Outlook 2013 Disappears From Taskbar When Minimized

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One of my customers was complaining that Outlook 2013 would disappear when he minimized the program. Here is the “fix” for this if you are experiencing the same thing. This “fix” will also work for Outlook 2016 running on Windows 10.

Step One: Open Outlook.

Step Two: Find the Microsoft Outlook icon in your icon tray. You may need to click the “up” arrow. Outlook Minimized Setting

Step Three: Right-click the Microsoft Outlook icon and uncheck the setting ” Hide When Minimized“. With that setting unchecked your problem will be solved.

If this helped you please leave a comment or share this tip with your friends.

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Source: Microsoft Community 

Resolve Windows 10 Upgrade Error Code 8007002C-4000D

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Most of the Windows 10 upgrades I have done so far have gone quite smoothly. However, I did run into an upgrade issue with a customer the other day. Here is what would happen. I would download Windows 10 and it would begin its upgrade process. After Windows 10 got to about 99% installed the installation would reboot. After the reboot, the screen would go black for a bit and then revert back to the previous operating system, Windows 7. Windows would then display error code 8007002C-4000D.

Windows 10 Upgrade Error

Another technician looked at the problem first so I will list the steps he tried.

Step One: Turned off AntiVirus ( Avast ) , Uninstalled Covenant Eyes (Software)

Step Two: Deleted Items in C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download

Step Three: Ran Command Prompt wuauclt.exe /updatenow

After the above steps were completed, the computer still returned error code 8007002C-4000D.

I decided to take a look at the issue. I decided to “Google” the issue first to see if anyone else had a fix for this problem. I found this Microsoft forum full of people having this issue. I scanned over the thread and found a general consensus that it seemed to be a software giving us upgrade problems. Here are the steps I tried.

I uninstalled Avast and Covenant Eyes software.

I ran system file checker sfc /scannow . System file checker didn’t find anything amiss.

Next I ran msconfig and went to the startup tab. Under the startup tab I removed all software from starting up.

I began the Windows 10 upgrade. Much to my relief and happiness the Windows 10 upgrade was successful.

Conclusion: From the troubleshooting things I tried, I believe unchecking all software from startup is what fixed this issue. Previously, Windows 10 would almost install but after the reboot the software would try starting up. One of the software items I unchecked must have been giving me my issues.

I hope these troubleshooting tips can help you out. Please leave a comment if you have trouble upgrading your computer to Windows 10 as well.

This was posted by techspeeder.

 

Remote Desktop Connection Username or Password are Wrong

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I recently set up a Windows 7 computer that could be accessed out of office via a remote desktop. The problem I was having, was that everytime I tried to connect to the computer I would receive an error. The error said something like this, “Remote Desktop can’t connect because the username or password is wrong”. So naturally, I entered the password again but with the same results. I checked the username- it was correct ( so I thought). I kept trying the credentials and I “knew” I had them correct. Finally at my wits end, I contacted another technician about this problem.

He asked me if I renamed the Windows 7 user account after I had setup the computer. I told him I had renamed the account. The tech told me that the when connecting via a Remote Desktop connection the user name needs to match the one under C:\users folder. I had changed the user account from (ex.) User to User1. This had been the cause of all my issues.

I tried connecting to the Windows 7 computer , but this time using the old username of User. Just that fast I was connected to the computer via an remote desktop connection.

Conclusion: The updated user account name, User1 was not recognized by Windows through the RDP session since the C:\Users folder didn’t match. To avoid this frustrating circumstance, it is best not to rename your user account after you have created it if you are planning to connect to your computer via RDP.

How to Enable “Undo Send” for your Gmail Account

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Recently, Gmail rolled out a cool little feature called “undo send”. Basically this feature allows a user to “call back” a sent email. “Undo Send” doesn’t actually pull the email from the recipient’s mailbox; but instead puts a small time limit on the email before it is sent from your account. This allows you to undo a “sent” email for up to 30 seconds.

This is very useful if you accidentally forgot to attach a document or having the wrong recipient for the email. I would recommend enabling this feature. It may save you some embarrassment down the road.

Here is how to enable “Undo Send” for your Gmail account.

Step One: Log into your Gmail account.

Step Two: Click the gear in the right hand corner and go down to Settings.Gmail Settings

Step Three: Once Settings is opened click the General tab and you will see an Undo Send Option. Continue reading →

Setup Gmail Account as POP3 in Outlook 2013

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Here is a tutorial on how to setup your Gmail account in Microsoft Office 2013. These instructions will also work for Outlook 2007, 2010, and Outlook Preview 2016.

I created the video below on how to setup your Gmail account as POP3 in Outlook 2013. However, if you would rather follow text instructions you will find them below.

Before we open Outlook lets visit your Gmail account.

Log into your Gmail and go the gear in the right corner and select Settings.Gmail Account Settings

Go to the Forwarding and IMAP/POP setting tab. Enable POP for all mail. Continue reading →