Microsoft offers free Windows Live Mail for Windows XP, Vista and 7. In Windows Vista it comes pre-installed but in Windows XP and 7, you have to download it separately. Installing Windows Live Mail is very easy. Once you have installed, you can configure it to use an email account. This article discusses how to configure an Gmail (Google Mail) account in Windows Live Mail. The procedure is explained for Windows 7 but it is same for all Windows platforms.
Read moreConfigure Gmail POP account in Thunderbird 2
Mozilla Thunderbird is an open-source email client for Windows and Linux from the same community that develops Mozilla Firefox. You can download a free copy of Mozilla Thunderbird. Thunderbird allows easy configuration with many email services. This article describes how you can configure your Gmail POP account in Thunderbird.
Read moreChange Mozilla Firefox theme
One reason for Mozilla Firefox browser to be so popular is that it is highly customizable unlike some other browsers. You can install addons and plugins to add more functionality to Firefox. You can also install themes to change the look of Firefox. This article tells you simple steps you can follow to install download and install a new theme to Mozilla Firefox.
Read moreBackup and restore settings and bookmarks in Firefox
You are going to format your computer but are afraid you would lose all the Mozilla Firefox settings? You can backup Firefox settings and bookmarks and later restore them using this procedure. This method is very useful when re-installing Windows. You can backup Firefox settings including, add-ons, bookmarks, cookies and saved passwords.
Read moreAssociate MHT files with Opera
MHT file format is a special file format which allows you to save an entire web page in a single file, including all the media(pictures, sound, animation) and Javascript etc. This functionality is present in Opera but you shall have to manually associate the MHT files to be opened using Opera.
Read moreAssociate MHT files with Firefox
MHT file format is a special file format which allows you to save an entire web page in a single file, including all the media(pictures, sound, animation) and javascript etc. This functionality is present in Internet Explorer but you can add the functionality in Mozilla Firefox too.
Read moreAdd new search provider in Internet Explorer
In Internet Explorer, you can search through the search box given on top-right of the browser window. Bing is the default search provider in Internet Explorer. If you do not like Bing you can add a new search provider like Yahoo! or Google.
Read moreAdd additional clocks in Windows 7
Windows 7 desktop comes with a desktop clock at the bottom-right of your screen. But you can add two extra clocks with different time zones in Windows 7. This is very useful if you want to see the time of more than three time zones in your computer.
Read moreAdd Move To folder… to right-click context menu
In Windows XP, there was a useful right-click context menu feature called Move to using which you could right click on any folder or file and then select the target folder to move the selected item or items to the target folder. You ca add same functionality in Windows 7.
Read moreAdd Copy To folder… to right-click context menu
In Windows XP, there was a useful right-click context menu feature called Copy to using which you could right click on any folder or file and then select the target folder to copy the selected item to the target. You can add same functionality in Windows 7.
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