Archives: 2007 February

My cousin Ariel Schrag is on the road to Hollywood stardom, albeit behind the camera. She wrote the script for this Sunday’s “The L Word” on Showtime. From the preview, it looks like this episode will involve the ladies’ reactions to Jenny’s slightly fictionalized portrayal of them in a series of stories in The New [...]

Never has there been and likely never shall there be a more tumultuous month for the Microsoft Action Pack Subscription (MAPS) than what we’ve just been through. It was bad enough that Vista, Office 2007, and Exchange 2007 were released to the public well before the January Action Pack shipped, and that Exchange 2007 will [...]

ActiveSync 4.5 for Windows Mobile devices is now out of beta. According to Pocket PC Mauritius, it’s a “minor upgrade.” I agree. It certainly didn’t stop me from getting occasional error messages about an unrecognized USB device when I cradle my phone. The biggest change I’ve noticed so far is a jazzed-up version of the [...]

Very funny video on YouTube, apparently from some Scandinavian TV show. Look on top for the English subtitles.
Thanks for sending this to me, Dad.

A new week, already a new crazy error message. I got this one while trying to link a contact from my Business Contact Manager contacts to one of my Business Contact Manager accounts:

When I click Details, I get the text below. I’ve clicked Continue and Close (X) multiple times with no effect. I have to [...]

Microsoft has released add-ins for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 that add a Get Started tab to the Ribbon (the space formerly known as menu). They are free downloads, although Office validation is required.

I’ve been having such problems with Outlook 2007 on my desktop that I decided to uninstall the entire Office 2007 package and try again. While attempting to uninstall Microsoft Office Accounting 2007, I got this friendly note:

That’s the kind of message that makes even seasoned computer consultants say “holy crap!”
Fortunately, when I clicked OK, [...]

Microsoft came out with instructions for installing Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager on a server last September. It’s a great document, but (a) it was written for the Beta version of Outlook 2007 and hasn’t been updated to show that it also applies to the RTM version, and (b) more importantly, it has a [...]

What’s worth reading this month?

Adobe Acrobat and Acrobat Reader version 7 need patches
Review of 5 blogging platforms, including WordPress (which runs The Schlog)
Review of teeny, tiny Fujitsu notebook
“35 Things Every PC User Should Know,” most importantly:

How to secure your wireless network
Learning to use the Event Viewer
Troubleshooting wireless connectivity failures
Advanced utilities for do-it-yourself PC troubleshooters
Alternatives to [...]

Warning: This is long. Really long. Like 17,000+ words / 30+ pages long. You might not be able to take it all in one sitting. But I thought it was important to consolidate a lot of information into a single post.
Microsoft has a relatively new software bundle that they’re pushing hard. It’s called the Small [...]