Make iGoogle Your Startup Page in Microsoft Outlook

I m a regular user of Microsoft outlook and I use iGoogle as my dashboard and as I m in habit of trying new things on my Windows XP desktop, I tried to combine both Microsoft outlook and iGoogle, which is really very simple to do…

In order to combine both of them, we have to create a new folder, and then give it a suitable name accordingly. Now right click on the new folder and choose properties, and then go to homepage tab, check the box for “Show my homepage by default for this folder”. Than write the url of iGoogle, which is - http://www.google.com/ig

You can change that anytime, and make any other web page as your homepage.

By now, we can view our iGoogle page as our homepage by just clicking on the folder.

Set iGoogle as the Default Startup Page

Open up the Options panel through Tools \ Options on the menu, and then choose the Advanced Options button on the other tab.

You'll see a setting for "Startup in this folder" with a Browse button next to it. Click that button and choose the iGoogle folder as your startup page.

Now when you startup Outlook, you'll be taken directly to your iGoogle dashboard and for the first time it asks for login.

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Add More Functions to Office 2007 by Installing Add-Ins

I use Excel more often…I just can’t work without it. Excel is best for maintaing data. Yesterday I was exploring Microsoft Excel which was quite fruitful. They are many features in it. I m not talking about Vlookup and other formulas. I am talking about add ins, which you may not get bundled with Microsoft Office and not included with the initial installation, which can be easily accessed and installed. I would like to share my some of experience with you… may be these add ins cab be useful to Excel users as they are to me.
Open Excel and then click on Office button and go to Excel Options and then Add-ins.
In the View and Manage Office Add-ins window, near the bottom. Don’t forget t to select “Excel Add-ins” in the drop down box and click Go.
This will open up the Add-Ins window, there you can select an appropriate package for your Excel tasks. If you highlight each Add-In then you will be provided with a quick description of what each one is.
Like I installed the Euro Currency Tools. After choosing the one you want click OK and accept the default. You will get the progress message while the add-in is installing.
After the add-in is installed it will be available in the Ribbon. In this case the Euro Currency Tool was place under the Formulas tab other add-ins may vary. Other times you can install an add-in from downloading an executable from the Microsoft Office site. Of course there are also third party add-in programs that usually require purchasing a license after a trial period.
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How to Detect and Repair Applications In Microsoft Office 2007

I am fade up of crashing Microsoft Office application and locking. The things which I can’t handle in Microsoft office are Outlook and access.

Windows Office 2007 has a new feature (which replaces detect and repair) which allows you to diagnose and repair problems when they occur in your daily tasks.  The diagnostic utility can check the Windows system event log, hard drive, memory, application compatibility, updated service packs, and Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) if your hard drive supports it.  I know it sounds like a lot, but let me show you how easy this is to run.

Start \ Programs \ Microsoft Office \ Microsoft Office Tools \ Microsoft Office Diagnostics

The Microsoft Office Diagnostics splash screen will open.  Then Click Continue.

Next you are presented with the Start Diagnostics Screen showing you what is going to be checked and the status of each diagnostic.  When you are ready, click Run Diagnostics.

While the Diagnostics run you will see the status bars as each tests completes.  When it's complete, hit Continue.

You will get a limited detail of what was fixed.  In this example all 5 diagnostic tests ran and one problem was identified and fixed.  If you are ok with that just close out and you are done.  If you want to get additional information then click on "Detailed results" and you can get more information.

When you look close at the detailed information in this example you can see there was a problem with the installation and this tool automatically fixed it.

Unfortunately for an administrator or power user this utility "as is" does not display specific results (you need to explore it).  However when you are in a hurry and need your applications up and running to finish your work Microsoft Office Diagnostics works great!  

Configure Auto Archive In Outlook 2007

Auto Archive is turned on by default in Outlook 2007 and will actually remove some of the oldest files (you determine the amount of time) completely.  If you have old e-mails which are really important then...I m here to help you to save those mails. Auto Archive is a feature in outlook which will automatically delete your e-mails after a specified period of time. To prevent that go to -

Open Outlook and click on Tools \ Options.

