Thursday, 10 December 2015

How to Create .Net Framework Prerequisites Entry in Microsoft Visual Studio 2015

Find out how to Create .Net Framework 4.6.1 Prerequisites Entry in Microsoft Visual Studio 2015. This article elaborates the whole process in simple steps.

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Monday, 12 October 2015

Fix Fingerprint Reader Not Working in Windows 7 When Resumed From Sleep or Hibernation

Here is a quick fix for tacking issue of Fingerprint reader not working in Windows 7 when you resume your computer from sleep or hibernation.

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Wednesday, 7 October 2015

How to Uninstall or Disable Lync in Windows 7 / 8 / 10

If Microsoft Lync is capturing your meeting links, here is a method of How to Uninstall or Disable Lync in Windows 7 / 8 / 10. Also find download link of Microsoft Office Professional Plus Offline Installer.

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Tuesday, 6 October 2015

10 Ways to Fix Outlook 2013 Stuck at “Loading Profile” Screen

Find 10 ways to fix Outlook 2013 Stuck at "Loading Profile" Screen issue for Windows 7, 8 and 10 users. Also find, how to repair a .pst file if corrupted.

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[v1.10.335] Download CCleaner Free for Mac from CNET & Filehippo

Download version 1.10.335 of CCleaner Free for Mac El Capitan from CNET, Filehippo or from Piriform website itself. Get Direct links to download CCMacSetup110.dmg.

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Download CCleaner Free for Windows 10 from CNET & Filehippo

Download version 5.10.5373 of CCleaner Free for Windows 10 from CNET, Filehippo or from Piriform website itself. Get Direct links to download ccsetup510.exe.

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Thursday, 1 October 2015

[Fix] Intel Wireless 7260 AC Wifi Speed Issues in Windows 10

Find 2 solution for fixing WiFi Speed Issues using Intel Wireless AC 7260 Adapter in Windows 10. Also find latest Intel drivers for old Dell, HP & Lenovo Machines.

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Wednesday, 23 September 2015

How to Open Snipping Tool in Windows 10 Plus Tips and Tricks

Find some productive tips and tricks on Snipping Tool of Windows 10 and How to Open it. Also find, why start menu is not able to find Snipping Tool?

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Tuesday, 22 September 2015

[Fix] Internal Power Error BSOD for Lenovo Y40-70 / 80 Using Windows 10

We have found a solution to fix Internal Power Error Blue screen of Death for Lenovo Y40-70 and Y40-80 laptops using Windows 10. Its a Guaranteed working Solution.

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[Fix] Windows 8 or 10 Doesn’t Boot in HP Stream 7 with Error 0xc000000f

Error 0xc000000f is one the most difficult error to fix in Windows 10. This error is most seen on HP Stream 7 and here's a fix of Windows 10 Doesn't Boot in HP Stream 7 with Error 0xc000000f.

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[Fix] CD/DVD Drive Not Detected or Working In Windows 10

Find 3 detailed solutions for fixing CD/DVD Drive Not Detected or Working In Windows 10 issue. These solutions requires registry tweaking & works guaranteed.

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Monday, 21 September 2015

Download Windows 10 Compatible Nvidia GeForce Graphics Card Driver

Usually when you upgrade your Laptop with New operating system, say Windows 10, there’s hardly any support you get from the manufacturer. And not just manufacturer can be blamed for this, as individual OEM too don’t release new drivers for their old products, as they need to force consumer to purchase new products with further

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Microsoft SDP Collects Registry Information in Windows 10

Office sign-in and authentication diagnostic is done by Support Diagnostic Platform (SDP), which is designed to collect registry information from your computer and also the diagnostics file which are generated by Microsoft Office programs.

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Sunday, 20 September 2015

[Fix] USB Not Working in HP Envy Series Laptops/Notebooks

Download the right driver by Intel to fix USB Not Working issues in HP Envy Series Laptops. This driver is valid for Intel® 7 Series/C216 Chipset Family & 2nd and 3rd Gen Intel Processors.

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Saturday, 19 September 2015

[Fix] System Thread Exception Not Handled BSOD Error in Windows 8 and 10

Get detailed but quick way to fix System Thread Exception Not Handled in Windows 8 and 10. Our solutions don't require you to have Bootable CD of Windows.

