Outlook 2007 Resizing Images for Email Singatures

Recently I was trying to insert a new image in an email signature for a user , however when I inserted the image it reduced the width which changed the resolution of the signature to an unreadable format. This is due to the fact outlook tries to resize the image to the width of an A4 page. There is no where in outlook 2007 to change the size of the image. To change the image back to its original 2

1) Find the sinatures HTM File , this will be in C:\Documents and Settings\”Your Username”\Application Data\Microsoft\Signatures

2) Open ( The name of the signature).htm with Microsoft Word

3) Right click on the image , click format , select Picture tab and choose Reset Picture

4) Save the file an this will change the signature back to its original size!

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When right clicking on a spelling mistake in Outlook , it tries to change the signature

When creating an email in Microsoft Outlook you attempt to correct a misspelled word, however when you right click on the word, the signature menu opens instead of the spelling menu.

This happens when you have a default signature at the bottom of your email , and is due to the fact outlook thinks your whole message is the signature due to :

A) Deleted the first two blank lines in the email to the point where the first character in your email is the first character in your signature. or

B) Hit Delete too much or used Backspace to the point where the first character of your signature is directly following the last character of your email.

The best way round this is to not do the above or add “–” to the start of every signature!

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Spoolsv.exe – Application Error

Upon Windows Startup , the following error is displayed :

“Spoolsv.exe - Application Error"

“The instruction at "0x77fcc2c0" referenced memory at "0x00000000".

“The memory could not be written."

This is due to bad print jobs in the printer queue

1. Open Control Panel, select Performance and Maintenance, select Administrative Tools and then select the Services option.
2. In the Services management console, locate the Printer Spooler services, right-click on it and select Stop.
3. Next, open the C:\Windows\System32\Spool\Printers folder. (Here, we are assuming that your Windows is installed in the default C:\Windows folder)
4. Delete all the .SHD and SPL files from this folder.
5. Finally, restart the Spooler service from the Services management console.

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Windows 7 Tape Drive Support

Windows 7 have removed Removable Storage Manager (RSM) service from Windows 7

Microsoft say “You can use RSM to manage online libraries (such as changers and jukeboxes) and track removable tapes and disks.”

This means Windows NT Backup for Windows 7 and Server 2008 OS no longer included intergrated support for Tape Drives

The way around this for Server 2008 is to install Nortons Backup Exec

For Windows 7 , It seems the only tool I found that support this is http://www.uraniumbackup.com/index-en.aspx and http://www.backupassist.com/index.html but so far no free software

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do you want to view only the webpage content that was delivered securely

Even when adding a site to a trusted site in Internet Explorer sometimes you get these warnings :

“Do you want to view only the webpage content that was delivered securely

This webpage contains content that will not be delivered using a secure HTTPS connection, which could compromise the security of the entire webpage.”

“This page contains both secure and nonsecure items.
Do you want to display the nonsecure items?”

If you want to get rid of these :

Go to Tools -> Internet Options -> Security

Choose “Internet” Icon ( And if you have added the site to a trusted site you will need to do this for the trusted sites as well )

Click the “Custom Level” button

In the “Miscellaneous” section change “Display mixed content” to Enable.

Restart Internet Explorer – Jobs a Goodun!

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Navigo Upgrade for the SY885

Ebuyer have obtained an update for the SY885 which gives a full 7-char postcode search, plus map updates. Download an unzip this file : http://www.pariswells.com/upload/NAVIGO_Upgrade.zip , there will be a pdf document in there giving the upgrade instructions.

Remember you can always install Tom Tom

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Batch Modifying of Exchange Calendar Permissions

What you Will Need :

PFDAVAdmin.exe

Execute pfdavadmin.exe on the server,
 extract the files,browse to the extracted
map and execute pfdavadmin.exe again.
- Click File, connect.
- On the 'Exchange server' and
'Global Catalog' text boxes, fill
 in your server hostname.
- Select 'All mailboxes' and press OK.

-- ONE BY ONE EDITING OF PERMISSIONS -- 
We can edit the calendar permissions one by one by
- Selecting an user, expanding it, then expand 'Top of Information Store'
- Right-click 'Calendar'
- Choose 'Folder permissions'.

Now you can view and set permissions. 

To set
- Click 'Add'
- Click 'Browse' and search for the user you want to have permissions on this
calendar
- Select the user and click Ok, Ok..
- Set the permission and click 'Commit changes'

-- ACCESS FOR EVERYONE!! --

Let's say you want everyone to be able to edit and view each others
calendars.
This is a very common thing in many organizations.

