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MS Word issues: No Margin, error 4605 for template add-in installation, error 4068

No add-in in Word 2013. Make sure to enabled macro trust in Options. To avoid error 4605 during add-in install: Options>General>Unchecked "Open e-mail attachments and other uneditable files in reading view" If Margin keeps showing zero: Options>Display>Checked "Show white space … Continue reading

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NetSpot - A good freeware for Wifi Analysis

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Interesting Outlook tricks: Unusual Junk Mail handling

It appears that one can actually disable the junk mail completely...rather than the popularly acclaimed that you couldn't touch some built-in filtering mechanism in Outlook. This is done at registry level. There's also the case where junk manager doesn't work … Continue reading

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Outlook 2016/365 Search Problem: Something Went Wrong and Your Search Couldn't be Completed

This is Indexing problem. Type Indexing Options. Get Indexing running. If not, Run in services.msc>Windows Search, if can't, be sure to start with Administrator's privilege, if not, use command "runas /user:<computername>\administrator cmd" If still can't start Windows Search in services, … Continue reading

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Drive Mapping Persistency

Windows Drive Mapping may not stay connected the next time. One way (official way) to ensure of it, instead of using startup script, etc., is net use persistence. net use /PERSISTENT:yes then do drive mapping. Mapping persistence status can be … Continue reading

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Outlook Limits

Outlook 2016, Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2010: 100,000 items per folder 500 folders total Outlook 2007: 50,000 items per folder 500 folders total Source: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2768656/outlook-performance-issues-when-there-are-too-many-items-or-folders-in If exceeded, the client will perform slowly.

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To Consider: Outlook Rules with Wildcards

Outlook doesn't like using Wildcards so much, but there's some tips: https://www.slipstick.com/outlook/rules/create-a-rule-with-wildcards/ Outlook doesn't support wildcards in rules, so you can't use use a * or ? character for wildcards. Instead, just specify the string you want to match. For example, … Continue reading

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Dell Inspiron Mini 10 (1010 pp19s): Best Operating System Comparison

This is for Inspiron Mini 10 (1010)Service Tag:1k5grm1 I got my hands on this device from Tante Lyna, to whom I'll be returning the device. With 1GB RAM, Windows XP, Win 7 both suck. This is a 32-bit/x84 machine. There … Continue reading

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A Way to Do Student Database between Access & MySQL

For NYGC, this would be a good upgrade. http://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/135361/remotely-connect-to-mysql-from-ms-access

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How to Make VCDs

The Americans are not familiar with this: Video CD. When I first got to U.S., I asked around, nobody in the IT business knew what was a VCD...all they could relate was DVD, which was a new thing at the … Continue reading

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