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Friday, 18 September 2015

[Fix] Error 0xc00d11d1 (0xc00d4e86) Make Sure Your Computer’s Sound & Video Cards Are Working

Here's a qucik Fix of Error 0xc00d11d1 (0xc00d4e86) Make Sure Your Computer's Sound & Video Cards Are Working. This error occurs because of NO audio input source.

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List of All Printers or Scanners Supported by Windows 10 Mobile

This list is an exhaustive list and would be updated from time to time as soon as Microsoft may keep adding support for more printers or scanners. Current list have printers listed from major all brands like Brother, Canon, Fuji Xerox, Gestetner, Hewlett-Packard (HP), Infotec, Konica Minolta, Kyocera, Lanier, Lexmark International, NEC, NRG, OKI, RICOH,

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Thursday, 17 September 2015

Ultimate Guide to Turn off Windows 10 Privacy Settings

Here's an ultimate guide to Turn OFF Windows 10 Privacy Settings and read in detail about which privacy setting you should turn OFF and which NOT and Why?

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Tuesday, 15 September 2015

Windows 7 and 8 Also Spy On you Like Windows 10 Do – Here’s a Way to Stop Them

Microsoft gone Evil. Now they have brought their spy to Windows 7 and Windows 8 users too like on Windows 10 and here's a way to protect your privacy.

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Saturday, 12 September 2015

[Fix] No Appropriate Driver to be installed for WiFi on Lenovo G50-70 Laptop

Fix No Appropriate Driver to be installed for WiFi on Lenovo G50-70 laptop using Windows 7 or Windows 10, We have listed all mandatory drivers required by both Windows.

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Fix Simple Pass Identity Software Installation Failure on HP Laptops

Here are 4 solutions to fix Simple Pass Identity Software Installation Failure on HP Laptops using Windows 10. Also find the way to avoid this error in future.

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[Fix] Wifi Not Working in HP Pavilion Series using Windows 10

Download driver of Windows HP Pavilion and Compaq series using Windows 10. Also download drivers of those laptops who are not officially supported yet.

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Saturday, 5 September 2015

How to Fix File System Error 1073545193 in Windows 10

Here's a quick and working method to fix File System Error 1073545193 in Windows 10. This article also cover solution of File system error (-1058340861).

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Monday, 24 August 2015

How to Stop Windows 8/10 Installing Driver Software Automatically

Here's a method on How to Stop Windows 10 Installing Driver Software Automatically. Yes you can stop installation of unwanted drivers in your computer.

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How to Get Windows 8 Start Screen Back on Windows 10

Here's a method on How to Get Windows 8 Start Screen Back on Windows 10. The solutions are very easy to implement and can be done in 2 ways within minutes.

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How to Set Internet Explorer as Default Browser on Windows 10

Here's a method on how to set Internet Explorer as Default Web Browser on Windows 10. Although Microsoft don't recommend using it, still many people wants it back.

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How to Completely Remove Candy Crush Saga from Windows 10

Read here the easiest steps to How to Completely Remove Candy Crush Saga from Windows 10. There are two ways to uninstall Candy Crush Saga from Windows 10.

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Sunday, 23 August 2015

Download HP “Unknown Devices” Drivers for Windows 7/8/10

Find download links for drivers of "Unknown Devices" of HP Laptop or Notebooks for Winodws 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10. Also learn how to find Device ID for Hardware Components in Device Manager.

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Saturday, 22 August 2015

Fix HP Office Jet Pro Scanning Issues After Upgrading to MacOS X

Here are few solutions to fix HP Office Jet Pro Scanning Issues After Upgrading to MacOS X Yosemite. We have listed easiest solution to fix scanning issues.

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Friday, 21 August 2015

Fix Sony Vaio Pro Wifi Issues

We have wrote 8 solutions to fix Sony Vaio Pro WiFi Issues. Out of these 8 solutions, we are sure that you'll able to fix no connectivity or any WiFi issue.

