Simonthegeek

Troubleshooting Google Sync on Android

Having problems with Google sync on your Android (1.5) device?

Try this: More »

Entourage on an SBS domain – inside the LAN

OK, as a follow on to my post about hooking Entourage up to an SBS server from outside of the LAN, here is a quick guide on how to do it if you are actually sitting on the same network.

As with all things that combine a Mac and an SBS domain, this caused me a few sleepless nights and lots of general agro, so hopefully I can save a few minutes of hair-tearing for someone else by posting the details of my setup: More »

Recover deleted public folders

If you (like me) have some public folders that everyone needs to have full control over for some reason, then you (like me) run the risk of having some of your public folders ‘accidentally’ deleted by stooopid users (like me?).

So it’s well worth taking a look at this: More »

Change the default folder in Outlook

To change the folder Outlook shows when it first opens, do the following:

Select ‘Tools’.
Choose ‘Options’.
Click on the ‘Other’ tab. More »

Transfer Outlook’s Email Address History

You know when you start typing an address into the ‘to’ field in an Outlook email and you see the drop down list of recently used addresses (a bit like the history in Internet Explorer), well that’s pretty handy isn’t it? Well it is, let me tell you. And it’s pretty annoying when you make some changes to your Outlook setup and you loose that history. Well, here’s how you get it back, or transfer it to a new computer:
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Out of Office – Switched off by default on SBS2003!

If your users are complaining that their Out of Office Auto-Replies are not working, don’t forget that they are switched off by default in Exchange – so if you have a new installation of SBS2003 you will need to switch them on first.

It’s simple to do: More »

Entourage on an SBS domain – outside the LAN

Setting this up was really quite a frustrating experience, so hopefully I can save a few minutes of hair-tearing for someone else by posting the details of my (now working) setup:

Entourage Account Settings: More »