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Setting up multiple hosted exchange accounts in one Outlook 2010 on Windows 7

Set up the first account with the supplied setup facility. That is the easiest. However these instructions will also work for the first account

In windows go into: Control Panel / mail / email accounts

Click on New…

and you get

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Click next

The select “Manually configure…..

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Then Next

And select “Microsoft Exchange or compatible service”

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then Next

And enter the right server and username:

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The click “More Settings”

And in the “Connections” tab down the bottom select “Connect to Microsoft Exchange using HTTP”

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Then click “Exchange Proxy Settings…”

And fill the page in as appropriate (server names might be different to these)

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Then OK and OK and Next

Then you will have to log in with the right username and password and the setup of the second account is complete.

How to Take a Screenshot in Microsoft Windows

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How to open/view archived Outlook .PST and Data Files for all versions

I beleive this only works with Outlook 2007 and later.

To attach a data file to existing email/personal folders in Outlook:

Tools>Account Options/Settings>Data Files..
Find the one you want and check where it is located

Go to:
File>Open>Data file…
Navigate to directory that we found in the step above, select the data file (or .pst file) and and click open

This will load it on the left along with your personal folder and inboxes.

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If you are trying to do this on an earlier version of Outlook, there is another way to do this.

Go to Control Panel>Mail

Click the Data Files button

When the window pops up click on ‘Add…’

Navigate to directory that we found in window that popped up before, select the data file (or .pst file) and and click open

This should have the same result as above and is a bit quicker.

 

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Bigpond/Optus wireless and Blue Nets outgoing mail server port restrictions

When out and about and are unable to send mail for no apparent reason or when using a bigpond connection:

Try changing the outgoing mail server port from 25 to either 587 or 9393.

This little workaround should allow you to send mail.
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -p tcp --dport $srcPortNumber -j REDIRECT --to-port $dstPortNumber

Terminal Server Patch

This patch will enable two or more concurrent sessions in Windows XP PRO Service Pack 2 (SP2) and Service Pack 3 (SP3) if you have FAST USER SWITCHING enabled, and your windows is NOT in a domain.

Uninstaller is also included and can be found at windows Control Panel -> Add or Remove Programs.

Windows XP PRO SP2 screenshot
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Windows XP PRO SP3 screenshot

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Download Latest 2.1 Binary

Download Outdated 1.0 Binary

Originally from http://www.kood.org/terminal-server-patch/

Determining the name of your computer through Windows

Windows XP users

  1. Right-click My Computer.
  2. Click Properties.
  3. In the Properties window, click the Computer Name tab. Within this tab you’ll be able to see the full computer name, workgroup and also a description.

Windows 2000 users

  1. Right-click My Computer.
  2. Click Properties.
  3. In the Properties window, click the Network Identification tab. Within this tab you’ll be able to see the full computer name as well as the workgroup you’re using.

Reset the Shell Folders paths to defaults

Introduction

Windows stores the location of per-user special folders under the following registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ User Shell Folders

When you redirect special folders using Tweak UI or by moving the folder to another location, the User Shell Folder registry path is modified accordingly. To reset the User Shell Folders values to defaults, try this:
Resetting the special folder paths to defaults

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Open Registry Editor and navigate to this location:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ User Shell Folders

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Backup the above branch to a .REG file.
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In the right-pane, change the Shell Folder path accordingly. The default values are mentioned in the table below for reference:

Shell Folder Path
AppData %USERPROFILE%\Application Data
Cache %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files
Cookies %USERPROFILE%\Cookies
Desktop %USERPROFILE%\Desktop
Favorites %USERPROFILE%\Favorites
History %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\History
Local AppData %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data
Local Settings %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings
My Music %USERPROFILE%\My Documents\My Music
My Pictures %USERPROFILE%\My Documents\My Pictures
Nethood %USERPROFILE%\NetHood
Personal [My Documents] %USERPROFILE%\My Documents
PrintHood %USERPROFILE%\PrintHood
Programs %USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs
SendTo %USERPROFILE%\SendTo
Start Menu %USERPROFILE%\Start Menu
Startup %USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
Templates %USERPROFILE%\Templates

Note: You can automate the above using the FolderRedirector utility, or using TweakUI Powertoy.

You may also this REG fix to reset the User Shell Folders values to Windows XP defaults, for the current user profile.

To reset the per-machine shell folder paths, navigate to this key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ User Shell Folders

Refer the following table for the default values:
Shell Folder Path
Common AppData %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data
Common Desktop %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Desktop
Common Documents %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Documents
Common Programs %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs
Common Start Menu %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu
Common Startup %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
Common Templates %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Templates

NOTE: After the Shell Folders values are updated, you need to move your files manually from the old path to the new.

How to run Control Panel tools by typing a command

   Control panel tool             Command
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   Accessibility Options          control access.cpl
   Add New Hardware               control sysdm.cpl add new hardware
   Add/Remove Programs            control appwiz.cpl
   Date/Time Properties           control timedate.cpl
   Display Properties             control desk.cpl
   FindFast                       control findfast.cpl
   Fonts Folder                   control fonts
   Internet Properties            control inetcpl.cpl
   Joystick Properties            control joy.cpl
   Keyboard Properties            control main.cpl keyboard
   Microsoft Exchange             control mlcfg32.cpl
      (or Windows Messaging)
   Microsoft Mail Post Office     control wgpocpl.cpl
   Modem Properties               control modem.cpl
   Mouse Properties               control main.cpl
   Multimedia Properties          control mmsys.cpl
   Network Properties             control netcpl.cpl
                                  NOTE: In Windows NT 4.0, Network
                                  properties is Ncpa.cpl, not Netcpl.cpl
   Password Properties            control password.cpl
   PC Card                        control main.cpl pc card (PCMCIA)
   Power Management (Windows 95)  control main.cpl power
   Power Management (Windows 98)  control powercfg.cpl
   Printers Folder                control printers
   Regional Settings              control intl.cpl
   Scanners and Cameras           control sticpl.cpl
   Sound Properties               control mmsys.cpl sounds
   System Properties              control sysdm.cpl