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  • Vista SP1 Coming to Windows Update (WU) Soon!

    According to sources, Vista SP1 will be heading its way to WU and Microsoft Downloads next week. We have had the RTM version for about a month now and are running it on a few machines. We have encountered a few issues so please make sure you test it thoroughly before deploying! There is no news on when...
    Posted to ICT Innovation from EIS (Weblog) by plaj01 on 03-17-2008

  • Making Word 2007 Save Documents in the Old 2003 Format...

    We are finding that more and more people are upgrading to Office 2007. Whilst this is great, a lot of users still have older versions and a common complaint we hear is "I keep saving Word files as *.docx. - I want to save them by default to *.doc" To do this, click the Office Button in Microsoft Word...
    Posted to ICT Innovation from EIS (Weblog) by plaj01 on 01-30-2008

  • Office 2007 Service Pack 1 Released

    The first service pack for the Microsoft Office suite of products has now been released Office: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=9EC51594-992C-4165-A997-25DA01F388F5&displaylang=en Visio: http://office.microsoft.com/search/redir.aspx?AssetID=DC102486301033&Origin=HH102511011033&CTT...
    Posted to ICT Innovation from EIS (Weblog) by plaj01 on 12-11-2007

  • Outlook 2007 Gadgets for Windows Vista Sidebar

    Microsoft have released 2 Outlook 2007 gadgets for Windows Vista. They are the Outlook Upcoming Appointments ( http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=ed840437-7d13-4755-8d0a-0ba2cbbf38e6&l=1 ) which displays 3 to 5 upcoming appointments and Outlook Tasks which shows your tasks ( http://gallery...
    Posted to ICT Innovation from EIS (Weblog) by plaj01 on 11-30-2007

  • Exchange 2007 SP1 Released!

    We received notification today that the anticipated update to Microsoft Exchange (The product we use for the KLZ E-Mail provision) Service Pack 1 has been released. We will be thoroughly testing this update in our development environment before deploying into production. The new update offers increased...
    Posted to ICT Innovation from EIS (Weblog) by plaj01 on 11-30-2007

  • Using Natural Text to Update Outlook 2007 Appointments

    A cool feature we have recently found in Outlook 2007 is something called "natural text." When you are making a meeting request or appointment, in the Start Time or End Time dialog box, enter something like "next friday" or "today + 6 days." Things like "day 25 of next month" also work. Speech marks...
    Posted to ICT Innovation from EIS (Weblog) by plaj01 on 11-21-2007

  • Cheap Nokia 770 Internet Tablet

    A few people have had a play with the Nokia Internet Tablet and found it to be a reasonable device. I know the Nokia 770 is the older version and the new Nokia 800 is out, but for £74 inc. VAT I think it might just be a bargain. http://www.expansys.com/p.aspx?i=141019
    Posted to ICT Innovation from EIS (Weblog) by plaj01 on 07-06-2007

  • Windows Key Shortcuts

    During an office discussion on Friday, it seems that I keep all the handy tips to myself! You can use the Windows key to carry out some very handy shortcuts. I have compiled a list with, what I think, are the best at the top... For example, to easily lock your Windows XP workstation, simply hold the...
    Posted to ICT Innovation from EIS (Weblog) by plaj01 on 04-30-2007

  • Turning on features in Windows Vista

    We had a query today on how to Telnet when using Vista. It turns out that Telnet and a host of other features such as SNMP, TFTP are hidden away in the Control Panel. If you need to enable Telnet to Telnet into a Switch for example, chose the Client option - definitely not the Server! Control Panel >...
    Posted to ICT Innovation from EIS (Weblog) by plaj01 on 04-24-2007

  • Screen Rotation

    Firstly, apologies for going quiet recently! Anyway, an interesting question came up from a school which found its screen / desktop rotated by 90 degrees. This is a new(-ish) feature built into Intel Graphic Chipset / Drivers which can be useful for presentations etc, but also really annoying if you...
    Posted to ICT Innovation from EIS (Weblog) by plaj01 on 04-23-2007
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