Simple Methods to Block a Sender in Outlook 2010

The blog post intends to describe how a user can block a Email sender from sending emails to his account in Microsoft Outlook 2010. The methods compiled here are simple and reliable until date. It is, however, advised to follow the instructions accurately to avoid facing problems. This will eventually save users’ time and money that would otherwise be spent on searching Outlook Technical Support.

It is more than annoying for us to receive emails from unwanted users and we often think about blocking them. Most of the users who are good at computer can easily tweak around to block unwanted users. However, those who don’t know often feel jeopardized. Don’t worry! The below mentioned guide will help you blacklist those senders whom you don’t want to receive mails on your own and without the expert help of Microsoft technical support.

First Method –
Launch Outlook. Click on the Home tab located at the top, click on the dropdown menu of the Junk button and select Junk E-mail Options.

When the Junk E-mail Options window opens up, highlight the Blocked Senders tab. click on the Add button and this will open up the Add address or domain dialog box. Now type the email address of the intended sender whom you want to blacklist and then click on the OK button. For example, you want to block abc@abc.in., type it in the box and then click on the OK button to exit the window. Similarly, you can also block a domain name (for e.g. facebook.com). By doing this, you will stop receiving emails from that particular sender or domain name in your Outlook mailbox.

Second Method –
Open Outlook and navigate to Inbox. Select the particular email whose sender you want to block and then click on the Home tab. Click on the drop down menu next to the Junk button and then select the Block Sender option. If prompted for a confirmation, click on the OK button. This will block the particular sender from sending you email messages.

How to Configure Disk Defragmenter Schedule in Windows 7

The post intends to help users automate the disk defragmenter utility to run in their Windows 7 computer. The methods described in the post are very simple and reliable. However, it is still recommended that users follow the instructions carefully to set the disk defragmenter schedule.

A built-in tool in Windows 7, disk defragmenter allows the fragmented data to be rearranged so that your hard disk drive and computer function more effectively and efficiently. Since the data on your hard drive gets defragmented when files are saved or installed, it takes hard drive a long time to access the files and make these available to Windows when needed. Disk defragmenter, thus, cleans the messed data and enhances the system performance. Though it is easy to automate disk defragmenter, you may still run into problems while doing so. Don’t worry. The below mentioned guide will help you do so without even contacting Microsoft technical support.

Note:- Before following the steps below, I do not recommend you doing this unless you are comfortable editing the Windows Settings. I will not responsible for any damage that may be caused to your PC after editing the settings by following the steps below. You proceed at your own risk or may take help from Microsoft Certified Technician at their Toll Free No. +1-877-452-9201


Steps to configure Configure Disk Defragmenter Schedule in Windows 7 :-

• Click on the Start menu, type ‘defrag’ (without quotes and as is) in the Start Search menu, and then hit Enter on the keyboard. If prompted for a confirmation or admin password, then type the password to continue. 

• If you have already configured a schedule and want to change it, then click on the Modify schedule button and then change schedule as desired. You can add more drives for disk defragmentation if you want. 

• If you are doing it for the first time, then select any drive from under the Current status heading and click on the Configure schedule button. Choose the frequency of defragmentation from the dropdown menu next to How often, on which day, and at what time from their respective fields. Add more disks by hitting the Select disks button, put a checkmark next to the desired disks, and click on the OK button to close the Advanced Option window. When done, click on the OK button to close the window. This will now start automatic defragmentation on the desired date and time. 

• Before clicking on the Configure schedule button, you can click on the Analyze disk button to determine whether a specific disk really needs to be defragmented or not. If the disk that was last run defragmentation on shows 10% or more under the Last Run column, then it should be defragmented again. Similarly check for other drives also. If any one of them shows more than the required amount under the same column, then it needs to be defragmented. 

Additional Tips:-
You can also manually defragment your disk(s) if you want. However, this may seem a bit tedious task as you will have to wait until the defragmentation process finishes.
Windows 7 usually runs an automatic defragmentation on all the drives in order to enhance the computer’s performance.

Five reasons you'll want Windows 8

Metro is a complete rethinking of Windows, based on Windows Phone 7, and at first glance appears designed more for tablets than desktops and laptops. But use it a little while, and you'll find yourself a fan. It features big, colorful tiles that do double-duty as app launchers, and for displaying changing information, such as news, updates from friends on social networking sites, weather, and more. When you use Metro, information comes to you; you don't have to go searching for it. You can see it in action, below.

