Recurring meeting has been declined!

A recent Outlook user, trying to book a non-recurring meeting, received this error: “Giant Conference Room has declined your meeting because it is recurring. You must book each meeting separately with this resource.” But, it was non-recurring!!! This error comes about when multiple users have the same resource open, in this case a conference room, [...]

MAPI32.DLL wrong version or corrupt

One of my clients recieved the error message “MAPI32.DLL wrong version or corrupt“ a few months ago, after trying Outlook 2007 and reverting back to Outlook 2003. The fix was simpler than expected… With Outlook closed, browse on over to C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\MSMAPI\1033 and rename the MSMAPI32.DLL file. Open Outlook again and the MSMAPI32.DLL file will be replaced with [...]

Microsoft Learning Snacks

You may have guessed it already, but they’re bite-sized videos for learning quite a few of Microsoft’s products. Click here for a full list of what’s available, all that is required is Silverlight for viewing. I’m currently watching the eleven videos for Windows 7, part of my studies for an upcoming certification exam, and they’ve [...]

Outlook Links Don’t Work

One of my customers recently had an issue with broken links in all his Outlook e-mail. Any link that was present in the body or subject would not work, only giving the cryptic message: “This operation has been cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer.” Turned out to be an issue with an [...]

TechNet Subscription

Any Windows IT guy/gal worth their salt should have a TechNet subscription. The download-only version (the one to get) at $349 for the first year and $249 for annual renewal, is an incredible bargain. As a subscriber you get a huge array of non-expiring Microsoft software covering all their operating systems (including DOS), applications, server software and [...]

Recovering Deleted Mail in Outlook

Disclaimer: This is only for those using Exchange (and always backup your registry before editing). So you’ve hit Shift-Delete on a mail item or perhaps even setup a POP account on a system that totally drains all of your messages from your Inbox. Don’t fret, highlight the folder in question, go to Tools > Recover [...]

Three Free Utilities

Everyone carries around a USB drive these days with a variety of utilities, these three have been very useful in the recent past. CPU-Z – A great utility to find out what kind of memory is installed in a system. This is especially useful when a system is a plain box with out a service [...]

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