Archive: Posts Tagged ‘How-to’

Mesh problems: Sign-in not possible

Mesh December 14th, 2010

If you wanted to try out the synchronization service Windows Live Mesh recently and launched it for the first time, you might have seen nothing but an error message.

How-to: Change your Windows 7 logon screen

Appearance, Windows 7 November 28th, 2010

No matter which desktop background you set in Windows 7: while starting, you will always see the blue default background. You want to style this background as well? Here are the necessary steps to customize the Windows logon screen.

How-to: Style Messenger to use your own font

Messenger November 27th, 2010

Seeing the same font everywhere can get boring at times. Are you wondering how to style your Messenger and use your favorite font? Let’s take a look.

How-to: Show emoticons in Messenger conversations

Messenger problems November 24th, 2010

You wonder why no emoticons are showing up in chats with your friends? Here’s a solution.

How-to: Change your name in Messenger 2011

Messenger November 12th, 2010

Starting from Windows Live Messenger 2011, your friends will always see your real name when talking with you. The name shown to your friends now originates from your Windows Live Profile. Thus, this is the place to look at when you want to change your display name in Messenger.

Uninstall old Microsoft Office versions

Office November 10th, 2010

Reinstalling Microsoft Office is sometimes not trivial. To help you uninstall Office properly, Microsoft has published a removal tool.

How-to: Reset IE browser settings

Browsers November 10th, 2010

If Internet Explorer crashes often or gets painfully slow, resetting its settings may help. Resetting IE deletes all personal settings and restores the browser to the state right after installation.

How-to: Enable full SSL encryption for your Hotmail session

Hotmail November 10th, 2010

Microsoft’s web mail service Hotmail, part of Windows Live, now supports SSL encryption throughout your session. This helps that nobody in the middle can read what you get in your Inbox neither what you send.

How-to: Use Windows Live in your favorite language

Windows Live November 5th, 2010

Did you know that you can switch languages in Windows Live without having to reinstall the Essentials suite? In this tip, let’s take a look how this works.

How-to: Minimize windows with keyboard in Windows 7

Windows 7 October 3rd, 2010

You like using your keyboard for managing everything in Windows? In Windows 7, minimizing and maximizing windows got easier.