remove addins from outlook 2003

this describes how to remove add-ins that installed outlook 2003

• Open outlook
• On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Other tab
• Click Advanced Options, and then click COM Add-Ins

now you can disable or remove the add-ins

• To disable an add-in, clear the check box next to the add-in
• To remove an add-in, clear the check box next to the add-in you want to remove, and then click Remove
  

why you cant open Outlook

Can't open outlook? this can happen for a number of reasons, such as add-ins installed for outlook, corrupt PST file. in order to resolve this issue there is several methods to try.they are describes as follows.

Check task manager

Press Cntrl+Alt+Delete to open task manager and click on processes, now in processes search for a outlook.exe, check If there is multiple outlook.exe processes are running, if so end all outlook.exe processes (right click on outlook.exe and click end process) now Try to open outlook after ending all outlook.exe processes.

Open Outlook in safe mode

• Click on start button and click on Run
• Type outlook.exe /safe and press enter
• Now outlook should be able to run, if outlook won't able to start in normal mode, we have to do a detect and repair

Detect and repair

• Click on start button and click on Run
• Type outlook.exe /safe and press enter
• Go to Help tab in Outlook and select office diagnostics, click on continue and click on Run Diagnostics

Open Outlook without add-ins

• Click on start button and click on Run
• Type outlook.exe /a and press enter
• If outlook can open in this way then the third party add-ins are causing the issue. This can be resolved by removing the third party add-ins.

To remove add-ins from outlook 2007 read this
To remove add-ins from outlook 2003 read this

Use scanpst.exe for detect errors in pst file

• First open the folder options (start - run - type control.exe folders press enter)
• Click on View and select "show Hidden files and folders."
• Now open search window
• In the search box, type Scanpst.exe press enter
• Now double-click the Scanpst.exe file to open the program
• Click Browse and specify the PST file
• Click Start. The Scanpst.exe Tool scans the file and reports whether it found any errors (it may take some time to scan PST file depending on the capacity)
  
• Click OK
  

The default locations for the PST file

1. Windows 98 or Windows Me: disk drive\Windows\ Local Settings\Application Data
2. Windows NT 4.0: disk drive\WINNT\Profiles\username\Local Settings\Application Data
3. Windows XP or Windows Server 2003: disk drive:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application *Data\Microsoft\Outlook
4. Windows Vista: disk disk drive:\users\username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook

Repair outlook program

If all above methods fail to start outlook, then try repair outlook program again.

how to import outlook contacts

Please do as follows

• In Outlook, on the File menu, click Import and Export
• Under Choose an action to perform, click Import Internet Mail and Addresses
• Under Select the Internet Mail application to import from, click Outlook Express 4.x, 5.x, 6.x
• Clear the check boxes for Import Mail and Import Rules. Only the Import Address Book check box should be selected
• Click Next

You will have below options to select

• Replace duplicates with items imported Existing data will be overwritten with the information in the file that is being imported
• Allow duplicates to be created Existing data will not be overwritten, and duplicates will be added to the current Outlook folder
• Do not import duplicate items Existing data will be kept, and the duplicate information in the file will not be copied to the current Outlook folder
• Click Finish
  

how to restore the Personal Address Book

Follow these steps to restore the Personal Address Book

• Go to the control panel (start - setting - control panel)
• Double-click the Mail icon
• Click Show Profiles
• Click the appropriate profile, and then click Properties
• Click Email Accounts
• Click Add a New Directory or Address Book, and then click Next
• Click Additional Address Books, and then click Next
• Click Personal Address Book, and then click Next
• Type the path and the name of the Personal Address Book file that you want to restore, click Apply, and then click OK
• Click Close, and click then OK
  

How to back up Personal Address Books

Your Personal Address Book might contain e-mail addresses and contact information that is not included in an Outlook Address Book or contact list,the Personal Address Book creates a separate file that is stored on your hard disk drive

Follow these steps to how to find your Personal Address Book file

• Click Start, and then click Search
• Type *.pab, and then press ENTER or click Find Now
• Use My Computer or Windows Explorer to copy the .pab file
  

how to import PST file to outlook

This time we talked about how to import PST file to outlook, You can use the backup copy of your PST file to restore your Outlook data if the original PST file is damaged or lost.

