Friday, August 21, 2009

install windows xp shared printer to windows vista

in the shared printer environment you can use the printer within the network (workgroup) between the same operating systems, however install shared printer between different operating systems cause problems.

for example - printer is installed to windows xp and shared, then you want to install the printer to windows vista pc, while installation it can be stop for driver incompatibility, this can be fixed in a small way.
  • first download the printer driver compatible to vista
  • then install printer in add printer wizard, and specify drivers in have disk option
  • complete the installation
  • now go to the network shared printer
  • right click on printer and click connect
  • this will install printer to the system, and drivers that compatible to vista is automatically identified.
  • in this way you can use network shared printer between different operating systems.

tune up outlook 2007 to run faster

There are few things to try , This article will show users how to compact their personal data files in Microsoft Outlook 2007, please follow these steps.

Disable RSS feeds in outlook
  • go to tools
  • click account settings
  • in rss feeds tab select feed and click remove
Disable unnecessary add-ons
  • to disable unnecessary add-ons in outlook 2007 read this
Reduce the size of outlook .pst file
  • open the file menu and select Data File Management
  • in the data file tab select personal folders and double click it
  • in the opened personal folders window, click compact now
  • depending on the size of the .pst file being compacted, this process may take several minutes

email printing problem in vista (no header information)

OK this is how it happens, pc with windows vista ultimate installed and running office 2003, used outlook 2003 as a default mail client.the problem is when you open received email and try to print, it prints the message without the valuable information (such as from, to, cc, subject) this problem not happened for all emails, only some mails. the following attempts tried and able to solve the problem, but it creates another problem.
  • upgrade office 2003 to office 2007, yes.. solve the problem, printout came with the header information, but another problems has occured
  • this time when you try to print you cant select the print range, because there is no option for print range. imagine you you have a email containing 15 pages, and you only want to print first 5 pages what should you do, when there is no option for print range? you don't trust me, then read this Microsoft help and support
  • then we have to open the email in web browser (double click the selected email, click other actions, click view in browser)
  • yes.. now you can select print range, but after print, again printout came without the header information
  • then we configure windows mail and import all emails to it, then try to print, there is print range available in windows mail, but sadly printout came with no header information
these whole methods came up with dead end,then we install windows xp and install office 2003, then configure outlook 2003, all problems were gone, there is print range available and printout came with header informations.that's why we love windows xp

Monday, August 17, 2009

how to clear saved passwords in internet explorer

This described how to clear saved from internet explorer
  • First right click on internet explorer and click properties (or go to start - run type inetcpl.cpl and press enter to open internet properties)
  • Click on content tab
  • Under personal information, click auto complete
  • Now you will see two buttons named "clear forms and clear passwords"
  • Click clear passwords button to clear saved passwords in internet explorer

uninstall add-on from firefox

The procedure as follows
  • Open mozilla firefox
  • In the menu go to tools and click option
  • In the options window, under main tab you will see at bottom button called manage add-ons
  • Click manage add-ons
  • In the opened window, under extensions you will see that currently installed add-ons
  • Click on the add-on you want to select
  • Click disable to disable add-on or uninstall to remove add-on