Micro2000 Tech Tips - Some Useful Tips!

Micro2000 Tech Tips - Some Useful Tips!:

Some Useful Tips!

Compact Your Outlook Data Files

Even after deleting old and unnecessary e-mail from the Delete Items folder, the file size may still stay the same. This means that you need to manually compact the file. Because of the many different versions of Outlook, these instructions may vary, but this will work for the latest versions.

1. Make sure the Folder List showing. If it's not, from the View menu, click Folder List
2. From the Folders list in the left pane, right-click on Personal Folders toward the top
3. Select Properties For Personal Folders
4. Click the Advanced button
5. Then click Compact Now

Doing this helps eliminate deleted item space and recover space on your hard drive.
Reducing Viruses in E-Mail

Did you know that you can greatly reduce the amount of viruses you might get through e-mail attachments by simply installing the free Outlook Email Attachment Security Update from Microsoft? Since most viruses come through email, doing this will just about eliminate them. Of course, this should not take the place of having a good anti-virus program installed on your system.

This update strips out any attachments that automatically run on their own when you click on them.

Examples of restricted extensions are: .exe, .com, .bat, .vbs, .scr

This works for Outlook 98 and 2000. Outlook XP and 2003 already has this feature built in as part of the product.

Before you download the update, get more info.

Download from Microsoft
Before you do this, think about the types of attachments you receive that are legitimate. If you actually want to receive files with the restricted extensions, keep in mind that this tool will block those items as well.
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