Luckly this tool brings us a bulk permission set tool!

- Click tools
- Click 'Set Calendar Permissions'
- Click 'Add'
- Click 'Browse' and search for the 'Everyone' context
- Select it and click Ok, Ok..
- Set the permissions for everyone.
- Click Ok

A new pop-up reveals itself.
Read it carefully.. in the next dialog you can REMOVE permissions.
The role in the dropdownbox, as the pop-up tells us, has got no effect.
So select the entities you want to be removed by for example the 'Everyone' group.
Right now, we ain't going to use this setting since we are not removing, but setting permissions.
Just click 'Ok' and witness how the tool will edit al the calendar folders..


Reference 

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Outlook Express Spell Checker only in French

I had just upgrade a Users computer to Office 2007 , They wanted to use Microsoft Outlook for their work email and utilise Outlook Express for their peronsal email. However upon opening the spell checker it had been changed to the French dictionary. I also noticed that I was unable to change it back to the English dictionary.

Turns out this is noted fault from Microsoft! http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932974

Their solution is to download and install Windows Vista / Windows 7 New Version of Outlook Express = “Windows Live Mail”

I know how users get attached to their software , and the way it looks and feels! So luckily I found a solution so the user could still utilise Outlook Express Spell Checker

This is to Download and Install : http://www.snapfiles.com/downloads/dlspelloe.html ( Which is Spell Checker For OE 2.1 )

Just to note , this will only restore English ( United States ) Language

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Error Installing Groove Workspace : The Parameter is incorrect

A user recently moved computers and needed their Groove workspace moving as well. Upon the copying of the .grv file and setting up the workspace for download . For some reason only the Calendar Downloaded and the Files or Discussion tabs were missing, After deleting the workspace and redownloading , the following error was displayed :

Error Installing Groove Workspace : The Parameter is incorrect

To fix this issue I Deleted my Groove account from the computer by

1. Select Options – Preferences, and select the Account tab.
2. Click Delete Account from this Computer.

( Made sure I removed my account from any other Computers )

And got another user in the workspace to reinvite to the Workspace.

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New York to Los Angeles Road Trip

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After completing this great adventure with a friend , I keep getting requests of how we did it for other people to copy so I thought I would document the trip!

Out starting point was from the UK, so we booked a Single Flight to New York and a Return Flight from LA with British Airways

As we didn’t want to clock up huge phone bills we ordered 2 Pay As You go TMobile Sims ( From their US Website ) and got them ordered to our friends in NY. We activated these on an unlocked UK phone , however one of our phones was not unlocked , so we paid 40$ for a Nokia 2610 from the T-Mobile Shop

New York

After landing we arrived at JFK airport and got a taxi to a friends who we where staying with. Unlike London where Taxi drivers have The Knowledge , New York cabbies have a much larger area to cover without GPS, so our journey had loads of pit stops while the driver asked around for directions ! On arrival we quickly got rushed off into the city to check out Times Square , Trump Towers , Salty Pretzels and a few Mojito’s. We then made our way to the NYC Meatpacking District to start a night on the town! A casual awakening the next morning still buzzing from the night before , we headed to Canal Street to pick up a load of sunglasses, shirts and food for the road trip!

Newark

We had organised our car to be picked up from Newark Airport due to high tax’s charged by renting a car inside of New York. We wanted to do the road trip in a convertible. After searching high and low for hire companies we came across Care Hire 3000 which resold and packaged Dollar Car Hire for people in the UK. Our chosen chariot was a Blue Chrysler Sebring. The total cost of this for 16 Days was £420. As we where both under the Age of 25 , there is an extra surcharge in each American country of $25 per driver called a “young drivers surcharge”. This bumped the cost up by £200 but was necessary and the good news was the car had no excess! I had organised each of the main stops on Google maps, and had TomTom mobile installed on my Nokia E51 with the North American Maps loaded for directions. GPS was also available from the hire company for $10 a Day.

Boston - 5 Hours – 230 Miles

After picking up the car we set off to our next destination Boston. Travel tip No.1 Don’t stroll into Boston after a Red Sox game expecting to find a hotel room the same night! After a 3 Hour search we finally found one that had a spare room luckily! Due to the time spent finding a hotel we had no time out in bars in Boston so … until next time! Due to our issues spending the whole night finding a hotel , we changed our plan to blagging a hotel room the same night to book a night ahead each day!

