domain email address were not delivered to my iPhone where I've my email configured! This can be really disappointing and you may lose wonderful opportunities to connect with your visitors, partners or other bloggers. One of the…

How to Add Reply-To Email Address in Mac OS X Mail and Receive Replies to Email in a Different Email Address

13 September, 2012
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Reply-To address is used when you want the replies to your emails to be delivered to a different email address than the one you send the email from. For example, if I send an email from sarayoo@ domain.com to someone@ gmail.com. When someone@ gmail.com replies to my email, I want the reply to be delivered in someone-else@ domain.com and NOT sarayoo@ domain.com. In my earlier article, I explained how to set reply-to email address in Microsoft Outlook 2007 and Microsoft Outlook 2010. In this article, we will see how to do the same in Mac OS X Mail application. Configuring…

How to Add Reply-To Email Address in Outlook 2007 or Outlook 2010 and Receive Replies to Email in a Different Email Address

12 September, 2012
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Reply-To address is used when you want the replies to your emails to be delivered to a different email address than the one you send the email from. For example, if I send an email from sarayoo@ domain.com to someone@ gmail.com. When someone@ gmail.com replies to my email, I want the reply to be delivered in someone-else@ domain.com and NOT sarayoo@ domain.com. In this article, I will show you how you can configure a reply-to email address in Microsoft Outlook 2007 and Microsoft Outlook 2010.

How to Easily Create a Favicon for your Blog or a Website

07 September, 2012
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Favicons - short term for "Favorite Icon" - is the small icon that appears near the browser URL, often showing a company's logo or other images. For example, Google.com has a "g" as the favicon. Most of the time, if you use WordPress or Joomla or other Content Management Systems, they will have a default favicon, not the one you may want to to use. Using Photoshop or other photo editing software to create a favicon, which is usually of the size of 16x16px (or maximum 32x32px), may be often difficult. There are much easier way to do this without…

How to Secure Your Dropbox using Two-Step Verification and Protect Your Digital Documents

01 September, 2012
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Dropbox is a free file hosting service that lets you bring your photos, videos, documents, and other digital files anywhere with you. With todays advanced technology, you are no longer required to be on your computer at home or office to access your favorite photos, videos or documents. With Dropbox and the like services, you can access these files from anywhere - from your iOS (iPhone, iPad, etc.), Android, Blackberry, etc. - as long as you are connected to Internet. Having such a convenience posses great security threat as well. Passwords alone are not enough, as someone may be able…

How to Enable or Disable Forefront Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010

07 August, 2012
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Microsoft Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server provides fast and effective detection of viruses, worms, spyware and spam by the use of multiple scanning engines from various leading security partners. You can configure Forefront protection to scan all the inbound and outbound (incoming and outgoing) emails for spams, viruses, worms, etc. and block / reject or redirect such emails to a dedicated mailbox. Sometimes we may want to temporarily turn of the Forefront protection, for e.g. to perform some mailflow testing or upgrading or patching the Exchange Server. The below steps will show you how you can turn off and…

Any.DO: Remember Everything You Have To-Do

24 July, 2012
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Any.DO is for all those who do not want to miss anymore tasks and To-Dos and finally organize your life. It doesn't matter whether you are using a computer, iPhone or Android, your tasks and to-dos follow you, reminding you of everything you have to do. Any.DO does the following: Keep all your to-dos in sync across all devices (computer, iOS or Android) Help you add to-dos from your Computer, iOS or Android devices Help you add to-dos from your your computer using Google Chrome Extension Send push notifications on your iOS and Android as well as on your computer…

How to Use Internet Explorer Right Inside Google Chrome using IE Tab

19 July, 2012
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Many of you may have been familiar with Internet Explorer (IE). Some of us gets fed up because it tends to crash when we least expect it to. This simple reason is good enough for people like me to switch to Google Chrome or Firefox. But in many cases, we may have no choice, but to use IE, especially when most of the banking and governement websites are still optimized for IE due to the use of ActiveX controls, etc. In this post, we will look at an add on that would let you use IE right into your Google…

How to Clear / Empty Sync Issues and Local Conflicts Folders from Outlook and Prevent Mailbox from Exceeding Size Limit

