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You can connect a number of wireless devices to a Windows 7 computer. If you are having issues connecting to a wireless device on a computer that is running the Windows 7 operating system, then you may have to display the wireless devices that are running on your network as the first step to fixing the issue. The users have the option to view the wireless devices, which includes wireless routers, and network adapters from Network and Sharing Center utility in the Control Panel options of Windows 7 OS. The Network and Sharing Center will display the real time status of the network, including your level of access, network connections, and the other devices and systems that are connected on the network. The Windows 7 support tips that are shared below will help you to locate the wireless devices in Windows 7. You can follow these steps carefully to see the wireless devices that are connected to the Windows 7 computer and then troubleshoot the connectivity issues of the device. Instru...

Microsoft Outlook is an application that often comes as a part of the Microsoft Office suite of applications. But this program can also be bought as a standalone application. Outlook comprises of many advanced features that enable users to easily send emails and store their personal and contact information in folders. These features such as calendar, journals, note-taking etc. help Outlook users to schedule their important tasks, events and appointments. Another advantage of using Outlook is that it stores the personal information of the users in specific files, so that they can access it easily whenever they wish to. At any point of use, you can seek help with Outlook tech support and fix any issues. If you are using Outlook 2007application in your system, there are chances that you would have changed the program's default settings, menus, toolbars, etc. This especially if you’ve installed third-party add-ins, so you would require rolling the setup back over to the default settin...

Windows Installer package is a set of software components developed by Microsoft that helps in the installation, maintenance as well as removal of software in your Windows computer. If you are using Windows XP computer, there are chances that you will get errors while installing a Windows Installer package in your system. Here, you would get the following error message: A Fatal Error Occurred During Installation. According to technicians at the Microsoft problems and support chat number support, most of the times these errors occur when your SYSTEM account does not have Full Control permissions on the path where you want to install the Windows Installer package in your XP computer. According to the technicians, for repairing such an issue, you need to grant Full Control permissions to your SYSTEM account. You would also require administrative rights to perform the task of fixing this error message. You can try the following instructions to fix error code 1603 before contacting technic...

Xbox 360 is the second gaming console coming from the Xbox family and it came after the release of the original Xbox gaming console. Xbox One is the latest gaming console released by Microsoft after Xbox 360. But, the users of Xbox 360 thought that Microsoft would stop giving support to Xbox 360 once the Xbox One is released. However, this is not the case as they are planning to give support to the Xbox 360 gaming consoles until 2016. Yusuf Mehdi, the Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer for Xbox gaming console said at the Citi Global Technology Conference that they are planning to include more games in the Xbox console and to extend the Microsoft support for some more years. He said, “We're going to continue to invest in Xbox 360, and the two devices can work in concert.” He added by saying, “So it's not like the day we ship Xbox One your 360 won't work. We'll continue to support it.” The Xbox 360 gaming console hit the market in the year 2005 and introductio...

Mozilla has just released the Firefox Beta 25.0b1 and Aurora 26.0a2 versions of the browser. The Beta version does not have much noteworthy features to discuss about, whereas the Aurora alpha release has a good number of features. The most important thing among these is the support for running the Firefox web browser in the modern user interface. Firefox Aurora marks the first appearance of Mozilla’s Windows 8 touch optimized applications in the alpha make; previously it was only available as a standalone alpha release. If you wish to see the new application in action, you will have to set Aurora as the default web browser while installing it. You will be able to install Firefox Aurora alongside any existing build. This will give users the option to switch back to the old version. The new user interface has a start screen that is tile based and it supports Firefox Sync, Windows 8 touch and swipe gestures, Windows Share integration, Snapped and Fill views. This was confirmed after co...

Recently, Intel announced that the first Bay Trail tablets would be using the 32-bit version of Windows 8.1, and it would be launching tablets for the 64-bit version early next year. This means that Windows users would have to wait before being able to use the Bay Trail tablets on their 64-bit Windows 8.1 version. According to sources, these tablets with the 32-bit OS have a 4GB memory limit whereas for the 64-bit Windows 8.1 OS, the maximum storage limit is up to 512GB. So, the Bay Trail tablets that do not support the 64-bit version would only have a storage capacity of until 4 GB. According to Steve Smith, vice president and director of tablet development at Intel, “We have the capability, now it’s a matter of when a consumer system would need that, that’s probably sometime in the future, I’d say a few generations away.” According to sources, one of the main reasons for not releasing the tablet is the limitations that have been observed in the Windows 8.1 operating system. For exam...