Built-in apps
In previous versions of Windows, Microsoft's built-in apps have been underwhelming to say the least. Not so with Windows 8. There are several dozen of them, and some of them are quite useful, such the Tweet@rama front-end to Twitter, the Socialite Facebook app, the news app, weather app, and more. Although they're clearly designed for tablets, they work quite well on PCs as well. You can see Tweet@rama in action, below.

Cloud integration
Windows 8 was very clearly built with the cloud in mind, and designed for a world in which your files and information will be available to you no matter what device you use and where you are. Syncing will be built right into it...although not quite yet. For now, Windows 8 only syncs some information to the cloud, including global settings such as app settings, screen lock picture and themes, browser settings, taskbar and Windows Explorer settings, and some passwords. But eventually, you'll be able to sync data as well.

It's fast
I installed Windows 8 on my old clunker of a test machine, a dual-boot Dell Inspiron E1505 with 1GB of RAM and a single-core Intel T2400 1.83GHz CPU. That's at the very bottom of the hardware requirements for Windows 8. Yet even in this early state on that slow a machine, it was still fast and responsive. It felt even faster than Windows 7 on the same machine.

New Windows Explorer
Windows Explorer is now actually useful in Windows 8. It sports a ribbon interface, so that many features that were previously hidden or hard to find, are now easily accessible via five main tabs, File, Home, Share, View, and Manage.

See also: Five reasons you'll want Windows 8
                Windows 8 : The secret hidden features

Windows 8 Features list

Windows 8, which was fully unveiled at the Windows Build Conference in Anaheim, California, is here, and it looks much, much different from Windows 7. Sure, it has the start-bar-and-icon “Desktop” look that Windows users are familiar with, but it also has a new, touchscreen-optimized interface called ‘Metro,’ which looks more like the Windows Phone operating system and which looks like the future of Microsoft Windows from here on out.

The touch-optimized interface was all Stephen Sinofsky, President of Windows, and Julie Larson-Green, Corporate Vice President of Windows, were talking about when they showed off Windows 8 to developers at the conference. (They did not, however, mention when the new OS would be available to users.)

Here are some screenshots of the new Windows 8 from Sinofsky and Larson-Green’s presentation, along with explanations of the newest features and interfaces that users can expect on their new tablets and PCs.

Lock Screen - The new lock screen for Windows 8, which appears after you put your computer to sleep or restart or lock your computer. Notifications such as new email alerts, Wi-Fi availability and other essential, user-chosen information will be pushed to this screen.

Start Screen - Here is the start screen in the ‘Metro’ view (the classic start bar “desktop” view is still available). Users can scroll side-to-side, much as they would on an iOS or Android phone, for different groups of applications. Immediately to the right of this homescreen is the media hub (seen above).

Grouped Apps - Users have the option to categorize their apps into genre or function. Sinofsky and Green showed off a Media category, Games category and social networking category.

Zoomed Out View - Users can zoom out from this view to see all of their apps at once. This is also where you can move entire blocks at a time closer to the homescreen. For example, if you want Games immediately next to your homescreen, or on the homescreen itself, you can pick up the entire block and drag it to the left.

On Screen Keyboard - Emphasizing touchability, a demo of the Windows 8′s on-screen keyboard was shown to pop up with the scroll of the thumb. The new Microsoft OS still works, of course, with mouse and physical keyboard, but this is an option for those on tablets or touchscreen PCs.

Control Panel
RSS Feed - An RSS reader in Metro view–very scrollable and visual.

RSS Feed – Expanded - An expanded view of the RSS feed. Users can scroll up and down within articles or left and right to switch between articles.

Social Network - A view of a hypothetical social network, in a pane interface. You can see the news feed pane on the left and the full view on the right.

Video Player And Settings - While playing a video of paragliding, Julie Larson-Green turned up the volume via in the collapsible sidebar settings panel.

Multi-Tasking – News Feed And Video - You can view two apps or windows at once on your tablet by dragging them together and letting them “snap” together. Seen above, a scannable News Feed flanks a paragliding video, letting the viewer work while enjoying media entertainment.

Newly Opened Tab In Internet Explorer - Starting up Internet Explorer in Metro mode. Here you can see the Most Visited pages and Favorites pinned to the page.

Internet Explorer With On-Screen Keyboard - Typing a web address into Internet Explorer using the on-screen explorer.

Webpage In Internet Explorer
The ‘Share Charm’ - The ‘Share Charm’ icon sits on the Start bar. When you see something within an app you want to share, pull out the start bar and click ‘Share”.

Share Charm (Continued) - Select a piece of text, image, video or whole webpage and choose a contact in your address book you want to send that information to.

Universal Spell Check - Green didn’t mean to, but she showed off another new feature of Windows 8 (also recently added to Lion OS X): Universal Spell Check, which proofs words typed in any Windows 8 app.

