I’ve lately been delving into the more underused features of Microsoft Outlook. One that I’ve been playing around with lately actually goes by different names depending on which version of Outlook you use. In Outlook 2003 & 2007 it’s called “Out of Office Assistant” and in Outlook 2010 it’s simply called “Automatic Replies”. I’ll refer [...]

Outlook Social Connector Microsoft Outlook has a handy feature that integrates with several social networking sites such as LinkedIn and Facebook. It’s called the Outlook Social Connector and it works with Outlook 2003, Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2010. Currently Outlook can connect with the following social networks: Facebook; LinkedIn; MySpace; Windows Live Messenger; Xing; & [...]

From Wikipedia: “Disaster recovery is the process, policies and procedures related to preparing for recovery or continuation of technology infrastructure critical to an organization after a natural or human-induced disaster. Disaster recovery is a subset of business continuity.“ This is all well and good. But what does it mean for you and your business? Well let’s first discuss disasters. Disasters recovery [...]

To the left of the clock on the bottom right hand side of your screen you’ll see a collection of icons. These are your notification icons. Windows helpfully puts them here for you so that as these programs need your attention they can draw you to them. The problem is that for the most part, [...]

This year there have been several natural events that have reminded us about the fragile nature of things. Just this past weekend a powerful ‘Noreastern’ hit the New England area leaving millions without power. These events remind us that we must be prepared. At home you pack extra water, candles, propane and stock canned food [...]

It’s that time of year again. For everyone in the US who lives outside of Hawaii, Arizona and most of Indiana, it’s time to reclaim that hour you gave up in the spring. For me, I’ve always enjoyed the weekend we “fall back” because I could get an extra hour of sleep without feeling guilty. [...]

In the IT world it’s pretty common to hear people say that you should never upgrade to the latest version of Windows until Microsoft releases the first major patch (commonly called Service Pack). Additionally, Microsoft has developed a pattern that is not so apparent and not unlike the reputation developed by one of Hollywood’s biggest [...]

Recently Microsoft opened to the public their own version of a Cloud based solution. They call it Office 365. Office 365 is primarily made up of the following software: Email (using Outlook and Exchange Server) Webhosting (using SharePoint) Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.) What does this mean for your business? Well one of the [...]

Windows has some very useful built in utilities that most people aren’t aware are there. One of which is MSConfig. Have you ever noticed that when you buy your shiny new computer it boots wicked fast. Then after a few months it seems to take so long to boot that you can go get yourself [...]

Have you ever sent an email and the moment you hit the send button, realized you shouldn’t have sent it? Or immediately upon sending it, realized your facts were wrong and needed to send a follow up? Or maybe you simply forgot to include the attachment you wrote three paragraphs about? Well Microsoft Outlook and [...]