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If you have installed WinZip courier, Outlook might automatically zip the attached files in all the out going emails. This auto zip feature can be turned off in the following way. Open ‘Configure WinZip courier‘ window. This can be opened by typing ‘winzip courier’ in the start menu search box. Click on Attachment options. Now [...]

On Windows system, we can disable InPrivate browsing in Internet explorer as per the below method. Open group policy editor(Run gpedit.msc) Navigate to the node ‘Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Internet explorer -> InPrivate‘ Now in the right side pane, you can see list of group policy settings. Double click on [...]

I am using Windows 8 consumer preview edition. One thing that surprised me is, the default behavior when we try to a delete a file/folder. In Windows 7 and its predecessors, the next thing that happens when you press ‘delete‘ key is, you get a dialog box asking for confirmation if you would really want [...]

I have experienced this problem in Outlook 2010 recently. When I click on URL links in my emails, Outlook does not open them. It keeps on showing the thin blue bar at the top in the email, indicating that it’s processing to open the URL. But it never finishes.  I did not have this problem [...]

In Internet explorer 8, we can disable tabbed browsing as per the below steps. In IE menu bar click on  Tools and then Internet options Click on Settings button under ‘Tabs‘ Now disable the check button ‘Enable tabbed browsing’ Click on ‘OK’ and ‘Apply’ buttons and close the windows. Using registry keys We can disable [...]

In Internet explorer, when we download files, the files will be saved to the default download folder.  This is usually user’s Documents folder on the system drive. In case if the system drive does not have enough free space, users may want to change the download location to some other drive. We can do this [...]

In Windows 7, firewall can be turned on/off as described below. Open ‘Windows Firewall‘ by running the command ‘firewall.cpl‘ from Run. In the list of links displayed on the left side pane, select ‘Turn Windows firewall on or off‘ In the next window, you can configure firewall for each network separately. To enable firewall for [...]

This post  explains how to install MySQL server on Windows 7 computer.(The steps apply to other Windows versions also like XP, Server 2003, Server 2008). Firstly, download the latest MySQL installer from the below link. //dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/ Download the MSI Installer(32 or 64 bit based on your computer model. If you have 64-bit computer and OS, [...]

In Windows 7 we can setup FTP server by doing the below steps. Open ‘Windows features’ by running optionalfeatures command from Run. Expand the node ‘Internet Information Services‘ Select FTP Server node. Click OK. After completing the above steps, FTP service will be installed on your system. This service is named ‘Microsoft ftp service‘. If [...]