Windows 7 Support To End By 2015

Microsoft has warned its customers that the end of support for the Windows 7 operating system is soon coming, the same way it came for the Windows XP operating system earlier this year. Microsoft will be ending free mainstream support for the Windows 7 OS on Jan 13, 2015, but the users of Windows 7 will be getting security updates until 2020. This move will largely affect the consumers. Businesses that pay for the extended Windows 7 support will be supported for another five years until Jan 14, 2020.

This is very much important as many businesses are right now in the process of upgrading their old Windows XP computers but they are moving to Windows 7, not to Windows 8. There are some speculations that given the popularity of the Windows 7 OS, Microsoft may change its mind as the date nears and may continue to support Windows 7 a bit longer as they had done for the Windows XP OS. Microsoft had supported the Windows XP operating system for about 13 years. This was confirmed after contacting the Microsoft support team.

It seems like Microsoft will not extend the support date this time. Windows 8 OS includes a full version of Windows 7, which is called as Desktop mode. With Windows 8.1, it is possible to run a Windows 8 computer in Desktop mode and almost avoid the new and confusing Windows 8 part of the operating system. Microsoft really has to nudge users into buying Windows 8 computers. More Windows 8 computers means that more developers will wish to develop software for the Windows 8. This will make more and more users want to buy the OS.

Windows 7 operating system has been a great source of income for Microsoft Corporation. This operating system has a very good market share even now and it is much liked by its users, unlike the Windows 8 OS. Let us hope that Microsoft will provide a period of extended support for the Windows 7 operating system, after the end of mainstream support.

By the way, Microsoft has also set an end of support for the Windows 8 OS also. The end of mainstream support date for the Windows 8 Os is Jan 9, 2018. After this date, Windows 8 may enter the extended support period. This can be considered as another hint that Microsoft may have its next version of Windows in 2015, code named Threshold. If you wish to know more on this news, you can contact our Microsoft support number. 

Cleaning Up Temporary Files In Your PC

Temporary files are something nobody wants to have in their system. But unfortunately when you use most software applications like Microsoft Word, you will see a large number of temporary files being created. The concept of temporary files is that they will be automatically deleted from your system once you close the main program that caused its development. But most of the time, this deletion does not occur.

So you might be forced to depend on some sort of Microsoft support services to do the same. However, most of you are unaware that you can easily get rid of such temporary files manually. We list before you some simple steps to follow to get rid of temporary files.

Instructions to follow

First restart your system as this would probably be the best solution to the problem. Most problems would be solved in an instant when you restart your PC and the problem of temporary files will also be solved in this way. However, cases do occur when such solutions prove inefficient.

If the problem persists, then you can manually open the folder where you save the documents that you create using Word. In the folder, you should enable the view option for ‘hidden files’ as well. You will see a number of files with “.tmp” extension as well as “.doc” extension but in a way that shows they are temporary files. You can manually delete them from your computer.

Next option that you can use is to search for the temporary files from your search navigation bar. Just search for “.tmp” and you will see a long list of temporary files in your system. You can select all the files and then delete them manually in one go. Make sure you check out advanced search options to look in hidden folders as well as in non-indexed locations on your hard drive.

Ensure that you delete files pertaining to only Microsoft Word as temporary files may be created by other programs as well. Even though there is no significant harm in deleting them, it is safe to not delete files, which you have no idea as to what it actually is.

As evident from this post, you can always do a lot of things yourself to solve any issues with your PC without having to rely on Microsoft support services for the same. 

Outlook Is Unable To Receive Email

The need for an Email client program was obliged when Microsoft launched the outlook personal manager software which was programmed to receive emails from various other email platforms such as Gmail, Yahoo and the like. This email program from Microsoft is not without its errors though. There have been issues where the email client was not able to synchronize with the email application. If it gets corrupted by errors to its programming, the application won’t respond well to internet servers and thus won’t be able to receive or send email. If you are affected by such errors then just tag along the following instructions developed by the Outlook tech support team.
Instructions
o Launch the Microsoft Outlook program on your desktop.
o Go for the "Tools” tab that can be accessed from the top end of the Microsoft Outlook to pave way for the "Accounts" tab.
o Now tag along the "Mail" tab to reveal a list that contains the name of the email accounts that can be synchronized with the Microsoft Outlook mail program.
o Pick out an account from the above mentioned list and click on it twice to lodge a complaint regarding the failure while installing.
o Tag along the "General" tab and have a look in the list to verify the accounts integrated with your outlook mail program.
o From the "Servers" tab you will be able to access the "Account Name” tab in which you will have type in the address of your valid and existing email account.
o Navigate to your mail account page using a web browser and pick out your inbox to wipe out the emails that come under the tag “Spam emails”. It’s done so because these mails would be a hindrance for the outlook wizard to synchronize with the mail account.
o Open up the anti-virus program or firewall software installed on your Windows computer and go to its settings to check if it’s blocking the connection towards the mail program. If so, just revert the settings and configure it as per the program’s requirement. You can also avail help from the outlook tech support team to assist you in configuring the settings.
o Now enable the "Send/Receive" option to wrap up the entire procedure.
This should be enough to smoothly linking the client with the email service provider. If you are still plagued with issues, it would be better to seek online support in the form of chat or voice services from Microsoft technical support