So, you’ve got yourself a shiny new Windows 11 computer—congratulations! Whether you’re a seasoned techie or a casual user, getting your computer set up for peak performance and maximum security is essential. In this guide, we’ll break down the steps to help you optimize and secure your new device, all in plain language that anyone can follow. 1. Update Windows Right Away The first thing you should do is make sure Windows 11 is up to date. Microsoft frequently releases updates to fix bugs, improve performance, and patch security vulnerabilities…. Read More
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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
How to Convert Individual Sheets in a Workbook Into Separate PDF Files
If you are using Microsoft Excel for work or business, you might find it useful to print the Excel sheets as PDF file for better reporting as the contents of the PDF files cannot be modified easily compared to a raw Excel file. Besides, most computers and mobile devices can read PDF files but cannot read Excel files as MS Excel is a proprietary software. There are basically two (2) ways to produce a PDF file from MS Excel file as described in the succeeding texts. Converting Excel file to… Read More
Recovering data on damaged drives (HDD, Flash Disk Drives, External Hard Disk Drives)
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
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
Microsoft Office Tips: How to Install and Use Microsoft Office Organization Chart Creator
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
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?
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
Keypad of Wireless and USB Keyboard Stopped Working (SOLVED)
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