Some Useful Tips For Developing Windows 8.1 Apps

Windows Store has to go a long way to compete with Google Play. While Android’s Google Play has thousands of useful apps, Windows Store lacks them. Fortunately, Microsoft has simplified the requirements for the development of Windows 8.1 apps. It seems that anyone with basic knowledge of programming and app development can write Windows 8.1 apps and get them approved from Microsoft to release them in Windows Store. So, in short time, we can expect many Windows 8.1 apps getting released in Windows Store.

Easiest way to write apps for Windows Store

According to the Microsoft support page, if a new Windows 8.1 app needs to be released in Windows Store, it should maintain the criteria laid down by Microsoft. Microsoft promotes apps that take up web content or display them. So, if you have any idea about writing apps and releasing them in Windows Store, make sure that they are designed to display web content. The recently released Microsoft Top Solution is an app you could take up for referencing as to know how an ideal app for Windows Store should be like.

Microsoft Top Solutions

Microsoft Top Solutions keeps all the criteria for an ideal Windows 8.1 app. It consumes web content and displays them. It is more or less like a directory of support solution blog sites of Microsoft’s popular services. Below are some of the features of Microsoft Top Solutions.

Features

When you launch the application, the home screen will be displayed. From the home screen, you can have instant access to all the services that the app provides like the support solution blog site of Microsoft Azure, Exchange, System Centre, SQL Server, Windows Server and the likes. In order to open any of these services, simply tap on the desired button. It will directly take you to the support solution blog site of the associated program. You will then need to choose the appropriate topic of your concern. When you click on the link of the support solution blog site, the website will be opened in Internet Explorer 11 by default.

The support solution blog sites will contain KB articles, TechNet, hotfix articles and links to Microsoft forum. Choose the appropriate option to proceed.

I hope you got some idea about writing apps for Windows Store and the features of the recently released Windows 8.1 app Microsoft Top Solutions. For more technical information regarding Windows 8.1 Apps or Windows Store, visit the Microsoft Support Page.

How To Add WebM Support To Internet Explorer

One of the main issues concerning the Internet Explorer web browser is that when new technologies are invented, the browsers need to support them long before the technology is ready to reach the customers for testing the errors and issues with the new technology. Sometimes, we often find ourselves seeing similar theologies fighting with each other in the web market. WebM is one of the two audio-video formats that use HTML5 for making it possible for the users to easily access audio and video from the website on their computer. However, this technology is not widely accepted or used when compared with its competitor H.264.

According to Microsoft support page, most of the web companies support either one of the web technologies for rendering audio and video but not both and this makes the competition harder and worse. Latest news from Mozilla suggests that Firefox will support the H.264 format if the user makes it available to the web browser, as it is not included by default when it is shipped. However, in the case of the Internet Explorer web browser, the scenario is the opposite, as the H.264 is supported straight out of the box. However, it does not support the WebM format by default; this is because of the fact that only scarce websites use WebM content in their sites.

However, if you encounter WebM content in some websites, you may want to change the settings in the Internet Explorer web browser so that you will be able to view the contents in the website without having to launch another web browser for viewing the content. According to Microsoft support page, the WebM support for Internet Explorer can be made possible by installing a simple tool with the browser.

You can harness the features of the WebM technology if you install the WebM for Internet Explorer tool from Google. However, for installing the tool on your system, you must have at least Windows Vista or a newer version of the operating system and at least Internet Explorer 9 installed in your system. Since the tool integrates with the operating system rather than with the browser program, the user will be able to benefit the merits of it by running the WebM apps in Windows media player program as well.

The best way to test if you do have WebM support is to visit the YouTube videos and then change the view option to the HTML5 beta experiment. If you are able to view videos, your browser does support WebM. 

Tips To Work With The Microsoft Office XP Professional

The Windows XP came as the next heir to the throne after the Windows 2000 and Windows ME. The Windows XP has received large success and has won rave reviews upon release. The ease of use of the operating system has been praised a lot by users as well as reviewers. The Office XP Professional is the special edition pack and it contains the must have Office essentials like the Word, Access, PowerPoint and Excel. Well if you encounter any issues, you can follow the below provided Microsoft support page troubleshooting tips and any trouble that you may come across can easily be rectified.

Instructions

• Make sure that the XP Professional is up to date. Microsoft releases timely updates and it is essential that these updates are downloaded and installed for the proper running of the system. 
• If constant problems are being faced with Microsoft Office XP Professional, it can be uninstalled and reinstalled. 
• In order to delete Office XP, click the Start button that is present in the taskbar and the start menu will pop up. From the Start menu, choose Control Panel. The Control Panel contains a list of programs that are installed and from the list, choose the Office XP files and delete them. Now in order to reinstall the software, insert the install disc into the optical disk drive. 
• Make a note of the error messages that appear while working with the Office XP Professional. The error codes have to be jotted down and looked up at the Microsoft support page in order to have an idea on what the error code means and to get to know how to fix the error. 
• In order to alter the settings of Microsoft Office, launch the Office setup that is present in the help menu in Office Professional. The different settings can be altered according to your choice. 
• In order to repair the Office when issues may have caused due to corrupt files or missing data, the Detect And Repair Tool can be made use of in order to repair the Office files that may be corrupted. 
• The Office XP Professional needs certain requirements to run efficiently and effectively so you have to make sure that there is enough RAM and enough of hard disk space available. 

By following these simple Microsoft support page troubleshooting tips, any problem with the Microsoft Office Professional can be easily tackled.