Sunday, October 4, 2009

configure "desktop alert notifications" in outlook 2003

To configure this follow these steps
  • Open outlook 2003
  • Go to tools menu and click options
  • On preferences tab click E-mail Options
  • Now click advanced E-Mail options
  • Under "when new items arrive in my inbox" click to select desktop alert settings
  • Click ok and ok
  • Then apply and ok
Note - In the Desktop Alert Settings dialog box, you can configure the duration and the transparency of your Desktop Alert notifications for when a new e-mail message is received

configure "read reciept" for all mails in outlook express

Follow these steps
  • Open outlook express
  • Go to the tools menu and click options
  • Click on the Receipts tab
  • Click to select the Request a read receipt for all sent messages check box, and then click OK
Note - you can request "read receipt" for a single email instead of all emails
  • Click on create mail button to compose new mail
  • In the new message window, go to tools menu and click "request read receipt"
  • After composing, send the mail
Important - message recipients can choose not to send read receipts even when they are requested. if they ignore, you wont get any read receipts.

configure "mail delivery report & read reciept" in outlook 2003

If you want you can configure mail delivery report and read receipt in outlook 2003 to verify that your mail successfully send to recipient and read. to configure this follow these steps.
  • Open outlook 2003
  • Go to tools menu and click option
  • In the preferences tab, click E-mail options and then click Tracking Options
  • Now under "For all messages I send, request" select the Delivery receipt and Read receipt check boxes, and then click OK
  • Again click ok
  • Then apply and ok

Friday, October 2, 2009

how to disable error reporting

If you want you can disable error reporting feature in windows xp , this only appear when critical errors occurred , instead of sending error reports you might want to disable it , here is how to do it.
  • Right click on my computer and click properties
  • Click on advanced tab
  • Under "startup and recovery" click error reporting button
  • Now click on the "disable error reporting" and click ok
  • Click apply and ok
Note - if you want you can disable error reporting service also
  • Click start and run
  • Type msconfig and click ok
  • In the system configuration utility window click services tab
  • Find the "error reporting service"
  • Deselect it by removing check mark
  • Click apply and ok
  • Restart pc for changes go into effect

how to disable low disk space message

This notification is useful, because it notify the user if one or more disk partitions running out of disk space. perform this task if you really wanted to disable low disk space warning, we leave the choice to you.
  • Open registry editor
  • Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
  • Now right click on the key and add new DWORD value
  • Name it as "NoLowDiskSpaceChecks"
  • Open the key and put 1 in the value data field
  • Restart pc for changes to take effect