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  • 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:

    Alternatively, you can wait for Office 2010 RC and upgrade when it’s available.

  • 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 on other unsupported OS such as x64 windows XP and windows server 2008

  • 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 folder.

    Clean up conversation feature is a new feature in Outlook 2010. It can be found from Home tab in the Ribbon, select ‘Clean Up Folder’ or ‘Clean Up Folder and Subfolders’.

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  • Register comdlg32.ocx on x64 Win7

    Today while using an old tool on my x64 Windows 7, I encountered the following error message:

    Component 'COMDLG32.OCX' or one of its dependencies is not correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid.
    comdlg32.ocx missing error

    Here is how to resolve comdlg32.ocx missing error.

    1. Download comdlg32.zip and extract comdlg32.ocx from zip file
    2. Move comdlg32.ocx to c:\Windows\system32 folder. If you are using 64bit Vista/Win7, move it to c:\Windows\SysWOW64 instead
    3. Open a command line window and run following command: 
      regsvr32 c:\Windows\system32\comdlg32.ocx

      Note: On 64bit Vista/Win7, run this command instead:

      regsvr32 c:\Windows\SysWOW64\comdlg32.ocx

      If you’re using Vista/Win7 with User Account Control (UAC) turned on, you must register comdlg32.ocx as an administrator, otherwise, regsvr32.exe will fail with error 0x8002801c. To do this, go to All Programs -> Accessories -> Command Prompt, right-click on the ‘Command Prompt’ icon, and select ‘Run as administrator’. Then run the regsvr32 command.

    4. After successful registration of comdlg32, you’ll see this message: “DllRegisterServer in C:\WINDOWS\System32\comdlg32.ocx succeeded.” Now, when you launch the application again, the file missing error should no longer appear.

  • 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 types of snips:

    • Free-form Snip.  Draw an irregular line, such as a circle or a triangle, around an object.
    • Rectangular Snip.  Draw a precise line by dragging the cursor around an object to form a rectangle.
    • Window Snip.  Select a window, such as a browser window or dialog box, that you want to capture.
    • Full-screen Snip.  Capture the entire screen when you select this type of snip.

    After you capture a snip, it’s automatically copied to the mark-up window, where you can annotate, save, or share the snip.

  • 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      Creates a Directory Junction.
    Link    specifies the new symbolic link name.
    Target  specifies the path (relative or absolute) that the new link
    refers to.

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  • 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 so in a user-friendly format.

    Installtion

    Fiddler can be downloaded from http://www.fiddlertool.com/

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  • 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% complete
    MSCDCRC: Computed CRC is 0xBBE6FE57
    MSCDCRC: SHA1 hash is 0xDBE664734075EC582FFF4245D89F1AAFBDAB1CC2

    MSCDCRC can be downloaded here