Montreal – 310 Miles – 6 Hours

Hotel : Auberge de Paris ( Hostel ) 46.00 CAD for 2 People in a 12 Person Mixed Room

Arriving in Montreal was eye opening , we arrived around 11pm but driving through the city we saw this city wasn’t shutting up any time soon! After dumping our stuff in the Hostel , we walked into the city centre and after a few drinks in a few bars practising our Franglais , we ended up in the Queue for Club Seven. Due to the strict dress code we where bounced due to my friend having trainers on! However we found plenty of other bars, and had a late night session with the bar owner and his friends!

Things to try :

• Poutine ( Gravy , Cheese and Chips! )

Toronto – 6 Hours – 340 Miles

After driving from Montreal to Toronto we saw such a different side to Canada! Unfortuneately we had arrived in town on a Bank Holiday , so quite a few of the bars where closed. We spent the night chatting to locals in the Hotel Bar and eventually ended up at the Therapy Ultra Lounge The night was topped off by finding a Foot long Lobster Subway for $15.50!

Hotel : Toronto Holiday Inn ( Cost $100 for a double romm )

Places to Visit

• CN Tower
• Toronto Tube

Chicago – 11 Hours 635 Miles

Hotel : Chinatown Hotel Sro Ltd ( Cost $60 for a double room , 10 Minute Taxi into the Center )

Omaha – Nebraska- 6 Hours – 334 Miles

We rolled into Omaha at Midnight and it turns out most of the bars/clubs close around this sort of time. The lady at reception offered to call up a Casino to drive us across the state line for free to IOWA to there casino which would close at 2am. The drive would take us half an hour so it wasn’t really worth it , so we took advantage and got our first early sober night since Boston!

Hotel : Days Inn Omaha

Denver – 11 Hours 776 Miles

So the orginal plan was to go the Colorado Springs as I had heard a few good things about the city, however due to our dissapointing night before I was determined to have a fun filled night the next day. After a simple Google search we found out which city was the true winner!

Salt Lake City – 9 Hours 600 Miles

We arrived at Salt Lake City at 11pm. We where pretty sceptical about the night like here after being told how Mormon the town is, however after 10 minutes of walking the streets we found a Buzzing Mexican bar! After Dos Jose Cuervo and Dos Corono’s we where partaking in friendly salsa dancing until the early hours!

San Francisco – 11 Hours 736 Miles

After driving over the famous Golden Gate Bridge , we arrived in San Fran to meet 2 more of our friends. We booked into the Albergo Verona which was in the heart of China Town. We asked a taxi driver to recommend a place , and we ended up at the Holy Cow Bar . The next day we went to tuck into a Clam Chowder Bread Bowl and watch the Crazy Busy Man terroise the local tourists!. We wanted to get over to Alcatraz , but unfortunately you have to book this up in advance. So we ended up in the Hard Rock Cafe where after purchasing a Hard Rock Cafe Glass you could get 3$ Refills of Cocktails!

Hotel : Albergo Verona $99 for a Quad Room

Places to Visit

• Crazy Bush Man
• Golden Gate Bridge
• Alcatraz
• Habour Warf
• Clam chowder bread bowl
• Lombard Street

Los Angeles

It took the whole day to drive from San Franciso to Los Angeles , luckily we got into the city just before rush hour , and arrived at a friend who lives in Orange Country. After meeting up with another friend we spent the night at The Saddle Ranch , boy did those bar staff deserve their tip that night!

Things to do :

• Universal Studios ( Queue Jump Pass Highly Recommended on a hot day ! )
• In and Out Burger

Las Vegas

After a 5 Hour Drive through the desert we arrived at Sin City.After performing the Twenty Dollar Trick we got to our rooms overlooking the vegas strip. Our first night was out to a club called TAO in the Venetian Hotel. Due to a crowd of four blokes who wearn’t going to drop thousands on a table to get VIP we thought the only way to garantee entry was to book a table with bottle service. There was a minimum bottle count of 2 and they cost around $400 each plus 20% Gratuity and 7.25% Sales Tax. Randomoly Jay-Z was there the same night so TAO beech was a good laugh!

The second night after spending the day drinking flasks of cocktails in the MGM pool all day , and ended up in at the Tabu After Party ( 3am – 7am ) with complementary drinks courteous of some MGM Promoters we met in the lobby! Vegas never sleeps , and it is surreal grabbing some food straight out of the club at the MGM buffet with people who have just checked in for the day!

Hotel : MGM Grand

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