Author Archive: Andre
How To Automatically Log Into Windows 7
If you would like to automatically log into Windows 7, you can have the operating system do so. There is a potential security risk, I strongly would not recommend you do this on a laptop, public or shared computer. If it’s a stationary computer that is in your home office or study, then the risk [...]
How to manually download and install Windows Updates
Just like downloading offline definitions for your Antivirus utility, you can do the same for Windows Updates. If you are on a slow connection, or lack the consistent availability of Internet and would like to keep your machine updated offline, this article will show you how. Offline updates can also be important if you work [...]
How To Do a Windows 7 Repair Upgrade
Sometimes you have to reinstalling Windows. You might wonder if this means backing up files as well as reinstalling applications and drivers. You don’t have to. One way to get around this, while fixing whatever problem you are having with Windows 7, is to do a simple repair upgrade. A repair upgrade is the simple [...]
How to Reinstall or Repair Microsoft Office
If you are experiencing problems with your Microsoft Office applications, such as applications not opening, not responding or unexpected error messages, then a reinstall or repair might be in order. The first thing to try is a repair installation. A repair installation fixes broken program files that might be preventing Microsoft Office from functioning properly. [...]
How to create a side by side installation with different versions of Microsoft Office
If you want to have more than one version of Microsoft Office installed on your computer you can do so by creating a side by side installation. This can be for a number of reasons, including convenience and compatibility. For instance, you might need to share a database with users running an older version of [...]
How To Change Your Computer’s Language Setup
Technology, of course, has to adapt to a varied environment. For the families, communities and businesses that use more than one language, Windows 7 makes working in such scenarios easier with multi-lingual input. How to enable language input? The first thing we will need to do is enable support for additional languages. Click Start, type: [...]
How to change Taskbar Notification Area behavior (Quick Tip)
In Windows 7 the Taskbar Notification Area, or System Tray, displays a collection of items used for alerting and quickly adjusting basic system settings such as volume, network, battery power, computer issues, date and time. In this tutorial, we show you how to display and hide items that appear in the Notification Area. Click the [...]
How to disable web browser add ons (Browser Helper Objects)
Browser add-on’s can be very handy; extending the functionality of your favorite web browser. At the same time they can also affect its stability and performance. The more add-ons running in the background, the more likely it can also be an easy target for someone to maliciously target an add-on to compromise the web browser. [...]
How to create your first Microsoft Access database
Many of you have Microsoft Access installed on your computer and aren’t taking advantage of it. But a database can be a tool that solves many of your problems. What is a database? A database is a container which stores a variety of information. The principal way of storing information in a Microsoft Access database is with [...]
How to Setup Accounts in Windows Live Mail
In this article we show you how to setup an email account in Windows Live Mail 2011 for the first time. We also show how to add an existing email account if you already have Windows Live Mail set up. When you launch Windows Live Mail 2011 for the first time you are prompted to [...]
