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There are many users reporting that Google Chrome doesn’t work with Microsoft latest operating system Windows 7 64 bit version. Here is solution to make Google Chrome Work on Windows 7 64 bit.

Run Google Chrome on Windows 7 64 bit Version

1. Right Click on Google Chrome Icon

2. Add -in-process-plugins  after chrome.exe in Target field.

It should look like this,

3. Click Apply and save change.

4. Now start Google Chrome and it should work on your Windows 7 64 Bit Version

Send Email from Gmail in .net

try

{

//Create Mail Message Object with content that you want to send with mail.

System.Net.Mail.MailMessage MyMailMessage = new System.Net.Mail.MailMessage(“from@yourdomain.com”, “to@yourdomain.com”,

“This is the mail subject”, “This is the mail body”);

MyMailMessage.IsBodyHtml = false;

//Proper Authentication Details need to be passed when sending email from gmail

System.Net.NetworkCredential mailAuthentication = new

System.Net.NetworkCredential(“yourgmail”, “yourpassword”);

//Smtp Mail server of Gmail is “smpt.gmail.com” and it uses port no. 587

//For different server like yahoo this details changes and you can

//get it from respective server.

System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient mailClient = new System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient(“smtp.gmail.com”, 587);

//Enable SSL

mailClient.EnableSsl = true;

mailClient.UseDefaultCredentials = false;

mailClient.Credentials = mailAuthentication;

mailClient.Send(MyMailMessage);

}

catch (Exception ex)

{

MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);

}

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How To Receive Free SMS Alerts From Google Calendar

  • Sunday Jun 14,2009 10:41 AM
  • By Wickasitha
  • In Google

Configuring Mobile Phone Number:

1) Log in to Google Calendar
2) Click on Settings at the top and select Mobile Setup tab
3) Choose your country and enter your mobile number
4) Click on Send Verification Code button
5) Wait till you get a message from Google with verification code. Once you receive the verification code, enter the code and click on Finish setup
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Now you are all set to receive SMS alerts for the event reminders you create in Google Calendar.

Creating an Event With SMS Alert:

From now onwards whenever you create an event, you get an extra option “SMS” in the add reminders section. Choose the SMS option and choose the time before the event when you should be reminded.


So from now onwards hope you never miss an event in your web calendar, even though you don’t have access to Internet.

(This is working fine with Dialog,Mobitel and tigo sorry i didnt check with others)

Transfer Emails from One Gmail to Another Gmail Account

  • Thursday May 14,2009 10:52 PM
  • By Wickasitha
  • In Google

gmail-logo Gmail has provided a great feature that allows users to import emails from another mailbox so that you can still keep your important mails in the new gmail mailbox by following the below steps.

1. Login to old gmail account that you would like to transfer mails over to the new gmail account. Click on Setting, then choose Forwarding and POP/IMAP. Under POP Download section, select Enable POP from all mail. Click Save Changes button at bottom to save the setting.

2. Login to new gmail account. Click on Setting follow by Accounts. Under Get mail from other accounts section, click Add a mail account you own link.

3. At the pop up window, type your old gmail address and click Next Step button.

4. On the next screen, type the old gmail password, then select pop.gmail.com at POP server drop down list. Click Add Account button.

5. You will be asked if you want to send email from this new gmail mailbox using old gmail address. Tick Yes if you want to or else just tick No.

6. If you choose yes, then you will be requested to type your preference name for the old gmail address. If you would like to use old gmail address whenever reply an email from this new account, then click Specify a different “reply-to” address link and enter the old gmail address. Click Next Step button to proceed.

7. Click Send Verification button and gmail will send verification code to your old gmail account. This is to verify if you are the owner for old gmail account.

8. Go to your old gmail account, copy the verification code and paste it into the text box, then click Verify button.

Once you have completed all the above steps, your new gmail will start importing all mails from old gmail account. It will take some times to complete the mails transfer depending on your emails’ capacity.

Read more from : Official gmail blog

Create your Google Profile

  • Wednesday May 13,2009 10:30 AM
  • By Wickasitha
  • In Google

google-profiles

Don’t have a profile? Go to www.google.com/profiles to get started.

Google profile results now appear at the bottom of U.S. name-query search pages. Creating a profile gives you greater control over what people find when they search for your name on Google. Your profile can include online photos, links to your blog or other online profiles, and ways for people to contact you and you can restrict contact information like your address and phone number to only the people and groups you choose.

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