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Problem: Office 2013 Activation pop up with error 0x80070005. Solution: If you are using office 2013 and it worked fine till today but now you are getting activation error message while using office applications with error code 0x80070005. Here is the solution.     a. Open Run windows(Windows key+R)     b. Browse C:\Program Files(86)\Microsoft Office 15\root\office15     c. Right click on winword.exe file.     d. Run this file as administrator.     e. Activate the Application as go with the process.     f. Close the application and reopen it. Hope this will work for you

Question: How to remove Write-Protection from USB Flash Drives? Solution: Removing write-protection through Registry Settings. Goto Start menu. Click on Run. Type " regedit.exe " (make sure to backup of registry settings by click on File then Export and save at your desired location.). Navigate the following path: "Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies" Now double click on the WriteProtect value in right side and change Value data from 1 to 0 . Click OK to save changes. Close Registry   Settings ( regedit)  and Reboot your computer. Connect your USB drive again and its No Longer Write Protected. If you are not able to find StorageDevicePolices (carefully enter the name) , you can create a key by right-click in the white space and choose New  then Key (carefully enter the name). Now double-click on new key, right-click once again and select New then DWORD. Name it WriteProtect

Problem:  Error- Office 2010 - cannot verify the license of this product. Solution: 1. Open Services.msc from Run(Windows+R). 2. Search for office Software Protection Platform and stop it. 3. Open Window Explorer or Windows+E. 4. Search For tokens.dat or     Go to the location C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\OfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform. 5. Delete the file. 6. Start Software Protection Platform service again. 7. Open any office application and enter your product key. 8. Let just complete the process. 9. Close and open the office application again like a charm.

Problem: How to change language of Office 2013 Home&Student. Solution: Please try the following method to fix your issue. 1.Remove office 2013 with the help of the fixit. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2739501/en-us 2. Download office 2013 home and student disk image. http://www.heidoc.net/joomla/technology-science/microsoft/73-office-2013-direct-download-links# 3. Extract the disk with either winzip or 7zip. 4.Run the installation of office 2013. I hope this will fix the issue and keep the setup file in your hard disk for future.

Problem: How to increase message alert duration in outlook. Solution: Control Panel The location to change this option in Control Panel is a bit obscure and even then it is strangely named and placed. Control Panel-> Ease of Access-> Ease of Access Center-> Use the computer without a display-> How long should Windows notification dialog boxes stay open? PC Settings The modern Windows 8 version of the Control Panel is “PC Settings” and has the option placed in the following location. Windows 8 Charms-> Settings-> Change PC Settings-> Ease of Access-> Show notifications for x seconds/minutes Windows 8.1 Charms-> Settings-> Change PC Settings-> Ease of Access-> Other options-> Show notifications for x seconds/minutes Registry If you prefer changing the option via the Registry, then you’ll find the value for this setting in the following location. Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Accessibility Value name: MessageDuration Va

Problem: Outlook 2013 does not show desktop notifications on Message Receive. Solution: If you have tried everything else to enable this feature and it didn't work then try this.: 1.Click on File menu. 2.Select New Rule button. 3.Select "Start from a blank rule" and verify that "Check messages when they arrive" is selected 4.Press Next to go to the Conditions screen 5.Verify that no condition is selected and press Next 6.A warning will pop-up stating that this rule will apply to all messages. Press "Yes" to indicate that that is correct . 7.Select the action "display a Desktop Alert" 8.Press Finish to complete the rule 9.If needed move the "display a Desktop Alert" rule all the way to the top.

Problem: Outlook 2013 New Mail Desktop Alert Goes Away After 5 Seconds.? Solution: In outlook 2013 the message pop up goes away after 5-7 Seconds. If you wants to keep the message pop up longer so that you can take the action on the email. Follow the steps.: Step 1: Win 7: You can customize this by going to Options / Mail / Message arrival / Desktop Alert Settings . Step 2 : On Win8 though Outlook switches to using popup "toast" notifications at the top right corner of the screen by default. You can customise these by going to Charms bar / PC Settings / Ease of Access.

Problem: OUTLOOK 2010 CRASHES DURING SEND / RECEIVE. Solution: If your outlook is crashing while performing send/receive then it could be because of many reasons like. 1.Corrupted Profile 2.Third party addin like bluethooth,security etc. 3.Corrupted data file. 4.Corrupted windows profile. 5.Deleting SRS file from outlook. Method 1. ------------------------ If your outlook profile is corrupt or some emails are faulty in your webmail inbox then try this. How to Create a New Profile with an E-mail Account ----------------------------------------------------------- 1.On the Start menu, click Control Panel. 2.Click Switch to Classic View, and then click the Mail icon. 3.In the Mail Setup dialog box, click the Show Profiles button. 4.On the General tab, click to select the Prompt for a profile to be used check box. 5.Click Add. 6.In the Profile Name box, type a descriptive name for the new profile, and then click OK. 7.In the E-mail Accounts dialog box, click Add a ne