Now click on the other tab and click the AutoArchive button.

This opens up a whole menu of options and settings to pick from and from there you can make changes and save them accordingly: for instance you can choose how often AutoArchive runs.

Here you can decide for how long you want to keep your e-mails and after how many days you want to run auto archive ….like you can select 15 days or 20 days…or as much as you want… totally your call. I also place a check next to "Prompt before Auto Archive runs" just in case there is something I do not want delete. Isn’t it a great feature!!!

This is also where you decide when to clean out old items and the location to move them to.  Of course you can always select to permanently delete old items if you do not want to keep them around any longer.  Click OK and your settings are saved!

 

How to make VLC Player look like Windows Media Player 11 in your Windows XP

I was Exploring VLC media player...Which I use regularly to view songs and movies. While Exploring VLC media player …I found one of its features of changing Skins….. So I started with it and tried to change its skin.. . which was quite simple…  and I would like to share it with you…

What you need to do is just download the skin named WMP11 from the skins page. This skin looks a lot like Windows Media Player 11. It's not exactly the same, but it's a pretty good skin. To install it on your windows>>

 To install on Windows:

Select the "VLC media player (skins)" option from the Start menu program group. This will start VLC in the right mode to select skins. Right click on the title bar area, and choose Select skin \ Open skin and choose the skin file that you have downloaded. 

That was very EASY!!! And Enjoy the look of Windows media player in VLC media player…

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How to Add Effects to Your Pictures in Word 2007

icrosoft Word 2007 is not just a standard word processor…it is much more than. It has the ability to add Pictures, tables, spreadsheets and themes. Word 2007 has lots of great effects that can be added to pictures in your documents, and they are all easily and quickly accessible from the Format tab on the Menu toolbar.

For Example, if you want to add a border to your picture, just click the Picture Border drop-down button, from there we can change the type of border we want, the colors, or the line thickness.

We can add 3D effects and add glowing effects to the pictures by using the Picture Effects drop-down button. 

The most amazing feature of Word 2007 is ,whenever you rollover your mouse over the option, it will show a preview in the document itself.

I loved the features and I m still exploring it more …will share it with you in my further post!!!

Till then Explore it and Enjoy!!!!!

How to Check Your Hard Disk Space

It’s very simple to know how much space is available on your Hard disk.

Need to know if there’s sufficiency shack on your hard disk for a newborn example of software, or only peculiar of your computer’s capacity?

Double-click on the “My Computer” icon, settled on your desktop. This will open the “My Computer” window.

1. Locate your hornlike drive. This will denoted as “Local Disk (C:)” on most computers.

2. Right-click on your hard disk icon or picture and superior “Properties”. This will open a pane that displays all the information that you require most your Hard Disk; along with a pie interpret illustration.

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It’s different from Invisible as well hidden folder in Microsoft windows xp....here you need to have a password with which you can open your folder.

Here is the Code:

cls

@ECHO OFF

title Folder Locker

if EXIST "Control Panel.{21EC2020- 3AEA-1069- A2DD-08002B30309 D}" goto UNLOCK

if NOT EXIST Locker goto MDLOCKER

:CONFIRM

echo Are you sure u want to Lock the folder(Y/N)

set/p "cho=>"

if %cho%==Y goto LOCK

if %cho%==y goto LOCK

if %cho%==n goto END

if %cho%==N goto END

echo Invalid choice.

goto CONFIRM

:LOCK

ren Locker "Control Panel.{21EC2020- 3AEA-1069- A2DD-08002B30309 D}"

attrib +h +s "Control Panel.{21EC2020- 3AEA-1069- A2DD-08002B30309 D}"

echo Folder locked

goto End

:UNLOCK

echo stuff by satish

echo Enter password to Unlock folder

set/p "pass=>"

if NOT %pass%==TYPE UR PASSWORD HERE goto FAIL

attrib -h -s "Control Panel.{21EC2020- 3AEA-1069- A2DD-08002B30309 D}"

ren "Control Panel.{21EC2020- 3AEA-1069- A2DD-08002B30309 D}" Locker

echo Folder Unlocked successfully

goto End

:FAIL

echo Invalid password

goto end

:MDLOCKER

md Locker

echo Locker created successfully

goto End

:End

Instructions:

1) Copy the code above in a note pad and give it a name - name.bat (that is with the extension of .bat).