Outlook, the email client from Microsoft, facilitates everything from email messaging to scheduling your appointments and meetings. All in all, it’s a personal information manager. Outlook stores the personal information of the users in specific files of the personal storage table or PST format. Similarly, the contact information of the users is stored in Outlook Address Books. The Outlook email setup also comprises of a default set of search folders, which enables the users to manage large quantities of email. These search folders are simply virtual folders that contain email messages, belonging under specific criteria. If you check your Outlook program, you would find a virtual folder named as Unread Mail, which holds new messages that you’re yet to read. Sometimes, though, while checking the list of search folders, you may not find this folder. In such cases, you can create such a folder using the tools included in the Outlook 2007 interface. Use the following guidelines to create ...

Microsoft allows the Windows 8 users to upgrade to the latest OS - Windows 8.1 - free. For them, the upgrade consists of downloading the Windows 8.1 update files and then installing them. On a single computer, the upgrade process is simple. However, if you are planning to upgrade multiple computers to Windows 8.1, you may need to look for an alternative. If you are in such a concern, reading this article would help you out. According to the Microsoft tech support website, the Windows 8 users can download the 2 GB sized Windows 8.1 update files from Windows Store and install it to start using their machine in the latest platform. Apparently, the Redmond based software giant is aware of the complaints many have expressed when they found Windows 8 did not have many of the traditional features. Now, the company does not want to trouble them any more with a complicated update procedure. Michael Niehaus, the senior product market manager at Microsoft claims that the upgrade procedure takes ...

When you are browsing the web, suddenly in another window, advertisements can be seen and these advertisements are known as pop-ups. When the pop ups pile up window after another, it really affects your browsing experience. However, a majority of the latest advanced browsers like the Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer etc have good pop up blocking features. In the Firefox web browser, sometimes, Bing pop ups can be seen. In the browser, if you no longer want to see the presence of Bing pop ups, the popup blocker has to be turned on. Many may not know how to do this procedure; this can be effectively done by following the below mentioned guidelines. Instructions By softly pushing the power button present on the CPU, the computer should be powered on. After a small interval of time, the desktop will be visible.  The Mozilla Firefox web browser has to be accessed. In order to launch it, the desktop shortcut icon must be double clicked or from the Start menu, the program’s icon c...

Outlook is an email application widely used for internal communication in a business organization. However, there are many, who use the application for personal communication as well. The users can set up their preferred email account in Outlook for personal communication. When the application is setup for office communication, you will need to access your office computer to read the inbox emails. Often, you may wonder if there is any way to access the emails you receive in your office email account outside the office. Well, if you have access to an internet connection, you can read the emails that come to your office email account. For this, you need to enable the email forwarding feature in your Outlook setting and use Outlook Web Access. About Outlook Web Access In order to forward your Outlook inbox emails to any of your web based email accounts, you need to configure the respective settings in Outlook Web Access, the web-based interface of Microsoft Outlook application. Here are ...

Microsoft Outlook has been the all time favorite mail client for many computer users. In fact, Outlook does not have many competitors because most of the email clients do not have the features that would in Outlook.  If you are Microsoft Outlook, then you might need to set up Microsoft Outlook email client with your Gmail account. The following set of instructions would help you make changes in Outlook setting for this purpose. Instructions You need to open Gmail and enable IMAP first. You need to then open your Gmail account. To choose Settings, below your name in the account, choose the wheel. Now select Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab. After making the changes, select the Save Changes button that you would find at the bottom. The next process is to configure Microsoft Outlook. If you are new to Outlook, you would see the startup screen of Outlook.  If you do not find the startup window, you need to go to the above screen by selecting Tools and then choose Accoun...

To err is human. The same is the case to forget the username or password of your email account. Sometimes, there is a chance where you will be forget both the username and password. However, such forgotten email IDs and passwords can be recovered easily by following the Windows tech support guidelines provided below. Recovering the Username Open the email program that you are using in your computer and under the Sign In field, you will see a link for recovering a lost email address and password. Depending upon the email program that you are using, the title of the link can vary. In Gmail service, this option is seen as Can't access your account? Whereas in Yahoo mail, it is I can't access my account. Clicking any of the links will help you to recover the lost email ID and password. Retrieve your lost email ID by selecting the correct option. In Gmail, users need to click the option called I forgot my username, whereas the Yahoo users need to click the option called I forgot ...