Friday, June 6, 2014

Recover Inaccessible And Accidently Deleted Outlook Data Using RecoveryFix

RecoveryFix is a third party Outlook repair tool that helps you repair, remove and replace corrupted PST files. Repairing corrupted PST files using RecoveryFix is quite simple. Executing this brilliant tool, you can recover all your corrupted, lost or inaccessible Outlook data. Before we proceed to executing RecoveryFix to recover Outlook data, it is wise to know the scenarios when Outlook data get corrupted.

How does Outlook data get corrupted?

Outlook saves all its data in the form of PST files in a specific folder in the hard drive. PST files are vulnerable to get corrupted even by a small unusual change in the PC. An unexpected shut down, virus attack, corruption to the storage media, unexpected exit of the application etc could lead to the corruption of the PST files, and thus loss of valuable Outlook data. Microsoft has offered an inbuilt Outlook repair tool called Scanpst.exe to help users fix corrupted PST files, and subsequently recover their valuable Outlook data. Nevertheless, there are several instances when users failed to recover their data with the help of Scanpst.exe. On the other hand, RecoveryFix can assure you with Outlook data recovery. It does not cause any damage to your Outlook files. The steps for recovering your Outlook data using RecoveryFix are simple.

Why RecoveryFix is recommended for Outlook data recovery?

You can refer to the following reasons to prefer RecoveryFix to other repair tools.
  • RecoveryFix makes sure that you recover all your Outlook data which are accidently deleted, corrupted or appears to be inaccessible.
  • You cannot be sure of recovering password protected Outlook data with Scanpst.exe. But, using RecoveryFix, you can even recover password protected PST files.
  • It allows you to retrieve all email messages you have lost due to PST file damage or corruption.
  • All types of Outlook data such as calendar, appointments, missing email messages and tasks are recoverable by RecoveryFix.
  • After recovering lost Outlook data, you can save them by their original date. You simply need to select the date from the date range.
  • If you do not intend to recover all lost Outlook messages but a particular one, RecoveryFix helps you search for the specific message you plan to recover. It has an inbuilt Find message option to help you pinpoint a particular message from the corrupted PST files.
Apparently, RecoveryFix is an impressive Outlook data recovery tool. Download it and use to recover all your lost Outlook data.

Thursday, June 5, 2014

Exporting Emails And Contacts In Windows Live Mail

When you add an email account to the Windows Live Mail, the messages are saved automatically and so is its synchronizing when the account is added again for any reason. Windows Live support page online will be worth checking out in case you need more information on this. But, here are a few simple steps that you can implement.

Things To Remember 

Create a folder before you start importing the email messages. Create a folder in a location that you prefer and the emails exported will be available in this folder created. You will have to sign in with the Windows Live Email id for syncing with the calendar. Taking a backup of the calendar items is not allowed.

When you sign in with the Windows Live Mail Id, then the synchronizing of contacts is done automatically, if you are not signing in then you will have to synchronize the contacts manually. While importing various contacts see that you do not use .vcf and instead use .csv, to avoid errors.

If the account is POP3, then you will have to look into the Advanced Tab to check if the message has been removed from the server.

Exporting Email Messages In Windows Live Mail
  • Search for Mail in the list from the Windows Live account. Click on the Windows Live Mail option. On the upper left corner, you will find the File menu, click on that and then click on Export Mail option. From the following menu, choose Email Messages. 
  • As an Export Format, choose the Microsoft Windows Live Mail. Now click on Next and then click on the Browse option. Now open the folder, where you like to store the email messages. Before you click on Next check if the folder is empty or not. 
  • After that click on the Folder where you have decided to export the messages and click on Next. Click on the Finish option, when you get the Success message. 
Exporting Contacts
  • Open the Mail and from the lower left corner, select Contacts, next click on Export. 
  • Choose a file format from the list, for instance choose .Csv for multiple contacts. 
  • Browse the folder location where the contacts will be saved and Save it with a new name. 
  • Click on Next, select all that you need and then click Finish.
These are the simple steps, using which you can export contacts and messages. For more information, visit the Windows Live support page online.

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

How To Forward Outlook Express Email Messages In The Original Format

Outlook Express is an email client program that is present by default in operating systems like Windows XP. This email client program helps you to configure your internet emails and thereby avoid the trouble of logging into the email accounts for viewing the emails.

Now, when you receive an interesting email in the Outlook Express account, you would certainly love to forward it to your friends. However, if the receiver of the email has set a rule to delete forwarded emails, your email would be deleted without the sender opening it. Now, in such cases, you can make the email look original instead of simply forwarding it. In this Outlook Express help section, we will find out the steps involved in this process.

