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How to speed up your computer’s startup time

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Sometimes, you might notice that as you use your computer through time, it will eventually slow down. This is noticeable at startup and also noticeable when you work with several software at the same time. Though Microsoft Windows is built with multitasking capability, coupled with fast hardware technology, slowing down of your computer occurs for many reasons: Your computer could have been infected with a malware or worm that runs unwanted processes in the background choking your system by taking up much of your system resources (How to keep your… Read More

How to Import Bookmarks to Chrome

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When you are using other web browsers like Internet Explorer, Firefox or others, you might have bookmarked certain websites or web pages for future reference or viewing. These bookmarks or Favorites are only available to the web browser that you are using when you did the bookmarking or adding to Favorites. That is, when you are using Firefox, all bookmarks are only present in your Firefox browser. The same thing is true when you are using other browsers like Internet Explorer, Safari, or others. It is good to know that… Read More

How to Reset Internet Explorer (IE Web Browser)

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Since Internet Explorer is intertwined or part of any Windows computers, most of the times, installation of Windows updates and any other system changes affect the behavior of the Internet Explorer (IE) web browser. Also, as you are using the IE browser, accumulated “temporary internet files” and installed plugins or add-ons cause IE to break and become utterly useless. In this case, the very first step to resolve the issue is to reset the IE settings back to defaults. Here are the steps: IE Reset: Option 1 (if IE still opens… Read More

How to Run Check Disk to Repair your Hard Disk Drive

How Tos Windows Tips

Sometimes your Windows may crash giving you a blue screen or it can just restart immediately without you doing anything in your computer. Windows can also be faulty in a sense that loading of files or opening certain programs can take too long than normal. In this case you can run a Check Disk on your hard disk drive to allow Windows to check the consistency of your hard disk drive and repair error automatically. Here are the procedures in a Windows 7 computer. Older versions of Windows like XP… Read More

How to Access an Elevated Command Prompt

Windows Tips

When doing administrative tasks on a Windows computer, most of the times you need to access the DOS command prompt in an elevated mode. That is, you are using the command prompt as an Administrator or with Administrator privileges. Here are the steps to access an elevated Command Prompt in Windows 7 or older computers: Click Start => All Programs => Accessories Locate Command Prompt. Do not click on it yet Instead, right-click on it then click on “Run as Administrator” When prompted, click on YES to confirm the action… Read More

(SOLVED) All contacts in Windows Live Mail are gone or not syncing

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Windows Live Mail

Consider this scenario: You have been using Windows Live Mail for quite a long time. Everything is working fine and you just loved it. After several months or even years of using it, you have accumulated a lot of email addresses or contacts in your Windows Live Mail.  Then suddenly a disaster happened. You opened Windows Live Mail one day and all your contacts are gone. You accessed your email account on the web and all contacts are intact there. But not in Windows Live Mail. Then you start blaming… Read More

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(Solved) OneNote for Windows 10 (App) Crashes After Recent Windows Updates

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Microsoft OneNote

Microsoft OneNote is a free software from Microsoft that is used by millions of Windows and Mac users for free-form information gathering and multi-user collaboration. OneNote allows gathering and creating of users’ notes (both handwritten or typed), drawings, screen clippings and audio materials. Notes can then be shared with other OneNote users over the Internet or a network. Using Microsoft OneDrive, a user’s notes can also be made accessible by syncing these notes in any compatible devices. Recently, with the release of several Microsoft Office Updates and Windows 8/10 Updates,… Read More

(SOLVED) Outlook 2013 or 2016 stopped working with error code 0x80004005

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Outlook Error Fix

This very annoying error has been reported several times from people who upgraded their version of Windows to the latest Windows 10, or to those who upgraded their MS Office to the latest 2013 or 2016 versions. In most cases, Outlook is able to send and receive emails just fine but the annoying error pops up every now and then. In other cases, Outlook is unable to send and/or receive due to the error. Other solutions include the following: Repairing the MS Office installation through Control Panel Downloading and installing… Read More