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(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

(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) Unable to Run or Open Any Programs in Windows XP, Vista or 7

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This happened to a lot of people already and is very annoying. When you open try to open your programs in your Windows computer, another program opens but then immediately produces an error message. To be specific, the file that you are trying to run are executable files with .exe file extension so when you double click to run the program, another and unknown program opens just to shoot an error message. Weird and annoying, isn’t it? This happens when an executable file (.exe file extension) are being mistakenly associated… Read More

(SOLVED) Fixing “You’ve been signed in with a temporary profile” Error in Windows 8, 8.1 or 10

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One of the most annoying and oftentimes most feared error message in the new Windows systems is the so called “Profile Error”. The error message itself is a bit scary specially among ordinary and novice computer users. The main reason why this scenario scared a lot of Windows users are: The computer is still usable but there are critical limitations.  Files from your original user profile are not accessible Files created will be deleted after signing out. The error message reads: You’ve been signed in with a temporary profile. You can’t… Read More

(SOLVED) No internet connection: One or more network protocols are missing

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No internet connection

This annoying scenario happened to a lot of people already and you are reading this article precisely because you might have experienced this problem as well. The computer is able to connect to the wired or wireless network, but then the status shows “No internet access”. And true enough, accessing any website gives you “Page cannot be displayed” or similar browser error messages. This problem happens due to several factors, including but not limited to the following: A certain “protocol” could really be missing. For instance, TCP/IP v4 could have been… Read More

(SOLVED) Adobe PageMaker 6.5 Error: Cannot create pages. Bad Record Index

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This is a software issue I encountered with a client which solution is worth sharing. The software involved here is the old Adobe PageMaker 6.5 installed in a Windows XP machine. SITUATION: In a Windows XP computer, Adobe PageMaker 6.5 was working well. All of a sudden, publications won’t print so the user decided to uninstall and then re-install. The printing problem persisted even after uninstalling and reinstalling PageMaker 6.5 three (3) times. Old publications print without any issues. But newly created publication won’t print.  Upon checking, the “Number of… Read More

(SOLVED) Microsoft Outlook can receive emails but cannot send after Windows 10 upgrade

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Since Microsoft’s release of Windows 10 to the public for free, several million of users a over the world upgraded to Windows 10. Wile others hesitated due to possible unwanted incompatibility issues. The later were right since one of the most annoying side-effects of the upgrade to Windows 10 is that MS Outlook is able to receive emails, but cannot send any emails out. Frustrating, right?  If you are unable to send an email in your MS Outlook 2007 or later program, then most likely, the very first thing that… Read More

101 Reasons to Use PureVPN Services

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In today’s world of fast-growing internet technology, pure privacy and total security is no longer a luxury. Thanks to Virtual Private Network (VPN) service providers out there for giving us the security that we need and the privacy that we deserve. As of this writing, more and more people are considering a VPN service for the two (2) main reasons above. But how would you know that a particular VPN provider is what you will need amongst the other providers? This article will describe the main features of PureVPN — the… Read More

(SOLVED) “This copy of Windows is not genuine” is showing at the bottom right of screen

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This article is for those users of Windows who bought their license and hence it is legal for them to use their version of Windows. The problem here is that, when you first install your Windows Vista or Windows 7, all is well and after few days your screen turns black and at the bottom right corner of your screen is a message saying “This copy of Windows is not genuine“. This message can be correct. Your Windows® Product Key is either NOT valid, or the key that you used during… Read More

(SOLVED) Windows Cannot Connect to Available Wireless Networks

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I encountered this weird problem when connecting to wireless networks that I felt the need to share the solution as this might help other people as well. The scenario is that, when I turn on my wireless radio, my Lenovo laptop is able to locate available wireless networks. However, when I will connect to ANY of the wireless network in the list, Windows will return an error. I am using Windows 7 but logically, the solution will still work on other versions of Windows like Vista and 8. The Problem… Read More