Sunday, March 30, 2014

Beware Of The Freeware Browser Toolbars

Not all free browser toolbars available online are useful. Some of them are actually malware designed to infect your computer system. These malware toolbars slow it down. It is imperative to get rid of them as early as you can.

Think twice before you download a freeware browser toolbar

You need to think twice before you download any freeware application online. Most of the virus applications are launched online, disguised as a useful toolbar or app. Since such a toolbar is available for free, you might not bother about verifying where it came from, who is manufacturing it, and so on.

The general assumption is that since it is does not cost anything, let us just install, try it out and if it is not useful, uninstall later on. However, such malware toolbars once brought in are not that easy to get rid of. A good example is the Search Here toolbar.

How to remove Search Here toolbar


Search Here toolbar is one of these annoying freeware toolbars that refuses to leave your system. This normally comes as a bundled application with some other program that you might have installed recently. It is not always easy to get rid of this malware, if you do not do it thoroughly. Here is how to remove Search Here toolbar.

Now, in order to remove the toolbar completely from the system you have to remove the Search Here toolbar application from the system, as well as the toolbar add-on from the browser. First, go to the Add-ons or Extensions options, from the Tools or Settings menu in your default browser.

There you would find the Search Here toolbar along with the other add-ons you have in your browser. You need to highlight the Search Here add-on by a single mouse click and you would see the options like Update, Disable, Remove, etc. Uninstall the toolbar using the Remove option and close the browser.

Now, go to the Add or Remove Programs or the Programs and Features option from your system Control Panel. There, you would find the Search Here application in the list of all the programs and applications, you have installed in your system. Select the toolbar and click the Uninstall or remove option to get rid of it from the system.

When you restart the system after these steps, the Search Here toolbar would no longer be present in your system.

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Configuring Outlook Express To Use With Google Apps

Outlook is a popular email client of Microsoft and can be configured to use with Google apps. Well, given below are some easy tips given by the Outlook Express help team that will help you to configure Outlook Express such that you can use it with Google applications.

Tips
  1. In order to get connected to a third party email client like Outlook or Thunderbird or mobile devices, you need to set up a Google hosted password. 
  • The email ID’s password should not be the same as Google hosted password. This means that your email ID’s password should be different from Google hosted password.
  1. The IMAP option should be enabled in your Google apps account. 
  2. Instead of username@gmail.com, the format of your username will be eName@rams.colostate.edu.
  • Type your complete email address whenever asked for a username and password.
Configuring Outlook Express client for working with Gmail
  • IMAP option should be enabled in your Gmail. Once the change is done, do not forget to click the option called Save Changes.
  • Kick start the Microsoft Outlook application in your computer.
  • From there, click the menu called Tools, followed by selecting the option called Accounts.
  • Next, you need to click the option called Add, followed by clicking the option called Mail.
  • In the Display name field, you need to type your name followed by clicking the Next button.
  • Similarly, you need to enter your email address in the field called Email address, followed by clicking the button called Next.
  • Next, from the drop down menu, select the option called IMAP for My incoming mail server is a ______ server.
  • In the Incoming mail server field, you need to type imap.gmail.com and in the Outgoing mail (SMTP) server filed, you need to enter smtp.gmail.com.
  • Click the button called Next.
  • In the Account name field, you need to enter your full email address and in the password field, enter your password, followed by clicking the Next button.
  • Select the button called Finish.
  • Under the Account, highlight imap.gmail.com, followed by clicking the option called Properties.
  • Now you need to click the tab called Advanced.
  • Check mark the box that is seen adjacent to This server requires a secure connection (SSL) under Outgoing Mail (SMTP) and type 465 as the port number for Outgoing mail server.
  • Similarly, check  mark the box that is adjacent to This server requires a secure connection (SSL) under the Incoming mail (IMAP) and type 993 as the port number for incoming mail server.
  • Click the tab called Servers, followed by check marking the box that is seen next to My server requires authentication, followed by clicking the OK button.
The above said instructions given by the Outlook Express help team will help you to configure Outlook Express to use with Google apps.

What To Do When Outlook Stops Auto Populating Addresses

I am a business owner and I use a laptop running on Windows XP operating system. Moreover, I have installed Microsoft Outlook application for carrying out my business communication purposes. One day, when I was typing the email address in the field, some suggested email address were not populating in Outlook. However, by using the correct guidelines for Outlook problems and help, I was able to fix it very easily.

