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How to capture or take a screen shot on a Windows computer

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Windows provides a way to capture the screen of your computer. This is useful when someone asked you for the actual look of your screen as part of a troubleshooting procedure where you cannot allow the other person to remotely control your computer. Capturing your screen and saving the image or picture will then allow you to send the screen shots to help the other person visualize your problem scenario. To make a screen capture, here are the steps: Prepare the desktop or screen that you want to capture. That… Read More

How to Fix a Corrupted Recycle Bin

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If you are experiencing a weird or uncommon behavior of your Recycle Bin, like when you cannot empty it, or when the Recycle Bin icon in your Desktop always shows clear or empty when in fact there are deleted items when you open it, then it is most likely a corruption issue. In this case, the very first thing that you can try is to RESET your Recycle Bin. By resetting your Recycle Bin, Windows will automatically re-create the $Recycle.Bin folder after resetting the old and corrupted version. Here are… Read More

How to Cleanup Google Chrome for Cached Data and Browsing History

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Sometime, when your Google Chrome browser is acting faulty, like when it is too slow to load or when some sites won’t load at all,please try to use other browser like Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer and see if the said site or sites are working. If they do, then the problem is NOT with those sites, but with your Google Chrome browser. First, clear the browsing history of Google Chrome to get rid of all outdated cookies, huge bulk of cached data and all junk stuffs that the browser is no… Read More

How to speed up your computer’s startup time

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Sometimes, you might notice that as you use your computer through time, it will eventually slow down. This is noticeable at startup and also noticeable when you work with several software at the same time. Though Microsoft Windows is built with multitasking capability, coupled with fast hardware technology, slowing down of your computer occurs for many reasons: Your computer could have been infected with a malware or worm that runs unwanted processes in the background choking your system by taking up much of your system resources (How to keep your… Read More

How to Reset Internet Explorer (IE Web Browser)

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Since Internet Explorer is intertwined or part of any Windows computers, most of the times, installation of Windows updates and any other system changes affect the behavior of the Internet Explorer (IE) web browser. Also, as you are using the IE browser, accumulated “temporary internet files” and installed plugins or add-ons cause IE to break and become utterly useless. In this case, the very first step to resolve the issue is to reset the IE settings back to defaults. Here are the steps: IE Reset: Option 1 (if IE still opens… Read More

How to Run Check Disk to Repair your Hard Disk Drive

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Sometimes your Windows may crash giving you a blue screen or it can just restart immediately without you doing anything in your computer. Windows can also be faulty in a sense that loading of files or opening certain programs can take too long than normal. In this case you can run a Check Disk on your hard disk drive to allow Windows to check the consistency of your hard disk drive and repair error automatically. Here are the procedures in a Windows 7 computer. Older versions of Windows like XP… Read More

How to Access an Elevated Command Prompt

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When doing administrative tasks on a Windows computer, most of the times you need to access the DOS command prompt in an elevated mode. That is, you are using the command prompt as an Administrator or with Administrator privileges. Here are the steps to access an elevated Command Prompt in Windows 7 or older computers: Click Start => All Programs => Accessories Locate Command Prompt. Do not click on it yet Instead, right-click on it then click on “Run as Administrator” When prompted, click on YES to confirm the action… Read More

(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