Archive for May, 2010

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010 at 8:51am

Rerun IE8 new user RunOnce Installation Wizard

Posted by Brian Higgins in Windows

** NOTE: Borrowed from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737#fixit4me

To reset Internet Explorer automatically, click the Fix this problem link. Then click Run in theFile Download dialog box, and follow the steps in this wizard.
This fix does not work in Windows 7. Instead, you can use the Internet Explorer troubleshooters to achieve this automatically.
This wizard may be in English only; however, the [...]

Monday, May 17th, 2010 at 8:47am

Disable IE8 multi-tab Aero peek

Posted by Brian Higgins in Windows

Programs can choose to allow their child windows a preview on the taskbar (for example, if you had multiple Spreadsheets open in a single instance of Excel, you will probably appreciate that Excel gives each window its own thumbnail instead of just the master Excel process).
In IE options, on the General tab (first tab) click Settings [...]

Monday, May 10th, 2010 at 11:47am

Subscribe to your Google Calendar

Posted by Brian Higgins in Windows

You can subscribe to your calendar posted on Google Calendar. An Internet Calendar Subscription keeps your Outlook copy of your Google Calendar updated. Outlook periodically checks the Google Calendar for updates, and if any are found, they are downloaded to the calendar copy in Outlook.

Log on to your GOOGLE CALENDAR account.
In the left column, under [...]

Monday, May 10th, 2010 at 11:47am

Export an Outlook calendar to Google Calendar

Posted by Brian Higgins in Uncategorized

In OUTLOOK CALENDAR, select a calendar to make it the active calendar in the view.
On the FILE menu, click SAVE AS. Type a name for the iCal file in the FILE NAME text box.
A summary of the calendar name, date range, and detail level appears next to MORE OPTIONS.
From the DATE RANGE list, choose the amount [...]

Monday, May 10th, 2010 at 11:47am

Synchronize an Outlook calendar and Google Calendar

Posted by Brian Higgins in Windows

For two-way calendar synchronization, Google provides Google Calendar Sync. You can synchronize calendar items between your primary Outlook calendar and a Google Calendar. This application is produced and supported by Google.
** NOTE: This text was copied for personal use from http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/ha101674951033.aspx

Monday, May 10th, 2010 at 11:15am

Import a calendar snapshot from Google Calendar into Outlook

Posted by Brian Higgins in Windows

A Calendar Snapshot is a copy of a calendar that is not updated. To view updates to a Calendar Snapshot, you must obtain a new Calendar Snapshot. For Internet Calendars are are kept up-to-date automatically, see Subscribe to a Google Calendar.

Log on to your Google Calendar account.
In the left column, under Calendars, click the arrow [...]

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