06 July, 2012
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Recently I have been getting warning in my Outlook saying the mailbox is full, even after clearing and archiving most of the older emails. After running the Mailbox Cleanup tool in Outlook and looking through the size of each folders, I noticed the 3 folders which are having too many emails but I cannot see those folders in the Outlook thus not able to clear those unwanted mails. The folder names I found in the Mailbox Cleanup are as follows: Sync Issues Sync Issues\Conflicts Sync Issues\Local Failures Sync Issues\Server Failures (it appears sometimes appear) I finally figured out how to…

How to Impot PST Files into Microsoft Exchange 2010 - The Easier Way

30 June, 2012
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Sometimes you may want to import PST files into Microsoft Exchange 2010, for various reasons. It could be that you have just migrated to Microsoft Exchange from other types of Mails servers or an older version of Exchange Server which creates too many PST files. Obviously we would never want to lose our old emails which are in the PST files. The following article will explain how you can import PST files to Exchange 2010 using PowerShell commands in Exchange Management Shell. Importing PST Files to Exchange 2010 : Getting the Required User Rights In order for you to import…

How to Solve "Windows update cannot currently check for updates because the service is not running. You may need to restart your computer" Error

21 June, 2012
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Someone recently came to me with the error message - "Windows update cannot currently check for updates because the service is not running. You may need to restart your computer" - while trying to do a Windows Update on their Windows 7 Computer. After much troubleshooting, here is a solution that worked. Solution for "Windows update cannot currently check for updates because the service is not running. You may need to restart your computer" Error

Be a Gmail Expert: 7 Awesome Gmail Tips You Never Knew Before : Undo Send, Keyboard Shortcuts and More

07 June, 2012
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Most of us love Gmail for various reasons. Here are some tips and tricks you never knew before that will help you save time and manage your emails more efficiently. 1. Using Stars to Indicate Special Emails You may be already using Stars in Gmail to indicate special emails or emails that you need to follow up later on. But do you know that you can have more Star designs than the usual Yellow Star? To get more Star designs in Gmail: Step 1: Click on the Gear icon appearing at the upper right corner >>> Settings >>> GeneralStep 2:…

Free and Quick Way to Solve System Performace Issues and Speed Up Your Slow Windows PC

28 May, 2012
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There are 1000s of applications out there - both free and paid - meant / claim to improve the system performance. Most of the free ones comes with AdWares, Spywares, or even viruses that can distroy our peace of mind. In this article we will look at one of the free and effective ways from Microsoft to speed up PC by optimizing various configurations on the computer. And it is very hassle-free for all the not so techy users out there. How to Fix Windows System Performance Issues This tiny tool from Microsoft allows us to scan our computer and…

How to Remove Unwanted Images From Your Business's Google Place Listing in Google Maps

20 May, 2012
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You may already have your local business listing in Google Places showing your location. Doing this make it easier for people to find your business online. But sometimes Google Places may show images that are irrelevant to your business, like what happened to my company recently, where Google Place image was showing an image of Old Town Cafe which has nothing to do with us. It took me a while to figure out how to get this image removed from this listing. Here is how you can remove unwanted images from your business listings in Google Places and have your…

How to Recover a Lost or Accidentally Deleted Microsoft Word Document

13 May, 2012
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Recently one of my colleagues ran to me saying that she lost a ~50 page Microsoft Word document because of some error forced to quit Microsoft Word. You may have come across similar situation or accidentally closed Microsoft Word without saving the changes you made and ended up retyping the entire work which you may be doing for the past few days! But do you know that there are ways - which works in most cases - to recover such lost or unsaved Word documents? In this article, we will look at various ways we can attempt to recover a…

How to Automatically Delete Old Emails From Outlook Using Archiving

09 May, 2012
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Most of us receive hundreds of emails daily clogging up our mailboxes. It could be junkmails or legitimate ones, either way it can be frustrating, especially if you have a size limitation for your mailbox. In the following article we will look at how we can clean up mailbox using AutoArchive function in Outlook. The article also explains how different AutoArchive settings can be done for each folders, for e.g. delete all emails older than 1 month from Inbox, but delete emails that are older than 6 months only from the Sent Items. Cleaning up your Inbox using Outlook AutoArchive…

