Outlook Can’t Open Item

Originally uploaded by BernieC
Lately I have seen a couple of instances where Outlook will no longer open new incoming mail messages. In stead of opening or displaying any portion of the message you simply get a pop-up box that states “Can’t Open Item“.  I am not certain what has been causing the change to [...]

Disabling Balloon Tips In Windows

One of my personal annoyances is all the little pop -up notifications coming from the system tray in the lower right hand corner of Windows computers.  These little pop-ups are called balloon tips and can give you notification for almost anything (my favorite is the ever popular: “You just printed something!”).  Anyway – my first [...]

Remotely Enable Remote Desktop On A LAN

Working remotely from client sites I frequently need access to their desktop to repair or review items.  There are many different methods I use to connect with most clients including remote desktop (RDP) connections and frequently WebEx.  While WebEx works well for interacting with the user there are situations where I will need to make [...]