Universal Search - Speaking of Mac, Windows 8 will have a spotlight-style universal search, which will let the user browse through the entire system for a search query.

Universal Search (Continued) - The search bar can also scan through any of your apps, including apps like Bing that search online.

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How to Partition Hard Drive in Windows 7 Computer

The blogpost is intended to describe the procedure of partitioning hard drive on a Windows 7 computer. The method explained here is Very simple, reliable, and self-performable. It is still recommended that users follow and implement the instructions accurately. Doing so will save them from running into problems and eventually contacting Microsoft technical Support to fix it.

Do you want to partition your Windows 7 hard drive? Do you need help doing so? If yes, then the article is for you. Windows 7 is truly an advanced operating system as it offers so many features and utilities that never existed in the previous versions. Disk partitioning is one among those features that allows users to resize, create, or delete hard drive partitions. The below mentioned guide will help you do the desired task on your own. This essentially means that you don’t need to call up Microsoft tech support for help.

Steps to Partition Hard Drive in microsoft Windows 7 

• Click on the Start menu and navigate to the option Computer. Right click on Computer and select Manage from the dropdown menu. This will open up the Computer Management window. Scroll down to the option Storage, click on it and then click on Disk Management. 

• This will show you all the drives listed currently in your computer. Point your mouse to the drive that you want to partition, right click on it and choose Shrink Volume from the dropdown list of options.

• This will open up a dialog box showing total size before shrink and available space etc. Type the desired amount that needs to be shrunk in the box next to Enter the amount of space to shrink in MB. 

• When done, click on the Shrink button. The shrinking process can take some time depending on the shrink amount and the disk size. Be patient until the process completes. When completed, you will be shown Unallocated space in a dialog box. This is the size of shrunk volume. Right click on Unallocated space and then select New Simple Volume from the dropdown menu. 

• This will open up the New Simple Volume Wizard window. If you don’t want to format the newly create volume, you can choose the first option saying Do not format this volume. If you want to format, click on Format this volume with the following settings. Choose NTFS from the File System dropdown menu. Type a drive letter in the box next to Volume Label. Leave the Allocation unit size to Default. Click on the Next button and then the Finish button to close the window. 

• You can also download and run a free hard drive partitioning tool from a trusted website. Choose from an available range of free tools. Some of them include Ultimate Boot CD, System RescueCD, Ranish Partition Manager, and GParted Live among others.

See:  How to Delete Protected Partitions in Windows 7

How to Delete Undeletable Files in Windows 7

The article has been designed to help users get rid of the undeletable files from their Windows 7 operating system. The instructions compiled in the article are reliable and correct to the date. However, it is still recommended that users follow the instructions accurately to avoid facing common Windows 7 problems.

Need help deleting an undeletable file in Windows 7, the most popular operating system? If yes, then the article is for you. There are some files that need to be deleted while upgrading to Windows 7 or due to virus infection among other reasons. However, when you try to delete a file, it becomes inaccessible or gives some other weird messages. What should you do in that case? Should you contact Microsoft technical support or wait for a miracle to happen? No, certainly not. We understand that your time is precious. Therefore, we have brought you this comprehensive guide that will help you delete the undeletable files from your Windows 7 computer.

Instructions:

Click on the Start menu (the Windows button), type ‘cmd’ (without quotes and as is) in the Start Search box, and hit Enter on the keyboard. When the Command Prompt window (a black screen) comes up, right click on the cmd.exe and select Run as administrator. Open Task Manager also by the side, click on the Processes tab, highlight the explorer.exe process from the listed options, and hit the End Process button. Click on the End Process button when you receive a warning or confirmation message. Open Command Prompt again and give a command to locate the desired file from its directory. To do so, enter complete path of the file in the Command Prompt window and hit Enter on the keyboard. For example your file is located in the Windows\System32 directory, you will type ‘cd \windows\system32’ (without quotes and as is).

Thereafter type ‘del the filename.exe’ (the filename will be the name of the file) and hit Enter. The particular file will be removed. Switch back to the Task Manager window, click on the File menu, and select New Task (Run.). In the Create New Task window, type explorer.exe in the Open box and hit the OK button. This will re-launch the Windows shell.

Download and run an automatic removal tool to remove the locked and/or undeletable files. Save the file to a location where it is easily accessible from. When done, open the file and run to initialize the process. You can choose from a range of freeware or paid automatic tools such as Process Explorer, ForceDel, Copylock, Unlocker 1.8.7 by Cedrick Collomb, and DelLater among others.

