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Fix Windows XP SP3 AMD and HP reboot bug

16 May, 2008 (07:34) | software, tips | By: bbowers

Jesper Johansson left Microsoft in 2006 and has taken the lead in fixing a major Service Pack 3 problem for AMD users.
A bug exists in XP SP3 that causes endless rebooting after SP3 is installed if you are using an AMD CPU and the Intel PPM driver is loaded. Johansson’s tool should be run [...]

Unknown Error in Microsoft Outlook 2003

5 May, 2008 (11:07) | email, tips | By: bbowers

Every get one of those terribly specific errors from a software application? You know, the ones that tell you something has gone wrong, but doesn’t say what went wrong?
I recently tried to archive a mailbox in Outlook 2003 and got the error..wait for it… “Unknown Error”. Literally, that’s all there was to it, no codes, [...]

protect computers from unwanted configuration changes

2 May, 2008 (07:55) | computers, software, tips | By: bbowers

I used to work in IT for a community college and one of the largest problems these type of environments have to deal with is the classroom configuration for computers. One professor would teach their class and students would learn how to change options in Microsoft Office or Windows and the next class would be [...]

create form letter emails in Outlook

18 April, 2008 (12:09) | email, outlook, tips | By: bbowers

As a network admin, sometimes you need to let a group of people know a resource is currently down, or is scheduled to be down for a period of time. Maybe, you have to send a standard response to a question you get repeatedly. There’s an easy way to create a standardized email in Outlook [...]