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Outlook 2007
Can I export a .pst from 2000 and import it into Outlook 2007?General research, thanks yall, will give a Thumbs up for accurate answer.You don't need to export first.........Just copy the PST from 2000 over to a safe place where you can get at it later. Open 2007, then...
Tags: Groupware, madams97, Outlook 2007, Microsoft Outlook
Discussion threads 2007-11-20
Contract to Hire positions..
All,Looking at a career change, moving from local IT Administration to Field Tech...through an IT Staffing company.It's a 3-6 month contract then strait to full time "hire" position...just wandering what everyone's experience is with these types of agencies.Is it a good idea? What has been your experience, a lot of...
Tags: madams97
Discussion threads 2007-11-13
Windows DEP
Windows Date Execution Prevention..included with SP2.This has GOT to go...I know enough to avoid viruses / malicious scripts etc...it does more harm then good, not recognizing what it is working with it.Does anyone know how to KILL IT?Thanks in advancehmmDEP configuration for the system is controlled through switches in the...
Tags: madams97, Microsoft Windows, data execution prevention
Discussion threads 2007-11-10
Movie -- > Pictures
All,I have a close friend, who lost someone dear to her. She had her new camera, and she thought she was taking pictures of him at their last dinner, before he passed away, but instead...she took a bunch of 2-3 sec movies...with the movie feature.I need to get these...
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Corporate communications, madams97, AVS Video Tools, movie
Discussion threads 2007-11-10
Recovering Excel Files
Had a user who...deleted a .xls from WITHIN Excel. Naturally, it did not go to the Recyle bin. Does anyone know where it is, or what I can do to retrieve it? Thanks!Autosave or Recovery SoftwareIf autosave was anabled you can check the autosave path, typically the...
Tags: Microsoft Office, madams97, Microsoft Excel
Discussion threads 2007-11-06
Love in the office...
We have recently seen this happen, two people, one gets the other pregnant, bla bla, now we all have to deal with the affects of it.What do you think, Love in the Office?What do you think, Dating Co-Employees?- Different Shifts- Non-ManagementYay or Nay?I vote, Nay./discussNo no noA so-called office fling...
Tags: madams97, Nay
Discussion threads 2007-11-02
Monitor + PC...Not Syncing at Boot
Subject says it all.I have a user who is experiencing PC problems...She'll turn the PC on...and then the BIOS screen, or Windows XP screen, will flash really quickly...I get the standard healthy 1 BIOS beep.Then the screen just goes black, no errors, it still sounds as if it is loading...
Tags: Monitors & displays, mikea@..., monitor, LCD, BIOS, PC
Discussion threads 2007-10-26
Password Protecting Folders - Linux
Heya guys, in a bit of a pickle here...need some help once again.I am creating a structured path directory for each employee, (24) in this case....We have our Upper-Mgrs. Equipped with Pen Drives, but the other employees do not have a way to back up valuable e-mails, files, etc...I am...
Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, mikea@..., Microsoft Windows, password, Windows Login, Linux, Samba
Discussion threads 2007-05-02
Linux / Samba/ Shared Files / Error
Heya guys...a quick run down.I have a Linux/Samba server I use at my work. We have about 18 users that connect to it on a daily basis. All these users are on our corporate network.We have two buildings...Dispatch which has subnet of 192.168.30.XX and then the Shop...about 2 MI...
Tags: career, feedback, hardware, invalid network path, Linux, linux / samba, linux not working, mikea@..., networking, shared files, software, subnet, windows
Discussion threads 2007-03-06
Microsoft Outlook 2000
Alright, a computer died, HD was good, but still dead. I got a new PC for the lady, and I have recovered all of her data files, now....her Outlook files are vitally important. Contacts not so much, but the tons of e-mails, release forms, saved documents etc...I have...
Tags: new PC, mikea@..., feedback, windows, software, career, hardware, outlook 2000, networking, e-mail, microsoft office, off-topic, office xp, Microsoft Corp., Norton Co., Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Outlook 2000
Discussion threads 2007-02-26
Programmable Keys
Heya guys,I'm looking for a way to program key functions. For Instance I would like Alt + F to make numbers such as 4356AD, or something like that.I know its plausible with Visual Studio and Java Programming, but are there any other..more SIMPLE ways, even if it involves a...
