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One of the most frustrating issues to deal with in Outlook is having an email history file that is either too large, or full of incomplete/incorrect email addresses (specially with lifetouch employees). When you begin to type an email address in the TO: field, Outlook looks into the history cache and creates a dropdown list of email addresses, contacts or exchange names to match. It holds the last 1000 used addresses. New names are not added until the current outlook session ends and outlook is restarted.

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DOS and Windows allocate resources and use printers differently, so having a shared printer on LPT1/LPT2 in Windows may not work as LPT1/LPT2 in DOS.

1. Click “Start”, then “Run”, and type: cmd
2. Press OK.
3. At the command prompt type:

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Print Migrator is a free tool from Microsoft. You can use this tool to backup and restore printers on print servers. It backs up print configuration data to a .cab file. This is useful if you need to move printers from one server to another. It even lets you move printers between different versions of Windows operating systems. The tool also can convert from line printer remote (LPR) ports to the Standard TCP/IP Ports. It gives you a nice tree view of detailed information about the installed printers. Below are some screen shots of what

it looks like.

Download it here: Print Migrator 3.1

 **Update**

On Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008/2008 R2 Print Migrator is no longer supported. There are new tools called Printer Migration Wizard and Printbrm.exe (a command line tool). These are available through the print Management snap-in or through on the command line using Printbrm.exe. For more information visit: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc722360.aspx .

Here is something new. Comodo is now offering Antivirus software for free. Wait! This is not just another free antivirus program. It is ok to use for commercial purposes. I wonder how long it will be before other antivirus companies offer a free commercial license. A way to save your company money and stay protected from viruses.

Here is a link to download it:

If you get an activation error after installing and trying to Activate windows 2008 server.

You will need to call Microsoft. First type “slui 4” into a command prompt.

This will bring up the Activation Call Center wizard and give the Installation ID Microsoft will need.

They will give you a Confirmation ID and you should be able to activate after that.

With today’s state of the economy companies are looking more and more to freeware, shareware and open source software to help cut cost. I know of a great imaging tool that works well and is completely free (for non commercial use). However the commercial product is competitively priced. You can get a 5 user license for $100. Pricing click here.

It is called DriveImage XML.

This tool is a nice alternative to Acronis and Norton Ghost. Here are some of it’s capabilities:

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Use a tool called Image Burn. It is free and can be downloaded here: http://www.imgburn.com/

A walk through on how to Burn the Windows AIK .IMG File to a DVD: http://themudcrab.com/vistapeguide_waik_imgburn.php

I work with VMware Lab manager and there are many times when I just need to get a simple folder onto my Virtual Machine. I need to load this folder into the Media library. I cannot upload files or folders only ISO’s and floppy IMG files. There is a utility called Folder2iso that I use to convert my folders (and it’s subfolders) into ISO’s. This works great. 

More about the Tool:

http://www.trustfm.net/divx/SoftwareFolder2Iso.php?b2=1

Download it here:

http://www.trustfm.net/divx/SoftwareFolder2Iso.php?page=Folder2IsoDownload&b2=1