Internet Explorer Stops Navigating To Microsoft Support Page

Internet Explorer is a web browser that comes as the default web browser with all Windows operating systems. Even though the web browser may seem simple in its design, it has many functions and is used by people all over the world. Microsoft has perfected the operating system to be flawless after making numerous changes to the engine over the years. However, the browser is still prone to some errors. Only if you are able to visit the support site, will you be able to find fixes for errors in the system, so fixing this issue is important. Here we discuss simple and easy instructions for fixing the error preventing the browser from opening the Microsoft support website.

Instructions

• Open the Internet Explorer program by double clicking on its icon found in the desktop. If you are not able to find the shortcut icon, move the mouse pointer to the left bottom corner of the screen and then click on the Start menu button. Click on the All Programs tab and then click on the Internet Explorer tab found in the list of programs displayed on the screen.
• When the application opens up on the screen, look for the Tools tab at the top of the application window and click on it when found. From the drop down menu that appears on the screen, click on the Internet Options tab.
• A new window now opens on the screen displaying options for changing settings related to the web browser. Choose the General tab and then enter the address Microsoft.com, which is the Microsoft support page web address in the address box.
• Click on the OK button for saving the changes and for exiting from the window named Internet Options.
• Now close the Internet Explorer window and then reopen it by double clicking on its desktop shortcut icon. Click on the address bar and then type in the address of the Microsoft support page and press the Enter button to navigate to it.
• You will see that you are now able to navigate to the support page of Microsoft with ease.

If you follow the simple instructions given above, you will be able to navigate to the support page easily from the Internet Explorer web browser. However, if you are not able to navigate to the support site, contact Microsoft help and support team for fixing the issue.

Steps To Add Calendar Labels In Microsoft Outlook

Some people use Microsoft Outlook only to send and receive emails. They are unaware of the numerous tools and features present in the program. Microsoft Outlook not only helps you to send and receive emails, but also helps you to organize meetings and schedule appointments. This is made possible using various Microsoft Outlook tools like Calendar, tasks etc. In this post, we will take you through the steps to create labels in the program.

For Outlook versions 2002 and 2003

• Choose the Start menu by selecting the Windows logo in the desktop. Select the option All Programs and then place the mouse cursor over Microsoft Office. This will open a sub menu with the list of Microsoft Office programs. Select Microsoft Outlook from the list.
• Once the Outlook program comes up, click the option Calendar.
• Choose Label, which you will find under the option Edit. Next step is to choose the option Edit Labels and this will open the list of labels that can be edited.
• You may choose any of the labels from the list. Choose the contents in the label and enter texts in the corresponding field. This will remove the default contents and replace it with the new contents entered.
• You may repeat the steps and modify the labels that you want.
• Choose the button OK and this will save the changes.

For Outlook version 2007

• Run Microsoft Outlook 2007 from its desktop shortcut. You may also launch the program by simply typing Outlook and pressing the enter key on the keyboard.
• Select the option New and then Appointment. You may also launch the window for appointment by pressing the keys Ctrl, Shift and A simultaneously.
• Select the option Categorize and then click All categories. This will launch the window for Color Categories.
• You may create a new label by selecting the option New and then filling up the contents in the field for Name. Choose any of the color from the drop down box for Color. Select the button OK and this adds a new category.
• You may alter any existing categories by choosing the category label and then selecting the option Rename.
• Choose the option OK and then Color Categories, which will close the window.

With the above steps, you can create new labels in Microsoft Outlook. For additional help on Microsoft Outlook tools, you may contact our technical support team.

Removing The Yahoo Toolbar From Your System

Yahoo toolbar is a type of browser add-on that provides easy navigation to the services offered by Yahoo! like Yahoo mail or Yahoo search. If you do not need Yahoo toolbar on your computer, you can easily remove it both from the browser as well as from the Control Panel. All you have to do is follow the Yahoo toolbar removal instructions. Well, given below are the instructions that will help you remove Yahoo toolbar from your computer.

From Internet Explorer

• Open your Internet Explorer browser in your system by clicking on the short cut icon for your IE browser in the desktop. When it opens, you need to click on the green button named Settings seen on the Yahoo toolbar. This will open up the Settings menu in your computer.
• From the Settings menu, you need to select the option called Help.
• Next, you need to select the option named Uninstall Toolbar to uninstall the Yahoo toolbar from your computer. To confirm the process of un-installation, you need to click the button called Uninstall.
• This will uninstall the Yahoo toolbar from your computer. After that, close the opened Internet browser and restart it again to let the changes that you have made take effect.

