A very common problem at Windows computers is the Numlock state at Windows startup. The above problem affects users with numbers in their passwords and it is an annoying problem for them because they always have to press the Numlock key
In this tutorial you will find instructions to fix the "Outlook Search Not Working" problem in Outlook 2016, 2013, 2010 or 2007. On a Windows 7 based computer we observed this problem: Outlook 2010 returned incomplete search results. In fact, Outlook email search displayed just a few results and didn't display the most recent emails […]
One of my customers brought his laptop today in my laboratory with the following strange problem in Internet Explorer: a black bar appeared at the right side of the browser window in every website we visited. At the same time, all other browsers worked without problems. As I have noticed in the past this strange […]
On a customer’s computer, the following error appeared when the user tried to open links in email messages using Outlook 2007: “This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator”. The user was already the administrator of his computer and the above error occurred after the installation of […]
SmartScreen filter in Internet Explorer 8 and above versions is a security feature that helps you stay protected from malicious sites and software that can harm your PC. In fact, SmartScreen filter checks the websites you visit or the software you download on your computer for malicious code.
Windows 8 (or 8.1) SmartScreen is a Windows feature that helps you stay protected from malicious sites and software that can harm your PC. SmartScreen checks the web content you access or the software you try to to install on your computer and if it finds it unsafe,
System Restore is a Windows feature that helps you restore your system files and settings to a previous working state. This feature is useful because it can help Windows users to resolve Windows problems after a corrupted program installation or after a malware program.
If you 're preparing to reinstall Windows, then you need the Windows product key for installation and activation. In Windows 7, Vista or XP computers the Windows product key is commonly found on computer's case but in Windows Windows 10 and Windows 8 systems the Windows product key is embedded in BIOS.
Nowadays many manufacturers don’t include a copy of Windows 8 or Windows 8.1. OS installation DVD with their systems, so it’s impossible to perform a clean install or troubleshoot your computer if you want to. Microsoft on the other hand doesn’t offer a download of Windows 8 in an ISO file,
Nowadays many computer manufacturers don’t include an optical media (disk) reader on their products (especially on Laptops) so if you want to perform a clean installation of Windows 8 or to troubleshoot your computer problems, you must have in hands a Windows 8 (or 8.1) USB bootable disk.