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How to Add and Configure Yahoo! Mail in Outlook 2010/2007

There is a big change in Yahoo Mail that came with the changes that Yahoo made with their interface in the past few months ago. These days, FREE Yahoo Mail users can now use POP and SMTP email clients to access their emails. This feature was previously available for paid version of Yahoo Mail only. Prepare Your Yahoo Mail Account for POP/SMTP Access Allow your Yahoo Mail account first to be accessed using a POP email software like MS Outlook 2007/2010/2013, Windows Live Mail, Thunderbird, etc. This is done by… Read More

How to Check Your Mailbox Size in Microsoft Outlook 2010

If you are using the well know and widely used email program – MS Outlook 2010 or the latest version, you might be enjoying its whole bunch of features. Indeed the product has evolved so much over the years. However, you need to monitor the size of your mailboxes so that they don’t get bloated over time. This is especially true if you have email accounts set up as POP or POP3. In MS Outlook, you have the option to add several email accounts. These email accounts also have the… Read More

Microsoft Word Tip: How to insert a Word file into another Word file to avoid copy and paste

There are certain times that we need to insert several pages or blocks of texts or paragraphs from one Word document to another. This is easily done using the conventional Copy & Paste method. But how about if you need an entire document to be appended to an existing Word document? In the scenario described, the copy and paste method can still be used since you can easily select all the text in the document and copy them, then paste them in the other document at insertion point. However, there… Read More

Microsoft Word Tip: Repair damaged and corrupted MS Word files easily and quickly

It is really frustrating when an MS Word file that you have worked for several hours, days or weeks will no longer open after MS Word gives an error message. This usually happens when MS Word crashed, or when your computer crashed while the Word file is still open. Repair Microsoft Word documents with ease. Easy Word Recovery offers step-by-step recovery for corrupted and erased documents made by all versions of Microsoft Word up to Word 2010. State-of-the-art Word repair algorithms enable surefooted recovery of badly damaged documents as well… Read More

My Firefox web browser is getting slow. Status bar shows “Connecting to i.74055djs.info”

Just recently, I notice that my Mozilla Firefox was becoming slow. I checked my ISP and the tests reported no internet speed issues. So I immediately suspected that this is caused by a malware infection. I also noticed that the status bar is showing “Connecting to i.74055djs.info” whenever I browse a web page. First, I needed to run a standard system scan using my Avast antivirus. Malwares were found and removed. I then setup my Avast to perform a Boot Scan, then restarted my computer, some other malwares were removed…. Read More

How to Defragment Drive C

As your computer is used, many times data are written to your hard disk drive. These happen when you create a file and save it to your hard drive, when you copy files from external drives like portable hard disk drives or USB Flash drives, when you download files from the internet, and many other sources. On the other hand, many times data are also removed or deleted from the disk drive. These happen when you delete a file or files and moved them to your Recycle Bin, when you… Read More

How to completely remove Ask.com toolbar and nuisance from your Windows computer

You might wonder how in the world you got the Ask.com thingy that annoys you when you browse the internet. Ask.com is a legitimate toolbar and you can get it in many ways. However, removal of this thing can be tricky or troublesome. A. Uninstall Ask.com Toolbar from Control Panel First, go to your Control Panel and open Programs and Features to see the list of all programs installed in your computer. Normally, Ask.com will not be listed there. But check for any program in the list where the “Publisher”… Read More

How to tell how long your Windows computer has been running

Have you experienced forgetting to turn off the computer that was left unused? Or using the computer for long hours that you worry if the hardware blows up with matching smoke and smelly fumes? Some computers, especially laptop computers can be used for long hours as they are not heating up so easily as compared to desktop computers. However, in case you need to inspect as to how long your Windows computer has been running, please do the following: If it has been too long already, you might decide to… Read More