(Tech Tip: Outlook) Outlook meeting requests best practices

(Tech Tip: Outlook) Outlook meeting requests best practices

Outlook meeting requests are easy to use but also easy to misuse.
Here is a best practices guide straight from the Outlook team at Microsoft:

(Tech Tips: Windows) Fixing the IE 8 warning – ‘Do you want to view only the webpage content that was delivered securely?’

To see the page properly, a user should click on the No button.
But most people will not read the message and will click the Yes button (especially since it’s the default).

(Tech Tip: Outlook) Master Category Lists

Using Outlook Categories is better than using subfolders for two reasons:
 
 
- You can assign multiple categories to an item
- Categorization is saved with the item so you won’t lose it by moving things around.

(Tech Tip: Printers) How to connect to a network printer

 If you can’t connect to your network printer or you have switched your printer from USB cable to network cable then you should go through these steps to re-connect.
It’s possible that the network IP number has changed due to the nature of DHCP auto assignments of numbers.

(Tech Tip: Outlook) Show unread mail in JUST your inbox

Outlook’s ‘unread mail’ normally shows you unread mail in all your folders. Here’s how to change it to just the Inbox.

(Tech Tip: Systems) Common systems and memory configs

Ever wonder what memory goes in your computer?  Whenever I go to upgrade I never really know which memory to get. These are the main things to know.

(Tech Tip: Printers) Windows Print Server Tips and Tricks

Windows Server will auto-install print drivers for clients.  But what driver exactly?
Here are some troubleshooting steps followed by more detailed information about print servers. 

Blackberry: see mail folders besides Inbox

By default Blackberry only shows your Inbox folder.  If you want to see other folders you must change the Folder Redirection settings.

MacBook Pro keyboard mapping for Windows

Do you use a Mac for running Windows?  This can be done using Apple’s Boot Camp or using a ‘real’ Windows machine via Remote Desktop.
Either way you will quickly notice that certain keys and the ability right-click are missing!

Memory limits for Windows XP , Windows Vista

Ever wondered how much memory (RAM) you can put in your machine?
 Besides the physical number of slots for RAM, here are the Windows limitations.  As you will see the Windows answer for more memory is ’64 bit’.