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How to Print an email from Mail App in Windows 8

Windows 8 has incorporated a lot of changes and has made some tasks really simple. For instance, it has introduced a simple way by which users can discover the devices that are connected to and contained in their PC. So, […]

Change Control Panel View by Settings in Windows 7 | 8

Windows 8 – like Windows 7 – allows you to open the Control Panel, with 3 different views. You can make it open in the default view, which is Category-wise. Many find this very useful as one can find the […]

Staying safe on the Internet with Java; or being safer without it!

Two applications most of us have installed on our Windows computers and which need to be updated very frequently are Flash and Java. Java is basically a technology used to create animated or interactive web content. So in order to […]

Disable Splash Screen in Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint programs

Whenever you start any Microsoft Office programs like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, etc, you get to see a Splash Screen first, before the program actually starts. The splash screen is required to fill up the time between the time the […]

Create, Organize, Name, Tile Groups on Start Screen in Windows 8

Over time you may find that your Windows 8 Start Screen may end up displaying a lot of tiles, making it look cluttered and difficult to find program shortcuts. There is no way to display yet smaller size of the […]

Enable Windows Mouse Pointer Shadow feature

The earlier versions of Windows OS had the Mouse Pointer Shadow enabled by default. While some found this feature visually pleasing, others found it of no use – and yet some others wanted to increase performance by saving that bit of resource – and they, […]

Remove Open Folder in new window context menu option in Windows File Explorer

Today, when I was browsing my files, I observed that for every folder, in its right-click context menu, there is an option to open it in a new window. I have never used this option. Some of you may find […]

How to view App Sizes and Available Storage in Windows 8

If you have installed any of the preview versions of Windows 8, you probably know that you can load your Windows PC with many useful apps. All the apps, paid as well as free, sport a ‘Metro’ interface and can […]

How to add templates and insert videos in Word 2013

The new version of Microsoft Office 2013 has lots of great stuff, one being its word processing program – Word 2013 using which a user can insert a video in a  document, edit a PDF file, choose a template and do lot more. […]

Show or Hide Data Usage for Wireless Networks in Windows 8

Many users at the end of each month receive big data bills, unaware of the fact that they had crossed the data limit. Smartphone users especially face this problem. Though many Internet Service Providers via different ways do alert you when your data usage […]

Windows has blocked access to this file. Unblock a File.

At times, you may download a file from the Internet or receive one by email. Windows classifies certain files as unsafe downloads and attachments by identifying the files type and the security settings for each file. For doing this, it […]

How to Enable and Save Chat History in Outlook.com Web mail

There are many benefits of saving chat history. For instance, you can retrieve a lost web address or access the exact course of conversation that you had days ago. Whatever the case is, the feature can really prove handy at […]

How to Block Junk, Spam and Unwanted mail in Outlook.com

Many email service providers gift their users daily with unwanted emails which are at best, annoying and at worst, malicious! Most of these unwanted emails are from advertising companies, which either promises to make us rich quickly or offer us […]

Tips To Use The Mouse In Windows 8/10

There is no doubt that Windows 8 is completely optimized for touch based devices. However, Microsoft did not forget about the majority of users who will be using PCs or notebooks with no touch features. It is like going back […]

How to Import Contacts to Outlook.com from Facebook, Twitter, Google, LinkedIn, etc

All of you may agree with me about a fact that no email service is of use unless it has contacts in the contact list. While you may have created your account with Microsoft’s latest webmail serviced Outlook.com, chances are […]

How to delete or close Outlook.com email account permanently

Microsoft’s latest web mail service, Outlook.com comes with all the goods such as huge amount of storage space, better editing features, immersive interface and of course support for social networking sites. All these features and many more make the webmail […]

How To Configure Outlook.com Email With Microsoft Outlook Desktop

You may have already heard of Hotmail upgrading to Outlook.com. You can now get new email IDs related to domain Outlook.com. In fact, you can have both domains – Outlook.com and Hotmail.com related to same account. You can change them […]

Advanced CMD Tricks for Windows 10/8/7

If you have been a Windows user for a long time, I am sure you must have used Command Prompt. Even today, the CMD helps in performing many advanced administrative functions, and in troubleshooting Windows related issues. We have earlier, already […]

Force Windows 10/8 To Have Hybrid Boot, Always On

One of the new features of Windows 8/10 is “Fast Startup” that is also known as Hybrid Boot. We had a look at it a few days back. The work of this feature is to save the current kernel session […]

Enable or Disable Toast Notifications in Windows 8

Windows users are familiar with the balloon notifications, which one saw in Windows 7 and earlier, near the task bar notification area or system tray. These balloon notifications helped inform users about the happening on their computer. While this was […]