troubleshooting

Why Can’t I Open Email Links in Gmail?

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Somedays, I just want to scream when things that did work, no longer work. This happened this week when I needed to contact a vendor by email. This is usually a simple task where you click an email link and it opens in your default application. Instead of getting Gmail to open up in Chrome, I was staring at the Microsoft Store email app.

How to Check PC Specs With Free Windows Tools

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Recently, I was trying to track down some system specs for my computers and ran into a snag. It had to do with this Meltdown and Spectre chipset nonsense. It seemed that some articles referenced the “chipset” and others the “code” name. I didn’t have a decoder ring so decided to see if various system utilities could help me check my computer specs. I came away thinking that these profiler tools vary widely in information and details.

Managing Pop-Ups with Google Chrome

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Chances are, many of you block pop-ups in your web browser. After all, many are intrusive and interfere with reading. However, sometimes you need pop-ups such as for regulatory notices. This happened to me when I was going through an online course. Fortunately, Google has ways to both allow pop ups in Chrome or block pop-ups.

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Spell Check Not Working in Word

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Ever have one of those days where you’re trying to get out an important document, but you find the spellchecker in Word isn’t working? Sometimes you can’t check a specific document and other times you can’t spell-check any documents. Either way, you might try some of these quick solutions.

Misbehaving Outlook Email

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Some say that computer problems happen at the worst times. I’m not sure that is true, but I won’t argue. Without warning, my Outlook email stopped working last week. I could receive email, but I couldn’t open any items. Instead, I saw an error message that read “Cannot open this item. The text formatting command is not available. It may not be installed correctly. Install Microsoft Office Outlook again.”