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Thursday, 20 August 2015

How to Find Windows 10 Update Logs and Read using PowerShell

With the release of Windows 10, Microsoft has changed the way, this operating system logs being created and then how to view them. Till now, we have been viewing Windows Logs of previous versions operating system in Windowsupdates.log file. However, this file is still present in Windows 10, but when you open it, it'll not show you logs, rather you'll find following information in it:

[crayon-55d5bea9c7c03064477282/]

How to Find Windows 10 Update Logs and Read using PowerShelll

So, while Microsoft has done so many changes in Windows 10, they totally transformed the way, we may peak into Windows Update logs. So, in order to view WindowsUpdate.log in Windows 10, there are two ways:

  1. Decoding Windows Update ETL files
  2. Using Windows PowerShell cmdlet to re-create the WinodwsUpdate.log, like it has been in previous versions of Windows

For Windows 10, using PowerShell is the best way to view Windows Logs, but is less reliable. Hence, we have prioritized the solutions below:

Solution 1 (Takes more time than Solution 2)

Using this method, you can directly decode Winodws Update .etl files in human readable form for getting the windows update information during various troubleshootings. So, here's the steps to do it:

  • First you need to download public symbols from here and copy it to following path:
[crayon-55d5bea9c7c20416686397/]
  • You can open above location by copying this path to "Run" dialog box and enter.

Windows 10 Kit & Tools

Installing Windows 10 Kit

  • Now locate "Tracefmt.exe" by using Windows Search and copy it to following path:
[crayon-55d5bea9c7c2d921747372/]

Where %systemdrive% is your operating system drive e.g. C:\. If WULogs folder is not available, create one.

  • After copying "Tracefmt.exe", Right click on Start menu and select "Command Prompt (Admin)".
  • Run following commands in "Command Prompt".
[crayon-55d5bea9c7c39409217393/]

Where <Winodw Update Logs> syntax would be replaced by Windows Update .etl files name. You can list all files name in one command like below:

[crayon-55d5bea9c7c43650821415/]

This would generate a combined WinodwsUpdate.log file for you.

Solution 2

  • Open start menu and type "powershell" and on result of "PowerShell ISE", right click and select "Run as Administrator".

Windows 10 PowerShell ISE

  • PowerShell can take a while to open if running first time. Run following command in PowerShell:
[crayon-55d5bea9c7c4e419749547/]
  • This process can take a while to complete, so be patient. Once it's complete, you'll find a similar screen as below.
Powershell Windows 10 update

Open your desktop, you'll find a new file named WindowsUpdate.log.

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Now, the file WindowsUpdate.log generated using command Get-WindowsUpdate.log is a static file and we need to get it into terms of auto-updating, so that you don't have to update the whole procedure of running the PowerShell again and again. To accomplish that, you can create a script using PowerShell which shall auto-update the log file with recent activities, so that you may could troubleshoot things in real-time if doing any.

For creating a script, commands in PowerShell could be something similar as below:

[crayon-55d5bea9c7c5c180886039/]

For more details visit, Get-WindowsUpdateLog method, which shall help you in merging Windows udpate .etl files into a sinlge WindowsUpdate.log file.

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Wednesday, 19 August 2015

Windows 10 Will Automatically Disable Pirated Games or Softwares

Windows 10 might be the first version of Windows which shall breakthrough how you may use your computer or How Microsoft have the power now to control things inside your computer. While Microsoft is pushing hard Windows 10 upgrade to users worldwide for free, just because this operating system would be pitched later on as a service rather than a stand-alone software product. But even "Free" has a "Fee" word hidden inside it. So, my dear friend, nothing is "Free" rather Microsoft in Windows 10 changed their End User License Agreement (EULA) which allows Microsoft to remotely disable or delete Pirated Games and Pirated Software's form your computer.

Do you know why Microsoft don't allow stopping automatic updates in Windows 10? It's just because that could hamper the way Windows 10 is designed. Now Windows 10 has the power of checking automatically the version of your software's and download updates for them or even making configuration changes without requiring any user intervention. And these configuration changes can include preventing you from accessing some services, playing counterfeit games and even using unauthorized hardware peripheral devices.

Windows 10 Will Automatically Disable Pirated Games or Softwares

Now such reasons makes sense when Microsoft offered Windows 10 as a upgrade to users who're already using pirated copies of Windows 7 or Windows 8. Those people can upgrade their computer to Windows 10 too, the only difference is that the OS shall keep reminding the users that it's not a genuine copy. However there won't be any difference in functionality of operating system.

How Microsoft Shall Find If I Am Using a Pirated Game or Software?

