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Error message when Outlook clients synchronize an offline address book with Exchange 2000: "'Microsoft Exchange Server' reported error (0x8004010F)" To resolve this problem, follow these steps: 1.Start Exchange System Manager. 2.Expand Recipients, and then click Offline Address Lists. 3.In the right pane, right-click Default Offline Address List, and then click Properties. 4.Note the computer name that appears in the Offline address list server box. If a deleted Active Directory directory service object such as DEL:GUID appears in this box, specify a valid server. To do this, follow these steps: a. Click Browse, click an Exchange server in the Select Exchange Server dialog box, and then click OK. b. In the Default Offline Address List dialog box, click OK. 5.Examine the properties of the server's mailbox store to verify that the correct offline address list is specified. To do this, follow these steps: a.If administrative groups are enabled, expand Administrative

Error message when Outlook clients synchronize an offline address book with Exchange 2000: "'Microsoft Exchange Server' reported error (0x8004010F)" To resolve this problem, follow these steps: 1.Start Exchange System Manager. 2.Expand Recipients, and then click Offline Address Lists. 3.In the right pane, right-click Default Offline Address List, and then click Properties. 4.Note the computer name that appears in the Offline address list server box. If a deleted Active Directory directory service object such as DEL:GUID appears in this box, specify a valid server. To do this, follow these steps: a. Click Browse, click an Exchange server in the Select Exchange Server dialog box, and then click OK. b. In the Default Offline Address List dialog box, click OK. 5.Examine the properties of the server's mailbox store to verify that the correct offline address list is specified. To do this, follow these steps: a.If administrative groups are enabled, expand Administrative

Think of situation when you forget you windows administrator password , you are stuck ! you can try following to get into the windows boot your system in Dos mode and rename SAM file under C:\WINDOWS\system32\config . and restart the computer when prompted use no password and press ENTER . if your partition are NTFS you might need to put your had disk on another computer and try steps above

Microsoft windows has inbuilt backup utility to backup your files to safeguard from computer crash , Hard disk crash or virus attack , link below describes windows backup utility in detail http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/bott_03july14.mspx

You have lots of applications open and want to do administrative work on windows XP . you can use run as command to use the tool 1. Locate the program you want to start in Windows Explorer, the Microsoft Management Console (MMC), or Control Panel. 2. Press and hold down the SHIFT key while you right-click the program icon, and then click Run as. 3. Click Run the program as the following user, and then type the user name, password, and domain of the administrator account that you want to use.NOTE: If you want to use the administrator account on your computer, type the name of the computer in the Domain box. If you want to use the domain administrator account, type the name of the domain in the Domain box. When the program is running, you can use Task Manager to check the process owner on the Processes tab of Task Manager. To start Task Manager, click Start, click Run, type taskmgr, and then press ENTER.

1. Right-click the desktop shortcut, and then click Properties. 2. On the Shortcut tab, click in the Shortcut Key box. 3. Press the keyboard combination that you want to use to start the program. The shortcut combination must consist of one character (a letter, number, or symbol) plus at least two of the following three keys: CTRL, ALT, and SHIFT. 4. Click OK.

Windows logo key Display or hide the Start menu Windows logo key+L Lock the computer Windows logo key+BREAK Display the System Properties dialog box Windows logo key+D Show the desktop Windows logo key+M Minimize all windows Windows logo key+SHIFT+M Restore minimized windo ws Windows logo key+E Open My Computer Windows logo key+F Search for a file or folder CTRL+Windows logo key+F Search for computers Windows logo key+F1 Display Windows Help Windows logo key+R Open the Run dialog box Windows logo key+U Open Utility Manager

VoIP Reviews do you want to plan to have Voip for home or business use ? don't hurry , take feedback from different voip users about voip providers. i found a site where you can find reviews on different voip providers . as for as i m concerned, i am using Vonage and Lingo http://www.voipreview.org

If Windows hangs 1. Click on “ctrl-alt-delete” keys. The windows task manager will then open, click on all programs that you don’t need and end the task. You will see that all programs on your taskbar will close one by one. 2. If it did not resolve the issue, are there some users logged on that computer? If so, go to switch user (for XP) and log off that user, go back to your log on screen and log on again. The reason the computer hang up is because if there are many open programs and applications, these retains in the memory, if it is too much for the memory to handle, it freezes! Another reason too the computer hang up is because if you are connected to the internet via dial up, and you are running too many applications and opening many websites. So I suggest, if you are multimedia user or a heavy internet user, then you are better off with a higher memory, at least 512Mb of memory. There are simple ways to avoid computer to freeze or hang up: 3. Clean your history at least once a

To Enable or Disable the CTRL +ALT+DELETE Sequence do you ever fell enabling or disabling CTR+ALT+DEL of windows , here is the easiest way to handle it 1.Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click User Accounts. 2.Click the Advanced tab. 3.In the Secure log on section, select or clear the Require users to press Ctrl +Alt+Delete check box

