02.23.07

LANDesk Inventory Problem

Posted in Software at 2:38 pm by Keith

If LANDesk keeps asking for inventory information, even after you’ve filled it out, do the following:

  1. Go to My Computer
  2. Go to your C: drive
  3. Open the ldclient folder
  4. Look for a file called “ldcustom.dat” and delete it
  5. Go to your Start menu, then programs, then LANDesk Management
  6. Click on Custom Data Forms
  7. Fill out the info one more time.
  8. Reboot and you should not see the form again.
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Clearing Outlook View Filters

Posted in Email, Microsoft, Software at 2:32 pm by Keith

If some messages aren’t showing up in Outlook (but they still show up in OWA or other clients) you may have a View filter. If you have a View filter it should be indicated in the top right corner of the main Outlook window. To clear a View filter in Outlook: View > Arrange By > Custom > Filter > Clear All.

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Rename Multiple Files with Windows XP

Posted in Microsoft at 2:31 pm by Keith

Here’s the easy way to rename files in bulk:

In Windows Explorer (or your My Documents folder, or wherever the files are located), select the files you want to rename. You can do this by clicking and dragging a box around them, or select them individually by holding down the Ctrl button and clicking individual files.

Once all the files you want to rename are highlighted, press F2, or right-click on one of the files and select Rename. All of your file selections will disappear except for one, but don’t panic: Type in your new name and click Enter. That’s it! One file will be now be named “renametext” and the others will have sequential numbers in the format of “renametext (1)” and “renametext (2)” and so on. File extentions like .gif, .jpg, or .doc will all be intact, so you can rename multiple types of files at once even if the formats aren’t the same.

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Outlook Out of Office Assistant: The command is not available

Posted in Email, Microsoft, Software at 2:30 pm by Keith

Symptom: Out of office assistant is not working in Outlook giving the following error: The command is not available. See the program documentation about how to use this extension.

Solution: In Outlook go to Help, select about Microsoft Outlook. Select disabled items. Out of office assistant is in the dialouge box. Click on enable and the out of office assistant works again.

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OS 10.4 AppleTalk Printing

Posted in Apple at 2:28 pm by Keith

To select Apple talk zones on OS 10.4 first you need to open the printer utility program and press the “Add +” button (top middle) to add a printer, then select the “Default Browser” (upper left corner), then press the “More Printers” (lower middle) button and you now have access to select Apple Talk zones.

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IMP Quota Bug

Posted in Email at 2:27 pm by Keith

Some versions of Horde’s IMP webmail program have a quirk where you can get an error, “There was an error moving the file - Over Quota,” when you are over your size limit and trying to delete e-mails. To get around this and get the account under the quota go to Options and select Deleting and Moving Messages. Uncheck both options and click Save Options. Delete enough e-mails to get under quota and click on the Purge Deleted link that now shows up at the top of the Inbox (to the right of ‘Delete | Undelete | Blacklist’).

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Alphabetize Bookmarks in Internet Explorer & Firefox

Posted in Firefox, Microsoft, Software at 2:21 pm by Keith

You can alphabetize your Favorites/Bookmarks by selecting Favorites (IE) or Bookmarks (Firefox), right-click one of the links, and select Sort by Name.

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Change Your Default Outlook Address List

Posted in Email, Microsoft, Software at 2:18 pm by Keith

In Outlook when you click on the little book to view your address book, or click on the To button in an e-mail message your default address book is open. If you have more than one address book you have to select it from the drop down menu in the top right corner.

To change your default address book in Outlook use the following:

Tools > Address Book > Tools > Options > select the desired list from ‘Show this address list first’

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Word Attachment Reading Layout

Posted in Email, Microsoft, Software at 2:14 pm by Keith

Word uses Reading Layout as the default view whenever it opens email attachments or other non-Word files. The idea is that Reading Layout makes documents easier to view, because the file is repaginated to fit your screen. But repagination can make lists, tables, and other document structures a bit difficult to read.

To prevent Word from automatically using Reading Layout view, click the Tools menu and select Options. In the Options dialog box, select the General tab. Remove the check mark next to Allow Starting In Reading Layout and click OK.

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Outlook Message Delay

Posted in Email, Microsoft, Software at 2:09 pm by Keith

If you use Microsoft Exchange Server, you can delay delivery of an individual message using Outlook. Everyone can use rules to delay delivery of all messages by having them held in the Outbox for a specified time after clicking Send.

In the message, click Options.
Under Delivery options, select the Do not deliver before check box, and then click the delivery date and time you want.

This could come in handy if you are leaving the office early: set an e-mail to your coworkers to be delivered around closing time so they think you are still working. ;)

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