One of the things with this Vista machine is the fact that I didn't have all my trusty book marks from FireFox any longer. It's easy to get your Favorites from Internet Explorer... just copy the Favorites folder in your user profile to the new machine and you're done. But, FireFox.... there's no file to copy for them. But, luckily in FireFox it's easy as well. … [Read more...]
Vista… Still Going….
Software installation update.... Here's my installation update for 3/19/07: Installed: Quickbooks 2007 Installed Perfectly.. No problems Adobe Acrobat version 6 Don't do it. This is a pig. won't work. Use version 8 Macromendia Studio MX 2004 All works well. DreamWeaver needs permission to run each time.. Have to check on that Flash.. no problems FreeHand... Wunderbar Fireworks... Changes video mode of Vista to "Basic" while running then changes it back on exit. Otherwise. … [Read more...]
Vista Ready?!
Ok.. I'm ready. I have a machine built and Vista Ultimate installed. I used the following hardware for this new PC: ASUS P5W64-WS Professional Motherboard Intel 2.4 ghz Core2Duo Processor 2 Gig Kingston DDR2 800mhz RAM ASUS 7900 GS (NVidia) Video adapter Plextor PX-755SA Dual Layer DVD/CD writer Two Western Digital 500 gig SATA drives in RAID 1 I chose the ASUS board because of the 1066 mhz Front side Bus and DDR2 800 mhz RAM support. And, because I like ASUS, their boards are … [Read more...]
Supporting Vista!
Since I've started having clients asking me about upgrading to Windows Vista. And, come to find out, I have to assist in the upgrading of an entire office network to Windows Vista I decided that I need to immerse myself in this new OS. You know.. since 1/2 my business is about PC support. Might want to know about this. Ya think. So, I am going to build myself a new computer with Windows Vista Ultimate. I'm doing a new PC because of the support issue. As it stands currently, 90% of … [Read more...]
More Outlook Information
Ran into this question today... I have multiple contact lists, how do I change the default address book that Outlook uses? Here are the directions for anyone else who wants to know. edited:Outlook 2002, 2003 and 2007 From the Tools menu, select Address Book... . The Address Book will open in a new window. In the new Address Book window, from the Tools menu, select Options... . Under "Show this address list first:", use the scroll-down menu to select the appropriate listing (i.e., … [Read more...]
Outlook PST files
I've had to deal with outlook "PST" files lately and thought I'd post some general info about them. For those of you who use Microsoft Outlook you might want to know where your data is actually saved. Outlook saves all of your data in a file called "Outlook.pst". The "pst" extension stands for "Personal STore" and this is a fairly complex database that contains all of your: Mail, contacts, calendar information, notes, and anything you save within outlook. Should you ever need to transfer you … [Read more...]
Computer Locked up?
Everyone's seen it... You are surfing the web or working on a project for work when.... Everything Freezes up! AAAAARRRRGGGG... (no, this isnt an ad for Geek Squad!). What caused it? Spyware? Virus? Cheese? It's really hard to tell. Lots of things can cause the dreaded "Freeze". After cursing furiously, you reboot and continue your work..(if you were a good boy/girl and actually saved it!?) But what caused it???? When this starts happening, think about what may have changed lately.. Did … [Read more...]