Follow these steps to restore, or import

• Copy the backup PST file to the hard disk drive of the computer
• Note - if you receive error message when you try to copy PST file, remove Read-Only attribute, and then copy file to the hard disk
  
• Open Outlook
• On the File menu, click Import And Export
• Click Import from another program or file, and then click Next
• Click Personal Folder File (PST), and then click Next
• Type the path and the name of the PST file that you want to import, and then click Next
• Select the folder that you want to import. To import everything in the PST file, select the top of the hierarchy
• Click Finish
  

how to export PST file from outlook

If you want to back up only important of your Outlook data, you can create a new backup .pst file of only the data that you want to save.for example you want use only important data of PST file, and ignore other less important, You can export only the important folders or contacts

to do this follow these steps

• Open Outlook
• On the File menu, click Import And Export. If the menu item is not available, hover your pointer over the chevrons at the bottom of the menu, and then click Import and Export
• Click Export To File, and then click Next
• Click Personal Folder File (PST) , and then click Next
• Click the folder that you want to export the .pst file to, and then click Next
• Click Browse, and then select the location where you want the new PST file to be saved
• In the File Name box type the name that you want to use for the new PST file, and then click OK
• Click Finish
  

how to activate kaspersky using key file

this one is very much useful, you only need to download the serial key providing your activation code, after downloading you can activate your product using key file, the procedure as follows.

• first go to the https://activation.kaspersky.com
• in here you noticed that there are 3 field to filled by user
• we consider only first one of '' activation code ''
• in here carefully type your activation code
• click next
• in the next area filled the informations as necessary (sometimes it ask's for e-maill address and user location) click next to proceed
• now only left thing is a download a key file, (or you can get it by e-mail)
• after downloading a key, please note that the key is in compressed mode, first you need to uncompress the folder
• now start your product installation, after completion first step, it ask the user to activate the product with a different choices.
• select activate using key file, now specify the key file and proceed with installation.

Note - in kasprsky 2010 (ver 9.0) you noticed that there is no option to activate the product using key file, don't panic, first you need to disconnect your pc from internet, now select ''activate using trial key '' click next (trust me on this) you came end up with error message, close error message and then you will see activate using serial key, now specify the serial key and click activate. enjoy your product...

how to troubleshoot system restore issues

1. First things first, if you see error message that is related to system restore, you need to record the error message, because most error messages that contains a description of the issue and suggestions for how to resolve the issue.
2. Make sure that you have enough disk space on all of the drives on which System Restore is enabled.
3. Make sure that System Restore is enabled on the drives
   
4. Make sure that the System Restore service is running.

you can check the system restore status using following methods.

Check in Control Panel

• Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click "Performance and Maintenance"
• Click Administrative Tools, click Computer Management, and then click Services and Applications
• Click Services, and then click System Restore Services

Check using command prompt

• Click Start, click Run, and then type "CMD" Press ENTER key
• then type''Net Start'' and press enter
  
• the you will see a bunch of list,
  
• in command prompt make sure that the System Restore service is up and running.

Check event viever to investigate System Restore service errors

• Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click "Performance and Maintenance"
• Click Administrative Tools, click Computer Management, double-click Event Viewer, and then click System
• Click the Source tab to sort by name, and then look for "sr" or "srservice
• Double-click each of these services, and then evaluate the event description for any indication of the cause of the problem.
  

how to get missing system restore tab in windows xp

to re-enable system restore through the Group Policy Editor, follow these steps.

• Click start, and click run
• In there type gpedit.msc to open group policy editor
• Go to Computer Configuration / Administrative Templates / System / System Restore
• Set Turn off System Restore and Turn off Configuration to Disable
• Right click on My Computer
• Select Manage
• Go to Services and Applications / Services
• Scroll down to System Restore Service
• Set it for Automatic
• Click on the Start button to start the service
• Close the window
• Go back to the Group Policy Editor and configure both to Not configured
• Then right click my computer, click properties
• You will see now there is a system restore tab and you can configure how much space to use for the process.