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Recovering data on damaged drives (HDD, Flash Disk Drives, External Hard Disk Drives)

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We normally depend on local hard disk drives in storing our important data. Important documents especially those work or profession related, emails, and family pictures are usually stored in local hard drives, USB Flash drives or External Hard Disk Drives. Though storing your files in a local drive is not improper practice, I highly recommend that you keep backups for your important files. By backups I mean storing them in more than one drive just in case the boot drive is damaged by simple wear and tear. Hard disk drives… Read More

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

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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

How to discover useful websites using Similar Sites

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When you are looking for something or finding solutions to your computer related problems, you normally just Google it. However, Google search results give you random list of sites ranked in the order Google thinks they are relevant to your needs. This is indeed an intelligent search ranking to ensure that you will get what you really want for your search. My friend was working as a Pet Specialist for Cats and Dogs in the world’s leading Question and Answer site called http://JustAnswer.com. This site is is full of top-notch professionals… Read More

Microsoft Office Tips: How to Install and Use Microsoft Office Organization Chart Creator

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Some people are looking for organizational charting software to create the organization chart of their company or organization. Organizational chart software come in various forms: freeware, shareware, free trials and proprietary or commercial. There are also online org chart tools that allow you to create your chart using your web browser. However, whether you are trying to create a corporate organization chart, or an org chart of your small group, you can create these org charts in MS Word. There are 3 ways that you can do this in MS… Read More

How to roll back your Windows 10 Upgrade to your previous version of Windows

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A free upgrade to the newest stable release of Windows 10 was good news to every Windows users especially those who are qualified for a free upgrade within one (1) year from its release. And indeed, millions of Windows users reserved their free upgrade slot, and on its release date, performed the upgrade. Welcome to Windows 10. Unfortunately, not everyone who upgraded their legitimate version of Windows OS had a happy ending. In fact, several hundreds of thousands of those who upgraded in the first month of its release ended… Read More

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

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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

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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

Keypad of Wireless and USB Keyboard Stopped Working (SOLVED)

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Here is a scenario that many of the Logitech and Microsoft wireless and USB keyboard users are experiencing with their keyboards under Windows 8 and 10: The keyboard is working just fine but then the keypad suddenly stopped working. You try to connect another keyboard of the same model, either USB or wireless, and the keyboard is working fine including the keypad. However, after some time, the keypad suddenly stopped working as well. Then the user wonders if the problem is a defective keypad, or if the whole keyboard is… Read More

HP BIOS and HDD password removal and recovery

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If you have an HP computer, either it is a desktop, laptop, netbook or ultrabook, it is indeed a huge problem is you forgot your computer’s BIOS password or Hard Disk Drive (HDD) password. The BIOS is password-protected for the purpose of restricting changes in your BIOS settings. On the other hand, the Hard Disk Drive (HDD) is password protected to prevent the computer from being used by anyone except the owner who created the HDD password. Even though the purpose of protecting the computer BIOS or HDD with a… Read More

How to unlock user and owner passwords of a PDF file

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A PDF (Portable Document Format) file is widely used today. The reason for this is because it is “portable”, as the PDF file type is intended to be. With PDF files, computers, smartphones and other devices can open open them readily using a PDF reader. Examples of well known PDF reader software include Adobe Reader and FoxIt Reader. One good feature about PDF software like Adobe Acrobat is the ability to lock the PDF file for opening and viewing. That is, a password is required before teh PDF file can… Read More