Microsoft Security Essential Install, Windows 7

This is a guide on how to install Microsoft Security Essentials. Anti-Virus products are very important to help make sure that our home computers (and work) are protected against Viral threats that could lead to Machines not working or information being destroyed / stolen. In this guide I focus on the basic install of MSE… Continue reading Microsoft Security Essential Install, Windows 7

Set the default Microsoft Word template back to a blank document

Problem When you open Microsoft Word it is loading a previously created document as the new blank template. Solution Firstly close down Microsoft Word. Use Windows Explorer to navigate to the following location: C:\Users\%UserName%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates Delete the file named Normal.dot Now re-open Microsoft Word and the Normal.dot file will have been replaced with default blank page.  … Continue reading Set the default Microsoft Word template back to a blank document

“This device cannot start” Code 10 error in Device Manager on Windows

Problem When trying to use a device on your machine the device will not start. Upon inspecting Device Manager, you have a exclamation mark next to a device; when you select the device’s properties it displays error 10 and states that the device cannot start. Cause Device manager cannot start the device. Solution Click Start… Continue reading “This device cannot start” Code 10 error in Device Manager on Windows

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Sorry, there are no dictionaries available for this language

Problem When trying to define a word in Word 2013 you get the error massage: “Sorry, there are no dictionaries available for this language” Cause Word 2013 does not have a dictionary installed by default. Solution Install a third party dictionary from the Microsoft store; you can do this by following the instructions below: Open… Continue reading Sorry, there are no dictionaries available for this language