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  1. Thin?

    Why is there all this emphasis on thin? Weight reduction I understand, having lugged laptops + stuff around. But whether a device is three quarters of an inch or one inch thick - who cares and why?
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    I realise I can wait till Jan to buy - but I...

    I realise I can wait till Jan to buy - but I would prefer to wait till Oct 2013 - or so - to install / activate. The question really is what MS will do about activation at that time.
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    Install in 2012 or 2013?

    My standard practice over many iterations of windows is to wait a year after release, read the comments and then update - or in Vista's case, not update.

    However the Win 8 introductory price is...
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    OK, thanks for your questions, but a parallel...

    OK, thanks for your questions, but a parallel search has produced the answer to my main problem. Apparently Outlook 2010 defaults to archiving based on last modified date not last received / sent...
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    I have the same problem - but the solution does...

    I have the same problem - but the solution does not apply. I have the default auto archive setting at 1 year old, but may emails in many folders much older. Example older emails have no follow up or...
  6. eratic characters in outlook

    Thanks for the thought - but...There is only one language installed. (Evidence rclick on taskbar, select toolbar - no language toolbar). Under "Region and Language" "Text Services .." General - just...
  7. Random switches to character substitution in mail-message composition

    The title says it all - almost. This is outlook 2007 in W7. I am just typing away at a message and out of the blue the non alphanumeric characters switch to a different appearance. for example "...
  8. Everthing is not everything!

    Rereading this thread, and seeing the glowing reviews for "Everything", I looked at their website. I was very disappointed to find that Everything only looks for file and folder names, not content. I...
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    ruirib, Thanks for both suggestions. The backup...

    ruirib,
    Thanks for both suggestions. The backup issue was not the problem, but in the first thread you mentioned there was a 'exit outlook, outlook.exe /resettodobar re-run outlook' suggestion which...
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    Outlook tasks show up twice in some views

    In my "To-Do Bar" on the mail pane each task shows up twice. If I delete either both go. If I add one, it appears twice.

    In the Task pane with the following selections I get -
    Simple List,...
  11. On a slightly different aspect - my "all...

    On a slightly different aspect - my "all programs" contains the list of folders and files in C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs (I have emptied...
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    OK - and that worked too! However I also have two...

    OK - and that worked too! However I also have two archive files, which seem to overlap considerably, but not totally. I started to copy the contents of one across into the other, but this resulted in...
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    ruirib, I checked the properties of Personal...

    ruirib,
    I checked the properties of Personal Folders as you suggested - and this led me to a SOLUTION.
    My desktop has both Outlook.pst and Outlook(1).pst files. I don't know why but there it is....
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    OK, so the story so far. 1. Outlook (and...

    OK, so the story so far.
    1. Outlook (and everything else to my knowledge) on my desktop is working fine (win 7 and Office 2007).
    2. Outlook on the desktop records it's folder of choice as...
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    Thanks for the suggestions re 3rd part sync'ers....

    Thanks for the suggestions re 3rd part sync'ers. On win 7 sync though, I typed sync as dogberry suggested, got sync center, but when I selected "set up new sync partnerships" and got told that no...
  16. Woody, and your other responders, The info you...

    Woody, and your other responders,
    The info you have provided is helpful, and I thank you all for that. But why are you all, particularly you Woody as a professional journalist, not writing about...
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    This is a partly thread new - but on the topic of...

    This is a partly thread new - but on the topic of syncing Outlook 2007 / win 7. Basically I have been doing the same as globalist says in their 2011-09-27 22:25 post. However this was under XP and...
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    Weird solution found - thanks for the...

    Weird solution found - thanks for the alternatives though! When the installation demanded "the CD marked Service Pack Two" I found that if I ejected the original SP install disc, and re-inserted it,...
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    Unfortunately the iso just burnt a cd that...

    Unfortunately the iso just burnt a cd that contained the same "WindowsXP-KB936929-SP3-x86-ENU.exe" autoextract file that did not work to start with. So I am still looking for how to get / create a cd...
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    OK - I found the .iso files - thanks.

    ten charac
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    XP Service Packs 2 and 3

    I am trying to install XP into VirtualBox running on Win7. My XP installation disc is pre SP2 and the installation of XP is demanding SP2 (and presumably will want SP3). I can find downloads on the...
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    Still uncertain about homegroups

    OK thanks for advice. But, no-one suggested what is the good alternative to homegroups. Is it to define the network as "work" rather than "home"?

    I case I do go with homegroups, I read the...
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    Thanks for the advice.

    ten charas
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    Homegroups good?

    I am about to move to win 7 (from xp / Ubuntu). I expect to finish up with two W7 machines, one Ubuntu machine for backups, and a dual boot netbook (for travelling) with Ubuntu and W7. If I...
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    Install without libraries

    I am about to move to win 7 (from xp). I have no use for "libraries". Is there any way of following the MS clean install procedure but have my data just restored of folders with a similar arrangement...
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