Diane Poremsky

Tip 106: Office XP - Outlook 2002 SP3

Now available - Office XP SP3. SP3 includes all updates included in SP1 and unlike past updates, does not require previous SP's to be installed.For a list of fixes contained in SP3: List of the issues that are fixed in Outlook 2002 by Office XP Service Pack 3To download: Office XP Service Pack 3 (SP3)Additional information, including possible problem areas: … [Read more...] about Tip 106: Office XP - Outlook 2002 SP3

Tip 105: Blocking Additional File Types

Now that 'script kiddies' discovered sending virus infected zips gets their work past many antivirus programs, you many want to make it more difficult to open them or block them completely. You can do this by editing the Level1Remove key and adding the zip extension to force users to save before opening or add the Level1Add key to block the zip file type. For more … [Read more...] about Tip 105: Blocking Additional File Types

Changing SMTP Servers

Tip 104: Changing SMTP Servers Do you need to use different SMTP servers depending on how you connect to the Internet? Rather than constantly editing the account properties, create a new account using the other SMTP server. While this works well for two SMTP servers, giving you Account A - SMTP 1, Account B - SMTP 1, Account A - SMTP 2, Account B - SMTP 2, it can get … [Read more...] about Changing SMTP Servers

Tip 103: QuickIcons

Last week I told you about a cool utility for Outlook called Knockout. The same site has another nice utility for anyone who wants shortcuts to Outlook's standard forms on their QuickLaunch bar but doesn't want to create them. It's called QuickIcons and that's what it does - quickly create the icons for you. Once created, you can move or copy them to your desktop or … [Read more...] about Tip 103: QuickIcons

Tip 100: Outlook 2003 and Forms Cache Corruption

If you use Outlook 2003 and custom forms you've probably discovered the hard way that it has a problem with a corrupt forms cache. The recommended solution is a batch file to delete the cache. A hotfix is available to fix the forms cache corruption in Public Folder Favorites (and other issues); as usual you'll need to call PPS to get it. (We're waiting on a fix for other forms … [Read more...] about Tip 100: Outlook 2003 and Forms Cache Corruption