Month: March 2010

Microsoft, Mozilla, Adobe and Foxit Bugs and Their Critical Patches

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Several software companies are releasing a whole range of patches and quick fixes for all the little bugs that are appearing on their laptops and PCs. Although Microsoft has reached a record one patch for the most recent cycle, this patch proves to be a pretty important one considering that it will fix a bug allows online hackers to steal information and possibly take over your computer once you view a compromised website.

This patch basically attempts to resolve the errors in Internet Explorer 5 for Windows 2000; Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP; and Internet Explorer 7 for Windows Vista and XP. It seems like this may also affect Internet Explorer 8 as well, although it has not been necessary for the more robust version that came out with Windows 7. All of these patches are readily available online and can be gotten by simply running the Windows Update on your PC.

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How to make Microsoft Outlook Work Better for You

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Electronic mail, whether for personal or professional purposes is now the most common form of written communication. Software for writing, sending, and receiving email is called email clients and the most popular is Microsoft Outlook. Other ways of managing email make use of web applications. Two of the most popular web mail apps are Gmail by Google.com and Yahoo Mail. Because Outlook is a stand-alone application and mainly because it is made by Microsoft, it is only natural for the product to have millions of users worldwide. This is important because any improvement in Outlook means that the lives of its millions of users are improved as well. A lobby by millions of Outlook users for improving the software is on the way to Microsoft. However, there is no need to wait for maker of the software to update the email client for it to work better for you because with a little tweaking, Outlook can make you more productive professionally as well as on a personal level.

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Windows 7 Computers For The Desktop

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While the combined sales of laptops and other types of mobile computers now surpass those of desktop models, the exciting features (and not to mention the much improved computing experience) of Microsoft’s latest operating system opens new horizons for Windows 7 desktop computers. Desktop computers, compared to mobile devices, have always been more diverse in terms of looks, functionality, and performance. The world’s largest maker of CPUS, Intel is marketing a new range of powerful multiple core processors that take advantage of the latest hardware designs. AMD, Intel’s main rival, also have a new line of multiple-core 64 bit microprocessors. When these chips are married to Windows 7, everyone can see why the upgrade path from Windows XP to Windows 7 has been well worth the wait.

In this article, we will discuss what differentiates one type of desktop computer from the other, the advantages as well as the shortcomings of each design. We will also talk about the computer brands that best exemplify the category.

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Advice for Surviving Tech Issues

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Instead of spending hours trying to get the online and phone technical support you need for your computer problems, here are some tips that you can follow for the succeeding list of PC problems that you may encounter so that the process of getting the technical support you need is a much smoother one.

The Dreaded Crash

Everyone has experienced, or will experience, this at least once in their life. Your PC just won’t start up, your data is getting eaten, you just don’t know. After this you pick up the phone to call tech support with the little information that you have on your side of the line, ready to spend hours on it doing trial and error tests.

Know the Problem

Try to find out more about your PC problem before making the call. Start by trying to troubleshoot the problem yourself. By doing this, you will be able to collect more details and information on your PC and in your trial and error tests that you can write down and note to tell tech support when the time comes that you really need to call them. Don’t get too stressed out in the process. Think of this process as a way together data on the problem so that when you do a consultation, you can save time and money by preventing a longwinded phone conversation. Initially, also search forums on another PC or laptop that may have information on similar problem that you are having and try to apply suggested solutions given by other people.

Start your testing sessions by rebooting your PC to Safe Mode. PC users can go straight to this mode by pressing down on F8 as your PC starts up when you reboot it. Another way is to boot from a recovery disc and check the system install, the RAM, and your hard drives by using the diagnostic tools on Windows. Make sure all connections are secure to your PC or that even the video card or RAM chip is in its proper place.

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See your future home or renovations in 3D

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…before spending any money on expensive services and materials. Ashampoo Home Designer is a professional-quality 3D home planning tool for everyone. It lets you experiment as much as you like with what fits and how it looks before spending a single cent on materials or services. The ability to look at the planned rooms outside and inside from every perspective helps to avoid expensive mistakes – it`s like being there, and it`s completely different from looking at pencil sketches on graph paper.

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Opera 10.50 looks like Google Chrome but offers more

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New user interface, quicker JavaScript, anonymous mode, better windows usage and the ability to run widgets from Windows desktop directly. This is what the early released Opera (due to Ballot screen) looks like. In June 2009 everyone expected that Opera 10.00 would be close to being finished, but they were wrong. Meanwhile Norwegian programmers unexpectedly started to work on Opera Unite, which serves today as a multifunctional web server while Operas development has continued.

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