By Diane Poremsky January 30, 2012
When the social connector is enabled in Microsoft Outlook and you have an Exchange mailbox, the social connector will sync changes in the GAL to contacts. It requires the user add contacts from the GAL to the local contact folder. (Many users save contacts so they can sync with phones or to have the contacts
Continue reading: Outlook’s Social Connector and Contacts SyncBy Diane Poremsky January 27, 2012
Wow. This bug may be fixed in record time! A few short weeks ago a user reported the Add to Facebook feature in Outlook's social connector went to a page not found. Ever since the first MapIt feature broke when Microsoft changed the URLs for MSN maps, I've disliked third-party web integration because it’s so
Continue reading: Outlook Social Connector’s Add to Facebook page 404′sBy Diane Poremsky January 27, 2012
We get a lot of questions (and complaints) about Tasks so this week I'm going to cover the more common questions. Is there an easy way to move a task to a new due date? Sure. If you use a Group by Due date view, you can easily drag a task to a new date.
Continue reading: Tasks: How do I… ?By Diane Poremsky January 4, 2012
Valk Beekman wanted to share this VBA code sample that creates a text file containing a list of the rules used by the default email account. When the rule contains an email address, the address (or display name) is added to the output. It needs a little tweaking to list all the actions and conditions
Continue reading: Create a List of RulesBy Diane Poremsky August 29, 2011
To open Outlook in Safe mode: Close Outlook then hold Ctrl as you click on the Outlook icon. You’ll get a message asking if you want to start in Safe mode. Click Ok. To open a template you need to go through the Choose From dialog, which is a few more steps than most users
Continue reading: Create Toolbar Buttons to Open Templates and FilesBy Diane Poremsky October 20, 2011
We're seeing a lot of questions (and complaints) about the new iCloud service and Outlook integration. Users with POP3 accounts seem to have the most problems (but could benefit the most from iCloud), since the data is local to one computer and iCloud moves it all into the cloud. We have solutions to many of the problems.
Continue reading: iCloud and Outlook ProblemsBy Diane Poremsky December 18, 2011
Windows 7 introduces HomeGroups to make it easier for end-users to securely network two or more computers, however homegroups are not without their problems. I am trying to share BCM within a homegroup. I have gone through the wizard multiple times to set up the sharing of the database but the when I try to
Continue reading: Using BCM with a Windows 7 HomegroupBy Diane Poremsky October 10, 2011
When you click on a link in an Outlook email, you may receive the following error message: General failure. The URL was: “http://www.some-web-address.com” The system cannot find the file specified. This really isn’t an Outlook error, it’s a browser error, but most users will discover it when they click on a link in an Outlook
Continue reading: Outlook Error: General failure. The system cannot find file specified.
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