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How to Protect Your Yahoo Mail Account After Being Hacked (The Last Step is a MUST!)

The internet is never a safe place and email accounts are being hacked everyday. Yahoo! Mail is not an exception. Though there are several reasons why email accounts are being hacked, like phishing, malware infection, or even server exploits, still one thing is true, email accounts can be hacked, like your Yahoo! Mail account. How can you tell that your account was hacked or compromised? Well, the obvious is when your known password is rejected, or when your contacts called you informing you that they are receiving emails that you… Read More

How to Print an Email Message in Hotmail / Outlook.com

Since the changing of the classic Hotmail interface to Outlook.com, several changes took place. One of these changes is printing your emails. This is because as an entirely new interface, the commands and links are arranged and organized differently. The steps below are the common ways print your emails in this new Hotmail interface: Step 1: Using your web browser, go to http://hotmail.com and then login to your account. Step 2: When signed in, click to open the email message that you want to print. Step 3: To print, please locate the “triple-dot” button at… Read More

Setting Up a Vacation Reply (auto-responder) in Gmail

If you have been using Hotmail/Outlook.com using a web browser, then you must be able to setup your vacation auto reply system. (Haven’t tried it yet? Click this link for the procedures.) If you have Gmail, you also have that feature available.  By default, this feature is turned OFF in Gmail. The reason for this is because this feature shall only be onced once you are away for a vacation and that you are unable to get access to your Gmail account. This is the best and polite way of telling… Read More

Setting Up a Vacation Reply in Hotmail/Outlook.com

With the new Outlook.com interface of Hotmail, there are several cool features added to make your email experience better. One of these features is the Vacation Reply capability. This is also called an Out-Of-Office message in other email programs. When you are planning to go out-of-town with your family and expecting less time checking your Hotmail/Outlook.com emails, you can setup a Vacation Reply. This Vacation Reply is essential since your customized message will be automatically sent to people who contacted you in your Hotmail/Outlook.com account while you are away for… Read More

Setting Up a Vacation Reply in Yahoo Mail

Gmail has it. And so with Hotmail. If you are using Yahoo Mail, you too have the ability to use a Vacation Reply. This is a simply email template that Yahoo Mail will send to people who contact you while you are away for a vacation. This Vacation Reply or response is just a simple message informing the people who contatced you through your Yahoo Mail that you are out of the office and can attend to their business needs at a later time. This feature is applicable when you are using… Read More

Microsoft Outlook keeps prompting for password. Not using Exchange. I cannot access Credential Manager

There is a very common issue with Microsoft products: bugs. I am very sorry to single it out but reality speaks and I believe you also have “buggy experiences” with your Microsoft software. When it comes to Microsoft Outlook software, versions 2007, 2010, 2013 and later, some people got annoyed with a perpetual prompt for network password as shown in the image at the left. You might be reading this because you too are having the same problem. That is not surprising, as thousands of people are searching for a… Read More

I am experiencing problems with Hotmail. Is Hotmail/Outlook.com service down?

You might wonder why your Hotmail email is not working now when it was just working yesterday, or two days ago, or even just few hours ago. Is Hotmail service temporarily down? A good and valid question. Millions of email users are utilizing the free Hotmail email service, now Outlook.com. Because of this huge volume of users, sometimes Hotmail servers experience technical problems causing an unscheduled maintenance service interruption. So before concluding that your account could have been hacked, or your computer being infected with a virus or malware, it… Read More

How to Simply Move your Email Messages from Windows Live Mail to MS Outlook

If you are using Windows Live Mail and you have already accumulated a lot of email messages, you might wonder how you can transfer all your existing email messages to your MS Outlook when you decide to discontinue your Windows Live Mail. The process is straightforward especially if Windows Live Mail and MS Outlook 2007, 2010 or 2013 are both installed in the same computer. If MS Outlook is not installed on the same computer where Windows Live Mail is installed, the process detailed below is not applicable. Instead, you… Read More

How to Change or Update your Gmail Password

Everyday thousands of email accounts are being hacked or compromised. This figure includes Yahoo Mail, Hotmail, AOL, Gmail, and many others. One of the basic step or best practice to secure your email account is to change your password regularly. This article shows how to change the password in a Gmail account. Remember to always use a strong password so that your account will take thousands or millions of years for a hacker to hack. For more information about creating secure passwords, read this article. Changing your Gmail Password You can… Read More