May 5, 2009 | file_sharing, mail, Outlook
You know the email system wasn’t designed for what you’re doing, don’t you? It’s a nice system for a few messages each day. But you can’t control yourself! Hundreds of messages every day, huge file attachments, a complete inability to hit the “Delete” key – look, it’s...
May 1, 2009 | computers, IE, Office, Outlook, photos, software, Vista
Vista is more than two years old and has achieved the dubious distinction that Windows XP achieved at about the same time: installing updates on a new computer has become an arduous, time-consuming pain in the butt.I took two new Dell Optiplex 760 computers out of the...
Apr 28, 2009 | Microsoft, Office, Outlook
Microsoft released Office 2007 Service Pack 2 today. There are some important fixes and performance improvements for every Office 2007 user. You should install it. You don’t have to jump to do it immediately – it will be installed through the Automatic Updates...
Apr 9, 2009 | mail, Outlook
You know the drop-down list in Outlook when you start to type a name in the TO: box? It’s not an address book! Use it for convenience but don’t rely on it! You’re setting yourself up for heartbreak. I hate being the bearer of bad tidings when those names disappear...
Mar 18, 2009 | Adobe, file_sharing, Outlook, web_services
Adobe’s online service Acrobat.com has been available for almost a year as a place to store files and collaborate. I wrote some notes about it last summer. Now Adobe has introduced a plugin for Outlook that gives you a new reason to look into it. If you use Outlook...
Feb 18, 2009 | IE, Microsoft, Outlook, remote, SBS
Two issues have come up several times for my SBS 2008 clients connecting to Outlook Web Access or their office computers. OUTLOOK WEB ACCESSIf you go to your remote access web site (e.g., http://www.domainnamenet.com, or http://remote.domainname.com) and click on...
