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Changing the Microsoft Office CD Key

Find and delete the registration keys for your Office install

It happens more often than you might think: you have two Office licenses and install the wrong one on a computer. If you activate it, Microsoft will think you moved it to a new computer and it can create problems later on.How do you change the installation key without reinstalling Office?Close all Office applications that are open. Open the registry editor by pressing … [Read more...] about Changing the Microsoft Office CD Key

How to change the Calendar date format

A frequent question: When I view the calendar in Week mode it displays the dates, but not the days of the week. Is there an option to show the day? If you don't like the date format Outlook uses on-screen or in printouts, you need to change the long date format set in Windows Control panel, Regional settings. Note, the day of the week format is controlled by the width … [Read more...] about How to change the Calendar date format

Publishing Calendars using Office Online

Publish calendars online

Calendar sharing at Office Online (office.com) was turned off on April 4 2014. After that date you'll only be able to share calendars using this method if you use a server that supports WebDAV. Outlook 2007 has a feature called "Publish to Internet" that allow you to publish your calendar to the Internet so you can share it with others. If you don't have your own web server, … [Read more...] about Publishing Calendars using Office Online

Send Links by E-mail in Windows XP

Send email

Note: This app is not needed in Windows 2003 Server (and newer operating systems) or if you have the hotfix (Q 327010) for Windows XP (but you can use it anyway). The Hotfix may be included in Windows XP SP2. In new versions of Windows, the Send link by email command inserts a text link into the message, not an attachment. It's always annoyed many people that … [Read more...] about Send Links by E-mail in Windows XP

Outlook 2000 on Windows 7: Missing WAB.dll

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Outlook 2000 in Internet Only mode errors on Vista and Windows 7 because the WAB (Windows Address Book) it uses for its address book is missing. You can try copying the WAB.dll and registering it. This will fix one error but you may have other issues. Browse to C:\Program Files\Common Files\System (on your Vista or Windows 7 computer) and copy wab32.dll and wab32res.dll … [Read more...] about Outlook 2000 on Windows 7: Missing WAB.dll

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