Microsoft Starts New Mission To Help Fight Poverty

According to recent sources, Microsoft, along with a number of business tycoons, is partnering with Tipping Point Community to raise 10 million dollars to fight poverty in the Bay area. The major participants in this program include companies like Apple, Box, Dropbox, Google, IfOnly, Jawbone, Jelly, Levi Strauss and Co., LinkedIn, Lookout, Okta, Partner Fund Management, POPSUGAR, RPX Corporation, Salesforce Foundation, SV Angel, Workday Foundation and Zynga. According to the Microsoft help and support team, Tipping point Community has been considered to be Bay Area’s leading poverty fighting organization since almost ten years.

It is certain that this campaign will help immensely in providing education, employment and shelter to the residents of Bay Area. As stated by Daniel Lurie, CEO and Founder of Tripping Point, "We are humbled by the generosity we've seen from some of the region's most influential leaders on behalf of the most vulnerable members of our community." Well, this is indeed a generous task undertaken by the IT companies to help the poor and the needy living in the area.

As mentioned above, the campaign comprises of a 10 million dollar challenge for these companies so that quality education, shelter and employment can be given to the Bay Area’s 13 million people who find it hard to meet their basic needs. For this, these companies have been allotted a maximum of 60 days, which is a great decision. After this announcement was made, even some users started calling up the Microsoft help number to know how genuine the news was.

Confirming this mission, Microsoft stated in an official blog post that, "This work is not new for Microsoft. Every year, we invest tens of millions of dollars in nonprofit organizations around the world. Last year in San Francisco alone, this investment totaled $5.4 million. Now, in partnership with Tipping Point, we seek to help low-income individuals and families gain access to effective services that can help them break the cycle of poverty for good."

Microsoft already has the YouthSpark mission, which is quite similar to Tipping Point’s initiative with the only difference being that it addresses the issues of the kids and focuses on providing training to them. Mainly, this program is focused on training those kids who do not have the means to become successful in life.

Microsoft thus ought to be applauded for venturing into such missions along with other IT and other business giants for helping the poor. 

Install April Updates For IE11 To Receive Continued Patches For The Browser

Microsoft has decided not to release updates for IE 11 browser in Windows 7 if they are not already updated with the patches released this April. Microsoft had earlier told Windows 8.1 users to update the operating system with the latest update before June 10 to receive further updates in the future. The new move from Microsoft is quite similar, as done with Windows 8.1 update. However, the major difference is that the new mandate is going to affect only the IE 11 browser and is not going to give troubles to the operating system.

According to the Windows 7 help center, you will not be able to install the June 10 IE update for the browser if you have not installed the April 8 update released by Microsoft for IE 11 running on Windows 7 OS. The April 8 update is identified as MS14-08 and you may download and install it from the official website of Microsoft.

Keep in mind that installation of updates is important for the smooth functioning of your browser. Microsoft states that, "This update applies only to computers that are running Internet Explorer 11 and that do have update 2919355 (for Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2) or update 2929437 (for Windows 7 SP1 or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1) installed." It further added, "All future security and non-security updates for Internet Explorer 11 require you to have update 2919355 or update 2929437 installed in order to receive updates.”

The new update from Microsoft is aimed at fixing various IE vulnerabilities, according to the Windows 7 help center. Out of the 59 vulnerabilities identified, 47 of them were associated with IE11. Microsoft has made it clear that if the browser is not upgraded with the updates released last April, the browser will lose all its update privileges in the future. Therefore, if you are running the Windows 7 operating system and IE 11 browser, then ensure that you download and install the update MS14-018.

For enterprises and other big businesses, the last date to install the update is set on Aug 12. Until this date, the browsers can be updated with patches. However, these users will not receive updates intended to fix IE11 issues from August. Other features cut off are system center configuration manager and Intune, if they fail to upgrade the browsers.

So, if you wish to receive regular updates for your IE 11 browser on Windows 7, download and install the updates as early as possible.

Removing Ask Toolbar From The Google Chrome Browser

Occasionally, when you install a new program in your system, the installation wizard will ask you to either choose or deselect the option for installing a browser or desktop toolbar application that came bundled with the installer. Now by default, everything’s left checked. If you hurriedly skipped this step, an unwanted application will be installed along with the main program. This is what happens in most cases.

How to remove the Ask browser toolbar from Google Chrome?

This is exactly what happens with the Ask browser toolbar application. It can be used to access the online services provided by Ask.com. This is a popular online search portal which accepts queries, and provides relevant answers for them. Though useful, this browser toolbar acts as an adware, and also changes the browser settings without your knowledge.