While Microsoft has not made it clear yet, how they're going to determine if you're running a pirated software or game? Although another worth noting point is, if Microsoft shall publicly tell users how they're going to determine, probably users shall find a crack to stop Microsoft from doing any intervention in their computers. However it won't be difficult for Microsoft to check if you're accessing services of Steam through illegal ways or probably using a pirated anti-virus copy. Might be many keygens would see their end in making changes in System files of operating system to crack the software's.

Also Microsoft would monitor what type of Hardware you're using. Although it's difficult to say, How that would benefit Microsoft in anyway, but for one thing i am sure that this game is going to be interesting and there's a lot more to come and discover in Windows 10. Another notable point is when Microsoft has started, will Apple join the league by updating the EULA with similar terms, however Apple has no issues currently in running any pirated software on it's desktop platform i.e. OS X.

Has Time Arrived to Get Rid of Pirated Games?

Although Windows 10 is expanding across various types of devices like phones, tablets, notebooks, desktops, game consoles, wearables and a lot more types, hence even if you've upgraded already to Windows 10 and has your software's and games installed, there is yet a long time before Microsoft would start taking any action. Right now, Microsoft is more focused in fixing comparability issues of Windows 10 across the different types of hardware's.

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As per by belief, until Microsoft starts pitching Windows 10 services to users, there is no point to worry about using any kind of Software or Games. We will update, if we hear something from Microsoft regarding deletion or disabling of Pirated Software's or Games.

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Stop Hackers to Steal Your Identity Details from Facebook

Do you know that digi-crims can scan the whole population even to a country level to find their targets. This is a claim made by security research firm "Salt Agency". They recently figured out, how hackers are exploiting an overlooked feature of Facebook by gathering personal data from them and the user shall never knew about it.

Stop Hackers Steal Your Facebook Data

How Hackers Steal Facebook Data

If you have ever reviewed your Facebook Privacy Settings at this link: http://ift.tt/1J3sr4f, you'll find settings of "Who can look me up?" or "Who can look up using the phone number you provided?" which is by default set to "Everyone".

Facebook Privacy Settings

Now, making small changes in these settings can make a big difference in protecting your privacy. Wondering how hackers take advantage of these overlooked settings?

Salt Agency showed, how with a simple trick, they were able to link thousands of phone numbers with Facebook accounts.

This is a security flaw in Facebook which led hackers to gather Personally Identifiable Information (PII) of millions of Facebook users with First and Last names, locations, images and many more just using a phone number.

That Security agency used a script to generate random phone numbers by combining every possible parameter used in US, Canada and Britain.

Now, When they have millions of phone numbers of users, they link those phone number via Facebook's Application Programming Interface (API) which is freely available via developers.facebook.com and anyone can make one API by registering themselves as a developer. Now, they linked those phone numbers with Facebook API to gather Facebook's user ID of the associated user.

Now, once they have the users' ID, they can extract more information about them using API like:

  • First and Last Name
  • Phone number (they already have)
  • Profile Picture
  • Phone Model they use
  • Version of Facebook app they're using
  • Identify whether push notifications is enabled or not

Here's a quote by them for this security flaw:

"With this security loophole, a person with the right knowledge can harvest the non-private details of the users who allow public access to their phone numbers, enabling the harvester to then use or sell the user details for purposes that the user may not be happy with."

Such security flaw has led Hackers to steal information of till now 1.5 millions users of Facebook. Even the security agency alerted Facebook about the issue and requested them to make changes in API by turning-ON pre-encryption.

Yet, Facebook has not taken any action to fix the flaw, leaving millions of users identity data unsecured to the hackers. And Facebook is not bothered to fix the flaw as they don't think that anyone could exploit or abuse their vulnerability.

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However, Facebook Security Team does gave a statement, that they continuously monitor and mitigate if someone may try to abuse the API. They also said, that they have strict parameters how a developer could use their API's and limit the usage as soon as if someone goes against the defined rules or parameters.

How to Stop Hackers to Steal Your Identity Details from Facebook

Till the time, Facebook make some changes to prevent such abuse, you can do your part to stop this abuse immediately. Here are few steps to protect your Privacy:

  • Set your Phone Number Privacy to "Only Me"
    • Go to Your Profile > About > Contact and Basic Info > Click on Your Mobile Phone Number.
    • Now click that gear icon just below phone number, and select "Only Me".

facebook phone number privacy

  • Another change is required in Privacy settings, which can be accessed via this url: http://ift.tt/1J3sr4f and change settings of "Who can look me up? or "Who can look up using the phone number you provided" to "Friends" only.

