The Quickest Method To Uninstall Fast Browser Search Toolbar

One of the most frustrating problems some browser users face is the presence of annoying toolbars. Fast Browser Search toolbar is an example for this. This toolbar affects most web browsers like Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome or Opera. In this article, we look at the steps for removing the Fast Browser Search toolbar from Internet Explorer as well as Mozilla Firefox.

How to remove toolbars from Internet Explorer

There is no specific method for removing the Fast Browser Search toolbar from Internet Explorer. The common method of toolbar removal can be used for the removal of Fast Browser Search toolbar as well.

Steps

• Launch IE and locate the Fast Browser Search toolbar in the window.
• ress the down arrow button beside the main search button in the toolbar.
• A list of options would be displayed now. Locate and press the Help option to proceed. In the resulting options, you will find a button titled Uninstall. Click on this button and follow the prompts to remove the Fast Browser Search toolbar from your IE.

You have now successfully removed Fast Browser toolbar from your IE. Occasionally, some users would see the toolbar returning to the browser. To ensure that the toolbar does not return, clean your Windows registry and uninstall the toolbar from the Control Panel. You need to use a standard Registry Cleaner program to clean up your Windows Registry.

About the Fast Browser Search toolbar removal from Mozilla Firefox

Removing the Fast Browser Search toolbar from Mozilla Firefox is comparatively easier. Here are the steps.

Steps

• Launch your Firefox web browser.
• Go to the Tools menu, which is located at the top of the window.
• Select Add-ons from the resulting dropdown menu. A new dialogue box with a list of all the installed add-ons and plug-ins will be displayed now.
• Browse through the list to locate Fast Browser Search toolbar in it. Once located, highlight it and press the Uninstall button. Follow the directions to complete the removal of the toolbar.
• Once the toolbar is successfully removed, restart your web browser.

You have seen the simple steps on how to remove toolbars from IE and Firefox. Once the removal of the toolbar from the browsers is done, you need to clean up your Windows Registry and uninstall the toolbar from the Control Panel. For any additional help, contact the Windows tech support personnel.

Troubleshooting Error Messages In Outlook

If you are using Microsoft Outlook 2007, you would have got error messages sometimes that say Cannot start Microsoft Office Outlook. Cannot open the Outlook window. This would prevent you from opening the application and accessing your information stored in the application. According to Outlook tech support, corruption in the file that maintains the Navigation Pane settings leads to the Microsoft Outlook cannot start issues.

This file, known as profilename.xml, is located in the Navigation Pane settings and here, the profilename represents the name of the user’s Outlook profile. You can view this file in the following folders:

In Windows XP computer, you would find this file in the following location:

C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

If you are using Windows 7 or Vista in your system, the file location would be:

C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Outlook

If the file size is shown to be 0 KB in size, you can confirm that the file is corrupted.

In such cases, where you get error messages that say Microsoft Outlook cannot start Microsoft Outlook 2007, you can use the following instructions provided by Outlook tech support:

• In the first step, you need to click on Start menu and click on Run. Now, enter the following command in the Run dialog box:Outlook.exe /resetnavpane, and click OK.
•  However, if you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7 OS in your system, you would need to click on the Start menu and then on All Programs. Now, click on Accessories followed by the Run option.

Now, you need to follow these steps in your Windows XP computer:

• You need to click on Control Panel and then go to the Classic View option. Now, you can double-click on Mail and then click on the Show Profiles option.
• If you are able to see more than one profile in the General tab, check the drop-down control under the When starting Microsoft Office Outlook, use this profile option, and check the default profile.
• Now, you can click OK and exit the Mail control panel.

If you have a Windows 7 or Windows Vista computer, you need to follow these steps:

• After opening the control Panel, you need to Search Control Panel box, type Mail.
• Now, you need to click on Mail followed by Show Profiles. Here also, if you see more than one profile, go to the When starting Microsoft Office Outlook, use this profile and check for the default profile.
• Now, click on OK and you can close the Mail control panel.

These steps would help you to successfully troubleshoot the error message in Outlook. For more assistance, please contact our technical support team.

Connecting Your Windows 7 Computer To The Internet Via Tethering

Tethering is an advanced technology that enables users to connect one device with another. This means that if you have a smart phone, you can easily share an Internet connection with your other device such as laptop or a tablet. With this useful option, you can use your cellular provider’s data plan on your computer. This proves to be quite handy especially in those cases when you are away from a wired or Wi-Fi connection.