Handy Shorcuts >>Start>>run and following command compmgmt . msc - Computer management devmgmt . msc - Device manager diskmgmt . msc - Disk management dfrg . msc - Disk defrag eventvwr . msc - Event viewer fsmgmt . msc - Shared folders gpedit . msc - Group policies lusrmgr . msc - Local users and groups perfmon . msc - Performance monitor rsop . msc - Resultant set of policies secpol . msc - Local security settings services. msc - Various Services these shortcuts are useful for Windows advanced users or windows systems administrator

Windows Convert Command converting file system Windows XP supports two disk file systems: the file allocation table (FAT) file system and the NTFS file system. This article explains how to convert a FAT partition into an NTFS partition and discusses the considerations that you must take into account. Windows XP includes the Convert.exe utility for converting a FAT partition to an NTFS partition. Convert.exe is simple to use, but there are some limitations that you should consider before using the utility.MORE INFORMATION You should consider the following limitations before you convert a FAT partition to NTFS: • The conversion is a one-way process. After you convert a partition to NTFS, you cannot convert the partition back to FAT. To restore the partition as a FAT partition, the partition would have to be reformatted as FAT, which erases all data from the partition. Data would then be restored from backup. • Removing Windows XP to revert to Windows 98 or to Windows Millennium Edition

What are Worms and Viruses worm vs virus VIRUS It is a program designed to change the way your computer operates without your permission or knowledge. When a virus attaches itself to another file, it infects it. Any time you activate an infected file it can damage files, cause erratic system behavior, or display messages. Some system viruses are programmed specifically to corrupt programs, delete files, or erase your disk. Viruses are inactive until you run an infected program, start your computer from a disk with infected system files, or open an infected file. Once a virus is active in memory it can infect any other programs, local or network, that you run. Files infected with a virus can be inoculated (the virus is removed from the program). WORM Worms are a close cousin to viruses and Trojan Horses. Unlike a virus they don't infect other programs. They do however make many copies of themselves in memory, which effectively consumes all your memory. This leaves no memory to run

Yahoo messenger virus attack nsl-school.org It is one of the most powerful Trojan /virus I have ever seen.. If your computer is infected with this virus " It will sends the nsl-school.org url to all of your friend list in yahoo messenger using your ID . So with in few hours many of your friends will get infected with it. Just go through the below steps carefully.What are those links ?:Nsl-school.org or other (Do not open this url in your browser). If you are infected with it what is going to happen ? 1: It sets your default IE page to nsl-school.org, you can’t even change it back to other page. If you open IE from your comp some malicious code will automatically executed into your computer. 2: It will disables the Task manager / reg edit. So you can’t kill the Trojan process anymore. 3: Files that are gonaa installed by this virus are svhost.exe , svhost32.exe , internat.exe.you can find these files in windows/ & temp/ directories. 4: It will sends the secured & protected

Resolve "Could not access 'CDO.Message' object" error There could be few reasons for this error you can try suggestion sprovided below Workaround 1 The email address does not have a valid TO address. After iterating through the InnerExceptions, you may find this error message actually has to do with relaying. Try sending a test email to an email address that exists on the server specified by SmtpMail.SmtpServer. If you can send an email to that server, then it is a relay issue. Talk to your mail server administrator about letting your code relay through the mail server. Workaround 2 Use a real FROM address that exists on the SmtpMail.SmtpServer. Do not use something like "asdf@asdf.com", or some other bogus address as your MailMessage.FromProperty. More advanced mail servers will catch this, and will deny relaying. Workaround 3 I have no idea why this suggestion works, but I found it on the web. I figured I would mention it, just in case Suggestion 1 did n

How to Create a New Network Place To create a new network place, you must have the necessary permissions to access the network resource. To create a new network place: 1. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click Network and Internet Connections. 2. Under See Also, click My Network Places. 3. Click Add a network place. The Add Network Place Wizard starts. 4. Click Next to continue. 5. Click Choose another network location, and then click Next. 6. In the Internet or network address box, type the name of the network share that you want to use, or click Browse to locate the network share that you want.For example, use one of the following methods (where Servername is the name of the remote server and Sharename is the name of the shared network resource): • Type a network address by using the following format: \\Servername\Sharename • Type an Internet address by using the following format: http://Servername/Sharename • Type a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) site by using the following

Use the RUN AS Command to Start a Program as an Administrator As an administrator, you can use the run as command to start a program. To do so: 1. Locate the program you want to start in Windows Explorer, the Microsoft Management Console (MMC), or Control Panel. 2. Press and hold down the SHIFT key while you right-click the program icon, and then click Run as. 3. Click Run the program as the following user, and then type the user name, password, and domain of the administrator account that you want to use.NOTE: If you want to use the administrator account on your computer, type the name of the computer in the Domain box. If you want to use the domain administrator account, type the name of the domain in the Domain box. When the program is running, you can use Task Manager to check the process owner on the Processes tab of Task Manager. To start Task Manager, click Start, click Run, type taskmgr, and then press ENTER. Tips by Systems Manager Delhi

Windows XP Home Edition and Professional Non-Domain Members A picture is automatically assigned to each user account. To change this picture: 1. In Control Panel, double-click User Accounts. 2. Click the account for which you want to change the picture. 3. Click Change the picture. 4. Click a picture in the window, or click Browse for More Pictures, and then click the picture that you want to use. 5. When this picture is highlighted in the window, click Change Picture.