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Discussion threads 2007-02-21
Connecting Two Internets, Two Diff Routers, One Printer.
Subject says it all, boss dropped a bomb shell on me. Here's the variables..- Two Different Internets - BOTH ADSL- Both Internets go into two different routers, two different buildings. - BOTH HAVE ABILITY TO VPN/Port Forward/DMZ/Virtual Server - (1) All in one Network printer...In...
Tags: printer, mikea@..., internet printing, feedback, windows, security, software, career, it management, vpn, hardware, network, networking, programming, network printing, off-topic, network printer, router, Internet
Discussion threads 2007-02-09
When your asked to do the impossible...HELP!!!!!
Alright, this is an emergency class A post. Here is what we have going on!My boss is in MD, right now. We have two offices out there, both with DIFFERENT DSL connections...and they both go into different routers...He wants to setup a network printer at one office, and...
Tags: mikea@..., printer, router
Discussion threads 2007-02-09
Hard Drive Recovery
Alright, we had a PC go down, Monday morning. The mobo was all dusty, the PC was old, it bit the dust. I have the HD here, a 40GB Western Digital, and all the files and OS is still intact. I plug it into another computer to...
Tags: hard drive, mikea@..., crashed computer, harddrive recovery, fixable, feedback, windows, security, software, career, it management, recovery, hardware, networking, programming, e-mail, PC, Live CD
Discussion threads 2007-02-08
Calling All Linux Experts!!!!
Alright! For those who remember, I had a lengthy question in the past, concerning Windows XP SP 2, limiting user connections to 10. There is basically no way around this, and one gentleman, suggested Fedora Core 6, well...after talking it over with my boss, we decided we don't...
Tags: Fedora Project, mikea@...
Discussion threads 2007-01-30
Internet Explorer
Here's the situation...He can browse websites, ping all the websites, has internet, is not firewalled. Not a hardware problem, however; there are some websites he cannot log into. He can go to the main page on some and then log-in fine, then on others he goes to the main...
Tags: a, b, c, can't login, internet explorer, login, Microsoft Internet Explorer, mikea@..., networking, programming, security, software, Web site, windows
Discussion threads 2007-01-10
Microsoft Word + Outlook
I'm working on the Vice-President of my company's laptop. He was on vacation 25th - 2nd, so I set him up with an auto-respond away message, and also added in a "add in template" to all his e-mails so the few days prior to the 25th, all his new...
Tags: career, e-mail, emergency, feedback, hardware, help, important, it management, linux, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, mikea@..., networking, off-topic, outlook, programming, project management, security, software, windows, word
Discussion threads 2007-01-03
S Video with Windows and a TV
Alright...so we're promoting this new PACOS/Satelite System, which I have been put in charge of teaching to other people. I have created a PP presentation, listing every aspect...the computer I have, has S-Video, and has been used before to connect to
Tags: career, desktop, hardware, it management, Microsoft Windows, mikea@..., monitor, networking, power point presentation, pp, project management, s video, s-video, software, TV, tv/monitor, windows, windows xp
Discussion threads 2006-12-28
Windows XP - Limiting Connections
Heya all, this is a re-post of my earlier mistake in a discussion.Let me fill you in on the background...I'm the IT Admin for our terminal located in Indiana. We have 15 PCs all on the same network, that have to access...another "computer" on
Tags: connections, hardware, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, mikea@..., Net Share, network, networking, PC, printers, security, server, sharing, small network, software, tcp/ip, windows
Discussion threads 2006-12-23
"Unable to connect to Shared Files"
Hi yall. I work for a medium sized transportation company as an IT Administrator. I've been encountering this problem for quite awhile now...We have a server...named server :)...and about 13 PCs, that all connect to it...We have a very large digital
Tags: shared files, tcp, ip, 10, networking, hardware, windows xp, concurrent connections, mikea@..., server, named server, group policy
Discussion threads 2006-12-23


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