The blog of Rob Margel - Windows Help
Microsoftie 4 ever (19+ years) working in Windows Web Services and Content team in the UK. The blog is mainly focused on the Windows family of products and trying to provide help pointers and resources for customers on our products.
Error 0xC004C008 when trying to use Windows 7 online activation
If you receive error "0xC004C008" when trying to use Windows 7 online activation, it could...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 12/08/2010
How to fix a corrupted user profile in Windows 7 or Windows Vista
Fix a corrupted user profile in Windows 7 or Fix a corrupted user profile in Windows Vista “Your...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 12/08/2010
Get the latest Ashes score on bing
For all cricket lovers* simply type in ashes into bing to get the latest state of play. thanks to...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 12/06/2010
My Favorite Tweets (a Social Network Song)
Too good to pass up – warning the occasional rude word in there Rob Technorati Tags: Twitter...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 12/06/2010
25 Work Smart Guides to download
Fancy 25 downloadable guides to help you work smarter for free? then you can download the Work...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 12/06/2010
Skydiver Windows 7 Phone Ad
Maybe should have been posting to skydrive… Rob Technorati Tags: Windows Phone 7,WP7 tweetmeme_style...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 12/02/2010
Last few days to get Windows at a discount
Just to let you know that it is the last few days to get Windows Home Premium at a discount from the...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 12/02/2010
Halo Reach Art Inspiration Windows 7 Theme
Following on from the popular Halo Reach theme is this new one … “Halo: Reach wasn’t built in a day....
Author: Rob Margel Date: 12/01/2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Windows 7 Theme Available
Good news for all you Harry Potter fans…download the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Windows 7...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 12/01/2010
Windows Advent Calendar
Learn something new everyday with the Windows 7 Holiday Calendar Behind todays date is the 14 day...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 12/01/2010
The Connected Kingdom
“The internet in the UK is worth £100 Billion … In the global internet league table, the UK sits at...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 11/29/2010
Microsoft Support via Twitter in French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese and Dutch
In my last blog I mentioned…. “…and if you are on Twitter you can follow @MicrosoftHelps which...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 11/29/2010
Latest Windows Phone 7 Ad : Football
Find out more at the “New Windows Phone 7. Designed to get you in and out - and back to life....
Author: Rob Margel Date: 11/25/2010
Getting Internet Explorer to open Office docs in Office Vs Internet Explorer (KB162059)
OK so this can be an annoying problem where Internet Explorer opens Office documents such as Word,...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 11/25/2010
72 Windows Phone 7 tips and tricks–Pocket lint
OK so I have had my HTC Mozart WP7 for a few days now and am really enjoying finding out and using...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 11/24/2010
Russian Eurovision winner Dima Bilan Windows 7 Theme available to download
Courtesy of my Russian colleague Anton @afontanov is this new Windows 7 theme (only available from...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 11/23/2010
Download Holiday Lights theme for Windows 7
“Brighten your desktop with sparkling images of holiday celebration and winter wonder in this...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 11/23/2010
Russians love to Social Network.
Just spotted this data from @netimperative about the average number of hours spent on social...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 11/19/2010
Using Bing Visual Search to find Windows Phone 7 apps
Now this really is an easy way to find Windows Phone 7 apps using bing Visual Search...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 11/18/2010
Windows Live Photo Gallery and Windows Live Movie Maker
Learn a little bit more about these 2 products and Windows 7… Windows Live Photo Gallery “With...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 11/18/2010
A History of Microsoft – Highlights from the First 35 years.
