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IMPORT AND EXPORT OPTION IN OUTLOOK EXPRESS

EXPORTING FILES FROM OUTLOOK EXPRESS

If for some reasons you wanted to change computers from old to new, but you have lots of emails and contacts from your email client (outlook express) and wanted them to be transferred to your new pc, these are the steps in doing such.

1. Open Microsoft Outlook Express

2. Click on File on top left

3. Select Import and Export option

4. Select Export to a file, then Next

5. Select the folder to export from:

Choose: -Personal Folders then

Check the box Include Subfolders then Next

6. Save exported files as:

Click Browse, select Desktop (your destination folder and for easier access in importing later)

Then select the first option replace duplicates with items exported,

7. Click Finish

IMPORTING FILES FROM OUTLOOK EXPRESS

You have to perform exporting files first before doing this, or if you have .pst files somewhere, you can go ahead and follow these steps:

1. Open Microsoft Outlook Express

2. Click on File then Import and Export

3. Select Import from another program or file, then Next

4. Select file type to import from:

Select Personal Folder File (.pst), then Next

5. Click Browse, select pst files from the external hard drive or from any location where you saved the exported files, then Next

6. Select Personal Folders, then check the box “Include Subfolders”

Select Import Items into the same folder in…

In dropdown menu select Personal Folders

7. Click Finish

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Toshiba Satellite Disassembly

I had a rough time disassembling Toshiba Satellite A200 with the link I created with this post. When I checked this site, I'd say, this is incomplete! And decided to create a post so I have a reference in the future (but that will come later since I have to deal with the Toshiba). The problem of the laptop I'm working with is it's VGA port is not working. When an external monitor is connected to it, you cannot see anything on the other monitor. Even if you set the correct settings. So I decided to open it and perhaps reseat the cables. And so I did. I had a rough time since when I'm checking the net, there are no how to's for removing the keyboard, then the keyboard bezel and everything inside. Accidentally I removed the bezel, and everything falls into proper place. This is chicken and so I thought. I reseat the cables of the VGA port, and it is not part of the mobo so if this is broken, we can replace. To my dismay when the computer is running again, the VGA is still not working. When I finally checked the site, there are pages 2-4 to look at, adding to my dismay. I was figuring out what to do next when I haven't seen those pages when in fact they are there to give support. To you man who posted the troubleshooting steps, thank you so much.

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Vertical Lines on the Monitor

A friend of mine was very irritated when suddenly a 2-inches black vertical line on the left side of his laptop appeared. He don't know why this happened and don't know the solution either to remove it. Then so I checked his laptop on what's happening.
1. In normal mode, the line is visible, but still the area where the black vertical line superimposed is still visible.
2. When I restarted the pc and checked in safe mode if the line is still there: the line is showing.
3. I went to the BIOS if the line is still there: no surprise, it's still there.
4. I connected an external monitor to the laptop and check if there are vertical lines on the monitor: none.
My conclusion, even without reinstalling the OS or the drivers, it is definitely an LCD problem. It needs replacement.
Now, there are some scenarios that might occur with the vertical lines:
1. If for some reason you choose to do #4, and there are vertical lines externally, that means there might be a problem with the driver or the video card.
2. If you perform #1, but there are no lines in #2 premise, then reinstallation of video card driver needs to be performed.
3. I hope I was clear.
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HOW TO ADD VIDEO DOWNLOADER IN FIREFOX

The operating system of my computer is XP Home, and I’m using Mozilla Firefox for browsing the internet. Someone told me to download the latest flash player so that once I go to http://youtube.com, I can download the videos from there. Something like a shot-out will come out once you move the mouse over the video and lets you download it. They even further instructed me to download the video category of flash player and not the audio . And so I did but to no success. I tried another alternative and it just worked:

Go to Mozilla toolbar. Click on Tools, then click on "Add-Ons," then "Get Add-ons". Type this into the search bar, “video downloadhelper”. Downloadhelper is one word, no spaces in between. Then install this software into your computer. The default setting for this add-on is only for video download. If you want to use this for picture download, check the internal settings of your add-on. Am trying other sites aside from youtube if this add-on is ok: and it works just fine.

You can install a converter from this add-on also if you want to download the video then convert it automatically to an extension file that you wanted to use. It's so easy like counting 123...

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WHAT’S IN STORE FOR INTERNET EXPLORER 8?

My Acer Aspire 4310 (a very old laptop) went through a lot of operating system reinstallation. My co-worker even noticed that I’m doing a lot of work (meaning a lot of opened application / window at the same time) using Intel Celeron proc (multitasking) but the speed is still ok. This might be a scenario where not all Celeron proc fails when a lot of windows are opened at the same time. I said, I could be a reason (the user) why the laptop is not hanging or something (hahaha). With windows XP, it’s perfect, with windows Vista, though, it lags for a second or two. Anyway, I just recently installed IE8 for my newly installed XP Pro SP3. So what’s new about IE8?

