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  • VennerCorp 19:08 on January 16, 2014 Permalink |
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    Outlook 2013 – Can’t Delete or move emails

    It you are running Outlook 2013 or earlier and are having problems where you delete an email but it stays in your inbox and then if you try again  it gives and error message similar to “The operation cannot be performed because the object has been deleted”.

    You might also find sent emails are not moving to the sent folder after they have been sent.

    Then your outlook PST datafile has become corrupted, luckily this is fairly easy to solve, just follow the instructions below;

    Outlook 2013 - Can't Delete or move emails

    Outlook 2013 – Can’t Delete or move emails

     

    • You will need to run scanpst.exe to fix the data file(.ost):
    • To Automaticly run the scanpst click one of the below links . Then click Open or Run in the File Download dialog box, and follow the steps in the Fix it wizard. (this will download direct from microsoft)
    • To Manually Run the scanpst locate the correct folder below using Explorer and run Scanpst.exe.
      • It is worth noting that the folders may be hidden. (check your documentation how to unhide your system files and folders)
    • \Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\office15 Outlook 2013 – 32-bit version
      \Program Files(x86)\Microsoft Office 15\root\office15 Outlook 2013 – 64-bit version
      \Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14 Outlook 2010 – 32-bit version
      \Program Files\Microsoft Office(x86)\Office14 Outlook 2010 – 64-bit version
      \Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12 Outlook 2007 -32-bit version
      \Program Files(x86)\Microsoft Office\Office12 Outlook 2007 – 64-bit version
      \Program Files\Common Files\System\Mapi\1033\ also try here these locations
      \Program Files\Common Files\System\MSMAPI\1033

      Note The file or folders may be hidden. For instructions about how to unhide files and folders, see your operating system documentation.

    • Once running ScanPST just follow the instructions, depending on the size of the PSTfile and the speed of your computer the scan and fix might take a few minutes to a couple of hours.

    If you still are having problems then you may need to delete your profile and datafile and start again, but first you I would recommend you copy PST datafile to a safe location.

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  • VennerCorp 09:22 on November 26, 2013 Permalink |
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    How to install a network printer on windows 7 with no driver.

    Have you been hunting around your trying to install a network printer and windows keeps saying “No Driver Found” ? Well luckily there is a way round it,  Just follow the instructions below.

    How to install a network printer on windows 7 with no driver.

    How to install a network printer on windows 7 with no driver.

     

    • Install The printer Locally.

      • Go to control panel
      • Printers
      • Add a Printer.
      • Select your printer from the list and add it as a local printer.
    • Select your new printers icon, now left click and choose properties.
    • Select the Port Tab.
    • Click “Add Port” – Local Port
    • In the box type in the network address of your printer ie \\Name or ip address of the pc with the printer \ Printer name e.g. \\mypc\hp3100
    • Do a test print.

    Thats it.

     

     

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  • VennerCorp 13:15 on November 17, 2013 Permalink |
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    How to Change the Language on a GT-E1200 or GT-E1205 Mobile Phone 

    How to Change the Language on a Samsung GT-E1200 or GT-E1205 Mobile Phone

    Have you been hunting around your trying to change the language on your Samsung GT E1200 or GT E1205 mobile phone? Well luckily it is very easy and simple to change Just follow the instructions below.

    How to Change the Language on a  GT-E1200 or GT-E1205 Mobile Phone

    How to Change the Language on a GT-E1200 or GT-E1205 Mobile Phone

     

    • Open up the menu by pressing the top left button when in the home screen.
    • Select setting which is the cog in the bottom right corner.
    • Select option 4
    • Select option 1
    • Choose the language you wish then click OK.

    Thats it.

     

     

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  • VennerCorp 16:26 on November 10, 2013 Permalink |
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    How do i change the default program associated with a file extension?

    Have you been hunting around your copy of windows to find how change the default program associated with a file extension? Well luckily it is very easy and simple to change Just follow the instructions below.

    How do i change the default program associated with a file extension?

    How do i change the default program associated with a file extension?