Replace name with anything you want.

Save the "*.bat" file where you want your locked (and not visible) folder on your pc.

Note-- In the code where it says "TYPE UR PASSWORD HERE" - type your desired password (no quotes ").

Your password can only contain letters and numerals - e.g. 0-9 and A-Z. Can use Caps but No symbols

2) A batch file will be created where you have saved.

Now double click on it, A folder with the name locker will be created in the same folder where the batch file is saved.

3) Now add the files you want to be locked in that folder.

4) Double click on the batch file.

It will ask about locking the folder.

Type (yes).

The folder will be locked and hidden.

5) To unlock, double-click on batch file again and enter the password in the new window opened.

6) The password can be changed by anybody if they find this ".bat" file!

So, make sure that you the name is not so obvious and put this in some place not so obvious.

Not very many people will be looking for a .bat file.

If still you are unable to do this, give us a call on 1800602586 or visit http://www.iyogi.net.au for any kind of technical help and support.

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The way we use gtalk client embedded in gmail, we can use gtalk in sidebar of your Firefox browser. It’s simple. Download the gTalk sidebar extension in Firefox.

Once you install the extension, you'll need to add the button to the toolbar. Right-click where the buttons are, select Customize, and then add the icon you can see here.

This icon will let you open the sidebar, where you can open multiple conversations in separate tabs. Just keep in mind that if you close the sidebar, it will close the client as well.

This extension is also extremely useful for sending somebody a quick email. Just click on their name in the list or search for them via the search box, and then you'll see an email button.

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How to Create and Share an iGoogle Tab

I m a kind of a surfer who likes to open multiple sites open at once, it was a real pain to have to use the back button or click through open windows to go from site to site. Earlier I thought it was only Firefox browser which had tabbed browsing feature, but it came as a surprise that opera browser always had tabbed browsing feature. Well let’s get back to do the topic...

What does this have to do with iGoogle? Everything. If you have your own iGoogle page, and you really should, then you know how easy it is to get overwhelmed with gadgets on your page, just like it was easy to get overwhelmed with too many open websites.  Once again, tabs are here to save the day, or at least reduce gadget overload, by giving you the option to put your gadgets on different pages instead of all in one place. Tabs act as a table of contents that lists the name of each page (the title of the tab) and the gadgets that are on that page.

If you look at the left-hand side of your iGoogle page, you'll notice a tab that's labeled "Home" and has links underneath that open each of the gadgets you have on your homepage. Here's what the Home tab looks like on the iGoogle homepage:

You can categorize your gadgets by adding a tab.  Let's say you'd like to put all of your productivity gadgets like your calendar, e-mail and to do list on one page. To add your first new tab, click the arrow to the right of Home on your Home tab and choose "Add a Tab" from the dropdown menu and open the "Add a tab" dialog window.   

You’ll be familiar with the "I'm Feeling Lucky" option. If you know what type of tab you'd like to add but aren't sure what gadgets to put on the page, let iGoogle do it for you. Just type in a search term, click the box next to "I'm feeling lucky…" and like magic, you have a new tab already populated with great gadgets.     

Not only are tabs a great way to beat gadget overload by putting your gadgets on different pages, they also make it easy to navigate to the gadget you want to use by clicking on the tab (page) that contains the gadget or clicking on the name of the individual gadget listed on the tab to open the gadget page. Once you've created one new tab, you can create more by clicking the arrow to the right of the tab that's currently open. You can also add and remove gadgets, change the theme of your iGoogle pages and even change the layout of the page by clicking "Edit this tab" to open the Preferences dialog window. 

