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Shortcuts that can be used in the main window: Send and receive email – CTRL+M Open or post a new message – CTRL+N Open Contacts – CTRL+SHIFT+B Delete an email message – DEL or CTRL+D Reply to the message author – CTRL+R Reply to all – CTRL+SHIFT+R or CTRL+G (newsgroups only) Forward a message –

Sometimes you get an error ‘COM Surrogate has stopped working’ when you browse folders containing videos or media files. Reasons: Codec and COM components installed by various softwares that are not fully compatible with Windows Vista may cause this problem. Possible Solutions: If the problem started after installation of any particular software, then un-install it.

IMAP settings for AOL on Mozilla Thunderbird Incoming Server: imap.aol.com Port: 143 Secure connection: No Username: <aol email id> (for users who have their email on aol.in) Username: <aol screen name> (for users who have their email on aol.com) Outgoing Server: smtp.aol.com Port: 25 Security connection: No Username: <aol email id> (for users who have

IMAP settings for Gmail on Windows Mail (Windows Vista) Incoming Server: imap.gmail.com Port: 993 Secure connection: SSL Username: <username>@<yourdomain> (if you are using Gmail for your domain) Username: <username> (if you have an email account on www.gmail.com) Outgoing Server: smtp.gmail.com Port: 465 Security connection: SSL Username: <username>@<yourdomain> (if you are using Gmail for your domain)

Follow the step and change your windows mail storage folder. Make sure you are running Windows Mail. Click on ‘Tools–>Options’. Click on ‘Advanced’ tab. Click on ‘Maintenance’. Click on ‘Storage Folder..’ button in the maintenance window. Click on ‘Change’ in Storage Location window. It will open a window ‘Browse For Folder’. Browse and select the

A new laptop or a desktop comes with a preloaded Operating System and other applications. Most of them come with Windows Vista. Generally the preloaded systems have two drives, the first one is where the Operating System is installed and the second one is the recovery drive. But what if the system crashes and you

Goto ‘Start–>Control Panel’ Make sure ‘Classic view’ is selected. Double Click on ‘System’ to open system properties Click on ‘Advanced System Settings’ in the left pane. Windows Vista will prompt for confirmation. Click on ‘Continue’. Click on ‘Advanced’ tab Open ‘Startup and Recovery’. Disable Kernel Memory Dunp Select ‘None’ under ‘Write debugging information’ Click ‘OK’