From Control Panel

• If any windows are open in your system, close it. Then, you need to move your mouse pointer toward the lower left corner of your Windows screen and locate the button named Start. After locating it, you need to click it to open the Windows Start menu. From the Windows Start menu, you need to select the option Control Panel.
• From the Control Panel window, depending upon the version of OS that you are using, you need to click either on Uninstall a program or Add/Remove programs option.
• Now a window will be opened on your screen showing all the applications installed in your computer. From the list, locate Yahoo toolbar and click on it. Clicking on it will highlight the Yahoo toolbar and you need to then click on the option called Change seen on the top side of the menu bar.
• To confirm the installation of the Yahoo toolbar, you need to click on the button Yes. Wait until the un-installation process is completely finished.
• Now, your machine will prompt you to restart your computer to make the changes to take effect. Restart it. Now the Yahoo toolbar will be removed from your IE and the computer.

These instructions would help you remove Yahoo toolbar from your computer.

Flash Media Errors On YouTube In IE 11

IE 11 is the latest version of the Internet Explorer released by the tech giant Microsoft. Like other versions of Internet explorer, IE 11 also shows some issues while playing Flash media and many such problems in displaying Flash sites are being reported at the Microsoft help forum. All the Windows operating systems like Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 experienced this issue. The users have experienced many problems like freezing completely to BSODs to repeated warnings to download the latest Flash player and site not loading properly.

These problems have been noted many times and up to now, Microsoft has not come up with any fix or explanation. Earlier this month, an IE patch was introduced and it was supposed to solve the issues associated with displaying flash sites. However, that did not happen. Now, the only solution left to the use is either to use Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome.

A little knowledge about its history is required to understand the nature of the problem. There are three primary infection targets for Windows PCs. One is Adobe Flash, the other is Adobe Acrobat and the final one is browser-based JavaScript. As a result, many of the Windows customers have suffered a lot because Adobe was unable to fix the security holes.

At the time of launch of IE10 along with Windows 8 operating system, the flash player was included within the IE browser and the customers do not need to download and install the flash player separately.  The Flash Player in IE came up with a lot of features. However, only the flash sites that were in Microsoft’s white list could be accessed. But, the sites that are not in the white list will be blocked automatically and the flash plug-in will not be played.

However, the things went on to change very quickly, when Microsoft came up with an announcement that they decided to turn the Flash white list of IE10 to IE10 Flash blacklist. As a result, the operation of the built in Flash player will be as before but the XML file that containing the white list websites was modified to accommodate new sites that were in the black list. This has led to many problems.

Therefore, Microsoft needs to find a very quick fix to solve the problems while playing Flash sites in Internet Explorer 11. To know more about the problem and fixes, visit the Microsoft help forum.

Directions For Removing Toolbars From IE

Web browser is an application that helps one load a website URL. Internet Explorer is the default web browser on Windows platforms. Other popular web browsers are Google Chrome, Opera and Mozilla Firefox. Although browsing websites is the basic function of the web browser, it allows users to customize the application to improve the features and options. A simple way to improve the web browser features is to download and install toolbars. Toolbars are web browser add-ons. Most of the popular websites such as Google, Yahoo and Bing offer free toolbars. Users can install these toolbars on their web browser and enjoy the services these toolbars offer.

How to remove toolbars?

Despite the usefulness of the toolbars, more people are concerned about how to remove them rather than how to install them. This is due to the problems that toolbars cause to the web browsers. If you do not use the features of a toolbar or if your internet is slow, it is better to remove these toolbars. Here is the list of instructions you need to follow to get rid of a toolbar from your Internet Explorer web browser.

Instructions

• Launch your Internet Explorer web browser by double-clicking on the IE icon on your desktop.
• Once the browser is launched, locate the toolbar that you want to remove and press the arrow attached to it. This will display a drop-down menu.
• Locate the Uninstall option from the drop-down menu and highlight it.
• If IE prompts to you to confirm your decision to remove the toolbar, press OK and the toolbar is gone. 
• Restart your browser and you will no longer have the toolbar.

