How To Carry Out Outlook Repair Installation

Outlook is an email client application developed by Microsoft. This email client program offers a wide range of features to its users. Even though the program is loaded with features, you might sometimes find these features unusable when the program becomes corrupt. During the event of an Outlook corruption, it is advisable to repair install the program. If the repair installation does not work, you may try to fix the issue by reinstalling it. Now, in this post, we will take you through the repair installation procedure of the program.

Repair installation

According to OmniTech Support forums, whenever you encounter an issue with Outlook, go through the basic steps to fix it. However, major issues like Outlook corruption will not be fixed with the basic troubleshooting steps. In this condition, you will have to try the repair installation to fix the issue. Before you do a reinstallation of the program, make sure that you do the repair installation. Keep in mind that majority of the Outlook issues are fixed by a repair installation. The major advantage of doing a repair installation is that your Outlook data will not be removed from the program. This means, you will still be able to find the email data after the repair installation.

In order to carry out Outlook repair installation, find the file scanpst.exe. This file is designed to scan the PST file of the program. The PST file is responsible for storing data in the program. Therefore, locate the file, scanpst.exe and double-click to run it. The repair tool will ask you to choose the PST file. Navigate to the location of the PST file and select it to run the scan. Once the scan finishes, the tool repairs the errors found with the file.

The above method of repair installation works only when the PST file of the program is corrupted. In other cases, you will have to use the Outlook installation disc to carry out the repair activities. For this, close the Outlook program and all other Office applications. Go to the Control Panel window of your operating system and open the Add or Remove Programs window. Choose Microsoft Office from the list of programs and click the option Change or Repair.

The above steps will help you to carry out the repair installation of Outlook program. For further assistance on this issue, you may go through OmniTech Support forums or contact the technical support team.

How To Use Parental Controls In Windows 7

With Windows 7, Microsoft has introduced new parental control features, which will help you to have a control over your child's use of the computer. According to Windows tech support, you can use these features with a few simple steps. In this post, we will take you through the steps involved in this process.

Steps Involved

The first step is to open the 'Start' menu by clicking the 'Windows' logo in the desktop and in the 'Control Panel' window, choose 'User Account and Family Safety'. Under this option, you can find 'Parental Controls'. Select this option and then, click the user account of your child. Remember that if there is no separate user profile for your child, then it is advisable to create one. Once you select the user profile, you can see the title as 'Set up how 'user profile name' will use the computer. Below the option 'Parental Controls', choose 'On, enforce current settings'. Then choose the different options below the settings like 'Time limits', 'Games' and 'Allow and block specific programs'.

Time limits

Once you select this option, you will be taken to a new window that shows you a table with Sunday to Monday and 24-hour timings. Now, you can choose the day and time when you do not want your child to use the computer. All you need to do is click the blue box that has 'Blocked' written in it and click the hour boxes on specific days. The boxes turn blue and during these hours in the particular day, your child will not be able to access this user account. Once you finish choosing the time and days, select the option 'OK' to save the settings.

Games

Click the option 'Games' and this will take you to the window for game settings in the operating system. In this window, you can even block all games in the computer. The first option asks you whether the particular user account can play games or not. If you want to block all games in the computer, simply select the option 'No'. You can also set game ratings by choosing the option 'Set Game Settings'.

Allow and block specific programs

This is the third parental control settings in Windows 7. Click this option and you can decide on the Programs that your child can use and block the others.

With the above steps, you can restrict your child’s usage of Windows 7 computers. For additional help, you may contact Windows tech support or our technical support team.

Remove Yahoo Toolbar And Increase Your Internet Browsing Speed

Yahoo toolbar is a browser add-on installed in your computer, which you can utilize to gain access to different services from Yahoo, with the simple click of a button. Yahoo toolbar has different buttons in it; from social networking sites to weather forecast. The mail icon in the toolbar lets you find out if you have received any new emails on your Yahoo account, without logging in to your email account.
Even though these features are very handy, you will find your internet browser running slow once you install Yahoo toolbar in it. Therefore, many people who have installed this toolbar on their computer might wish to remove them.

Steps Involved 

Now, the process of removing Yahoo toolbar is quite simple. You can either choose to disable it temporarily, or remove it completely from your computer. In this post, we will take you through these steps.

Disabling from Internet Explorer

• Launch Internet Explorer and click the option Tools.
• Under the option Tools, select Manage Add-ons, which will display the Manage Add-ons window.
• You can find Yahoo toolbar in the list of add-ons. Select it and choose the option Disable. This step will disable the toolbar from the browser. If you wish, you can reverse your selection at any point of time by choosing the option Enable. 

Uninstalling from Firefox

• In order to uninstall Yahoo toolbar from Firefox, launch the browser and click on the Tools icon.
• Select Add-ons under Tools.
• The Add-ons window will give you the list of Add-ons or Extensions in Firefox browser. 
• Choose Yahoo toolbar in the window and click Uninstall.

Removing from Chrome

• Open Google Chrome and select the wrench icon.
• Go to the option Extensions.
• From the list of extensions in Google Chrome, choose Yahoo toolbar and uncheck the option Enabled.

Uninstalling from computer

• Open the Start menu and go to Control Panel.
• From the Control Panel window, select the option Add or Remove Programs.
• The Add or Remove Programs window will show the list of all programs installed in your computer. 
• From the list, select Yahoo toolbar and click the option Remove. 

With the above guidelines, you can easily remove Yahoo toolbar from your computer. Keep in mind that removing Yahoo toolbar is a simple process, which you can carry out manually. It does not require you to download a third party toolbar removal tool. For additional assistance, you may contact our technical support team.