Learn About Facebook's Organ Donor Feature

02 May, 2012
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Facebook has just added a new feature called Organ Donor to its already popular Timeline. With the Organ Donor feature, users can share the organ donor status in their Facebook Timeline with friends. As of now the feature is only available in some countries like the US. If you still cannot see the Organ Donor feature, you may still have to wait till Facebook rolls out to your country. How to Add Organ Donor Status in Timeline You can add the Organ donor status to your Timeline following the simple steps below: 1: In your Facebook profile page, click on…

Google Drive Goes Live: Here's All You Need To Know About Google's Cloud Service

28 April, 2012
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Google has just launched it's much anticipated DropBox like cloud service- Google Drive. It allows you to create, share, collaborate and keep all your stuffs online and be able to access it from anywhere- your Desktop, Tablets, Smartphones, etc. You can now work on a joint project with your friends or colleagues in real time creating word documents, spreadsheets and presentations and even add comments on practically any types of files (PDF, Videos, Images, etc.). With Google Drive, Google is obviously trying to increase user's dependence on it's services just like how Apple does with it's closely-knit products like iTunes,…

Access Free Resume Templates / Samples Right From Microsoft Word

18 April, 2012
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There hasn't been much update on my blog for sometime as I was in the process of redesigning the entire blog and updating some of its core components and stuffs. Finally its all done and hope you like the new design! Today, we will look at how we can find professional resume templates easily rather than searching through Google. All of us usually spend so much time searching for resume templates / samples online when we are on a job hunt, not knowing that there is a good collection of resume templates / samples built right into Microsoft Word! Please…

Step by Step Guide on How To Install Windows 8 Consumer Preview On a VMware Workstation

04 March, 2012
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Microsoft recently showcased a consumer preview of their next biggest product, Windows 8. It is believed that Windows 8 is going to power a next wave of Tablet PCs, Desktops and other mobile computing with it's touch-based Operating System. We are yet to see how much impact Windows 8 is going to make in the tech world. The Consumer Preview (CP) is a prerelease version of Windows 8 that mainly focuses on user experience and feedbacks. Please note that this preview may come with many vulnerabilities which are not discovered yet, and is not recommended to install this in a…

All You Want To Know About Configuring POP3 Email Account in Microsoft Outlook With Exchange 2010

29 February, 2012
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There may be times when you need to use POP3 for email accounts in Microsoft Exchange 2010. By default, POP3 service isn't installed in Exchange 2010. To use POP3 email for an Exchange 2010 account, we must first ensure the POP3 service is started. This article explains everything you need to know about configuring POP3 email accounts with Exchange 2010. Starting POP3 Service in Exchange 2010 You can start POP3 service in Microsoft Exchange 2010 by following the steps below. Before proceeding, ensure that you have the right permission (Organization Management Permission or View-Only Organization Management Permission) to do…

How to Disable Protected View in MS Office 2010 And Edit Documents

24 February, 2012
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Sometimes you receive an error message showing, "Protected View Editing this file type is not allowed due to your policy settings. Click here for more details." This is damn annoying. I just got an email from someone with a Word attachment which I wanted to print. But MS Word wouldn't allow me to do anything with the document, but show this error message. You can solve this by following the steps below. Error message appears in MS Word 2010:

How to Access Your Google+ Page

10 November, 2011
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I see that many people like me are confused on how to access, edit profile, create post, etc. on Google+ pages after we create it. The following tips show you how you can access your Google+ page after you create it.

Solve Excel Error: There was a problem sending the command to the program

09 November, 2011
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You may have encountered the following error while trying to open a Excel document in Microsoft Excel 2010 or 2007, that says, "There was a problem sending the command to the program" which will prevent you from opening any excel file.You can resolve this error by following the steps below;

Solution For Embedded Excel Workbook in Word Document won't Open - "Excel is not installed" Error

29 September, 2011
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This solution is for the following errors when you try to edit an embedded Microsoft Excel file in the Word Document. I've experienced this problem on Office 2007 and Office 2010.

