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How to install IIS on windows 7 or Vista
If you are a developer and you are using Windows 7, installing IIS (internet information server) would be the first thing you would like to do. Installing IIS is just installing one of the Windows component but the steps involved are sometimes hard to find, since its not installed by default. So let
Read Full PostPDF Preview Handler Error Outlook 2007 & how to Fix it!
(Preview Handler) Many must have upgraded to MS Office 2007, a totally redesigned-from-scratch Software which has turned out beautifully & Further, many in the office rely on the ever-important Outlook 2007 to take care of their E-mailing needs. For Quite some time now I have been using ou
Read Full PostMS Office 2007. Vital Step towards Office 2010!!
People are STILL using Office 2003 (Some Even Office XP!! released in Year 2001!!). Released on November 17, 2003, Office 2003 instantly shot to fame because of a very important point. Microsoft started listening to people’s views & took them seriously. This was not evident in their earlier re
Read Full PostChm (Compiled Help) files not opening in Microsoft Vista or XP
You have downloaded a help file or manual and instead of helping you , it made you search on - “how to open a chm file?” . Well certainly this problem is faced by many and usually we assume that the downloaded file is corrupted or is incomplete. Apparently there can be several other reasons too.
Read Full PostBrowser of Choice
With Microsoft recently announcing that Windows 7 will have a "Choice of Browers" instead of being stuck with IE 8 (at least till you download a browser of your choice). I thought of giving you a low-down of ALL the Popular Browsers available out there. Contenders: Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safa
Read Full PostHow to schedule emails using Microsoft Outlook
Heya Folks, Most of us use Outlook Express for our work Email and few others use it for their personal accounts as well. At times you may need to schedule some emails to be sent later in the day. Or you might want to write certain emails and schedule it in such a way that all of them should not b
Read Full PostWindows 7 launch party in Ludhiana, Punjab
Hey Folks, Its been really a socially active year for me and I added a lot to my surprise when my name got finalized to host the Microsoft Windows 7 launch party. Wonder what am I talking about ? Well some of you might have seen Microsoft advertising about this launch party since long now. Most o
Read Full PostMicrosoft office web apps in reply to google docs
Today Microsoft has announced start of its Office Web Apps. This online version of Microsoft office is introduced to add more power to Microsoft office 2010. The access to web version of office is currently invite-only and will be passed on to some participants using their windows live id. This is l
Read Full PostYahoo agrees with Microsoft to stand against Google
The deal between Microsoft & Yahoo which has been lingering on since almost a year finally gave some clues yesterday(jul 28). Yahoo and Microsoft has agreed to an online search and advertising partnership as reported by Reuters. As seen in the past both Microsoft & Yahoo have been very str
Read Full PostSet Videos as wallpaper with Microsoft Dreamscene
Hey Folks, Its an era when we are going to see lots of changes in the operating systems for sure. With the launch of Windows 7 and google announced its own operating system rising from Chrome it surely fantasizes everyone. Just to add some more fun to your Microsoft windows desktop I wanted to
Read Full PostSims 3: Game Review
On June 2nd, 2009 EA released the next chapter for one of the most popular gaming series – The Sims. The Sims 3 brings a lot of new stuff to the table, while improves on what was already there. We have a look how. First thing you will notice the moment you launch the game is the new graphics engi
Read Full PostLaunchy in Windows – Who needs the Start Menu?
[caption id="attachment_806" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Launchy in Windows - Who needs the Start Menu?"][/caption] Notice anything different in this screenshot? Well, if you have used Linux or Mac, you must have definitely come across GNOME Do (in Linux) or Quicksilver (in Mac).
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