Technical Tips & Tricks

Problem Emails sometimes get stuck in your outbox in Outlook. Cause A message can get stuck if it includes an attachment that’s too large for some email servers to handle. (For example, your workplace /email providers might limit the size of email messages you can send or receive.) Sometimes Outlook can’t send your messages because your email server is off-line or your mail client (you) are offline. Solution Put Outlook in off-line mode and delete the offending email. To do this go to Click File-> Work Offline. Restart Outlook. Delete the offending E-mail. Put Outlook back into on-line mode by clicking File > Work Online. 14 Jan windows Microsoft Outlook error when opening hyperlinks Posted in Microsoft Office, Outlook by Jonathan Brasseur [1 Comment] Problem When trying to open hyperlinks within an email while using Microsoft Outlook, you receive the message “Cannot complete this operation due to restrictions on this computer. Contact system administrator.” Solution Click “St...

Problem Outlook shows the message “we didn’t find anything to show here.” when looking in a folder that shows unread items. Cause The views in outlook can become unresponsive causing it to not display the emails. Solution Reset the view in outlook Open outlook and select the folder you are having issues with. On outlook ribbon click “View” Under current view category, click the Reset View

Problem There are times, when working on an Office document, that you might forget where you saved the file. If you need to find out where the currently open document is located, you can use Save As to find out. However, there is a quicker way. Solution You can display the location of the currently open Office document on the Quick Access Toolbar. To do this follow these steps: 1. Open any document or a blank document in Word and click the FILE tab. 2. Click Options at the bottom of the options list on the left. 3. On the Word Options dialog box, click Quick Access Toolbar in the options list on the left. 4. To narrow the choices in the list of commands and make it quicker to find the desired option, select Commands Not in the Ribbon from the Choose commands from drop-down list. 5. Scroll down in the list of commands until you find the Document Location command. Select it and click Add to add it to the Quick Access Toolbar. You can move the Document Location command to a different loca...

Problem On Windows 7, you are unable to connect to the Internet and see the following message: “Error 651: The Modem (or other connecting device) has reported an error.” Solution Try the following: Reset TCP/IP Settings. If using a Laptop, make sure the wireless switch or button is turned on. Replace the RAS PPPoE driver: Open a Command Prompt as Administrator. Select all the code below, then right click it and click Copy: TAKEOWN /F "C:\Windows\system32\drivers\raspppoe.sys" ICACLS "C:\Windows\system32\drivers\raspppoe.sys" /grant administrators:F Right click in the Command Prompt window and click Paste. Press Enter. Once it has finished, close the Command Prompt. Go to the following folder: C:\Windows\system32\drivers Rename the raspppoe.sys file to raspppoe2.sys Right click on the following file and click Save Target As / Save link as: Vista RAS PPPoE Driver. Save it in the C:\Windows\system32\drivers folder. Restart the computer.

Problem The laptop can’t connect to wireless networks and does not display any other networks. Cause The wireless network card has not been enabled. Solution Toshiba Laptop Hold the FN key down (which is located in the bottom left of the keyboard) and press F8. Hi-Grade Hold the FN key down and press F11 or F10. In general, the concept is the same but each machine will use different function keys for the wireless signal. The best way is to look for a icon that represents a wireless signal with a antenna.

Problem You try to access the Internet and you get the error message “Windows has detected an IP address conflict”. Cause An IP address conflict occurs when two computers on a LAN (Local Area Network) or the Internet have been assigned the same IP address. IP conflicts usually occur if static IP addresses have been set up incorrectly. Two computers normally render each other and this makes them unusable on the network. Solution Click Start. Type cmd in the search box, right click the cmd that appears and click ‘Run as administrator’. Type ipconfig /release and press Enter. Type ipconfig /renew and press Enter. Type exit and press Enter.

Problem Internet Explorer has come up with an error code. Cause/Solution Look down in the Table below and you will find a explanation to what’s happened and what you can do should this error occur: Error Code What it means and Solution? HTTP 400 “The webpage cannot be found.” It has connected to the server but the Website cannot be loaded (URL). this often happens when the web address isn’t typed correctly. Check spelling and try again. HTTP 403 ″The website declined to show this web page” Internet Explorer is able to connect to the website but doesnt have permissions to view the webpage due to: Insufficient Admin rights – contact the administrator if you should be able to view it The content on the web page hasn’t been configured properly on their server – contact the Administrator. The web address doesn’t have a default address or you cannot view directory listings (you cannot view files in the web folder). To fix this check and type the correct web page address and if it’s still n...