Google+ Tips- Create Your Status Messages in Bold, Italics, Strike Through

13 August, 2011
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Do you use Google+? Trying to find ways to format your texts when you post a status or reply to someone's status? Try the following:

How to Disable People Pane in Outlook 2010?

10 August, 2011
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If you use Microsoft Outlook 2010, you can see that there is a "People Pane" appearing at the bottom right corner. This Outlook Social Connector connects your Outlook 2010 to various social networks such as LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, etc. Some of you may not be using this feature and may not like "People Pane" taking up so much space on the screen, especially when you use your Reading Pane on the right. In such cases, you can disable the People Pane appearing in Outlook 2010 by following the simple steps below...

How to solve Profile Storage Exceeded error in Windows XP?

04 August, 2011
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It can be very irritating when you keep getting an error message saying that your profile storage space has been exceeded. The Profiloe Storage Space Exceeded error appears in Windows XP and it will pop up very frequently. If you encounter this error message, it will not let you log off or restart the computer, unless you unplug it. Let's see how to fix the profile storage space exceeded error.

How to Change Your Display Name in Gmail?

03 August, 2011
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Have you ever thought about changing your display name in Gmail? Display name is the name that appears on the recipient's email when you sent an email from your Gmail account. For e.g. you may have a display name like "Random Guy" when you created your Gmail, may be because you just created it for fun. Now that you think you want to change it to your real name or something else than "Random Guy". Let's see how we can make that change.

How to add Signatures with images to your Gmail

18 July, 2011
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Ever thought about having a Gmail Signatures with images or your company logo? Something like the one shown below? Yes, we can create a rich, HTML Gmail signatures by following these simple steps…

Dense Theme- A New look for your Gmail

18 July, 2011
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Do you like the interface you see below for your Gmail? The following tips will guide you through in making your Gmail with a cool, much neater and beautiful interface.

Hilarious and Funny Windows Errors

16 July, 2011
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Let's look at some of the interesting error messages:

Make Recycle bin icon appear on your Desktop in Windows

13 July, 2011
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If you've accidentally deleted the Recycle Bin icon from your Desktop or some programs have removed it, you can restore the recycle bin icon by following the simple steps below:

Check out Cosmic Panda, a new elegant experimental interface for YouTube

11 July, 2011
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Did you notice the recent changes to YouTube? Google is planning for a total revamp of YouTube and it needs users to try and give them feedbacks. The news was appeared in the YouTube blog.

Use Facebook like an Excel Spreadsheet using this simple trick

04 July, 2011
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This is for all Facebook lovers, you've got a good news. Are you in your office and feeling bad that you can't check your Facebook (Facebook login)? Worried about your boss peep in? Then this is for you, www.hardlywork.in lets you check your Facebook feeds and updates without worrying about anyone seeing you using Facebook, moreover, all of them thinks that you're so hardworking... *winks*.

Google's new Multi-Search Engine- What do you love?

01 July, 2011
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This is interesting, Google has just released a new website, which is a search engine, named "What do you love?" which can be accessed via www.wdyl.com. I've no clue what Google is trying to do with this new website, though I find it interesting, because WDYL shows results from various Google's services such as Google Search, YouTube, News, Picassa, Books, Groups, Maps, Mobile and so much more, in one single page! Awesome, right?

Quick Print (CTRL + P) option not working in Microsoft Word or Outlook or other Microsoft Office Products?

29 June, 2011
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I recently come across an issue that when I press CTRL + P on my keyboard to print a Word document, nothing happens. It used to bring up the window for quick printing the selected page or document. I just found out a solution and it's given below...