Windows XP compress folders How to Create a Compressed Folder To create a compressed folder, use either of the following methods. • Open My Computer: 1. Double-click My Computer, and then open the folder where you want to make the compressed folder. For example, if you want to make a compressed folder in the root folder of drive C, double-click My Computer, and then double-click drive C to open the root folder. 2. On the File menu, point to New, and then click Compressed (zipped) Folder. 3. Type a name for the new compressed folder, and then press ENTER. Your new compressed folder appears as a folder icon with a zipper. • Right-click a blank area on the desktop or in a folder: 1. Right-click a blank area in an open folder or on the desktop, point to New, and then click Compressed (zipped) Folder. 2. Type a name for the new compressed folder, and then press ENTER. Your new compressed folder appears as a folder icon with a zipper. How to Add Items to or Remove Items From a Compressed Fol

Want to Disable Shutdown button at Logon Screen ? Windows 2000 Workstation's log-in screen has a "Shutdown" button which you can use to shutdown the system without ever logging in. But you can disable Windows 2000 Workstation's "Shutdown" button on the initial log-in screen: Run "RegEdit.exe" or "RegEdt32.exe" Select the following key:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version\Winlogon Add a value named "ShutdownWithoutLogon" of type "REG_SZ" and set it to "0". Restart Windows.

You are not getting Security Tab in WinXP ? Assuming the HDD is NTFS If you're running XP Pro, you must open Windows Explorer, go to Tools, Folder Options, View and uncheck Use Simple File Sharing

Did you know ? You can not format floppy Disk with NTFS file system.

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Changing default Email Client 1]Log on as Administrator 2] Open Internet Explorer, click the Tools menu, select Internet Options. Click Programs tab and select your email client from the drop-down list. Once selected, click OK/Apply button

Windows Does not Shut Down Sometimes Windows gets itself in a huff and won't shut down properly for some reason. You try to shutdown your system and nothing happens for a while, and then a dialog appears telling you that a task won't shut down and you can press End Now if you want to end it now, or you can wait for Windows to try and end it itself. Well you can avoid that hassle by making a simple registry tweak (but remember to backup your registry before editing it!). Here's how: 1. Open Regedit and navigate to HKU\.Default\Control Panel\Desktop 2. Double-click on AutoEndTasks 3. Change the value from 0 to 1 4. Reboot your machine Now hung processes will end automatically when you try to shutdown or reboot your machine. One caveat: a hung process means something is wrong, and anytime you kill a hung process (whether manually or automatically) you risk possible data loss

Computer Network Terms Bandwidth - the rated throughput capacity of a given network media or protocol. The amount of data that can be transmitted in a fixed amount of time. Backbone - A high-speed link joining together several networks. Bit – A unit of information having just two possible values, as either of the binary digits 0 or 1. Byte - a series of consecutive binary digits that are operated upon as a unit. There are 8 bits in a byte. Category 5 (cat 5) cable -A type of twisted pair network wiring in which there is a certain number of twists per foot. It is the most commonly used network cabling. Coaxial Cable - A type of cable consisting of two insulating layers and two conductors most commonly used in older networks. Collision - An attempt by two devices to transmit over the network at the same time usually resulting in the data being lost. DNS (Domain Name System) – an internet service that translates domain names into IP addresses. Dynamic DNS - A method of keeping a do

Error Accessing Windows Installer When you are trying to install, uninstall or repair a program, you may receive an error that says Windows Installer could not be accessed and that the Windows Installer files are missing damaged or have become unregistered. Here are couple of things to try: Re-register the Windows Installer components. 1. Open My Computer or Windows Explorer2. Browse to the Windows\System32 folder and make sure that the application file msiexec.exe is there. 3. Start the Registry Editor. Click on Start, Run, type in regedit and click Ok.4. Expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSIServer. 5. Select MSIServer, then make sure the value ImagePath contains C:\WINDOWS\system32\msiexec.exe /V 6. Restart your computer in Safe Mode. Click on Start, then Run and type msiexec /regserver and click Ok. 7. Restart the computer. If that doesn’t work then you can try to reinstall the Windows Installer. Download and install the latest version of the Windows Instal