Microsoft Outlook is the popular email application client employed by many people both for personal as well as for business uses. It has a wide variety of features, making it the most preferred email client over others. In addition, it has an additional feature, using which the Outlook will populate the suggested email address when you enter the email address. These suggested email addresses will start populating once you type the starting letter of the email address.

Sometimes, you will find that these suggestions will not populate once you start typing the email. This is mainly because of the disabling of the Auto complete feature. However, it can be solved easily by enabling it again. Well, given below are some easy instructions that will help you to fix the issues when Outlook is not populating the email addresses.

Instructions
  • Open the Microsoft Outlook application in your system by double clicking its shortcut icon or by accessing it from the Windows Start menu.
  • Once the Outlook application that is opened in your system, enter your log in details in the appropriate fields and log in to your Microsoft Outlook account. Next, you need to click the menu called Tools. This will pop up a drop down menu and from the menu, move down and click the option that is labeled as Options.
  • In the window that opens, you need to click the option labeled as E-Mail Options, followed by clicking the tab called Advanced E-mail Options.
  • Check the box that says Suggest names while completing the To, Cc and Bcc fields. Checking this check box will enable the auto complete feature in Outlook. Besides this, a tick mark needs to be placed in the box that is seen adjacent to Automatic Name Checking. Now the email address will populate as soon as you type the email address in the appropriate field.
The above said instructions given by the Outlook support team will help you to fix the issues when Outlook stops auto populating the email addresses. To know more about Outlook problems and help for the same, contact the Outlook support center.

Sunday, March 16, 2014

Steps To Remove Yahoo Toolbar From Your Computer

Yahoo has developed Yahoo toolbar to provide users easy access to its services. Yahoo toolbar is usually installed in internet browsers when the user tries to download another program. Since Yahoo has tie-ups with many other applications developers, the toolbar comes bundled with the software programs of these developers. Therefore, most users may not be aware of the toolbar during the installation process.

There are many features integrated in the Yahoo toolbar. You can find a button for your Yahoo emails in the toolbar. A click on this button takes you directly to your Yahoo inbox. There are also tabs and shortcuts for many other services. An advantage of Yahoo toolbar is that you can customize it as per you wish. You can add various tools to the toolbar or remove the ones that you do not wish to keep. Now, there are also downsides of Yahoo toolbar.

Many customers have complained that their browsing speed has reduced considerably after the installation of the Yahoo toolbar. Therefore, if you are one of those customers who are annoyed with the browsing speed after the installation of Yahoo toolbar and are searching for methods to find out how to remove Yahoo toolbar, then this post will certainly help you. Here, we will take you through the removal process of Yahoo toolbar from your computer and from your browser.

Uninstall Yahoo toolbar from your computer
  • Select the Start menu and choose the option Run.
  • In the Run window, enter appwiz.cpl and click OK.
  • The above step will open the window for Add or Remove Programs. 
  • Click the tab Change or Remove Programs from the left pane of the window. This lists the programs in your computer. 
  • Choose the program Yahoo Toolbar from the list and click the button Remove.
  • The above step will remove Yahoo Toolbar from your computer. 
Remove Yahoo Toolbar from Mozilla Firefox
  • Launch Mozilla Firefox and click the option Tools.
  • Choose Add-ons from the drop down menu to open the window for Add-ons Manager. 
  • Click the tab Extensions and from the add-ons list, choose Yahoo Toolbar.
  • Choose the option Disable to deactivate it temporarily or Remove to get rid of the toolbar permanently.
  • Restart Firefox for the effects to take place.
We hope that the above steps have helped you to find out how to remove Yahoo toolbar from your Mozilla browser and computer. For additional assistance, you may contact our technical support agents.

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Google To Continue Support For Chrome Until 2015

It is no secret that the two giants, Microsoft and Google, are not best buds. Recently they have started battling openly, and are not particularly shy of trying to one-up each other with their marketing strategies and gimmicks. This time Google is probably trying to send a message to XP users that they’ll not abandon its users till 2015. This comes on the heels of Microsoft’s recent announcement of end-of-support for Windows XP.

The announcement itself wasn’t as much shocking as depressing; most were already waiting for the other shoe to fall – for Windows tech support for Windows XP to be pulled. The tremendous pressure from users across the globe is probably what kept the tech giant from this move for so long. This time things do look more serious though, and the company desperately wants customers to start using later operating systems.

XP had been the most popular operating system in the Windows line for some time, enjoying the biggest majority of market shares for close to a decade. Even now it is the second only to Windows 7. The software giant has said that its Windows tech support of the OS will end on April 8, 2014. Probably this prompted Google to announce that it would continue patching and updating Chrome for XP for an additional year – until 2015.