Additional Tips:

It is recommended that you take utmost care while deleting any file. A wrong deletion can prove disastrous to your computer.

See also:Steps to Recover Deleted Files in Windows XP

How to Fix Unknown Error 0x8004060C in Microsoft Outlook

The article intends to help users know what the error unknown 0x8004060C is in Microsoft Outlook and how to fix it using simple methods. The methods described here are simple and correct until date. It is still recommended that users follow the instructions accurately to get the desired problem fixed without running into common Microsoft Outlook problems and eventually contacting Microsoft technical support services. 

Are you unable to send or receive emails in Microsoft Outlook? Are you looking for a permanent solution to fix the error message ‘Task 'Microsoft Exchange Server - Receiving' reported error (0x8004060C): 'Unknown Error 0x8004060C’? If yes, then the article is for you. Unknown 0x8004060C is one of the common errors in Outlook 2002 that occurs when the size of overall .pst file reaches beyond its capacity (2GB). Outlook then stops communicating to the server in order to prevent the existing files from being corrupted. Now that you have understood why the problem occurs, let’s get started to fix the problem.

Instructions:

Open Outlook, right click on the Deleted Items folder, and select the Empty Deleted Items Folder. If prompted for a confirmation, click on the Yes button. It is must to empty the folder as unnecessary mails will only contribute to the clutter in your mailbox and thence create problems like these.

Other than the Deleted Items folder, delete all the unwanted, unnecessary mails or attachments (that you no longer need) from your mailbox due to the reason well explained above.

Reduce the size of the .pst file by compacting it. This will fix the problem only for the time until more emails come in and the file size exceeds its limit again. Therefore, it’s a temp solution but must be performed.
Create a new .pst file and then split your Outlook data into it. This will be the easiest solution to perform and save your Outlook data.

If the problem continues, then download a .pst split software from a trusted website. You can choose from various free or paid .pst split software versions as per your convenience. Save the file to your preferred location where it is easily accessible from. When done, locate the file, double click on it and run. Wait until the process finishes and splits your Outlook data into several small .pst files.

The best solution is to upgrade your Windows XP Service Pack (SP) through Microsoft or Windows Updates or visit Microsoft’s website to obtain the latest SP. This will remove the flaw of 2GB size limit and enable you to continue enjoy sending or receiving emails in Outlook.

Additional Tips:

Set Windows Updates to download the latest updates automatically. This will save you from the pain of remembering and downloading the updates manually.

See: How to fix Outlook 80042108 error
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How to Use Backup & Restore in Windows 7

The article intends to educate users about using backup and restore utility in their Windows 7 computer. The methods described in the article are reliable and correct to the date. It is still recommended that users follow the instructions accurately to avoid facing common Windows 7 problems.

Windows 7 has been so far considered to have a better backup and restore utility than the earlier Windows versions. Well that’s true. You can use this built-in tool to take a backup of your important data or create a system recovery disk, allowing you to avoid facing data loss issue. Using the backup & restore feature is very easy and can be done without the Microsoft technical Support services. The below mentioned guide will also save you from running into common Windows 7 problems while doing so.

Instructions:-

Click on the Start menu and go to Control Panel. In the Control Panel window, click on the System and Security option and then select Backup and Restore.

Click on the Set up backup button under the Back up or restore user and system files heading. Wait when you see the message Starting Backup and don’t click on the Cancel button. You will see the Configure Backup dialog box, choose a preferred location to store the backed up data to. It is strongly advised that you take the backup to an external flash drive or hard drive. Keep it to a safe place and use when required.

If you don’t see the desired location under the Backup locations heading, click on the Refresh button below. Click on the Add Network Location button if you can want to backup your data on a network location.
When done, click on the Next button. Choose an appropriate option from Let Windows choose and Let me choose and click on the Next button. You can include more files and folders of your choice to include in the backup. Click to select the checkbox next to Include a system image of drives (C:) and click on the Next button. When done, click on the Save settings and run backup button to initialize the backup process. Don’t click on the Stop back up button and wait for the process to finish. If asked, choose date, time, and frequency of backup and click on the OK button.

When the process is finished, you will see the backup file(s) icon. Now if you want, you can restore these files or adjust the backup folder’s size. For that, you will need to click on the Create an image backup option on the left hand panel in the Backup and Restore option (under System and Security in Control Panel).

Select the desired destination to save the image backup to and click on the Next button. Review your settings under the Confirm your backup settings heading or else click on the back button to go back and select other drive. When done, click on the Start backup button to initialize the process.

Wait until the process finishes and successfully creates an image backup. You can also create a system recovery disk if you want. This will help you recover your Windows if something goes wrong with your computer.