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Outlook Express error - 0×800CCC00 Authentication did not load

I got an email from a distressed outlook user who has been getting an error code and can’t seem to be able to use her Outlook. The error code that comes up is 0×800CCC00 - Authentication did not load.

This is a fairly common Outlook error code and can be easy to fix. The 0×800CCC00 error code means that there is some sort of corruption in your outlook Express account, which is not as bad as it seems. Just follow these tips and you should rid yourself of the 0×800CCC00 Outlook error code.

• Turn off Outlook and restart,
• If that doesn’t work turn off your computer totally and wait for about 30 minutes.

If this tip does not work send me another email and I will assist you more.

Thanks guys, more tomorrow.

I thought I talk about a little graphics trick you can try to annoy your co-workers or friends, it will rotate their computer screen.

This little trick enables you to swing your screen around 90, 180 or 270 degrees. But not only does it just rotate the screen it also rotate your mouse, so if you move your mouse one way the cursor can move another way.

To setup screen rotation follow these points;

• Right click on your desktop
• Select graphics options
• Select rotation
• Here you can select how much rotation you want.

A little tip that may help you out if you cannot get the mouse back to make your screen normal is to use hotkeys, here are the hotkeys that control the screen rotation;

• ctrl+alt+up arrow = normal screen
• ctrl+alt+right arrow = 90 degrees right
• ctrl+alt+left arrow = 90 degrees left
• ctrl+alt+down arrow = upside down

Just have a play around with the hotkeys and I’m sure you will be able to annoy your friends and co-workers with this tool. Just don’t blame me!!

Many of you have probably heard of the term defragging your computer. For those who know what defragging is all about then you probably want to skip this post, for all others I will quickly explain what defragging is and how do you do it.

The actual definition of defragmentation is ‘defragmentation is a process that reduces the amount of fragmentation in file systems’. Basically it means that a defragmentation rearagges the fragments on your hard disk and reduces them to fewer or neater parts, so essentially it just cleans and rearranges parts of your hard disk.

It is a very simple process to run a defragmentation on your computer, simply follow these steps;

• Click start and computer
• Select the hard disc you want to defrag and right click
• Select properties
• Select the tools tab
• Click the defragment now button
• Here you can run a defragment or find out you may be running them on a schedule
• All done

If you are running a defrag on a schedule then you will not have to worry about doing them any more, and if are not then you can easily setup your defrag to run on a schedule weekly, daily or monthly.

Recently we have been getting alot of emails regarding Windows Vista and its slow performance. While Vista can be a resource hog, you can still get some excellent performance out of it, even on low end hardware.

If you are finding Vista really slow, then we recommend you start tuning the performance by running a few tweaks at a time and see if you notice any improvement. If things are still slow, then you can start turning off features such as Aero. But make sure to check out your hardware specs as you really shouldn’t try running Vista below their recommended specs.

OK, here are some quick Vista tweaks that should get performance moving. Firstly, turn off services that hog alot of resources and aren’t really all that useful anyway.

Turn Off Resource Intensive Services

1) Turn off Remote Differential Compression (RDC)

Remote Differential Compression (RDC) allows applications to synchronize data between two computers in an efficient manner. The synchronization efficiency is made possible by using compression techniques to minimize the amount of data sent across the network.

To switch it off:

- Control Panel -> Programs and Features
- On the left menu click on “Turn Windows features on and off”
- Uncheck Remote Differential Compression

2) Turn off Windows Search Indexing

In order to make searching faster, Windows Vista keeps an up-to-date index of files and folders. This index is updated on a regular basis and can slow your computer considerably. If you don’t do alot of searching, it is worth turning this off.

- Click Start -> Computer
- Right click on c:
- Select the “General” tab -> uncheck Index this drive for faster searching

3) Turn off hibernation

Hibernation is a useful feature, but its another one that uses alot of resources and should be switched off if not used regularly. We recommend that you try disabling it to see what kind of performance gains you get.

- Control Panel -> Power Options
- Click Change Plan Settings
- Click Change Advanced Power Settings
- Go to Sleep -> Hibernate After
- Move the selector to 0
- Click Apply

Hopefully those tweaks will help improve your Windows Vista performance. The effects can vary depending on hardware, but many users have reported a pretty decent improvement.

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The monthly updates released on Tuesday from Microsoft brought a few Critical repairs to its customers, with one important fix corrected a remotely executable vulnerability in the Bluetooth stack.

According to Microsoft, the flaw (MS08-036) could allow attackers to gain complete control over Windows XP and Vista machines by flooding the computers with bogus service requests. The flaw has not been publicly announced (Microsoft did not say who reported it), and is not being exploited in the wild, the company says.

MS08-034 plugs a hole in the Bluetooth stack in Windows that could allow remote code execution. The bulletin was rated critical because an attacker could exploit the vulnerability remotely to take control of an affected system and install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.

Here is a little trick you can do that will change the look of your mouse pointer. It’s not just changing the look of the basic arrow pointer, but everything from the text select mouse pointer to the move things pointer (you know what I mean!).

To change the look of individual mouse pointers in Windows Vista follow these points;

• Right click on your desktop and select personalize
• Click mouse pointers
• Click on the pointers tab
• Here you can select the pointer you want to edit
• Click the pointer and select browse
• Select the new pointer you want and click open
• Click apply and OK

Just play around with the new pointers and you can make you mouse a little different. If you want to find new pointers there are quite a few around the web, just watch out cause there are a lot of dodgy places offering mouse pointers when they just install malware.