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June 30, 2011August 12, 2014Desktop, Windows Technologies

Issues Fixed by Service Pack 1 (SP1) in the Office 2010 Desktop Applications

Microsoft has released SP1 for office 2010 with a whole bunch of fixes. Here is the detailed list of fixes for your easy reference from MS article: Description of Office 2010 SP1 Notes 1. Service Pack 1 includes a rollup of all Cumulative Updates released through April 2011 and all Public Updates released through June 2011. They are not included in the list below, which is specific to changes that are shipping for the first time in SP1. 2. Because we relied on experts of each product to write the text below, the phrasing throughout the table […]

June 29, 2011August 12, 2014Desktop

Troubleshooting Simple Internet Explorer Issues

…to handle issues like when you click a hyperlink on a webpage or in an email message, nothing happens. Internet Explorer does not open the webpage. Such a behavior may occur for one or more of the following reasons: A corrupted browser choice setting may cause Windows to misinterpret which browser is set as the default browser on your computer. Settings were changed after a software installation that cause webpages not to work correctly. A previously installed browser or add-on may be interfering with other software on your computer. Registry key were changed or became corrupted. Method 1: Check […]

June 29, 2011August 12, 2014Desktop, Windows Technologies

Fix: Windows Update that contains drivers times out on Win7 or Windows Server 2008 R2

It’s when you have the Windows Updates services configured to auto update the system which runs when you restart/shutdown the system, the Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 turns hung or takes long time to pass through the updates install if any of the updates are included for drivers. Microsoft found this is an issue which occurs because of a race condition in the Plug and Play service during the driver update process. Has released an update for this issue. Update details from MSFT update documentation: Prerequisites To apply this update, you must be running one of the […]