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[2'nd Myth: Outlook is the "full version" of the free Outlook Express]

... OE is M$'s freebie e-mail client and Outlook is their full-blown and pricey version; ...

- or is it?

SEVEN MYTHS ABOUT OUTLOOK


2'nd Myth: Outlook is the "full version" of the free Outlook Express

Not in a million years. Outlook was developed by the Office program group as a Personal Information Manager (PIM) and e-mail program and positioned as the Exchange client to replace Schedule+ and the original Exchange client. Outlook Express was developed by the Internet Explorer group to provide simple mail and news handling for Windows users.

The feature sets in each program are targeted to the expected the user base: Outlook is a business e-mail client while Outlook Express is for home users. As a result, Outlook does some things better than OE, like calendaring, contacts, mail merge, and tasks; while OE has inline image display and newsgroups and is less complicated to use.

See http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/olexpr.htm and http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=257824 for more information on the differences between Outlook and Outlook Express.

- from the Slipstick Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center EMO newsletter (EMO = Exchange Messaging Outlook), Vol. 9, No. 2, 30 April 2004, a biweekly newsletter about Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Outlook. http://slipstick.com/

[PDRX20]

This is even better than a "PerfectDisk only" deal:

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Through the end of May 2007, you can order the PerfectDisk Rx Suite or the Rx/Pro Combo pack from the Rx Download Store and use code PDRX20 to receive the 20% discount. This code will expire on May 31st and does not apply to previous purchases.

www.raxco.com

This post because I never heard of this app until today, when the site was recommended in general by our friend Gizmo:

PictureResizer

PictureResizer is a small and very easy to use application for fast image resizements. It allows to resize complete folder contents regarding a fixed width. If necessary, new created pictures can be saved with a prefix or into a new created, specific folder. PictureResizer is not a tool to come over to the needs of professial photographers, but it's helpful resizing images for internet or email utilisation.

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http://www.photo-freeware.net/pictureresizer.php

Speaking of..     
- just realized I never donated Irfan, so I rushed to his site and clicked the donate €10 button

 

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I guess the hole situation is a matter of being aware and care - or not - of the consequenses of your actions. And as more and more people becomes psychopaths, I imagine the problem will just grow and grow. As for the young people; I think they don't think... Remembering my own youth, I really think I too acted like a psycho. Being aware AND care about the consequesense of your actions may be how to spot if you a mature person. I know this to be the Christian attitude: If you wanna call yourself a mature Christian, then you do care!

[Import]

With the help from Darwin I have solved the problem. My fault was that I only looked in Outlook for Import to Outlook (there is no such) - but I should have looked in Outlook Express > Files > for Export from Outlook Express to Outlook.


Thanks for the PM, Darwin 

[How To Import Messages from Outlook Express 6 to Outlook 2003]

Actually, I do need help again (and again and..).

This time it is the task:
How To Import Messages from Outlook Express 6 to Outlook 2003, XP Home? 

I will hate to send them to myself and have all these mails saying the wrong "From.."

It is just too lousy that there is no standard button in Outlook, "Import from OE"
- the question must have beeen asked millions of times before.

Is this within your capabilities?
 

The other solution is to simply navigate to the IExplorer.exe or FireFox.exe executable files in the Program Files folder and then Outlook will remember next time again.

I did navigate Outlook to Maxthon, but then everything went totally wrong.

[Thanks for all of your help]

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Thanks for all of your help !

Hmm, perhaps "find kaedeoversigt" means "find link browser" in English?

Yes; Find link browser it is.

I read almost all of your links and decided to follow the first link from Wordzilla: tech-archive.net 

It was not as easy as implied in the article! In the end I had to uninstall my Internet browser and clean the registry, but then everytthing was back to normal - and I could reinstall the browser.

Well, what browser is it then?

3. Set the default browser to your favorite browser, I'll bet it's not IE 

IE is pretty close in fact. VERY close indeed 

For many years I was using Internet Explorer 6 and was happy with it. As I became more and more aware of the number of different browsers one can find, I took the chance to try another. And then another. And several others. I will have to say that the number of addons you can have for Firefox is impressive, and they were the very reason I installed that browser. I still like my Firefox (FF) a lot - but I hardly use it anymore. The reason for this is Maxthon (Max). I tried Max a couple of years ago, but didn't like it then. But a week ago I installed it again and this time I am keeping it. This is IMO maybe The Best Internet Browser you can have! I know some will hate my guts for saying this because Max is based on IE which comes from Microsoft, and in some circles it is politically correct / standard procedure to low, reject or even hate Microsoft. But anyway; Maxthon is what IE should have been!

There are a lot of addons for the Max, but of course not the same number as FF. Being used to FF there are still a few features missing in Max, but at least everything in IE is also to be found in Max, and many features from FF addons are being "translated" to Max, so it keeps getting better and better. And very soon Maxthon will update from version 1.5 to 2.0. The Beta version is ready for download.

http://www.maxthon.com/

Sorry; I should of course have given such an obvious information:   
it is not caused by a plugin for Outlook.

I find it fun to try out different apps all the time, because I have both the time and the curiousity. Sometimes this will bring me into troubles, sometimes even big troubles... But this one is so far a minor annoyance: Whenever I click a link in the emails I receive, Outlook 2003 will open a box with the headline "Find chain survey" or how the English translation may go; see pic with the Danish text, and imply that I should find some exe file. I will then tell Outlook to disregard this, and the link will open. No big deal, but an annoyance. I have absolutely no idea what caused this little problem - too many new apps installed during one day to understand who is the sinner, [Edit: and I have no idea what a chain survey is]. Can you think of anything, or even better, offer a reasonable solution? 
 