     

    • Open up the control panel in your copy of windows.
    • Located the “default Programs” icon – click it.
    • Click the “Associate a file type or protocol with a program”
    • Scroll down unit  you find the extension you would like to change e.g. PDF
    • Select it and then click the “change program” button
    • If the program you want to change to is visible then select it and click OK.
    • Otherwise click the Browse button and search for the program you want then click OK.

    Thats it.

     

     

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  • VennerCorp 16:10 on October 27, 2013 Permalink |
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    Where is the show desktop button in Windows 7?

    Have you been hunting around your copy of windows to find the elusive “show Desktop” button? Well luckily it is very easy and simple to find. In fact you won’t even have to turn it on!

    Where is the show desktop button in Windows 7?

    Where is the show desktop button in Windows 7?

     

    Look to the left hand side of the clock in the task bar you will see a rectangle, if you hove your mouse over it any active windows will disappear until you move y0ur mouse. If you click on the rectangle all the active windows will shrink as per the old “show desktop button”

     

     

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  • VennerCorp 21:53 on September 16, 2013 Permalink |
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    hotmail + This content cannot be displayed in a frame 

    Hotmail + This content cannot be displayed in a frame

    Are you getting a “This content cannot be displayed in a frame” error message when accessing or trying to send an email in hotmail or outlook.com?

    hotmail + This content cannot be displayed in a frame

    Are you getting a “This content cannot be displayed in a frame” message in hotmail?

    Well luckily it is very easy to fix, all you need to do is clear your web browsers on line cache, close your browser and re login to hotmail / outlook.

    To clear your web browsers cache varies from browser to browser so check you help files for specifics but generally – 

    • Goto Tools
    • Options
    • Privacy \ content or similar.
    • Clear recent history
    • Make sure cache is selected and then press ok or clear.

     

     

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    • Alan 19:13 on June 30, 2014 Permalink

      Well I got the same problem and I cannot fix it because when I’m trying to accesss tools it appears another menu completly different so I need to send a frame quickly can some one help me please I need help it’s an urgency

    • VennerCorp 18:54 on July 1, 2014 Permalink

      You just need to clear your Cache – What browser are you using?

  • VennerCorp 11:00 on September 8, 2013 Permalink |
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    How Can I Improve My Websites Search Engine Position?

    Bing have just released a very interesting article on their blog detailing the items that can help your search engines position and what can be detrimental. even though it is bing that has released this info it should also be applicable to Google and the other search engines as well.

    How Can I Improve My Websites Search Engines Position?

    How Can I Improve My Websites Search Engines Position?

    Items that can help improve your sites position;

    • Title tags
    • Meta Descriptions
    • Clean URL
    • Images and Alt descriptions (also called alt tags)
    • H1 tags
    • Rel=Canonical
    • Robots.txt
    • Sitemaps
    • Social sharing options
    • Unique content
    • Depth of content
    • Matching content type to visitor expectations (text, images, video, etc.)
    • Usability Page load times (to a certain point – faster is great, but not at the expense of usability andusefulness)
    • Crawlability (AKA discoverability, so can we actually get to all your content)
    • News – if you are actually a new site, submit for inclusion

    Items that you should avoid or that will have little effect;

    • Meta Keywords (fill them in if you like, keep it short and relevant, but not a big ranking factor)
    • Duplicate URLs
    • Overly long URLs (no set number, but you’ve all seen these)
    • Cloaking (comes down to your intent, but risky business for sure)
    • Link buying
    • Selling links
    • Link and like farms
    • Three way links
    • Content duplication content
    • Auto following in social media

    This is not a definitive list and not all items will apply to your site, also just having H1 tag on your page will not necessary improve your site unless the tag is used correctly.

    Check out the full article here.

    http://www.bing.com/blogs/site_blogs/b/webmaster/archive/2013/07/26/27-things-that-help-and-hurt-seo.aspx

     

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  • VennerCorp 12:31 on September 1, 2013 Permalink |
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    How Can I Backup My Gmail Account?