If you think somebody else might like your tabs, you can send the tabs to them by choosing the Share this tab option from the dropdown menu in your Microsoft Windows to the right of the  tab you want to share (the same one you used to Add a Tab). This option allows you to share some or all of the gadgets on the tabbed page with others. Just check the box next to each gadget you want to share and enter the email addresses of the people with whom you want to share. Make sure you include a message letting them know how the gadgets have helped you! You can also receive a copy of the email you send by checking the "Send me a copy…" option.

What sorts of tabs might you be interested in adding besides your Home tab? On my own personal iGoogle page, I have tabs for Productivity Tools, News, Music and Contacts.  

See Productivity gadgets on YOUR iGoogle Homepage

I also like to keep up with the news, so I have a tabbed page that contains my favorite news sources. I always check my Google Reader first thing. Other favorite news gadgets include NPR and USAToday. I also like to keep up with technology and entertainment news so I have gadgets for PC World's Top Technology News and Yahoo Entertainment News.

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r. I also like to check out the latest music videos so I have the You Tube and Yahoo Music Video gadgets on my Music page.

See Music gadgets on YOUR iGoogle Homepage

Since I like to keep up with friends, colleagues and family, I created a tab for Contacts. I used the "I'm feeling lucky…" option to magically create a contact page already populated with gadgets. Now I can see my Gmail contacts (Gmail Contact Manager Gadget), my Google Talk (Google Talk gadget) contacts and even my Twitter friends all on one page! 

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If you really want that look for your Firefox to look like internet explorer 7 in Windows Vista, then in order to achieve this look, the first thing we'll need to do is install a few addons to Firefox. The first add-on is the great theme called "myFirefox. Then we'll need to install the "Personal Menu" extension, which will allow us to hide the menu bar.

Once you have those both installed, and have restarted Firefox, we can move on. The first thing you'll notice is that the menu bar has moved. It's now in the same location that the menu bar on IE7 is when you hit the Alt key. You should note that the shortcut keys will still work normally (Ctrl+S, Ctrl+T, O, etc)

If you want to hide this menu using the Personal menu extension, then just right click somewhere on the top bar (the home button is a good choice).

You should see a new item in the menu called "Menus Toolbar". This will let you hide the menu. It will also give you an informational dialog telling you the shortcut key (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S) should you want to show the menu again. You can change this key if you install the keyconfig extension.

In the right-click menu used above, you should also notice a new item called Menus \ Edit This Menu. If you select that, you will see this dialog that will let you show the menus via the same right-click menu.

This will let you get to the menus if you really want to. (Or you could use the shortcut key) 

Alternatively, you can add a "Personal Menu" button to your toolbar, and customize a couple of frequently used items on it. Just right-click \ Customize on the toolbar, and choose the shiny new "Menu" button shown on the left hand side of this screenshot, and drag it to your toolbar somewhere in your Microsoft Windows Vista.

Now you can edit the menus on that button, and choose whatever items that you would like to have appear. 

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Adding your contact information as a Signature to your emails is very useful in a corporate environment, but also for personal emails as well.  You can add a signature the same way as you would in Microsoft outlook 2003 on your Microsoft windows, but you can also use The Ribbon as a new way to add your signature.

Open up Microsoft Outlook 2007 and click on New to compose a new message, then click on the Insert tab on the Ribbon and choose Signature.

Click on the new button on the Signatures and Stationery screen, type in a name for your signature then click OK.

Now use the Edit signature box to compose your signature. You can change the colors, fonts, etc.

You can use the "Choose default signature" section to choose a specific signature for different email accounts, if you have more than one account. When you are done with it click OK to proceed.

Now go back to the message you want to compose and choose which signature you wish to use.

Your selected signature will now appear.  The great thing about this feature is you can have a custom signature for every person in your contact list if you want, and easily pop it into your message!

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