A History of Microsoft – Highlights from the First 35 years. Great new article on the Windows...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 11/18/2010
Meteor - Land Dolphin's WP7 Media Center Remote Control
Remember the video from back in May about controlling Windows Media Cenrer from a Windows Phone well...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 11/17/2010
Kinect Interactive Art Installation
I love my Kinect (almost as much as my 5 year old). I got sent the following great video from my...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 11/17/2010
The Future of Technology - Windows 7 and Windows Live
Enter video caption here Get started with the cloud at https://www.windows.co.uk/cloud. Learn more...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 11/17/2010
My next PC? Dell Inspiron Duo
I have always been a big fan of tablet PCs having had 3 or some in my time at Microsoft. So it is...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 11/16/2010
Internet Explorer 9 Tip, get to your intranet sites quickly using /
One thing you will notice using Internet Explorer 9 Beta is that there is no extra search box and...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 11/16/2010
5 great Windows 7 offers in the UK
If you are looking at buying a new PC running Windows 7 you may want to check out the latest offers...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 11/15/2010
5 Windows 7 Language Packs For South Africa now available to download. Afrikaans, Setswana, Sesotho sa Leboa, isiZulu and isiXhosa
If you would like to run Windows 7 in any of these 5 South African languages then you can now...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 11/12/2010
Windows 7 Sinhala LIP available
If you like you Windows 7 in Sinhala (one of the 2 official languages of Sri Lanka), then download...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 11/11/2010
Highly rated Windows content
Below is a list of 10 articles we have on windows.microsoft.com that are rated very highly but...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 11/10/2010
Latest Windows 7 Phone UK advert : Nightclub
Enter video caption here Can’t wait for mine... Rob Technorati Tags: Windows phone 7...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 11/09/2010
Latest Windows 7 Themes to download–Harvest Time and Windows Live Clouds
We have just released 2 new Windows 7 Themes The Harvest Time theme contains 18 seasonal images from...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 11/09/2010
Stunning picture of a Sperm Whale in the bing dynamic theme for Windows 7
Yesterday I highlighted the latest additions to the bing dynamic theme and it appears overnight we...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 11/05/2010
Internet Explorer 9 Beta System Requirements
Computer/Processor Computer with a 1 gigahertz (GHz) 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor....
Author: Rob Margel Date: 11/05/2010
Latest Images in the bing Dynamic Theme
It has been a little while since the last update to the bing dynamic theme for Windows 7 but just...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 11/04/2010
Windows 7 Filipino LIP available
If you like you Windows 7 in Filipino, the national language of the Philippines, then download the...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 11/04/2010
Windows 7 Luxembourgish LIP available
If you like you Windows 7 in Luxembourgish, then download the latest Windows 7 Language Interface...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 11/04/2010
Gorillaz Internet Explorer 9 beta competition
Remember the super cool stuff that the band Gorillaz did as part of our IE9 Beta launch in the UK?...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 11/03/2010
Create, Connect and Share with Windows Live
Am always amazed about how much you can do with Windows Live and it is available for free. Create...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 11/03/2010
Latest troubleshooting guides for Windows Vista
Just wanted to point out our latest troubleshooting guides for Windows Vista: Troubleshoot audio...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 11/02/2010
Megamind Windows 7 Theme
If you cannot wait for the release of the latest DreamWorks movie Megamind (3rd December for the UK)...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 11/02/2010
Latest US Windows Phone Ads
So really just mini clips of things we have already seen, but good to see again. Enter video caption...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 11/01/2010
Windows 7 Customer Tips for Small Business users
The Ignite your small business site has some great tips and videos for the small business using...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 11/01/2010
See how the Local Language Program helps students in New Zealand and Vietnam
Just been sent news of these 2 new videos about how the Local Language Program is supporting the...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 10/27/2010
Troubleshooting Windows 7 Inside Out
Last week @microsoftpress announced a new Windows 7 book. (although not available in the UK till...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 10/25/2010
Help with signing into Windows Live. Now with added video.
Can't sign in to Windows Live? ”Follow the links below to get help signing in to your account....
Author: Rob Margel Date: 10/25/2010
Michael McIntyre & InPrivate browsing
about 4 minutes in very funny from @McInTweet don’t watch if easily offended Enter video...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 10/22/2010
Windows 7 Family Pack in the UK. Get Windows 7 for the whole family.
Upgrade 3 PCs to Windows 7 to Windows 7 Home Premium with Family Pack for only £149.99* Stocks are...
Author: Rob Margel Date: 10/22/2010