Facebook Privacy Settings

If you think how can a hacker benefit from such data, just think the he could sell that personally identifiable information (PII) database to any organization which is into illegal activities, just for earning good money and because of that user life could be in danger without any knowledge to them.

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Monday, 17 August 2015

Fix Error Code 0x80070005 or “Unlicensed Product” Notification in Microsoft Office

Many users after upgrading to Windows 10 or after upgrading their Office 365 license are getting errors like 0x80070005 or an “Unlicensed Product” notification. The main reason for these are, either you don't have latest version of Microsoft Office installed or the license of your Office has expired or isn't current. So, in case if you had your subscription license ended of Office 365, you need to renew that whether it was of Office 365 Home or Office 365 Business. Or it can also occurs if you switched to business license of Office 365, yet didn't upgraded or changed the version of Office.

These solutions shall fix issues related to products: Access 2013, Excel 2013, Office 365 End User, OneNote 2013, Publisher 2013, Office 365 Admin, PowerPoint 2013, Office 2013, InfoPath 2013, Word 2013, Office 365 Small Business Admin, Outlook 2013.

Fix Error Code 0x80070005 or "Unlicensed Product" Notification in Microsoft Office

So, in order to fix Error Code 0x80070005 or "Unlicensed Product" Notification, you need to follow following steps carefully:

Solution 1

  • Exit all programs running of Microsoft Office.
  • Choose appropriate step vaild for your operating system.
    • For Windows 10 users, open Start Menu and type the name of any application like word 2013, excel 2013 etc. and when the appropriate result appears, right click on it and "Run as Administrator".
  • If you have Microsoft Office 2010 installed, then replace 2013 with 2010.

    • For Windows 8 users, Open Start Menu, type the name of any Microsoft office application like Word 2013, Excel 2013, choose appropriate result and right click on it and "Run as Administrator".
    • For Windows 7 users, open "Program and Files" folder in the drive where the program is installed and then search for Word 2013, Excel 2013, right click on appropriate result and click "Run as Administrator".
  • Follow the Activation instructions which the application shows.

Solution 2

Update your Microsoft Office 365 to Latest Version.

  • Open any Microsoft Application like Word, Excel or PowerPoint.
  • Now, click on File > Account > Product Information
  • Then click "Update Options" and then "Update Now".
Office 365 Update Options

Let the update process completes. You won't be able to use any product of "Microsoft Office" till the update process finishes.

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And if you don't see the Update Now active, then click Enable Updates first which shall turn ON automatic updates. Then you can choose again, Update Options > Update Now.

Solution 3

If updating Microsoft Office to latest version didn't helped, then you need to uninstall your product key (not complete Microsoft Office) and then sign-in again with email which has the license associated to activate office. But to uninstall product key, here's what you need to do:

  • Download this fix. This fix is provided by Microsoft officially, hence it's safe to run it. It's compatible with all versions of Windows i.e. 7, 8 and 10.

Microsoft Fixit 20128

  • Run the fix and let it complete it's process.
  • When it's done, open any Microsoft Office application like Word or Excel.
  • Since your product key is uninstalled now, you'll be asked for entering email ID and password which is associated with license key of Office.
  • Enter the details and you're done.

Bonus Tip: How to Check Status of Current Office License

If you're an Office 365 Home, Personal or University users:

  • Sign in to My Account page of Office 365 subscription.
  • When on required page, click Install.
  • Verify if your computer where Office 365 is installed is listed under Install Information or not.
  • If you can't find your computer listed, click Install. This step shall reinstall Office in your computer and shall activate the license automatically.

If you're an Office 365 Business User

  • Open Office 365 Business Portal Page.
  • From Settings, select Office 365 Settings and then Edit Profile.
  • Locate "Account Info" which shall be available somewhere at right side of the profile page and then choose "Assigned Licenses".
The Latest Desktop Version of Office
  • If you can't find "The latest desktop version of Office" in the licenses list, that means your account don't have the license or the license has expired. Then get a Office 365 license by asking your Office 365 Administrator.