If you are using a Windows 7 computer and have Android phone, you can easy use the phone’s Internet data on your system. Thus, you can easily manage your work even if you are not at your office or home. For connecting your system to the Internet via your Android phone, you can follow these instructions provided by the technicians available at the Windows support number:

• The first thing you need to ensure is if your phone is capable of creating a Wi-Fi hot spot. In some cases, you may not know how to check this feature. Here, the best option would be to do a search for Android phones with hot spot and then check by adding your phone’s model number. The result would show you if your phone supports this feature.
• If your phone supports hotspot, you can download, find and run your Hot Spot app. Once you have downloaded, you need to follow the on screen directions to set up your hotspot.
• For this, first you need to choose the start tethering option on your app so that your phone becomes a Wi-Fi hot spot.
• Now, turn on your Wi-Fi card is turned on your Windows 7 computer. You would be able to find this option by clicking on Control Panel, followed by Networking.
• In the next step, you would require refreshing your wireless networks. Here, in the list of wireless networks, you would see an option that says Android Phone or Android Tether. At any point of time, you can also dial up the Windows support number to seek assistance from the technicians.
• Now, you need to connect your system to the Android tether and then open your browser to browse the web.

These steps would help you to connect your Windows 7 computer to the Internet via your Android phone. For more information on tethering, please contact our 24/7 Windows technical support team.

Flipboard On Windows 8.1

After its early success on iOS and then on the Android OS, the popular news aggregator named Flipboard is now available on the Microsoft Windows platform for the first time. The Windows 8.1 update is now available in the Windows Store and it will work in both Windows 8 OS and Windows RT. As with the company’s iOS and Android apps, the readers will find that the conventional controls are still in their place. The users will still be able to flip through magazines, subscribe, and then add content to the magazines. 

This is where the familiarity ends. This is because the new app has been slightly tweaked to match with the Windows 8 platform. For instance, the users will now need to swipe from the bottom of the screen to display the action icons like Subscribe, Edit, Refresh, and Flip It. Swiping down will present the recommended users to follow magazines from the other contributors. Above all, this app offers split screen support and gives the users the opportunity to resize the windows. This offers multitasking as well as support for the Live Tiles. This was confirmed after contacting the Windows live support team.

The tech world hopes that the launch of Flipboard on the Windows 8.1 will boost the sales of the Windows 8.1 platform. The final version of the application will be available in the Windows Store shortly. If you have used the app in iOS or Android OS, the experience on the Windows 8.1 will be very familiar one. After the small set up phase, the app will enable a Live Tile when it is pinned to the Start Screen of Windows 8.1. It also gives the option to create additional Live Tiles for other sections. 

The support for Live Tiles is particularly useful as it lets the users view what content has been added without the need to enter the app. Flipboard also says that the users will be able to pin specific magazines to the home screen for easy and quick access. The user will be able to read TabTImes on Flipboard by choosing it as a source in Mobile channel, or by directly going to the tabtim.es/flipboard website. Flipboard currently has ninety million users and was lately valued at around $800 million, which is reported fewer than 50% of the market capital of The New York Times. 

If you wish to know more on Flipboard on Windows 8.1, you can contact the Windows live support team.

PowerShell And Group Policy To Remove Apps In Windows 8

Microsoft Windows 8 has become the first choice operating system for many across the world. Despite the initial lacklustre reception for the operating system, many users now prefer Windows 8 to other Windows operating systems, thanks to the timely Windows 8.1 update that Microsoft released recently. Unlike its predecessor operating system, Windows 8 has an entirely different appearance and settings. There is totally different procedure to install or uninstall a program or app in Windows 8. Obviously, one of the major concerns of Windows 8 users is about uninstalling apps. Is there a simple way to uninstall Windows 8 app? Having used Windows 8 for almost a year, I have found out a couple of short-cuts to uninstall programs in Windows 8. I am more than happy to share that with you.

Removing the Windows 8 app via PowerShell

PowerShell 3.0 is a Windows 8 utility. It features nine cmdlets in order to help users manage apps in the operating system. Among these, two are designed for the removal of Windows 8 apps (Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage and Remove-AppxPackage). If you are currently logged on your Windows 8 machine, you can use Remove-AppxPackage to get rid of any of the Windows 8 apps for your user account. If you want to remove the program from your machine, you will need to use Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage.

