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Say No! to Compatibility Mode

Enabling Compatibility mode in Windows 7 will cause problems in Outlook, including operation error messages and problems creating accounts or new data files. Tutorial shows how to check compatibility settings.

Outlook is Slow Rendering HTML Messages

It's amazing how often a seemingly innocent action by the user and an update for a program can affect negatively another. In this case, it's MS07-027: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer, released in mid-May. After installing that update, Outlook 2003 responds very slowly when typing HTML messages. The problem in this case is two-fold.  

Red X's in Email Messages

If you have red x's in your Microsoft Outlook email instead of images and are allowing automatic download of images, you need to delete files from the SecureTemp folder.

How Do I Remove My Name When I Print Email?

Outlook doesn't support a way to change or remove the name or message header at the top of the printout but there are some workarounds that will allow you to customize the printout.

Printing Calendars with Color Categories

Some Outlook 2007 users are having problems printing calendars with the events colored with color categories. In most cases, the problem printer is an HP and its correctly configured to print in color. HP support documents have this to say about the problem: Some or all of my jobs print in monochrome (black) only. How  

Remove a password from an Outlook *.pst File

How to remove a password from a Personal Folder (.pst) file in Microsoft Outlook.

Error with the To-Do Bar's Task list

We're seeing a rash of errors with the To-Do Bar lately. This following message appears at the bottom, where the Task List is: "The operation failed. An object could not be found." Also, in the To-Do List in the Tasks module, the error message is "Cannot display the folder." Depending on the cause, it may  

The Folder is Full Error

Solution for: "Cannot delete this folder. Right-click the folder, and then click Properties to check your permissions for the folder. See the folder owner or your administrator to change your permissions. The folder is full". error

Imported Addresses are Missing from Address Book

Addresses imported into the Contacts folder may not appear in the Address Book display.

Disable "Always ask before opening" Dialog

We're hearing from many users: Outlook always prompts for permission to open attachments and the checkbox for "Always ask before opening this type of file" is grayed out. This is due to User Access Control (UAC) restrictions in Windows. There are two ways you can address this: 1: Run Outlook as Administrator and open the  

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Buttons in the New Message Notifications

Move Deleted Items to Another Folder Automatically

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Count and List Folders in Classic Outlook

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