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How to Sign Up for Microsoft Channel Incentives Platform CHIP

This article is about how to you sign up for Microsoft Channel Incentives Platform CHIP and how to login into CHIP. Please note, you must have an invite code sent by Microsoft, because that is required to complete the registration formalities and then this platform is accessible to authorized users only. If you want to be a part of Microsoft CHIP, send in email to: OEMIncentives@microsoft.com. CHIP includes incentives programs mainly of:

  • Hero Tablet Accelerator
  • Jumpstart
  • Local OEM Incentives Program
  • LSP Incentives
  • Microsoft Azure Incentives
  • MS Advantage
  • Rebates
  • SAM Services Incentive Program
  • Software Assurance Voucher Benefit
  • Solutions Incentive Program
  • Windows Phone Marketplace
  • Windows Store

How to Sign Up for Microsoft Channel Incentives Platform CHIP

Assuming you're invited by Microsoft or your organization for signing up for CHIP, then you must have received two emails. First email shall contain the registration link and other shall contain the Invitation code.

Subject line would be like something: You are invited to join Channel Incentives.

Now, in order to sign up for Microsoft Channel Incentives, you must have a Microsoft Windows LiveID. If you don't have one, head over to this link to sign up for a LiveID.

Assuming that now you have signed up for Microsoft Windows LiveID, or you already have an existing one, next step is to headover to email which has your registration link to register for Microsoft CHIP. It would look something like this:

Mircosoft CHIP registration linkNow before you may click the registration link, do logout from existing LiveID or Outlook.com email ID from your browser, this is required so that you may not end up registering with wrong LiveID.

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Now click the registration link contained in first email which would be addressed usually to http://ift.tt/1DXatDQ. Enter that Windows LiveID login details which you want to associate with CHIP account.

Association of CHIP account with Windows LiveID account is permanent and cannot be changed in future.

Once logged in, you'll be asked to enter Invitation code.

Microsoft CHIP invite code login

So, headover to 2nd email in your inbox which has the invite code.

Microsoft CHIP Invite Code

Enter that invite code and Submit.

Next you'll be required to validate of Organizational profile is correct. If you found incorrect details, send in an email to OEMIncentives@Microsoft.com for further assistance.

Microsoft CHIP Organization details

Read the End-User License Agreement (EULA) and Privacy Statement, accept the terms and click "Continue".

Microsoft CHIP Aggrement Terms

Go through the agreement terms and check box of "I accept the terms of the agreement". Type in First and Last name which shall be accepted as user's Online Signature and click Submit. Now, you're done registering for Microsoft Channel Incentive Platform CHIP.

Saturday, 15 August 2015

Fix Email Not Delivered When Sent on SIP Address in OneNote 2013

Sometimes email containing meeting information when sent to a SIP address in OneNote 2013 using the Email page function or Share with Meeting feature fails to deliver to assigned address. Such issue occur when you don't have Lync 2013 (Skype of business) installed or other reason could be that the SIP address differs from the SMTP address.

Fix Email Not Delivered When Sent on SIP Address in OneNote 2013

So, the best solution for this issue is as follows:

First make ensure that you have KB3055001 update for Office 2013 installed in your computer.

After installing the update. follow these steps carefully as it requires some changes in the registry of OneNote:

  • Close all Microsoft applications like Microsoft Office or Skype or any app. This is important.
  • Press Windows key + R.
  • When "Run" dialog box opens, type "regedit" and enter.
  • When Registry Editor opens, locate following path:
[crayon-55cf50c96c895817454019/] OneNote registry
  • Open "Edit" menu and select New and choose DWORD value.
  • Type in MeetingEmailSmtpOverride and press Enter.
  • Now, in details pane, click MeetingEmailSmtpOverride and then click Modify.
  • Enter any non-zero value e.g. 1 and then click OK.
Overriding OneNote registry

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What above steps does, that the settings we just did in registry would force the Outlook-OneNote integration to use SMTP settings only and shall ignore the SIP addresses from now. If you don't have registry access, or can't find one, then you can enforce same settings by setting value of msoridCUOneNoteMeetingSmtpOverridesSip group policy as appropriate.

Fix When Windows 7 Fails to Deploy During a Computer Refresh or Replacement

While this issue is rare, but just in case, if your're doing a replacement or just refreshing Windows 7 and it fails to deploy, then in that case, you might could face following error:

[crayon-55cf237800ad8129006104/]

While this issue is very rare, yet it occurs because of the missing dependencies on the Loadstate.exe components on computers running Windows 7.