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Your first suggestions may let me keep my programs, please...   

From Copenhagen, Curt writes regarding the annoying features whilst converting to CSV files and the like.

TOL tipster Rohn found a link that may be helpful:

I have used this tip from another site:
   http://exceltips.vitalnew...olumns_in_a_CSV_File.html

The tip includes a macro that creates a CSV file.

- quote from The Office Letter - Premium Edition - Vol 6 No 47 - May 21, 2007   

http://www.officeletter.com/subscribe.html

I love the detailed search options I get with X1 and the accurate results.

I can truly understand this, because I tested X1 and was impressed.
But with WDS 3 being FREE.... 

What are your computers' specs like ?

I have a quite common PC, 512 MB 265 MHz RAM, Celeron D processor 3.33 GHz. But I would imagine a better question could be, how many documents? I only have in the neighbourhood / neighborhood of a thousand, and I only add a few a day. [Edit: 9.501 elements are indexed] So the search engine's indexer maybe don't have a job to do worth mentioning. To my understanding, once the docs are indexed, the indexer will only look out for changes.

Edit: MrCrispy, Remember to check Control Panel > Indexing, to see 'where', and > Avanced, to see 'what' -are being indexed. I know nothing about computers, so I have added .chm help files to 'what'.

[but]

Each of the two settings have 3 steps, and with Indexing set to "lazy", and Querying set to "High load", the system then waits for you to have stopped any activity for a period of time before it'll start indexing anything not already in the Catalog. As soon as you start to use the mouse or keyboard, *poof*, it stops and waits for you again. Makes a huge difference.

You may even get good performance with the Indexing at the middle position, but ....

I don't think you should have added that "but .."! I use Windows Desktop Search 3.0 and the 'middle' settings, and I have not been able to detect any CPU usage from WDS at all.

New Desktop Icon Toy version 2.5 launched today.
Now the Clock layout can arrange 20, 34, 48, 62 and even more icons (previously 20 only).

http://www.idesksoft.com/

[If]

If I have understood the Wiki articles, then the site that uses OpenID will know that I am who I am claiming to be, but will not know who I am, but if they use CardSpace they will also know who I am.

 

I now realize that I got the CardSpace from .NET Framework 3.0 - so most people don't have it yet!
- Hmm... this info is new to me, and makes this hole thread a bad idea.  ]
 Sorry!

[Windows CardSpace]

Looking around at my 'new' XP I found this thing called Windows CardSpace. The idea of the program and the product, the electronic ID card, is to identify yourself in an fast, easy and reliable manner. It can be used to identify yourself to your net bank or the local power supplier or what/who-ever. It can even replace the way we normally have to register to a forum or a program, because you can set up various degrees of info you are willing to give. Only a few infos to the forum and a lot of infos to the bank. And so on.      Did you check this out on your own XP?

I have of course created some cards, but I have never had the chance to actually use them. Nor have I ever heard of any site or company using them. Did you ever come across a site or company or institution that actually uses Windows CardSpace??
 
If 'No'; why don't 'we' use this? It sounds easy and safe. I would imagine the Windows CardSpace is a good idea.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_CardSpace

I would like to show you a screenshot, but the program prevents such for safety reasons. Which may be okay.

TechRepublic ... encourages users to upgrade to Office2007. They also ... say that "Sticking with Office 2003 is a better choice than Office 2007" but .. for paying members..

 

I just might loose any kind of faith in such a company! 

... So I clicked uninstall, but it wouldn't do that either. ...

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5'th: [attachimg=5]


6'th, no, not the first but the sixth: [attachimg=6]


- and then I hit delete! 

Almost all entries in the registry key from Dialstop are gone, and so is the problem.

Yes, if you are a private user, but most users aren't. They work at the office and don't have a say on what program they are to use, have they.

[sorry!]

Ribbon haters should read Computerwold's article about  pschmid's CustomizeRibbons (Free or $30 Pro versions) and Addintools' Classic Menu (several versions at $15-$30).

They have been around just as long as Office 2007 itself, but maybe you missed them, or just didn't think of it. But it seems to me, from your wordings, that these two plugins must be very interesting to you, since you "love to hate" those ribbons that much... 
 
- sorry!    I am only trying to wake you up...   

RibbonCustomizer™ Professional V1.1, $30 - Feature Tour:

• Part 0: Installation
  
• Part 1: Tabs & Groups - or watch it as demo
  
• Part 2: Individual Commands
  
• Part 3: Classic UI Tabs
  
• Part 4: Working with (multiple) customizations
  
• Part 5: Using RibbonCustomizer™ for RibbonX development

- and the other:

Addintools Classic Menu for Office 2007 $30, "full" version 2.18 of April 15, 2007:

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Now; Who is going to try out these plugins, and let us know the outcome?
 

[Problem solved.]

[Edit: It was "smtp.mail.dk" that had been changed into 'localserver'.
Problem solved.

Thanks a lot for your inputs!]

original post:

I tried Msgtag and it blocked sending, too, but I removed it yesterday and both Outlooks were again sending as normal. This new error may have to do with proxys; I don't know. I will have to figure out what proxy is, and how the proxy settings should have been altered; I didn't change any email client settings. Can fiddling with Internet browsers change proxy settings for the email clients?

 

Sigh! When will I stop playing around!? I did this and that and so on and on, but I know I didn't touch my mail clients or any of their plugins. NeverTheLess Outlook 2003 and Outlook Express 2002 suddenly won't send. They are both added to Trusted in the firewall. All programs are connecting to the Internet, and I can upload pictures, and both mail clients can receive mail, but not send. What can possibly be wrong?

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