WEBMAIL ADVANCES

Apr 11, 2007 | mail, Outlook, web_services

Many of us cannot imagine life without Outlook. In addition to e-mail, it handles our calendar and address book and to-do list; it fills our handheld devices and addresses envelopes in Word. But it typically lives on a single computer and is not readily accessible...

PRINTING OUTLOOK MESSAGE HEADERS

Mar 27, 2007 | mail, Outlook, printers

Two clients reported problems printing e-mail messages from Outlook 2003 – the message headers weren’t printing, the part that shows Date:, To:, From: and Subject. In each case, it was erratic – some messages would print correctly, others would be...

OUTLOOK 2007 & SLOW PERFORMANCE

Mar 22, 2007 | Outlook

Just a quick followup to my whining that the Microsoft Office 2007 suite seemed unreasonably slow – here’s an article specifically complaining about the performance of Outlook 2007 and describing widespread grumbling by users, bloggers, and even Microsoft...

PATCH CRAZINESS

Mar 11, 2007 | Microsoft, OneCare, Outlook, search, software

Patches/updates/upgrades are a mess. That’s nothing new, and certainly some steps forward have been taken – Microsoft’s automatic update system works remarkably well. Many of the updates are necessary and important, but it makes it impossible to...

OUTLOOK SIGNATURES

Mar 7, 2007 | Outlook

Outlook 2003 occasionally throws up error messages when a message contains a formatted signature. People who have scanned their handwritten signature or want to use a graphic are getting incongruous messages about security and ActiveX.It appears to be a side effect of...

WINDOWS DESKTOP SEARCH 3.01

Mar 3, 2007 | Outlook, search, WinXP

Windows Desktop Search 3.01 is a brand new release of Microsoft’s tool for indexing mail and documents for instant searches on Windows XP. There were some growing pains as they prepared this version, but the new release addresses everything on my mind.The web...