Steps Involved
  • Launch Outlook Express from the list of All Programs in the Start menu. 
  • Once the Outlook Express window opens, select the Inbox folder in the program. Navigate to the email in the Inbox folder, which you wish to forward. 
  • Select the email and open it. 
  • Select the option Forward, which you will find on top of the window. 
  • Select the field for Subject and then choose the portion of the text that begins with FWD: Keep pressing the Backspace key and this will delete the contents in this field. 
  • Select the main body of the message. Choose the text found at the top of the main content of the original message. Click the mouse and drag it down until you select the email addresses to which this email was forwarded or sent. 
  • Press the Delete button or use the backspace key to delete these contents from the message body. You may also add contents to the email message in this portion. 
  • Enter the email addresses or addresses to which you wish to forward this email in the fields for To, CC or BCC. 
  • Select the button Send.
With the above step, you have sent the email like an original message and not like a forwarded message. The other person, on receiving this message, will not find this message as a forwarded one. In case of Outlook Express, the program identifies this message as an original one and even if rules are set to delete forwarded emails, this message will not be deleted. For additional assistance on this issue, you may contact Outlook Express help center or our technical support team.

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

How To Remove Unwanted Toolbars From Firefox

Each one of us likes to browse safely as Internet is the source from where viruses and other malicious programs infect your computer. Now, in order to carry out safe browsing, it is necessary that you choose a browser that is under minimum threat from hackers and such programs. One such browser is Firefox, developed by Mozilla. This free internet browser is slowly catching up with its competitors in terms of the number of users. This is because this internet browser faces minimum threats when compared to other browsers in the world.

Even though Mozilla Firefox is less prone to virus attacks, there are numerous toolbars available for this browser. If you have installed these toolbars in this browser, you will find that the browser responds slowly to mouse clicks and it might even freeze occasionally. The best fix for toolbar issues is disabling unwanted toolbars. If you want to remove toolbar from Firefox, then follow the steps below.

Steps Involved

  • Double click the icon for Mozilla Firefox and launch the browser. 
  • Once the Firefox program comes up, choose the option Tools in the program. You can find this option in the menu bar. 
  • In the drop down menu, select the option Add-ons. The shortcut keys to open Add-ons window are Ctrl, Shift and A. Press these keys simultaneously to open the window for Add-ons. 
  • With the above step, you will find a new window opened as a new tab in the browser. This window stays next to the Start Page of the browser. 
  • Select the add-ons that you no longer use and click the button Disable. Keep in mind that this will only deactivate the toolbar. If you want to remove the toolbar from the browser, click the button Remove after selecting the toolbar. 
The above steps will only disable or remove toolbar from the browser. In order to remove the toolbar from your computer, follow the steps below.
  • Select the Start menu and click Run. 
  • In the Run window, type appwiz.cpl and click the button OK. 
  • The above step launches the window for Add or Remove Programs. 
  • Select the toolbars from the Add or Remove Programs window that you no longer wish to keep in your computer. 
  • Select the button Remove to uninstall the toolbars.
The above steps will help you to remove all unwanted toolbars from Firefox browser and from your computer.

Friday, May 30, 2014

Fixing Some Of The Problems In Your Outlook Express Mail Client

Unlike the MS Outlook mail client, which is part of the MS Office Suite, the Outlook Express mail client comes bundled with the Internet Explorer application. Therefore, Internet Explorer and the Outlook Explorer mail client work in sync, and some of the Outlook Express problems can be resolved by resetting the settings, updating it, and so on.

Many users are not aware of this connection between the Internet Explorer browser and Outlook Express. They pay no attention to the error messages shown for different Outlook Express problems, which asks them to change the IE settings.

Some tips for fixing your Outlook Express errors

In some cases, resetting the Internet Explorer application will fix some of the Outlook Express errors. To do this, go to the Internet Explorer Tools menu, click on Internet Options. This will launch the Internet Options window. There, go to the Advanced tab and there, select the Reset option given under the heading, Reset Internet Explorer Settings.

A warning message will pop up now, asking you to confirm this decision. Press the Reset button on this Window to confirm your decision. All the IE settings will now be reset to its default values. Now, go to the Outlook Express application and see if you are receiving the same error message.

If you are getting the same error message again, then you need to reinstall or update your IE browser. You need to go to the official Microsoft support website to download the latest compatible version of IE for your Windows operating system. The links for this will be there at the Microsoft support website.

