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Vista SP1 Coming to Windows Update (WU) Soon!
17 March 08 12:11 PM | plaj01 | with no comments
According to sources, Vista SP1 will be heading its way to WU and Microsoft Downloads next week. We have had the RTM version for about a month now and are running it on a few machines. We have encountered a few issues so please make sure you test it thoroughly...
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Making Word 2007 Save Documents in the Old 2003 Format...
30 January 08 09:45 AM | plaj01 | 6 comment(s)
We are finding that more and more people are upgrading to Office 2007. Whilst this is great, a lot of users still have older versions and a common complaint we hear is "I keep saving Word files as *.docx. - I want to save them by default to *.doc" To...
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Office 2007 Service Pack 1 Released
11 December 07 05:20 PM | plaj01 | with no comments
The first service pack for the Microsoft Office suite of products has now been released Office: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=9EC51594-992C-4165-A997-25DA01F388F5&displaylang=en Visio: http://office.microsoft.com/search...
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Outlook 2007 Gadgets for Windows Vista Sidebar
30 November 07 03:13 PM | plaj01 | with no comments
Microsoft have released 2 Outlook 2007 gadgets for Windows Vista. They are the Outlook Upcoming Appointments ( http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=ed840437-7d13-4755-8d0a-0ba2cbbf38e6&l=1 ) which displays 3 to 5 upcoming appointments and...
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Exchange 2007 SP1 Released!
30 November 07 09:02 AM | plaj01 | with no comments
We received notification today that the anticipated update to Microsoft Exchange (The product we use for the KLZ E-Mail provision) Service Pack 1 has been released. We will be thoroughly testing this update in our development environment before deploying...
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Using Natural Text to Update Outlook 2007 Appointments
21 November 07 02:52 PM | plaj01 | with no comments
A cool feature we have recently found in Outlook 2007 is something called "natural text." When you are making a meeting request or appointment, in the Start Time or End Time dialog box, enter something like "next friday" or "today + 6 days." Things like...
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Cheap Nokia 770 Internet Tablet
06 July 07 10:36 AM | plaj01 | with no comments
A few people have had a play with the Nokia Internet Tablet and found it to be a reasonable device. I know the Nokia 770 is the older version and the new Nokia 800 is out, but for £74 inc. VAT I think it might just be a bargain. http://www.expansys.com...
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Windows Key Shortcuts
30 April 07 09:29 AM | plaj01 | with no comments
During an office discussion on Friday, it seems that I keep all the handy tips to myself! You can use the Windows key to carry out some very handy shortcuts. I have compiled a list with, what I think, are the best at the top... For example, to easily...
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Turning on features in Windows Vista
24 April 07 04:54 PM | plaj01 | with no comments
We had a query today on how to Telnet when using Vista. It turns out that Telnet and a host of other features such as SNMP, TFTP are hidden away in the Control Panel. If you need to enable Telnet to Telnet into a Switch for example, chose the Client option...
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Screen Rotation
23 April 07 01:02 PM | plaj01 | 1 comment(s)
Firstly, apologies for going quiet recently! Anyway, an interesting question came up from a school which found its screen / desktop rotated by 90 degrees. This is a new(-ish) feature built into Intel Graphic Chipset / Drivers which can be useful for presentations...
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Microsoft Virtual PC 2007
22 February 07 03:35 PM | plaj01 | with no comments
Microsoft have released the latest version of Virtual PC today for free! http://www.microsoft.com:80/windows/products/winfamily/virtualpc/default.mspx
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Extending Microsoft Windows Vista Activation
22 February 07 03:21 PM | plaj01 | with no comments
Microsoft have published how to extend the amount of time that Vista will ask to be activated. This is handy if you have recently installed Vista and wish to change hardware or for testing whether Vista will actually work with your current system. The...
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PST Files not Supported over a LAN / WAN
06 February 07 10:29 AM | plaj01 | with no comments
We came across this the other day where Microsoft do not support using PST over a LAN / WAN. For example, you may have your PST on your home directory so you know it is backed up every night. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/297019/ It seems...
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Neat Little Outlook Calendar Tip
22 January 07 04:42 PM | plaj01 | with no comments
A neat little feature in Microsoft Outlook to view weeks, months etc: If you open your Outlook Calendar and then hold the ALT key and press the number 7 - it will show you the next 7 days. i.e. if you press ALT and number 3, it will show you the next...
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