How to deploy a PRF file in your organization using a .vbs file (logon script)!
If you want to deploy a PRF file to all your users you can use this sample .vbs code.I took some time and I wrote this sample code which will help you to deploy a PRF to all your users, but before...
View ArticleHow to copy all Signatures or .NK2 files from Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2007!
For example if you migrated to Outlook 2007 and you also received a new machine, you want to make a back-up of the NK2 files and also to your signatures before the upgrade.With this sample .vbs logoff...
View ArticleHow to share color categories for Outlook 2010
Since there aren't many written sources for sharing categories, I thought it might be useful to discuss a bit on this topic and how can this be achieved in Outlook 2010. As a background information for...
View Article“Download Headers Only vs. Download Headers in Outlook”
If there are users in your company that have huge mailboxes and in addition need to log on different machines all the time, you may consider enabling “Download Headers” in order to avoid spending a lot...
View ArticleMailbox Quota in Outlook 2010 - general information and troubleshooting tips
Mailbox Size and Quota information are two different pieces of information we can get from the “Thermometer” on the Outlook status bar. The quota thermometer provides awareness of the size of your...
View ArticleOutlook junk email filtering issue with Exchange Server 2013 and Office 365
Exchange Server 2013 introduces a change that has an adverse effect on the Outlook junk email filter feature. The end result is that messages excluded from junk email evaluation in earlier versions of...
View ArticleInformation on AutoComplete feature in Outlook
AutoComplete feature in Outlook and how it works: The nickname cache feature makes it quicker to resolve a name for a recipient that you use on a regular basis. The feature has changed a little over...
View ArticleSome best practices when working with Outlook Calendar
Prerequisites1.1 Make sure that you are up-to-date! 1.1.1 OutlookFor administrators is very important keep all Outlook clients updated with the latest Microsoft cumulative updates for...
View ArticleSpecial characters in an attachment filename get replaced with blank spaces...
Scenario:User A sends an email message with an attachment to User B. The attachment name has the following filename: Name.a.b.c.txt. When User B receives the attachment and opens it from Outlook he...
View ArticleUseful tools while troubleshooting Outlook issues (1) – Process Explorer
The following blog post will give an overview of common tools used to troubleshoot Outlook issues. I will focus in this post on Process Explorer. I will not cover all features that Process Explorer...
View ArticleUseful tools while troubleshooting Outlook issues (2) Process Monitor
Another tool that can be useful while trying to solve an Outlook issue is Process Monitor. Download link: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx Process Monitor is an advanced...
View ArticleUseful tools while troubleshooting Outlook issues (3) - MFCMAPI
Continuing with the tools series I will briefly describe MFCMAPI tool in this post. MFCMAPI is one of most complex tools that we can use to investigate Outlook issues and not only. Taking in...
View ArticleOutlook 2010: Error adding more than 30 calendars in the Calendar module
Here is a good to know information about the Outlook 2010 Calendar module.If you got used to working with more than 30 calendars at the same time, then this blog will definitely help you further. I...
View ArticleUsage of the “Do not check e-mail address against address of certificates...
If a user sends out an e-mail from his e-mail address (user@contoso.com) and digitally signs the e-mail using a different e-mail address (user@test.contoso.com) --> the receiver will see the...
View ArticleWhen you export a personal distribution list from Outlook to Excel, the...
Recently I monitored the behavior when working with DL’s and trying to export them into Excel. Let’s take into account the following scenario: You are creating a personal distribution list in Outlook...
View ArticleHow to deploy a PRF file in your organization using a .vbs file (logon script)!
If you want to deploy a PRF file to all your users you can use this sample .vbs code.I took some time and I wrote this sample code which will help you to deploy a PRF to all your users, but before...
View ArticleHow to copy all Signatures or .NK2 files from Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2007!
For example if you migrated to Outlook 2007 and you also received a new machine, you want to make a back-up of the NK2 files and also to your signatures before the upgrade.With this sample .vbs logoff...
View ArticleHow to share color categories for Outlook 2010
Since there aren't many written sources for sharing categories, I thought it might be useful to discuss a bit on this topic and how can this be achieved in Outlook 2010. As a background information for...
View Article“Download Headers Only vs. Download Headers in Outlook”
If there are users in your company that have huge mailboxes and in addition need to log on different machines all the time, you may consider enabling “Download Headers” in order to avoid spending a lot...
View ArticleUnderstanding Meeting Updates
Since working with the Outlook calendar, and more specifically with meetings, it is very likely that the majority of us have encountered situations in which updates to meetings are not triggering the...
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