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How to

How to Merge Skype and Windows Live Messenger Accounts into Microsoft Account

November 7, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu

If you’ve separate accounts for Skype and Windows Live Messenger then you can merge these  into Microsoft account so that you can use it … [Read more…]

Posted in: How to, Tips and Tricks Tagged: Microsoft, Microsoft account, Skype, Windows Live Messenger
Internet Explorer
Missing DLL, Visual C++, DirectX and .NET errors: source code on a computer screen

Fix It Tool Available for IE Runtime Errors

October 2, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu
Missing DLL, Visual C++, DirectX and .NET errors: source code on a computer screen

Old days gone where you tend to get run time errors in internet explorer for certain websites in Windows XP, you still bound to … [Read more…]

Posted in: Internet Explorer, News Tagged: Microsoft
MS Office

Office 2013 Consumer Preview Expiration Date?

July 17, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu

By this time you might have heard the news about public release of Office 2013 consumer Preview, have you installed Office 15 beta on … [Read more…]

Posted in: MS Office, Tips and Tricks Tagged: Expiry date, Microsoft, Office 15, Office 2013
Freeware

Microsoft .NET Framework Repair Tool [Updated]

June 16, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu

Till now there is no official tool from Microsoft to fix .NET Framework installation problems, we’ve covered .Net framework Cleanup tool in the past … [Read more…]

Posted in: Freeware, News Tagged: .Net framework, Microsoft, NET Repair tool
News

Microsoft’s So.cl Goes Live

May 20, 2012 by Venkat Eswarlu

Microsoft’s social networking site, so.cl which gone live accidentally few months back is in fact launched by Microsoft and available to all at present, … [Read more…]

Posted in: News Tagged: Microsoft, So.cl, social networking sites
Freeware

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Uninstall Utility

April 6, 2011 by Venkat Eswarlu

If you’ve any problems with uninstalling Visual Studio 2010 from Add/Remove programs in XP or from Programs and Features in Windows  7, you can … [Read more…]

Posted in: Freeware Tagged: Microsoft, Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, removal, removal tools, Visual Studio 2010, Visual Studio 2010 Uninstall Utility
Firefox

Download Bing Bar For IE and Firefox

December 8, 2009 by Venkat Eswarlu

Microsoft released Bing toolbar Bing Bar for IE and Firefox. Bing Bar similar to Google Toolbar allows to search for information access news, videos,  … [Read more…]

Posted in: Firefox Tagged: Bing, Bing Bar, Google Toolbar, IE, IE6, IE8, Microsoft

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