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Archive for the ‘Training’ Category

July 22nd, 2008

How to Manage Data Files and Backups in Outlook

My brother has been going through some challenges with errors he’s receiving as he’s using Microsoft Outlook. I’ve stepped him through the basics of using the Inbox Repair tool and using the original install discs as a repair option, but he came across a site that does a great job of giving you loads of […]

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July 17th, 2008

Resetting Default Inserted Images in Outlook

 
I’ve come across another issue that’s really starting to bug me. Whenever I insert an image into an Outlook e-mail message the default size of the image is always going in as 133% its original size.
I’ve looked quickly and can not figure out where I need to go to change this default setting.
If anyone can […]

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July 7th, 2008

Different Data Types Available in SQL

If you’ve been reading here very long you’re probably aware that I’ve been teaching myself VB, .NET and SQL over the past couple of years.
One of my challenges of learning is that if I’m not using something regularly, I forget it or the information isn’t just sitting in the back of my head waiting […]

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July 6th, 2008

Finding Available Icons for Programs

I wrote this post Sunday afternoon and then lost it so let’s try this again. A recent commenter, Gary, on a post on my other blog, Uncover the Internet, was asking about finding the icon files for using in a customized Google toolbar.
Gary is looking for specific icon files as their individual file formats […]

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June 22nd, 2008

What Are These Huge Files on My System?

Here’s some quick information to probably serve as a reminder for everyone. I saw these two files on my system and wondered what they were for:

pagefile.sys
hiberfil.sys

With names like those and the listing of them as a System file type, it’s at least a little obvious that these aren’t just some random temp file you […]

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June 21st, 2008

How To Easily Tag Files in Windows XP

The question today is whether or not there is an easy, efficient and effective way to “tag” files. My brother presented the question to me initially and I began searching. The goal is to be able to tag any file whatsoever and then be able to search for one of those keywords and see […]

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June 13th, 2008

Copying Images Out of Outlook

I was reminded today of a real annoyance of mine when I’m trying to work with Outlook. Somewhat frequently in my week I receive an e-mail with a graphic or image in it that I need to do some editing. It’s not really any serious editing that needs to be done, just a notation […]

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June 11th, 2008

Get Smart with These 8 Secret Gems in Word

Catching up on some past e-mails and came across this little article about “Eight Handy Tools in Microsoft Word You Probably Don’t Know About” on PC Magazine’s website.
Given that Word and Excel are probably the two top applications that are used by the widest group of people from business information specialists to students; getting tips […]

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May 14th, 2008

Disappearing Web User Control in Design View

My boss experienced an weird problem with his installation of Visual Web Developer Express 2008.
When he tried to view a web user control page in the design mode the application only displayed a blank white page. If he clicked on the “Source” view, all the code was there that was expected. Combing through the […]

By Jason Bean -- 1 comment

April 14th, 2008

Outlook Contact Photos

Since I’ve been playing with Xobni more one question I’ve come across is why doesn’t Xobni use Outlook’s own contact photo information?
That was somewhat of a rhetorical question because I didn’t really need an answer and it wasn’t worth completely pursuing for an answer.
What it did do though was make me wonder where Outlook […]

By Jason Bean -- 4 comments

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