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Tips and Tactics for a Better Digital Life
Neutralising Nasties in your Messaging World
Alfred sent me a link to a Microsoft website that explains everything you need to know about a...
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 01/18/2006
Exchange 5.5 - the final fix
Quirky! I just noticed that Microsoft ended up extending the support lifecycle for Exchange Server...
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 01/17/2006
Reading emails in plain text
One useful Microsoft Outlook setting for self-protection is hidden in Tools > Options > Email...
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 01/17/2006
Outlook Date Magic!
Diane Poremsky at the excellent Outlook Tips website just issued a timely (geddit?!) reminder of the...
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 01/12/2006
Outlook backup tool stopped working?
Microsoft Outlook users with personal folder should always ensure they take regular backups of their...
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 01/12/2006
Remembering Spike
There were loads of TV programme on over Christmas in the UK about the late Spike Milligan, one of...
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 01/11/2006
Quick magnify your email
There are some shortcuts that you simply discover by accident! Like the dreaded CTRL+ENTER shortcut...
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 01/11/2006
The best Outlook keyboard shortcuts ever...
Ditch your mouse! Here's the über-mother-of-all-lists of Outlook keyboard shortcuts:...
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 01/09/2006
Happy Birthday Drinking Buddies!
It's my brother's birthday today! Happy birthday Ian. Which, conveniently, reminds me of a handy...
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 01/06/2006
Changing an Email to a Meeting Request
We've all done it. You start typing an email, then four lines into your magnificent prose you...
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 01/05/2006
Unblocking Blocked Attachments in Outlook
Ever wondered why Outlook 2003 makes it so difficult to send and receive certain attachments? It's...
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 01/03/2006
New Year Tidy Up
If, like me, you feel the need to purge your life of unwanted clutter after returning from the...
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 01/03/2006
Merry Christmas everyone!
(and no, I'm not blogging on Christmas day - I post-dated this entry so blogs.technet.com could do...
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 12/25/2005
Great tips site
This one does exactly what it says on the URL: www.microsoft.com/greattips. Check it out!
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 12/20/2005
Undelete items in Outlook
Way back in December 1997, Microsoft launched a product called Exchange Server 5.5. It was a...
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 12/15/2005
Fax me!
Here's a handy shortcut for Outlook users with a shared network fax device or a fax service...
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 12/14/2005
Email Security 360
This looks interesting... Mike Nash, Microsoft's Corporate VP for the Security Business and...
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 12/14/2005
Changing the Due Date for Outlook Tasks 'en masse'
If you're a heavy user of Tasks in Outlook you'll no doubt find the occasional time when you don't...
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 12/13/2005
Hmmm...
Is it Christmas yet?
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 12/13/2005
Exchange Best Practice Analyzer
Eileen gave me an easy to remember URL for the download site for the Exchange Best Practice Analyzer...
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 12/06/2005
Exchange Tour Unplugged - extra gig
The Exchange Tour Unplugged is going really well. We've already visited 7 cities around the UK with...
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 12/06/2005
Exchange Tour Unplugged Blog
Over the next few weeks I'll be posting to the new TechNet Exchange Tour Unplugged blog at...
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 11/27/2005
Exchange Tour Unplugged - starts next week
We're looking forward to hitting the road over the next few weeks to help some of the few remaining...
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 11/18/2005
New laptop, new lease of life!
I finally got a new Tablet PC. My old one was designed shortly before the advent of modern computing...
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 11/09/2005
New Microsoft Exchange Server Analyzer Tools
In case you haven't seen this yet: New Microsoft Exchange Server Analyzer Tools Now Available!...
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 11/07/2005
Ah, the Activities tab... where it all began
My very first blog posting here on TechNet was about the very lovely (and much-neglected) Activities...
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 11/03/2005
Exchange Tour Unplugged: we're going on the road so you can too
Just announced for UK IT professionals who are looking to upgrade from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange...
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 10/27/2005
More on Outlook voting
If you use voting buttons in Outlook 2002 or later without an Exchange Server email account, it...
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 10/26/2005
Why Outlook gets my vote
Few people make good use of Oulook's 'Voting' feature in their emails but it's one of the simplest...
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 10/26/2005
Tracking down an email sender
Want to know who sent that dodgy-looking email without trawling through the email header...
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 10/25/2005
XP Power Toys for cavemen
Every so often I find someone living in a cave who hasn't heard about the free XP Power Toys at...
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 10/21/2005
Save your blushes when sharing files
The 'Remove Hidden Data' tool at...
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 10/21/2005
You know you're out of control when...
...you discover a 'Tasks in Archive Folders' link suddenly appears because Outlook has auto-archived...
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 10/20/2005
Exchange Server 2003 SP2 just released
Get it while it's hot: https://www.microsoft.com/exchange/downloads/2003/sp2/download.mspx
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 10/19/2005
How smart desktop alerts can keep you alert
The regular reader of this blog will know that I recommend switching off Outlook's desktop alerts...
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 10/11/2005
Always avoid folders starting with 'T'
Frost's Random Tip of the Day: You can save time if you avoid creating mail folders in Outlook that...
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 10/05/2005
Microsoft does Photo Imaging
I'm a long-time fan of Adobe Photoshop. To be honest, I've invested many hours of my spare time...
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 10/03/2005
Outlook email signature craziness
Email signatures are really useful but creating them and getting them to appear correctly can...
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 09/30/2005
Office 2003 SP2 just released!
Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Microsoft Office 2003 is now available for download from Microsoft Update....
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 09/28/2005
Lost - final episode
In what is turning out to be an interesting experiment in the effects of mobile communication...
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 09/27/2005
Understanding the Microsoft Platform for Notes Organisations
I recently blogged about the high number of questions we're getting from UK Notes/Domino...
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 09/23/2005
Outlook command line switches
The good people at Microsoft Office Online have a handy list of available command line switches that...
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 09/17/2005
Get Outlook working while you don't work
I've got a week's holiday next week to paint the outside of my house. Yes, that's a real man's...
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 09/09/2005
Number 1, twice!
I've been well impressed with Microsoft's SmartScreen anti-spam functionality that's built-in to...
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 09/08/2005
Customising the right-click options in Office 2003
Here's a top tip I learned recently from a colleague. You can customise the right-click menu in...
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 09/07/2005
Forbes: More bad news for Lotus Notes
Hot on the heels of their 'Black Knight' article, Forbes has published an update story following...
Author: Allister_Frost Date: 08/25/2005