Tuesday, July 13, 2010

How to fix “Windows was unable to find a certificate to log you on to the network”

Here’s how to connect to your wireless router if you are getting this message: “Windows was unable to find a certificate to log you on to the network.”

1) Click on the wireless icon in your taskbar and under Related Tasks, choose Change advanced settings.

2) Now click on the Wireless Networks tab and select the network in the list at the bottom. Click on Properties once you select the wireless network that is having problems.

3) Click on the Authentication tab and now uncheck the Enable IEEE 802.1x authentication for this network box. If the box was checked, then that was why you were getting the “unable to find a certificate to log you on to the network” message because Windows is looking for one, but your wireless router is not setup for certificate security.

Once this box is unchecked, try to reconnect to the wireless network, and it should work fine!

Monday, July 5, 2010

How to add a Hotmail account to Outlook 2010?

It’s not neccessary to install the Outlook Connector in order to add a
hotmail account to Outlook 2010. You can just do it by setting up a
POP3 account. Only difference is that it doesn’t receive your created
folders, only the inbox.

Use the following settings:

- Username: your complete emailadres : example@hotmail.com
- Password: as usual
- Incoming mail server: pop3.live.com
- Outgoing server: smtp.live.com
- Check the box in front of “Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA)"

Then go to “more settings” and the “Advanced” Tab.

- For the Incoming Server use port 995
- Check the box in front of the SSL sentence
- For the Outgoing Server, use port 587 and with “Use the following type of encrypted connection” select “TLS” out of the dropdown menu.

To allow users to use Outlook 2010 to access and manage their Microsoft Windows Live Hotmail or Microsoft Office Live Mail accounts including e-mail messages, contacts and calendars, Microsoft has quietly released an updated version of Outlook Connector for Office 2010 under the Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview suite. Users who use Office 2010 can download the free application via the following links:

Outlook Connector for Office 2010 (x86)
Outlook Connector for Office 2010 (x64)