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Bringing up the new workstation

June 27, 2013 Jim Leave a Comment

Now that Outlook is under control, I’m trying to get enough software on the new computer so that it can become my main workstation. It doesn’t need to do everything the old one does, just most of the things. It’s awkward working on two computers at the same time, and I want to … [Read more...]

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Fighting with Outlook, conclusions

June 27, 2013 Jim Leave a Comment

I got an email from the Microsoft tech that I’d been working with on the Office problem. I’d told him how I solved the problem, and he asked where I found the registry entries that I’d changed to fix things. He also sent be a set of Knowledge Base links to various mnor problems … [Read more...]

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Fighting with Outlook, part 4

June 26, 2013 Jim Leave a Comment

I just spent two hours on the phone with the Microsoft support tech, mostly watching him drive the computer with the ailing Outlook installation. Most techs won’t tell you in other than the most general terms what they’re thinking while they’re trying to troubleshoot your … [Read more...]

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Fighting with Outlook, part 3

June 25, 2013 Jim Leave a Comment

Yesterday, I was unable to get to figuring out a workaround from my Outlook error because I couldn't get the computer back to its original "My Documents" configuration. In spite of my original decision not to try Microsoft support, I decided to contact them. I logged into … [Read more...]

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Fighting with Outlook, part 2

June 24, 2013 Jim Leave a Comment

After yesterday's experience, I've decided that I have two options: Call Microsoft support Find a workaround I'm going to pursue the second alternative. My experiences with Microsoft support in the past few years have not been salutary. Besides, I suspect that they would … [Read more...]

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