Fix When Windows 7 Fails to Deploy During a Computer Refresh or Replacement

So, in order to fix this issue and for completing the whole Windows 7 installation process, you can follow any of the following methods:

Solution 1

While installing Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (Windows ADK), in addition to USMT, you also need to select Deployment Tools feature. This shall fix your issue.

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Solution 2

If you're unable to install Windows ADK on that system which is also running Loadstate, you can take help of Windows 10 ADK by installing it on another computer (along with Deployment Tools feature as stated in Solution 1) and then follow following steps:

  • Go to that system where Windows 10 ADK is deployed. And visit following path:
[crayon-55cf237800aed173831682/]
  • Copy following list of files to a pen drive, as these files are required to be copied to that computer where you're installing Windows 7 ADK:
    • dismapi.dll
    • api-ms-win-downlevel-advapi32-l1-1-1.dll
    • api-ms-win-downlevel-kernel32-l1-1-0.dll
    • api-ms-win-downlevel-kernel32-l2-1-0.dll
    • api-ms-win-downlevel-ole32-l1-1-1.dll
    • api-ms-win-downlevel-user32-l1-1-1.dll
    • api-ms-win-downlevel-version-l1-1-0.dll
  • Copy these files and paste it to system where Loadstate is running and you want to deploy Windows 7 ADK.
Also, if you're updating package of x64 deployments, then copy the same files from following path from computer where you installed Windows 10 ADK: [crayon-55cf237800af4260235095/] and paste it to following path: [crayon-55cf237800afa705329750/] and then update the package. You won't get any errors further.

Hope this resolve your issue you have in Deploying Windows 7 during refresh or replacement.

Friday, 14 August 2015

Fix Cannot Download Windows Updates in Windows 10 and 8 When Behind a Proxy or Firewall

Sometimes when you check your computer windows updates status, you found that your computer is not downloading updates automatically, even when the settings are set to automatically download and install updates. And when you check for updates, you might get following error or message: [crayon-55ce0939018a3259913445/] This happens even when you’re connected to Internet and yet

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Fix Error Code 30088-4 Something Went Wrong in Microsoft Office 2013

Fix Something went wrong. Sorry, we ran into a problem. Go online for additional help. Error Code 30088-4. You get this error while installing office 2013.

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Thursday, 13 August 2015

Fix Error 0x80070004 – 0x3000D While Upgrading to Windows 10

Fix Error 0x80070004 - 0x3000D While Upgrading to Windows 10. Applicable to KB2876597 and KB3086101. The installation failed in the FIRST_BOOT phase with an error during MIGRATE_DATA operation

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How to Open Images in Default Photo Viewer of Windows 10

Here's a method of How to Open Images in Default Photo Viewer of Windows 10. Means getting native Windows Photo Viewer for viewing images in Windows 10 from Windows 7 or Windows 8.

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How to Use Group Policy to Configure Updates in Windows 10

How to use Group Policy to configure Windows Update Delivery Optimization in Windows 10. Applicable to KB3088114 issue of Windows and download .admx file.

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Fix Errors While Opening Microsoft Office Documents in Windows 10

Read how you can fix Errors While Opening Microsoft Office Documents in Windows 10. errors are Word experienced an error trying to open the file, This file is corrupt and cannot be opened and The application was unable to start correctly, PowerPoint found a problem with filename, Sorry, PowerPoint can’t read filename.

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Wednesday, 12 August 2015

Fix Error 0xC004F015 & 0xc004f042 While Activating Windows 10 Enterprise

Fix Error 0xC004F015 and 0xc004f042 While Activating Windows 10 Enterprise Using Windows Server 2012 R2 KMS, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 or Windows 8.1 RT editions.

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Fix Windows 10/8 Don’t Show Last Logged-On User Name in Unlock Screen

In many scenarios, you might find that Windows 10/8 Don't Show Last Logged-On User Name in Unlock Screen. Read about the fix of this in simple steps here.

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Saturday, 8 August 2015

How to Stop Automatic Updates of Windows 10

Read in detail on How to Stop Automatic Updates of Windows 10. There are 4 workarounds for this problem and just a few steps to follow and you're done.

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Friday, 7 August 2015

How to Create Windows 10 Bootable ISO from ESD File (ESD To ISO)

Here's a detailed tutorial for converting ESD To ISO - Create Windows 10 Bootable ISO from ESD File. Download ESD Decrypter v3 script by Kari from here.