Sometimes, the toolbar is not removed even after you remove it from the web browser. In such cases, it is better to remove the toolbar from Add/Remove Programs.

• Go to the Start button and select Control Panel from the drop-down menu.
• In the Control Panel screen, locate and select Add/Remove Programs to open it.
• Locate and highlight the toolbar you wish to get rid of in the Add/Remove Programs screen and press Remove.
• Follow the removal prompts and you are done.

You have successfully got rid of the toolbar from your IE web browser. If you have any other toolbars to remove, you need not search for the steps for how to remove toolbars. Simply follow the above instructions.

Huge Lag In Windows XP Migration

Even after reports of Microsoft ceasing to provide support for Windows XP, most companies still use Windows XP. Only a very few kicked out XP and started using other operating systems. Windows 8 and Windows 7 operating systems are the migration options available for companies. Microsoft has fixed the end date of Windows XP support as April 8 and even now, private computers as well as systems in MNCs use Windows XP to work with.

What reports say?

There are loads of dangers that lurk while using XP post April 8 2014, but according to reports that came in October, the migration to other operating systems will be completed by a small section of companies before the deadline and they say they are "extremely confident". Many other companies say that the complete migration will take ages and others say that the entire migration will be complete only post the deadline. A very few percentage (only around 6%) say that they have moved from XP to other operating systems.

Migration to Windows 7

In the survey sponsored by Dell and VMware, a number of people (around three quarters) said that migration to Windows 7 was on the cards. On Windows XP alone, about 24 crucial applications process their work according to the survey. For the migration to be completed, three quarters of the organizations said that around a year was required, while other organizations said that the migration took a lot longer time.

The cost factor

42 percent of the respondents said that business would be hampered as the reason why the migration has not been done. Around 34 percent of the respondents said that cost was another factor that prevented the migration. While moving to other operating systems like Windows 7 or even Windows 8, users and organizations had to have a large capital for the purchase of the operating systems.

Go in for Linux or Chromebooks

Companies may also look forward into Linux, Chromebooks etc so as they can avoid the migration to Windows 7 or Windows 8. These are more viable options than a complete migration to new operating systems.

Users may avail help and support from Windows tech support if concerns with Windows 8 or Windows 7 pop up. The services of the Windows tech support are of the best and highest quality and can surely help in troubleshooting glitches with the operating systems.

Fix Outlook Problems By Uninstalling Corrupted Updates

Majority of people around the world have an email account from atleast one of the service providers. You can access the emails you receive in these accounts by launching an internet browser and then navigating to the web page of the service provider.

Now, what will you do if you have multiple email accounts from various service providers? It is certainly difficult to navigate to each of these webmail accounts and view the emails. However, if you have an email client program in your computer, you can configure all these email accounts in it and then view the emails from all these accounts by launching the program. This feature has made email clients popular among the users.

You can find numerous email clients in the world like Windows Live Mail, Outlook Express, Outlook, Thunderbird, Entourage etc. All these email clients help users to configure their internet email addresses in them and download emails to the personal computers. Among these email client programs, Outlook has the most number of users.

Microsoft has released several versions of the program and the latest version is Outlook 2013. However, still many people use the older versions of the program like Outlook 2003. Microsoft releases regular updates for this email client program. Even though the updates are intended to fix Outlook problems and enhance its performance, it can sometimes lead to numerous troubles.

Sometimes, your Outlook 2003 program may fail to send and receive emails or may show an error message with error codes 0x800421A or ox800421B. All these troubles occur due to some of the updates installed in the program. In this post, we will help you to remove these corrupted updates from the program.

Steps Involved

• Select the option Start and then choose Control Panel.
• Open Add or Remove Programs.
• Mark the option Show Updates, which you will find on top of the window.
• From the list of programs installed, choose and remove the following updates.

KB973515: Update for Outlook2003 Junk Filter OUTFLTR"

KB973705: "Update for Outlook2003 OUTLOOK"

KB953432: "Update for Outlook2003 OUTLOOK"

KB954478: "Update for Outlook2003 GDIPLUS"

It is advisable that you restart the computer after removing each update. If your Outlook program works fine after a particular update, you can find out the corrupted update and may not uninstall the remaining ones. If you have any queries regarding the steps mentioned above or any of the Outlook problems, you may contact our technical support team for assistance.