I don’t know if these features are included with IE7, but let me tell you anyways. 1. You can turn on/off your “SUGGESTED SITES” or mostly visited sites. 2. SmartScreen Filter is strengthening for your protection against malicious software, fraudulent websites and online phising scams. 3. InPrivate browsing that it will not leave any traces of your internet activity, so no histories. 4. Accelerator lets you map directions, translate words, email your friends, etc with a simple clicks; and 5. Search Suggestion, to which it will display possible search keywords.

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Difference between Hubs, Switches, Routers and Modem

In layman’s term, these words are sometimes interchanged; sometimes we are talking about the hub when we meant the switch and so on. These are all devices being used for networking: a collection of computers and its peripherals connected physically using a cable or wireless. Imagine a PC connected to the internet using a MODEM, wired. You can’t connect using no MODEM to DSL line. We are not talking about DIAL-UP connection either. MODEM used in DIAL-UP is different for DSL connections, don’t be confused. That is basic, ayt. Now let us connect another PC but the modem has only one port. So we use a ROUTER. The 2 computers are now connected wired to the ROUTER and then the router is connected to the MODEM and the MODEM to the telephone port. If you want to connect those 2 computers wireless, you can do so since the ROUTER is capable for wireless connections. Any number of computers can connect to it wireless but for wired connections, the maximum is 8 PC, most commonly ROUTERS have 4 ports. The signal speed will be the same for the entire PCs. Where is the HUB? You can replace the HUB to the ROUTER from the above setting. HUBs have 4,8 or more ports so PC’s can be connected to it, unfortunately, the more number of computers connected to it, the speed of the internet connection will be lessen. And HUBs don’t have wireless capabilities.
What if there are like 20 PC’s for office set-up? Use a switch. FYI we now have a MODEM-ROUTER in one device. It functions as a modem and router at the same time. Instead of purchasing 2 devices, you can now purchase only 1 device. ...to end: count then share your blessings to others...

DELL mini 10v with SSD!

What’s new about DELL? They have this product, even smaller than HP Pavilion dv2-1030! It’s called Dell Mini 10v. For the specs, it has the Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz proc, etc. Please check on this catalog for more information. It is available mid-May 2009.

I’d rather talk about a feature this netbook has: SSD. What is that? It’s a Solid State Drive. What does it do? It stores information just like the usual HDD (hard drive) that laptops are using. HDD are called Electro-mechanical Disks in the field of IT. What is the difference between the 2? SSD is less fragile due to introduction of no moving parts, unlike the other one. In addition to that, SSD has no mechanical delays so processing time is well improved. Reading and writing on the disk is far more excellent than the conventional HDD due to physical location of the data is negligible, thus creating no noise. What is more expensive? SSD. Lot of disadvantages are seen though, like it takes time to write, the writings on the HDD is up to 100,000 times only, and requires more power than the HDDs. As of the moment, the technology for SSD is still evolving. So check for news every now and then.

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Less than 4 lbs HP laptop: HP Pavilion dv2-1030

This laptop is the lightest ever made by HP for its line of Ultra-Portable Pavilion Notebooks, notably less than 4 lbs, 3.95 lbs to be exact. I’m going to love this product, especially I am always on the go, and I can carry the laptop with me. You’ll never know the urgency of creating post anytime of the day (I prefer to use notebooks than mini’s). The screen is measured 12.1 inches only, with a big heart of processor: AMD Athlon Neo Processor for Ultrathin Notebooks MV-40. This type of processor incorporates the dual-core technology with a speed of 1.6GHz (wait, correct me if this is a real new pc from HP), and it can accommodate Windows XP even!It has the SuperMulti 8 DVD+/-R/RW DL support CD-ROM drive (and not the slot-load drive that's more seen with apple computers, oh no its not Blue-ray), so you will not worry if the CD is stuck inside, by manually pressing the hole you can open the drive. The operating system is a genuine Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit with service Pack 1. FYI for 64-bit OS, the minimum RAM is 4GB; unfortunately there is only 1 memory slot. So upgrading the RAM requires 1 piece of 8GB RAM (good luck in finding one). The capacity is 320GB (good enough) with speed of 5400 RPM Sata hard drive. Other specs that should not be forgotten is its capabilities to do wireless connections and the built-in camera that is as good as 1.3MP.

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Difference between dedicated and shared graphics card

What a question. I remember hearing those words when I’m still working at Dell Philippines (so bad that this badge site of Dell in Philippines was bought by a BPO company. Now it owns by Teleperformance. Turning back, a dedicated graphics card has its own graphics chip attached to the card itself. They come usually with 3 basic types of add in cards namely PCI, AGP, and PCI-Express cards. It has its own memory that whatever the video card is doing, the memory of the system will not be altered or decreased. An example of this kind is shown.

For a shared graphics card, the memory being used by it is being borrowed from the system memory. Meaning, if much is being used by the graphics card like for example playing an extensive video game, your computer might go slow or the resolution will not be that good. If asked what is best to use, a dedicated graphics card because it doesn't borrow memory from the system, so your computer will neither run faster nor slower when extensive video editing or playing is happening on the pc.

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