Monday, April 15, 2013

Steps To Install Microsoft Outlook 2003 Without Loosing Data


If you have been using Microsoft Outlook 2003 for a long time, there is good chance of having encountered a situation which would have demanded the re-installation of the operating system or at least of certain programs. Most of you might not be aware about the fact that you can re-install your MS Outlook 2003 application without loosing the previous email messages. How to go about it is what is detailed in this article.

Outlook help instructions

Before going ahead with these instructions make sure to keep the Microsoft Outlook 2003 installation disc handy.

  1. Start off by clicking on the “Start” button. 
  2. Point your mouse towards the “Control Panel” option and click it.
  3. From the control panel window, you need to select the option which says “Uninstall a Program” located under the “Programs” section.
  4. From the list of programs select the one which says “Microsoft Outlook 2003”.
  5. Hit the button labeled “Uninstall”.
  6. Confirm your choice by clicking the “Yes” button.
  7. Now you need to insert the Outlook 2003 installation disc to the CD/DVD drive of your computer.
  8. Wait for the AutoPlay window to appear. Select the option which says “Run setup.exe” option.
  9. Accept the terms and conditions by marking the respective check box located at the bottom of the window. Hit the “Next” button.
  10. You will be asked to enter the product key. Input the same in the respective text boxes. Hit the “Next” button.
  11. Select the “Install” button, and wait for the installation process to complete.
  12. Once it is done, open your Outlook application, and input all the required account information for adding your email account to Outlook. The information include your email address, password, incoming and outgoing server address etc.
  13. Select “File” from the top of the window. From the file menu, select “Open” and then “Outlook Data File”.
  14. Choose the “Outlook” file and hit the “Ok” button.
  15. Select “Tools” and from the tools menu choose “Email accounts”.
  16. From the newly opened window, select the option which says “View or Change Existing E-mail Accounts”. Hit the “Next” button.
  17. Select the drop down menu which you can see under “Deliver New E-mail  to the following location”, and then choose your previous Outlook folder. 
  18. Hit the “Finish” button.
  19. Restart your Outlook application to access the previous emails and address book.

That’s all the Outlook help instructions you will require to reinstall your Outlook 2003 without loosing your old email messages. You can get more help for Outlook problems in other articles in this website.

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Customizing Google Chrome Browser Settings


Google introduced the Chrome browser in to the computer market in the year 2008. The browser comes with several functions and enhanced features which provide you with wonderful browsing experience in almost all environments. This free browser application can be easily downloaded and installed on your computer. I think Chrome is the fast, secure, and simple Web Browser compared to the other third party Web browsers, including Mozilla Firefox. By default, Google chrome settings remain hidden, and you need to access the settings first to customize the default configuration settings according to your needs. This includes customizing the Google Chrome home page, passwords, etc.

This post details some customizing tips that will be very useful to you while making modifications to the settings within the Google Chrome web browser.

How to customize the Chrome Settings?

  • First of all, you need to launch the Google Chrome browser on the Windows machine. For this, double-click the Chrome icon on your desktop screen.
  • Now click on the wrench icon located at the top-right corner and choose the Settings option from the pull down menu.
  • Now enter chrome://settings/personal without any mistakes in the address bar and then press Enter.
  • Now click on the Basics option located on the left pane of the window to customize your Google Homepage. Here you can customize the taskbar and bookmark settings. Choose the particular option that you wish to change and make needful alterations in the configuration settings.
  • For customizing the buttons and also for synchronizing Google Chrome with your email account, you need to access the Personal Stuff option located at the left side. 
  • For changing Google themes, click on the Get Themes option and pick out one for your account, from the pre-installed themes list. 
  • For customizing the backend of Google Chrome browser, you have to select the option that reads Under the Bonnet. Here, you can customize the security settings concerning the browsing history and cookies.
  • For changing the location for the downloaded files, access the Change button located next to the default path.
  • After making the needful changes in the configuration settings, don’t forget to click the Save button. This will let you apply these changes effectively.

That’ all the points we had for customizing the Google Chrome settings. For more information on this, go through the FAQs given on the official website.