This might affect your browser performance. For example, when you type in the Google search engine address, the browser will you take to the Ask search engine website instead. Similarly, the homepage settings, the default search engine option, etc will also be changed. If these changes are bothering you, then it is best to get rid of this adware toolbar. But, in the case of certain toolbar versions, you might have to use an Ask toolbar removal tool to get rid of it.

But, if it is just a browser add-on that you have installed in your system, then all you have to do is remove this add-on from the browser. Most probably the add-on will be installed only on your default browser application. If you are using Google Chrome as the default browser application, then you have to open the add-ons manager tool in it and remove the add-on.

Go to the Tools option in the Chrome browser toolbar menu. This will open a context menu, where you need to select the option Extensions. On the windows that appear go to the Extensions tab. This will display all the add-ons and extensions you have installed in Google Chrome. The Ask toolbar application will be there in this list. You need to select it and then, click on the trash bin icon shown next to it. Now, go to the Settings option in the Google toolbar menu. There, click on the Manage Search Engine option and set Google as your default search engine. Delete the Ask search engine link provided there and save these settings.

As already mentioned, if this method does not work, you have to use an Ask toolbar removal tool to get rid of this application. You can easily find one online.

About Adding Contacts To The Outlook Address Book

Outlook address book is a utility feature integrated with the Microsoft Outlook application. It allows you to maintain a detailed list of all your contacts. Using the address book, you can store email addresses, phone numbers, birthdays and other important information of your beloved ones or colleagues. The normal way to add an address to the contact book is by going to the Address Book and by typing the name, email address and phone number of the person. But, it is also possible to create a new contact from the email messages you receive from a new sender, here's how.

Adding a new contact to the address book from an email message? 

Outlook allows you to add a new contact to the address book from the email messages you receive. For instance, if you get an email message from a new sender, you do not have to manually provide all his contact details to add him to the contact book. Simply, drag and drop the email message into your contact folder. It will automatically add the contact to your address book.

When you drag and drop an email message to the contact folder, it will retrieve the name and the address of the sender from the message header. The body of the message will be left in the Notes section, which you can remove if needed. However, it is good that you leave it there because it will be useful for you to know in future why this person has emailed you.

Grouping contacts

In the Outlook Address Book, you can add as many contacts as you want. But, if you have added numerous contacts to the Address Book, it will be difficult to locate a specific contact. Therefore, it is advised that you group your Outlook contacts. By grouping the contacts to various categories such as Friends, Family, Office or the likes, you will be able to locate the contact instantly and thereby save your precious time.

Printing the address book

Outlook problems like getting valuable data corrupted are common. Therefore, it is good that you back up your valuable information such as contacts. Outlook allows you to take a print out of your address book.

If you have any other concerns regarding your Outlook Contact Book, feel free to contact our Microsoft Outlook help desk.

Tips For Removing Multiple Toolbars In Windows

Toolbars is a kind of browser add-on, which will help you to easily access the functions offered by the specific toolbars with a single click. Nowadays, these toolbars are not installed in your computer as standalone applications. In fact, these toolbars are coming along with software installers. So, when you install any software, the toolbars included with the specific software will also be installed in your system. Most of the users do not take care of it and this will ultimately result in the installation of more than one toolbars, which might have an adverse effect on your system.

Most of the famous toolbar providers like Ask and Google will provide the option to uninstall their toolbar with the help of a software un-installation menu without making any changes in the software where the toolbar is included. Generally, it is a little difficult to remove all the toolbars installed in your system and will take some time to accomplish it. Therefore, to make the removal of toolbars a lot easier, you can make use of some toolbar removal software like Multi toolbar remover. This specific software can remove at least nine toolbars at a time, which includes all the famous toolbars like ASK Toolbar, Yahoo Toolbar, Google Toolbar and Comcast Toolbar.

The main feature of this software is its compatibility with all the versions of toolbars. To uninstall any of the toolbars from your system, you need to check the toolbars that are installed in the list of toolbars supported by the Multi Toolbar-Remover. Before starting the removal process, it is advised to close all the web browsers that are open in your system. This will prevent further complications associated with the process.

In fact, this toolbar removal software is not ideal if you want to remove only one toolbar from your system; however, it will be helpful if your system has more than one toolbar installed. Another option that a user can make use of to remove multiple toolbars is by making use of another software named Smart Toolbar-Remover. There are several advantages provided by this software. First of all, when you scan your system using this software, it will only list the toolbars that are installed and provide the option to uninstall them.

You will not be able to see any toolbars in the program interface that are not installed in your system. You can also use Smart Toolbar Remover for removing those toolbars that cannot be removed by the Multi Toolbar-Remover.