Click on the Download link for the IE browser. Follow the instructions and the save the IE installer file to your system. Now, uninstall the old IE browser and run the downloaded IE installer file. After this, restart the system and then, go to the Outlook Express client once again to check if the error is still there.

Compact the old files in your Outlook Express. This is one of the best ways to fix some of the Outlook Express errors caused by the Folders.dbx file. Every now and then, compact the old files to prevent such errors.

If you are still having problems with the Outlook Express client, note down the error code and visit the Microsoft support page online. Here, using the error code, you can easily find the solution for fixing the Outlook Express error.

Thursday, May 29, 2014

Firefox Drops Windows 8 Version Citing Lack Of Users

Mozilla, creator of the famous web browser Firefox, has revealed that it will not develop a separate version compatible with Windows 8 citing lack of users. Johnathan Nightingale, vice president of Mozilla Firefox, stated several reasons for first halting and then subsequently dropping the production of Mozilla Firefox for Windows 8, the primary reason being too much investment for a little or no impact.

Because of the changes in the operating system, Mozilla would have to develop a web browser from scratch, and besides that, there are very few users to test out the many bugs, which will prop up in the final product. Nightingale explained, “When I talk about the need to pick our battles, this feels like a bad one to pick: significant investment and low impact”.

Windows 8 market share hiked in September to 8.02% and since then dropped to 6% mark in November. Windows 8.1 currently has only 3.1% of the market share. Even if the acceptance rate is slower than anticipated, more users are bound to embrace it now, as the support for Microsoft Windows XP has ended. But this decision from Mozilla came as a surprise for everybody, as the company spokesperson were quite confident about overcoming all the hurdles they were facing to develop the browser for the newly released platform.

Interestingly, where Mozilla failed to perform, Google released a browser version, which can run on the modern system provided it is set as the default browser. Yet, because of the restrictions imposed by Microsoft, Chrome now has certain issues like not being able to support hardware acceleration and inability to work in high-resolution displays.

As for now, no third party browser developer other than Microsoft can build an application for the Windows Store and are restricted from creating metro style browsers. Such browsers can only execute if they were made the default browser on x86 or x64 systems, running the flawed operating system.

Note that the development of the browser is only paused at the moment, and Mozilla will still maintain the code it wrote. In case the platform becomes popular, they will restart the work and release a compatible browser. On one hand, users are commending Microsoft to release Microsoft Office suite on Apples digital store and on the other its restricting rival companies to launch product in its own platform, which a Mozilla lawyer has described as a potential Anti-trust issue. It’s quite complicated!

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Apple Ends Support For Windows 7 On Mac Pro

As per the recent news, Apple has stopped the support for Windows 7 OS in the new Mac Pro. This has made Windows 8 the only option for Bootcamp on the most powerful Mac device. It is not yet clear why Apple removed Windows 7 from the mix, considering that the number of the Bootcamp users is quite low and the professional users tend more towards the Mac OS anyway.

This can be very much confusing when you look at the fact that Windows 8 is less of a professional personal computer OS and more of a personal mobile oriented operating system that is built primarily for the touch enabled devices. For the Mac Pro users, Windows 8 has never crossed their mind as something that they need in their life, much less than the Windows 7 OS anyway.

The major reason that many of the users are pointing out at is that since the Mac Pro comes with a number of new high-end technology, it does not have the drivers to support Windows 7 OS. This can be true, but we are unable to see companies like AMD and Intel not manufacturing drivers for the much popular version of Windows operating system. This could prove to be a boost for Microsoft as they struggle to get Windows 8 off the ground. The OS has not yet taken 10% of the market and many of the users has called it Vista 2.0. This is not because of its design, but it was doomed to fail due to the changes that Microsoft has introduced with the interface.

The Mac Pro may not sell the most units out of Apple’s Mac lineup, but probably Bootcamp will get the update to only allow Windows 8 OS. This can decrease the number of Bootcamp users or it can kick off a Windows 8 trend on Mac. This is because people still like to use some of the core services from Microsoft like Office. As we go further into the lifecycle of the computer, Apple is starting to gain more ground. Dell and HP has slumped in the past few years and Lenovo has stepped in as one of the major players in the personal computer market, making them one of the only manufacturers making money in the market.

If you wish to know more on the end of support for Windows 7 in Mac Pro, you can visit the Windows 7 vs Windows 8 page in the official Microsoft website. More details on this news are posted in the Windows 7 vs Windows 8 page.