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	<title>The Winhelponline Blog &#187; General</title>
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	<description>Troubleshooting Windows 7/XP/Vista, Fixes &#38; Tweaks &#124; General Productivity Tips</description>
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		<title>Office 2007 File Types DOCX, PPTX, XLSX Downloading as ZIP</title>
		<link>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/office-2007-docx-pptx-xlsx-download-as-zip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:47:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Srinivasan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Office]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When you try downloading one of the Office 2007 file types such as .DOCX, .PPTX, .XLSX, the file may download as a .Zip (Compressed Folder). This happens if the Office 2007 file format MIME types are not registered in the Web server you&#8217;re downloading the file from.

There is nothing much the user can do, apart [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) Update Utility</title>
		<link>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/mse-update-utility/</link>
		<comments>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/mse-update-utility/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Srinivasan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Utilities]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/?p=965</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just came across this interesting tool from the AddictiveTips Blog.

MSE Update Utility is a simple app that updates Microsoft Security Essentials when Windows Update is disabled. Windows Update service is responsible for frequently updating MSE. But once it is disabled via Group Policy Editor, MSE won’t update anymore.
You can download the MSE Update Utility from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WordPress Automatic Upgrade Error &#8220;Could Not Create Temporary File&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/wordpress-automatic-upgrade-error-could-not-create-temporary-file/</link>
		<comments>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/wordpress-automatic-upgrade-error-could-not-create-temporary-file/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Srinivasan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wordpress]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is probably the first time I&#8217;m trying to upgrade WordPress using the automatic upgrade option available in the WordPress Admin Dashboard. And doing so showed this error message:
Downloading update from http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.8.6.zip.
Download failed.: Could not create Temporary file
Installation Failed

Searching the Web lead me to the following thread at WordPress Forums:
WordPress › Support » Download failed.: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Uninstall Winter Fun Pack 2004 After Upgrading to Windows 7 or Vista</title>
		<link>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/uninstall-winter-fun-pack-2004-upgrading-windows-7-vista/</link>
		<comments>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/uninstall-winter-fun-pack-2004-upgrading-windows-7-vista/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Srinivasan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[registry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Utilities]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/?p=956</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you install the Microsoft® Winter Fun Pack 2004 in your Windows XP system earlier, and then upgraded the system to Windows 7 or Windows Vista? In that case, the uninstaller for Winter Fun Pack 2004 may not work correctly under Windows 7/Vista, throwing out error code 1713. If the uninstaller does not work, you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Edison Helps Reduce Your PC&#8217;s Power Consumption</title>
		<link>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/edison-helps-reduce-pc-power-consumption/</link>
		<comments>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/edison-helps-reduce-pc-power-consumption/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Srinivasan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Utilities]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Edison is an excellent power management tool made for Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista systems. Edison optimizes Windows Power Management settings for maximum power savings and provides a friendly user interface to configure the power settings.
Download Edison from Verdiem&#8217;s Website. (See also Verdiem :: Edison FAQ.)

Alter the Work Time Power Settings by moving the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft Newsgroup Setup Instructions for Windows Live Mail</title>
		<link>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/ms-newsgroup-setup-instructions-windows-live-mail/</link>
		<comments>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/ms-newsgroup-setup-instructions-windows-live-mail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Srinivasan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[windows live mail]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/?p=939</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier we saw how to access Microsoft Newsgroup using Windows Mail. If you&#8217;re using Windows Live Mail, it&#8217;s even more easier, as Microsoft Communities Newsgroup account is already built-in to Windows Live Mail. You just need to customize it and pick the necessary groups from the listing.
1. Start Windows Live Mail
2. From the Tools menu [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RegASSASSIN Resets ACL Permissions and Deletes Stubborn Registry Keys Easily</title>
		<link>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/regassasin-resets-acl-permissions-deletes-stubborn-registry-keys/</link>
		<comments>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/regassasin-resets-acl-permissions-deletes-stubborn-registry-keys/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Srinivasan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Utilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vista]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows 7]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[XP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/?p=937</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When dealing with a Malware infested PC, you may have to prune several registry entries manually in case the cleanup tool you use does not remove all of them. In most cases, you would get an error (&#34;Error Deleting Key&#34;) stating that you don&#8217;t have permissions to delete the specified branch. So, additional steps are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disk2vhd Utility Creates VHD Images of Physical Disks</title>
		<link>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/disk2vhd-utility-creates-vhd-images-of-physical-disks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/disk2vhd-utility-creates-vhd-images-of-physical-disks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Srinivasan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Utilities]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/?p=936</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is another useful software from Windows Sysinternals. Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell have written a tool named Disk2vhd which is capable of creating Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) image of a PC which is currently running. The VHD image can be used with Microsoft Virtual PC or Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines (VMs).
Disk2vhd uses Windows’ Volume [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Updating Microsoft Security Essentials Using Command-Line</title>
		<link>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/updating-microsoft-security-essentials-using-command-line/</link>
		<comments>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/updating-microsoft-security-essentials-using-command-line/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 07:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Srinivasan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft Security Essentials includes a Command Line Utility which can be used to update the virus/malware definitions, initiate a scan, undo a recent definition update and perform other tasks. To know how to use the Command Line Utility, open a Command Prompt window (CMD.EXE) and execute the following command:
&#34;%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Security Essentials\MpCmdRun.exe&#34; /?


Command Description


-? / -h
Displays [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft Security Essentials Is Now Available for Download</title>
		<link>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/microsoft-security-essentials-available-download/</link>
		<comments>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/microsoft-security-essentials-available-download/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ramesh Srinivasan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Utilities]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The much awaited security suite from Microsoft, Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) is now available for public download. MSE provides real-time protection for your home PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software.
Microsoft Security Essentials is a free download (requires WGA validation) from Microsoft that is simple to install, easy to use, and always [...]]]></description>
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