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4 Great Videos for Office 2010 Product Key Activation

Office 2010: How to Enter a Product Key – Upgrade Office Starter document.write(""); Office 2010:...

Date: 05/29/2011

New version of Outlook 2010 with Business Contact Manager

Last year, the Office 2010 Engineering blog announced the new version of Outlook 2010 with Business...

Date: 09/23/2010

Newly published technical Windows 7 articles

Whilst our Windows Online site focuses heavily on less technical content, we also published more...

Date: 09/01/2010

5 great Windows 7 videos

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Date: 08/04/2010

No internet connection through a cable

Nowadays, getting online is becoming easier and easier with integrated wireless network cards as...

Date: 07/05/2010

Support Options for Office 2010

Have you ever contemplated the level of technical support that comes with your Microsoft Office...

Date: 06/28/2010

Office 2010 technical support articles

Yesterday Microsoft announced the availability of Office 2010 for our business customers. You can...

Date: 05/13/2010

Have you been having problems with Windows Live Photo Gallery?  Problems previewing...

Date: 05/11/2010

Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7 (download)

The Microsoft Touch Pack for Windows 7 is now available for download from the Microsoft Download...

Date: 05/10/2010

What is Windows Update?

If you are not familiar with the benefits of Windows Update, or are curious about the different...

Date: 05/06/2010

End of support notice for old Windows versions

On July 13th, 2010, all versions of Windows 2000 and Windows XP SP2 and below will also reach the...

Date: 05/04/2010

Longer laptop battery life

Nowadays people expect to be able to access the internet from an increasing number of mobile...

Date: 04/28/2010

Free Windows PC Problem Diagnostics and Repair

Microsoft Automated Troubleshooting Services will scan your PC to detect possible causes and then...

Date: 04/19/2010

An important choice to make: your browser

This is a blog post aimed at our European customers only… If you have a European installation of...

Date: 04/06/2010

Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) Upgrade

Last year, Microsoft gave it’s customers the fantastic opportunity of testing the new version of...

Date: 03/29/2010

Making a bootable CD or DVD

In the event of a serious error on your hard disk or PC which may prevent Windows from loading, it...

Date: 03/13/2010

Black screen on startup of Windows 7

Have you ever experienced a black screen when trying to load Windows? Problems with video card...

Date: 03/07/2010

The upgrade was not successful (reboot loop)

We recently noticed an issue which was being reporting in our Microsoft Answers forum when upgrading...

Date: 02/28/2010

System Restore in Windows XP, Vista and 7

Don’t Panic! Sometimes things goes wrong... Newly installed software may break previously installed...

Date: 02/20/2010

Trying to download Outlook Express on Vista or Windows 7?

Outlook Express was a great email client which can bundled with previous versions of Windows. ...

Date: 02/10/2010

Video freezing in Windows Vista?

Are you experiencing problems with video in Internet Explorer, Media Player or other Windows...

Date: 02/05/2010

Desktop shortcut icons not working

It is sometimes possible for desktop shortcuts to stop working if they have not been used in a long...

Date: 01/26/2010

Reinstall Windows

A new page over on our Windows Online website provides valuable information for when you need to...

Date: 01/23/2010

Windows power scheme settings for longer laptop battery life

Are you having problems with the battery life on your laptop? Do you know if you have Windows...

Date: 12/21/2009

Windows 7 activation error – invalid product key

Are you having problems installing Windows 7 due to an invalid product key? Microsoft have published...

Date: 11/02/2009

No audio in Windows Vista

Are you having problems with sound in Windows Vista? Do you get an error message saying ‘No audio...

Date: 11/02/2009