Ok, I’ve seen various convoluted methods for uploading mail stored in Microsoft PST files to GMail, none of them are ideal. I have found a tried and trusted method that seems to have worked and is reliable: 1. Open Outlook and add your PST as a Data File: 2. Drag the email from the folder, listed [...]
Archive for January, 2007
Uploading PST Mail to GMail
Posted in Applications, Everything, tagged Email on January 27, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Cable Labs Certified Media Center – Requirements
Posted in Everything, Gadgets and Tech, tagged Windows Media, Windows Vista on January 24, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Cable Labs is really putting the screws on OEM users, who like to home-brew their media center PC on the cheap. To view and record HDTV content on a new Vista MCE PC, the following is a list of required components (thanks Chris Lanier): 1) Vista Home Premium or Ultimate2) HDCP Video Card3) Special BIOS w/ OCUR [...]
Free Cat/Dog Food
Posted in Everything, Miscellaneous, tagged Off Topic on January 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Off topic: Are you a pet owner, got a cat, dog, or both? Then why not take up the Purina One Challenge and receive some free pet food. 1-888-606-BARK or http://www.purinaonechallenge.com/ [tags:Off Topic]
Adding pages to Community Server
Posted in Applications, Everything, tagged Community Server on January 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This blog post is a keeper, the following post by Thomas Anderson explains how to add pages to community server. Check out the new advertisments page I added to my site. http://renevo.com/blogs/developer/archive/2006/11/30/adding-pages-to-community-server.aspx
Blog Trading
Posted in Everything, Miscellaneous, tagged Blogging on January 17, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Are you into trading on the stock market? Love the thrill of buying and selling stock but don’t have a lot of cash to play with? Never mind, why not play the next best trading market – Blog Shares. Participating weblogs float on the virtual market for B$ value, traders can buy and sell stock [...]
iTunes – Home and Office
Posted in Applications, Everything, tagged Music on January 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
So, here’s a quandary – I have iTunes installed at home, accessing my large music collection. I have the same music collection at the office on a portable drive (I considered DAAP over the network, but didn’t want to suck bandwidth), also accessed by iTunes. How do I keep the play lists in sync so that ratings, [...]
Windows Vista UAC – Further Reading
Posted in Applications, Everything, tagged Security, Windows Vista on January 4, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Then and Now Microsoft Windows XP™ initially creates all user accounts as local administrators. Administrators have full access to system-wide resources and can execute any privileged operation. Microsoft guidelines suggest that users run day-to-day tasks under a least privileged account (LUA), however many users prefer to operate at the administrator level for the following typical [...]
Windows Vista – User Account Control
Posted in Applications, Everything, tagged Security, Windows Vista on January 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Presently, users of the Microsoft Windows™ operating system have had to face several challenges to secure the integrity of the data residing on their computer. Users have had to cope with the vast slew of malware, including viruses, spyware, and root-kits, which typically cause damage to data and/or applications residing on the user’s desktop pc. [...]
Broken Image in Outlook Web Access
Posted in Applications, Everything, tagged Microsoft Exchange Server, Windows Vista on January 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
If you experience broken links in Microsoft Outlook Web Access – specifically when replying to an email, then this fix is required. In Microsoft Windows Vista release, the Dynamic HTML Editing ActiveX control is removed from the Internet Explorer browser. As a result, there is functionality missing that Microsoft Exchange Outlook Web Access relies on. [...]
