Author Archive: Andre
How to Use Virtualization Software: Virtual PC
Over the past few years computers have gotten extremely powerful, which has made things once possible only on large server computers common on desktops and laptops. Virtualization is one such utility which is now available and affordable on most systems. What is Virtualization? Virtualization is the ability to run more than one operating system on [...]
How to Install and Use Languages in Windows 7 Enterprise and Ultimate
We recently took a look at how to use input languages in Windows 7. In this follow up, we focus on multi-language support in Windows 7. Unlike Input Language, this allows us to make Windows 7 display and work in a different language apart from the default language. This is great if you are sharing [...]
How to: Working With Fonts in Windows 7
One of the major improvements in Windows 7 is how you manage fonts in the system. With Windows 7 an old relic has also been removed, the Install Font Dialog Box: The Install Font Dialogue Box, circa 1992 Install Font Dialog in Windows Vista, year 2006 Fonts can be installed multiple ways in Windows 7: [...]
How To Manually Download and Install Antivirus Offline Definitions
If you are in a situation where your internet connection is not reliable but you would like to keep your Antivirus utility updated, you may want to manually download your antivirus definitions. As I live in a rural part of the parish of Manchester, Jamaica I get by using a GPRS modem to connect to [...]
How to Create a Mail Merge Document Using Microsoft Word
Want to send or mail out a document to a list of different people? Instead of typing out every single one, or copying and pasting information for each individual person you would like to send the document to, you can simplify things by using Mail Merge. Let’s take a look at creating a Mail Merge [...]
How To Diagnose and Resolve Blue Screens of Death (BSODs)
Windows 7 is built on the reliability of the Windows NT code base, which has strong lineage dating back to the early 90’s. With recent releases of Windows such as Vista and Windows 7, the platform is even more robust. However, Windows is still susceptible to instability. But are the root causes of this always [...]
How To Get Support for Windows 7 Activation Issues
Over the weekend, customers who purchased Windows 7 licenses from Microsoft’s Online Store were reporting issues either activating their licenses or genuine licenses purchased years ago from the Microsoft Store suddenly reporting as non-genuine. There seems to be some problems with the Microsoft Activation Center at this time. If you happen to be experiencing this [...]
How to change languages in Windows Live Hotmail (Quick Tip)
If you need to work in a different language in Windows Live Hotmail, you can change the default language used by the web mail service. Lets take a look at how to do that: Click Options, then click More options… Under Customizing Hotmail, click Language. Choose one of the available languages. Scroll down to the [...]
Remove A Photo’s Background Using Office 2010
Microsoft Office 2010 includes some advanced tools that let you easily edit your photos without the need to turn to a third party program, such as Microsoft Paint or Adobe Photoshop. With Remove Background you can easily remove the background in a photo. So, if you just want to have a foreground object such as a [...]
How to enable Read Receipts in Windows Live Mail or Microsoft Outlook (Quick Tip)
Ever send out an important email message and spent time after wondering if the recipient read it? Well you can confirm it from now on using Read Receipts. With Read Receipts you can verify when a message you send has been read by the recipient. Let’s take a look at how to set it up [...]
