Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Outlook 2003 - Add another person's mailbox to your account

Useful exerpt from Microsoft on adding another person's mailbox to your Outlook 2003

"If you are a delegate and routinely respond to e-mail for someone else, you may want to add their mailbox to your account for quick access. You must have been granted at least reviewer permission to open their mailbox and see it in your Folder List.

  1. On the Tools menu, click E-Mail Accounts.
  2. Click View or change existing e-mail accounts, and then click Next.
  3. In the list, click the Exchange account type, and then click Change.
  4. Click More Settings, and then click the Advanced tab.
  5. Click Add, and then type the mailbox name of the person whose mailbox you want to add to your user profile. If you do not know the mailbox name of the person, contact your administrator."
Enjoy!

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Set new windows in IE7 to open in Tabs

Before internet explorer 7 came out, I used to use a product called "Collector" by Hiroshi Takahashi that came bundled with TeraTerm Professional Enhanced version http://ttssh2.sourceforge.jp/

It was meant to capture VT console windows into a single tabbed interface to make tracking them easier when remotely administering servers via telnet and ssh. I also used it to collect IE6 windows into a single tabbed interface.

Thanksfully, I no longer need to kludge together my own IE-based tabbed browser.

By default in IE7 tabs are enabled but pop-up links or requests for new browser sessions (ctrl-click) open a new window not a tab in the current active IE window.

To have new windows and pop-ups open new tabs by default:

1. Open IE7
2. Click Tools
3. Click Internet Options
4. Click Settings
5. Check the "Always open pop-ups in new tab" box
6. Click OK until you are back in your browser

You should now be able to click on links to pop-up windows or CTRL-click on a link and they will all open in tabs by default.

Enjoy!