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Business Contact Manager is now available for download by users who upgraded to Outlook 2010.  The requirements are : "You purchased a copy of Outlook with Business Contact Manager with Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft Office 2007, or standalone Office Outlook 2007, and You purchased a copy of Microsoft Office Home and Business 2010, Microsoft Office Professional 2010, or … [Read more...] about Tip 786: BCM for Outlook 2010

If you’re using Outlook 2000 and install iTunes 10, Outlook may not open. You’ll need to uninstall iTunes or find and rename OutlookChangeNotifierAddIn.dll. More info: //support.apple.com/kb/TS3500 … [Read more...] about Tip 785: Outlook 2000 and iTunes 10

If you are one of the few people who use gadgets in Windows 7 and Vista, the Outlook 2007 gadgets from Microsoft can be made to work with Outlook 2003 and 2010. Microsoft uses a script to check the version of Outlook but you can edit the vbs file so it doesn't do a version check. For example, to make this gadget: … [Read more...] about Tip 784: Using Desktop Gadgets

As in past versions, the Outlook.hol file that shipped with Outlook 2010 has errors within the 21000+ entries in the file. This time around the major error appears to be for Easter Monday – it’s not on a Monday for several of the years. Oops. An updated HOL file with the correct date for Easter Monday is at https://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/missinghol.htm The updated HOL … [Read more...] about Tip 783: Outlook 2010 Holiday Errors

Not an Outlook tip, but it’s useful knowledge for some smartphone users… Hotmail now supports push email, calendar, and contacts with Exchange ActiveSync and many smartphones that work with EAS can now sync over the air with Hotmail. These devices were tested against Hotmail ActiveSync: WM 6.x WP7 iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad Nokia E-series, S-series, N-series … [Read more...] about Tip 782: Over-the-air sync with Hotmail