Archive: Posts Tagged ‘Windows XP’

Wave 4 Beta How-to: Work around Essentials Wave 4 installer problems

3 comments July 3rd, 2010

Eager to install Windows Live Wave 4? There are a few steps you should look through before installing the public beta released recently.

Support for Windows 2000, XP and Vista RTM is ending

Comments Off June 1st, 2010

Soon, Microsoft is ending support for Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows Vista RTM (without Service Pack). It is recommended to upgrade corresponding systems.

Windows XP, Vista, 7: When DEP Prevents Apps From Starting

1 comment January 20th, 2010

Tuning your computer does not always lead to the desired result. Sometimes, your computer has more problems after tuning than it had before. For example, wrong tuning measures can cause that programs do not start anymore but you only see the error message “Data Execution Prevention.” Use the following work-around to launch the program nevertheless.

Messenger Problems: You Cannot Download or Install Windows Live Messenger?

3 comments November 25th, 2009

If you have problems downloading Windows Live Messenger correctly, your computer might not meet all necessary requirements. Find out what your PC needs to have for downloading and installing Messenger.

Windows and You: By an ordinary user (Technogran)

Comments Off October 25th, 2009

Welcome to a new series on this blog. Windows and You will feature how people deal with and think about Microsoft Windows. It gives an insight what you like most in Windows as well as what you want to see in the next version. Let’s start the series with Technogran, an avid Windows user already running Windows 7.

Windows 7 is out. What now?

1 comment October 23rd, 2009

Windows 7 is generally available since yesterday. Never have the expectations for a new operating system been as high as this time, as we as end users have never been integrated into finding ideas for a new Windows, like we have this time. On top of that, Windows Vista has moved to the storage siding and is called a big flop by some people. Surely expectations climb up then – can Windows 7 embrace them?

Messenger problems: Your login data can’t be remembered?

4 comments October 7th, 2009

If Messenger doesn’t remember your e-mail address or your password, then you have installed both Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo Messenger. You have to revert a registry setting that has been changed while Yahoo Messenger was installing. Then you will be able to store your sign-in credentials again. Here is how it works: Open the [...]

The days are numbered for Messenger 2008

2 comments September 20th, 2009

In this post: End of Life reached What people think Technical reasons Get Messenger 2009 In case of problems End of Life reached Starting September 15, 2009, users are required to have the latest version of Messenger installed on their computer in order to sign in and continue using the Messenger service. To download the [...]

Messenger: more information about messages not being sent problem

2 comments September 15th, 2009

In the last hours, the number of people with problems to send instant messages through Windows Live Messenger’s network has greatly increased, fact that alerted the Windows Live Messenger team about possible server problems. The problem seems to have been solved, as said at MessengerSays blog, and we’ve been getting more information about the case. [...]

Windows Live Essentials 2009 QFE2: What is new?

Comments Off August 26th, 2009

“QFE” is short for Quick Fix Engineering—and that is exactly what the latest Windows Live Essentials updates are for. In this post, I will highlight the Release Notes for Essentials 2009 QFE2. So, what is new or changed? Windows Live Messenger conversation window: Chinese/Japanese/Korean IME (Input Method Editor) reset to English in the Messenger conversation [...]