If any of the programs you want to remove is defended by another program or application, you will not be able to remove them with PowerShell (Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage or Remove-AppxPackage). In such circumstances, you will need to rely on Group Policy to uninstall programs.

How to uninstall Windows 8 apps using Group Policy

PowerShell logon script enables the removal of Windows 8 apps from all user accounts. You may employ Get-AppxPackage-name*|Remove-AppxPackage for the removal of programs. Group Policy processes your command synchronously by default. There won’t be any problem with a user logging on while the process is going on.

Hope the above instructions helped you remove the Windows 8 apps without any confusion. Since most of the Windows 8 features an entirely different ecosystem when compared to the previous Windows operating systems, it is recommended that you get familiar with it as well as its settings. You may visit the Windows 8 help forum or contact the Windows 8 help desk for more details.

How To Sign Up For A Windows Live Account

Windows Live Messenger is the newer version of MSN messenger and is the instant chat tool from Microsoft. Windows Live Messenger is a part of the Windows Live Essential package, and allows you to stay in touch with your friends and loved ones using text chats, video chats etc. The program also allows you to send files as attachments.

You can add contacts to the program and the users of Windows Live Messenger will be listed on the program. You may click on the contact name and initiate chat with the person. Even if the other person you wish to chat with is not online, you have the options to send offline chats. The other person would receive the chat when he is online again. All these features make it one of the best chat tools in the world.

Now, you cannot use this program just by installing it on your computer. You need to have a valid username and password for Windows Live id. Therefore, once you download and install this program in your computer, you will need to sign up for a Windows Live id. In this post, we will help you to sign up for a Windows Live id.

Steps Involved

• According to Windows Live help center, you can sign up for a Windows Live id with a few simple steps. Let us go through these steps below. 
• Launch your internet browser and browse to the official web page of Windows Live. Select the option Sign up in the page. This will launch a new page where you will find fields to fill in different details. 
• Enter a username in the corresponding field that you wish to have for the account. If the username is unavailable or already used, you will be notified immediately. 
• In the field for Password, type a password for your new account. Make sure that the password is strong and it contains a combination of alphabets, numbers, symbols etc. This will make your password difficult to crack by hackers or other intruders. 
• Choose your Country from the drop down list and then your State. Choose your gender and then enter the characters shown in the box to the corresponding field. 
• Select the option I Agree in the License Agreement section and this will create your new Windows Live id. 

With the new Windows Live id, you can log in to the chat tool and start chatting with your friends. For additional assistance, you may contact Windows Live help center or our technical support team.

How To Use Windows Upgrade Assistant In Your Computer?

Although it has been quite some time since Windows 8 was launched, many users still find upgrading a difficult prospect. According to the technicians at Windows tech support, most users who call about Windows 8 upgrade issues are facing compatibility issues on their systems. Hence, using a Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant is recommended. This program checks if your system is compatible to run Windows 8, before installing the operating system.

Since, Microsoft has announced the end to support for Windows XP by April, 2014, it has become somewhat essential for users to upgrade to Windows 8. It is not necessary that the system you own be compatible to all the features of Windows 8. So, it is important to use the Windows Upgrade Assistant in your system and check if your computer can run the required Windows 8 features.

You can try the following instructions to use the Windows Upgrade assistant in your computer before you install Windows 8:

• In the first step, you need to go to the Windows 8 upgrade site, and check the option to download the Windows Upgrade Assistant. On the page, you need to click on the blue Download Upgrade Assistant button. According to the Windows tech support, since the file size is just about 5MB, it won’t take a long time for the download to get completed.
• After downloading the program, you need to run the upgrade assistant. For this, double-click on the option Windows8-UpgradeAssistant.exe. The program would start checking your computer for compatible apps and devices.
• After the scanning is finished. You would get a list of all the apps and devices from the Windows Upgrade Assistant that are compatible as well as those which are not. This would make it easy for you to upgrade to Windows 8.
• In the next step, you need to click on the See compatibility details link, which would provide you more detailed information about the compatibility of your computer.
• If it shows that your computer is compatible to run Windows 8, you can go back to the main screen and then click on the Next option. If it does not, then you can exit the upgrade assistant.

By following these steps, you should be able to run the Windows Upgrade assistant in your system. For more information, please contact our technical support team.