Author: devonenote

  • Large email sizes in Outlook 2010 BETA

    In Outlook 2010 BETA, an email in the default HTML format might take much more space than the other formats. Sometimes, a simple msg takes upward .5 MB to 1 MB or even bigger after a few replies. Microsoft has released a fix for this, which is available at microsoft download center: Download Outlook 2010…

  • Install Windows Live Messenger on 64bit Windows XP and Server 2003

    Windows Live Messenger cannot be installed on Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition. It seems that these OS are blocked in Windows Live Messenger setup. Eventually I found this blog Install Windows Live Messenger 2009 from .msi files. The instruction on this page works well on windows server 2003. It also works…

  • Where is OOF Assistance, Print, Save and my other tools in Outlook 2010

    Q: Where is OOF Assistance, Print, Save in Outlook 2010? A: Click on the ‘File’ button (upper left hand side) to access all the tools you have found in various menu items.

  • Outlook Mailbox Cleanup

    Here are a few tips to clean up mailbox in Outlook. Find email larges than 1MB and clean up Use AutoArchive to archive old emails from default mail folders to pst files. Use Clean Up Conversation if you are using outlook 2010 Use Shift + delete to delete emails without moving them to deleted items…

  • Register comdlg32.ocx on x64 Win7

    Today while using an old tool on my x64 Windows 7, I encountered the following error message: Here is how to resolve comdlg32.ocx missing error.

  • Snipping Tool in Vista/Win7

    Now windows have snipping tool in Vista and Win7. You can use Snipping Tool (normally you can find it at %SystemRoot%system32SnippingTool.exe) to capture a screen shot, or snip, of any object on your screen and then annotate, save, or share the image. Simply use a mouse or tablet pen to capture any of the following…

  • Symbolic Links

    Vista and WIN7 now supports symbolic links, a feature that has been enjoyed in UNIX for a long time. D:>mklink Creates a symbolic link. MKLINK [[/D] | [/H] | [/J]] Link Target /D      Creates a directory symbolic link.  Default is a file symbolic link. /H      Creates a hard link instead of a symbolic link. /J     …

  • Fiddler

    Overview Fiddler is an HTTP debugging proxy that logs all HTTP traffic between your computer and the Internet. Fiddler enables you to inspect all HTTP traffic, set breakpoints, and "fiddle" with incoming or outgoing data. Fiddler is much simpler to use than NetMon or other network debuggers because it exposes only HTTP traffic and does…

  • Control panel applets

    Control panel applets (.CPL) is a shortcut to launch administrator tools quickly. These are some that used frequently after new OS is setup. intl.cpl – Regional and Language Options timedate.cpl – Date and Time Properties inetcpl.cpl – Internet Properties ncpa.cpl – Network Connections powercfg.cpl – Power Options Properties

  • MSCDCRC

    MSCDCRC is a CRC checking tool. It can be used to verify all files in media have no errors to avoid hours later wasted installing with bad media. Here is example of command output: d:toolsbin>mscdcrc.exe e: MSCDCRC 4.11 CD-ROM Disc Verification Utility Copyright (C) Microsoft, 1992-2004 MSCDCRC: Verifying disc in drive E: (3,858,216,960 bytes) 100%…