Hide the default Windows Internet Explorer search box.

Windows Registry Editor

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Infodelivery\Restrictions]
“NoSearchBox”=dword:00000001

Exercise caution when editing the Windows Registry. It is a very good way to tweak your Windows system. However, by casually changing any Windows Registry entries it is possible to cause damage to the Registry that cannot be repaired, and that may in extreme cases render your system unusable. Use these examples at your own risk.

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Windows Registry Editor

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
“MaxConnectionsPerServer”=dword:00000006
“MaxConnectionsPer1_0Server”=dword:00000006

Exercise caution when editing the Windows Registry. It is a very good way to tweak your Windows system. However, by casually changing any Windows Registry entries it is possible to cause damage to the Registry that cannot be repaired, and that may in extreme cases render your system unusable. Use these examples at your own risk.

Microsoft has enabled POP3 email access for all users of their Hotmail email service. This means that it is now possible to configure desktop email clients to access Hotmail to retrieve and send emails.

Incoming Server: pop3.live.com
Incoming Port: 995
SSL Encryption: yes

Outgoing Server: smtp.live.com
Outgoing port: 25
Authentication: yes
TLS Or SSL: yes

The username and password are the same that are used to log into the Hotmail site

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