    People often in today’s modern world run their entire lives and and businesses via email, so what would happen if you suddenly lost access to your account? what would happen if you no longer had all your receipts or business contacts? It would not be good…. So we are often asked how can I get a backup just in case it gets corrupted or I lose access to my account for some reason. Below are a few of the easiest methods we have found to quickly and securely create a backup of your email.

    How Can I Backup My Gmail Account?

    How Can I Backup My Gmail Account?

    Methods.

    • Gmail Backup – A great free standalone program for windows and mac that will automaticly download and store all your emails in standard EML files meaning you can open them in any email client e.g. outlook or thunderbird. it also stores any attachments.

    Download it from http://www.gmail-backup.com/download – It is also open source so you can do mods or integrate it into your own applications if you so wish.

     If the download link is down on their main site (as it was for me the other day) you can grab it from here

    http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/GMail-Backup-Download-113022.html

    •  Mailstore – Another great program that free for personal use, it will down load emails from  Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, Any POP3 and IMAP mailboxes, Microsoft Outlook XP, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013, Microsoft Outlook Express and Windows Mail , Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, 2007, 2010 and 2013 mailboxes, Microsoft Office 365 (Exchange Online)

    Download it from http://www.mailstore.com/en/mailstore-home.aspx

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  • VennerCorp 18:59 on August 27, 2013 Permalink |
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    How Can I Send an EXE via Gmail?

    Google’s Gmail email system system prevents all executable file types and some system files from being sent via its servers as a virus protection measure. This is good but also very annoying if like us you often have to send these types of files to customers and other people with in the company. If you try to send an file type that Google does not like Gmail will give you an error message along the lines of “FILE is an executable file. For security reasons, Gmail does not allow you to send this type of file”.

    Luckily there is a couple of fairly easy ways to get round it.

     

    How Can I Send an EXE via Gmail?

    How Can I Send an EXE via Gmail?

    Methods.

    1. Use a free facility such as dropbox to upload your file and then email the direct link to the file so that your friend \ colleague \ customer can easily download it to their device. Another advantage to this is that you are not limited to the size of the file.
    2. Rename the file without an exe extension, Compress it with any compression utility and then attach it. Now it will get attached, and uploaded successfully.The receiver of the email should uncompress the attachment and rename it again with exe extension.

     

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  • VennerCorp 15:39 on August 18, 2013 Permalink |
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    How Can I Play Music for Free Online?

    There are many options for streaming music for free to your PC, MAC, Tablet or mobile\cell phone. Below are our favourite sites that offer the largest music catalogues and are easy to use on all your devices.

    There is no limit to the number of sites that you can use \ sign up for so give them all a try until you find the one that suits your needs the best.

     

    How Can I Play Music for Free Online?

    How Can I Play Music for Free Online?

    SpotifySpotify

    Stream unlimited music to your device for free, note the free service is add supported you can subscribe to remove the adds.

    Spotify is probably the biggest player in the online music world, the you can run it as a dedicated application on your machine or stream it to your web browsers.

    Around the world it has over 20 millions users and 20 million plus music tracks.

    You can sign in and link Spotify to your facebook and twitter account to share your music with your friends.

    Visit the Spotify web site here https://www.spotify.com

    Last FMLast FM

    Stream unlimited music to your device for free, note the free service is add supported you can subscribe to remove the adds.

    When you play music LastFM will create a playlist for you when you search for a song.  It also connect to your itunes account and will recommend other bands based on your purchases and will also introduce to other uses with similar tastes.

    Last FMwill Apps and programs for your Xbox, smart phone or tablet, they also have downloadable programs for your pc and mac  and stream direct from your web browser.

    Visit the Last FM website here http://www.last.fm

    JangoJango

    Jango was launched in 200y and in its operation is quite similar to Last FM, but unlike all the other sites you don’t have to register or create an account to play music, just enter the name of an artist and Jango will create a station straight away playing songs  similar to your choice.

    Siluar to other other site you can link it to your social network accounts to show and see what your friends are listening to.

    But unlike all the other sites there is no paid option to have a add free version of their site.

    Visit the Jango website here http://www.jango.com

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