Google Search tips: Be a Google Search Expert in 5 minutes

12 June, 2011
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I am sure, you use Google at least 10 times a day. I can't live without Google, it never fails to give answers to my questions, even to the weirdest ones. How many of us really make use of Google's search features, even though we use it almost everyday? Most of us just use few keywords, and hit search, and continue doing so using various keywords until we find what we want. But there is a better way, and it is not hard to learn. If you are a technology geek and you use Google like a Pro, I would…

Steve Jobs- an inspirational commencement speech in Stanford

07 April, 2011
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This is one of my favorite speeches by Steve Jobs. Sharing with you all... "...you can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something–your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever...This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life..." "Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You’ve…

Insert images inside your Gmail

06 April, 2011
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Just found out this Google Lab (Gmail Lab) feature that let us insert images inside the Gmail. To configure it, click Settings, then Lab tab. You can find various lab features under this section. If you are already a Gmail Lab user, you can access lab by clicking on the tiny green colour funnel icon beside Settings buttons in Gmail. To read more about Gmail Lab features, click here. To insert an image inside Gmail as you compose your mail, click on the highlighted icon in screenshot below.

Let's colour our Word documents

04 April, 2011
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I always thought we could only use the limited few colours found in Text Highlight Color command for colour coding Microsoft Word documents. I recently learned through a Microsoft Blog post that we can make use of Shading to colour code our documents! Shading Shading option in Microsoft Word can be found in the Ribbon titled “Paragraph” (Home tab >> Paragraph group). Shading gives us a beautiful palette of hues, which can be used to colour code documents with any colour of our choice. All we need to do is to select the text that we need to colour…

OffiSync- Connect Microsoft Office with your Google Docs

28 March, 2011
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Are you a Google Docs user and wondered how to make a mash-up of Microsoft Office and Google Docs, making use of the brilliant Office tools for document creation and editing and Google’s cloud storage and collaboration tools? That is exactly what OffiSync can do! You can use Microsoft Office tools to create documents, such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc and store it in Google Docs, without having to login to Google Docs separately. OffiSync makes everything so easy and get the work done in few clicks! OffiSync is a tiny tool (Add-in) that stays inside the MS Office itself.…

Getting Mailbox size of users in Microsoft Exchange 2010 PowerShell

11 March, 2011
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The following article explains how we can get mail box size of particular user or all users from Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 using PowerShell commands. In previous versions of Exchange, we could view the mail box size from the Exchange console. Microsoft has added a new, powerful command line shell called PowerShell which was developed for System administrators to easily configure and maintain Windows. The following command lines can be used to retrieve user mailbox size so that administrators can monitor the size of the mailbox.

A Step by step guide to configure Microsoft Exchange server email using Outlook anywhere feature

20 February, 2011
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The following article describes the steps in setting up Microsoft Exchange email on Outlook using Outlook Anywhere feature. Outlook Anywhere feature lets users outside your corporate network to connect to the Exchange Server to access the emails. The benefits of using Outlook Anywhere feature are: ● Allows users to access emails outside the network remotely ● Not necessary to have a Virtual Private Network (VPN), as the connection to Exchange server using Outlook Anywhere uses SSL server certificate ● Prevents any unauthenticated access to Exchange server Before we begin setting up Outlook anywhere, you may want to consider creating…

Validating your BlackBerry Email Service

05 February, 2011
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Here is how you can validate your BlackBerry email service, in case if you have changed the password of your corporate/ personal email. 1) Go to Setup >> Email Setup from your BlackBerry mobile device.

Accessing Hotmail or Windows Live Mail from your Outlook 2010

21 January, 2011
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I recently installed Microsoft Office 2010 and wanted to access my Hotmail account using Outlook. The following article tells your I configured Hotmail/ Windows Live Mail account on Outlook 2010. Previous versions of Outlook lets you connect to your Hotmail accounts using the following ways: HTTP connection (a.k.a DAV connection), which connects to the mailbox syncing only the Inbox. This does not allow accessing your Contacts, Calender, etc. Outlook Connector, which obviously provided richer experience to the user such as accessing Hotmail Inbox, Contacts, Calender and most of the things that you access through Hotmail or Windows Live…

Map a network drive on a Mac computer

01 January, 2011
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Following article explains how you can add a network drive/ folders on your Mac Computer. I'm not a regular Mac user and it took me much time to figure out when I wanted to add a network drive on to an iMac. After much Googling, I found out some solution, most of those articles were just text only guidance. The following article will be very useful for people who are new to Mac and trying to figure out how each of the items explained in other forums will look like on your Mac. This is a step by step…

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