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Import & open ICS Calendar file in Outlook.com

admin — Mon, 20 May 2013 04:42:54 +0000

Do you want to import ICS Calendar file to Outlook.com email account? ICS file format import is supported by Outlook.com email service from Microsoft. For starters, ICS is a static calendar that does not update automatically like: holidays, birthdays, important global events and so on. You can import ICS file and add respective events to calendar [...]

Keyboard shortcut to open Windows Task Manager

admin — Fri, 03 May 2013 12:36:45 +0000

Window users familiar with “Task Manager” often open it to check on current processes and other details. Usually, one would right click on the taskbar at the bottom and then click on “Start Task Manager” option. This opens “Windows Task Manager”, yeah fine – do you want to open task manager window more quickly using [...]

Check if Outlook.com email service is down

admin — Thu, 02 May 2013 11:54:38 +0000

When outlook.com website not opening on the computer, one can explore lot of possibilities to check on this problem. Is there problem with my computer or internet connection? Is the Outlook.com website hacked or gown down due to some server problem at Microsoft’s center? Fortunately, there is no need to check on multiple parameters as [...]

Find shared folders & stop sharing on Windows PC

admin — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 03:22:23 +0000

Sometimes we share folders with friends on the network and forget to turn off sharing. This can be very critical for data in the shared folders. Hence, it is important to turn off sharing when not required. For this we need to know shared folders on Windows 8 and 7 computer. Fortunately, there are quick [...]

Create new Google account using non-Gmail ID

admin — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 06:08:28 +0000

When you select username while creating a new Google account, a Gmail email account with same username is automatically created during sign-up process. If you do not intend to use Gmail email account and is only creating new Google account to access other Google services, then creating Google account without Gmail account sign-up is a [...]

Clear commands history of Run box on Windows

admin — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 04:16:34 +0000

Do you often use Run box to quickly access programs, folders and files? Users who prefer keyword, love to type commands in the Run box to launch programs as against clicking program’s name in the start menu using mouse. Every-time you enter any command in the Run box, it is stored as history. You can [...]