Mark Larson, the Superintendent of Public Safety at Google mentioned in a blog post, "Our goal is to support Chrome for XP users during this transition process. Most importantly, Chrome on XP will still be automatically updated with the latest security fixes to protect against malware and phishing attacks."

This news may possibly bring smiles to XP users worldwide, but without basic security support, it would definitely be risky for them to continue using the OS per se. Supporting legacy software is often pretty rough and difficult – the code’s flaws are much better known by definition, and that tends to make computers running older, outdated tech significantly more vulnerable to malicious attacks. Apart from that, many businesses still depend on bulk licenses to keep their companies running, and the closer we get to that April 8th deadline, the more likely most IT departments will switch over.

For a good majority of people, that is probably going to mean huge change, and that definitely plays into Microsoft’s hands, catapulting the sales of new bulk licenses for its latest operating system.

How To Access The PST Files If You Forget The Password

Along with being the email application most people know it as, Microsoft Outlook is also used as a personal information manager. It is one of the most widely used email services in the world. There are many advanced features present in it such as calendar, journals, note taking etc, which enable users to schedule their important tasks and schedules. Outlook stores the personal information of the users in specific files known as personal storage tables or .pst files. While creating a new file It is always better to encrypt it with a password. If you are trying to encrypt the password in the folder, you would come across three settings:

No Encryption

This option indicates that you have not encrypted the file.

Compressible Encryption


This is seen as the default setting for the option.

High Encryption settings

The High Encryption setting for Outlook 2003 has the most secured features, and it can be used to set a password.

In some cases, after creating a password, you’d forget it, making it difficult to access the PST files. This is because once you have set a password, the next time you would be asked to enter it before accessing any information. You would not be able to access the emails and all the other items stored without this. Although you can contact Outlook tech support for assistance, you can also use the Advanced Outlook Repair option to fix this issue.

You can try the following instructions to use this option to fix the password issues in Outlook:
  • In the first step, you need to choose the encrypted Outlook PST file as the source PST file, which needs to be repaired. You can also set the output fixed PST file name if you feel it necessary.
  • Now, you can easily fix the encrypted Outlook PST file. The advanced Outlook Repair option would enable you to decrypt the data in the original encrypted PST file. Now, this decrypted data would be moved on to the new fixed PST file.
  • Once the process is finished, you need to open Outlook. This would open the output fixed PST file, and you would be able to access the information without entering the password any more.
These steps would help you to access the Outlook PST files even if you have forgotten your password. For more assistance on the features of Microsoft Outlook, feel free to contact our Outlook tech support.

Sunday, March 2, 2014

Instructions For Removing Unwanted Toolbars From Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer is the default web browser embedded with every Windows operating system. One of the main characteristics of the Internet Explorer web browser is that it helps the users to protect their computer from unwanted software and toolbars from automatically installing on your computer. However, over time, sometimes, you may install some unwanted toolbars with the web browser making it run slow. Since the toolbars slow down the browsing speed and affect the overall browsing experience, it is better to uninstall them from your computer. Here we discuss instructions for uninstalling the toolbar from your computer that can even be followed by novice users.

Instructions
  • Double click on the Internet Explorer icon found in the desktop to launch the program and then click on the option named Tools found in the top of the application window for veining the options.
  • From the drop down menu that appears, select the Extensions option for viewing the toolbars and extensions installed in your system. Take a note of the unwanted toolbars installed in your web browser.
  • Open the Start menu by clicking on the Start menu button found at the left bottom corner of the screen and then click on the Control Panel tab found at the right hand side pane of the Start menu.
  • When the Control Panel window opens, look for the option named Add or Remove Programs and then click on it when found.
  • Now a new window appears on the screen displaying all the applications and programs installed on your system. Look for the toolbars in the Internet Explorer web browser that are not required.
  • Click on the toolbar you want to remove and then move the cursor to the top of the window and then click on the Remove button to remove toolbar.
  • Follow the prompts shown by the wizard for uninstalling the program from your computer to remove toolbar from your computer. Follow the same instructions for removing other unwanted toolbars from your computer.
  • After you have uninstalled all the unwanted toolbars from your computer, restart the system for saving the changes made to the system.
If you follow the simple instructions given above, you will be able to remove all unwanted toolbars from your computer. If you are still not able to remove toolbars installed with the Internet Explorer web browser, feel free to contact Windows support for getting apt support instructions.