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[FIX] Windows 7 or 8 Product Key Not Working in Windows 10

For many users whose Windows 7 or 8 Product Key is Not Working in Windows 10. Here's a quick solution for that. Do check out our easiest method here.

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Thursday, 6 August 2015

How to Completely Disable Cortana in Windows 10?

Cortana is a Siri-like voice assistant feature, which has been ported from Windows Phone to Windows 10. Cortana has been a major spotlight for Windows 10, and Microsoft has done it’s best to market this feature as a useful technology for consumers. However, many users are finding Cortana annoying and wants to disable it completely.

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Wednesday, 5 August 2015

What is $Windows.~BT folder and How to Delete It?

While many users are wondering What is Windows-BT folder and How to Delete It? We have wrote 2 solutions which guarantees you to get rid of this folder.

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[FIX] Windows 10 Won’t Wake Up from Sleep or Turn ON Issue

Many users are facing that Windows 10 Won't Wake Up from Sleep or Turn ON Issue. This is a widespread issue and we have wrote 4 detailed solutions for this.

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Fix For Error Code 0x8007007B Appears While Activating Windows 10

While the world has started enjoying new features in Windows 10, many users are reporting issue of getting Error Code 0x8007007B while Activating Windows. Even if you may try and activate it through update and security option, you’ll get this same Error 0x8007007B. This issue is being faced by many users of Windows 7 and 8.1 too

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Tuesday, 4 August 2015

Fix Windows 10 Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) and Internal Power Error

Here we have published 5 solutions for fixing Windows 10 Blue Screen of Death & Internal Power Error. This error is caused by AMD graphics drivers & Catalyst Center.

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Monday, 3 August 2015

Getting msvcr100.dll and msvcp100.dll Files Missing Error in Windows 10? Here’s The Solution

Missing Files msvcr100.dll and msvcp100.dll error in Windows 10? Here's The Solution & we have also fixed the issue of 0xc000007b while fixing the former.

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Friday, 31 July 2015

[FIX] Windows 10 Failed to Install due to Error Code 80240020

While Windows 10 is giving many errors to new users, we have published 3 working solutions to Windows 10 Failed to Install due to Error Code 80240020 error.

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How to Enable Windows 10 Notification Icon in Taskbar of Windows 7 or 8.1

We have published atleast 4 way to enable Windows 10 Icon in Taskbar of Windows 7 or 8.1. All steps are simple to do and easily understandable. Read it out.

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Thursday, 30 July 2015

Solution for Internet Not working or No Network Connectivity Windows 10

While millions of people have upgraded to Windows 10 recently, so nos of problems has raised immediately after the upgradation. SInce last week when Windows 10 pushed “KB3074681″ to windows insiders users who were running windows 10 and was classified as a security patch, made number of users crash their PC. And another big problem

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Wednesday, 29 July 2015

How to Make Bootable USB Pen Drive for Installing Windows 10

Just with very easy steps, how to make bootable USB pen drive for installing windows 10 in your PC or laptop. Also read which windows edition you need.

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Tuesday, 21 July 2015

Windows 8: The 10 biggest problems so far

For two months now, early adopters, IT pros, and developers have been working extensively with the Windows 8 Developer Preview. Here are the 10 of the biggest pain points they've found, Microsoft's reaction and some easy fixes!



At Microsoft's BUILD conference in September, the software giant finally unveiled its latest OS to the public. The Windows Developer Preview, geared towards (you guessed it), developers and IT pros, has now made its way into the hands of thousands of early adopters who are busy evaluating the new OS for their IT, writing apps based on the new WinRT platform or just playing around with it.

I've jumped into Windows 8 with both feet. I installed it on all my machines, put all my important files on it and made it my day-to-day work operating system. Of course, being both a major step forward and a very early (pre-beta) release, I ran into some issues. Over the course of the past two months, I compiled a list of some of the major pains I had with the new operating system and monitored the Microsoft forums to see what quirks and annoyances other users were reporting.

The following list shows the top 10 annoyances that other early adopters and I have experienced with Windows 8, as well as some explanations, solutions, and workarounds.

Read more: http://www.itworld.com/article/2827054/enterprise-software/windows-8--the-10-biggest-problems-so-far.html

Related reading: How to Solve Error Code 0x80070422 from Windows Store on Windows 8