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Out of Office Rule in Microsoft Outlook 2003

Microsoft Outlook 2003 allows users to set rules and run them according to requirement. Some of the rules are conditional while some are used regularly. “Out of Office” auto reply is one of the rules that the users can customize as per their requirements and apply them to respond to the emails while they are unable to access email or they are out of office.  Below is the procedure to set up out of office auto reply rule using Microsoft Outlook 2003. Creating a template In order to create an auto reply, the...

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Best Free 5 Digital Image Viewers

What are Digital Image Viewers and why do we need them? As the name suggests, digital image viewers are image viewing applications which comes with various capabilities depending on the manufacturer. There are situations when you need to view, resize, recolor, edit or rename and when tired, delete images. This is when Digital Image Viewers come in handy.

What Are The Best Free Digital Image Viewers?

Digital image viewers come with different functions and have different capabilities. And 5 particularly stand out from the rest.

PhotoScape 3.5

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5 Audio & Video software

XMedia Recode XMedia Recode is a user friendly All-In-One audio and video converter tool. Convert DVD, AVI, MP4, 3GP, WMV, ASF, MKV, etc. Applicable on most devices like iPod, iPhone, Samsung, SonyEricsson, Zune, PSP, Blackberry, LG, etc. Plus English language setting available. It could be a tool for re-ripping BR sources down to a better size. Some features:

o        Ability to device profiles

o        A user friendly interface.

o        Videos could be previewed prior to encoding.

o        Custom profiles

o        Increased speed

o        Frequently updated.

o        Free of...

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I want to purchase a monitor but I am confused on what to buy. Should I go for an LCD or a LED monitor? What are the difference between the two? Which is better in terms of day-to-day usage and in terms of gaming purpose? Please enlighten me. Thanks.

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What is Virtual Private Network (VPN)?

VPN enables you to connect network resources from one network to another. Through VPN, we can create a secured link between a private network (such as corporate office's network) through a public network (Internet). It uses particular TCP/IP protocol called Tunneling method, which provides similar protection and characteristics with a private network through Internet or through another public network. The information is transmitted using a routing infrastructure. Using VPN and Internet connection, you can login to your secured private network anywhere. VPN also allows companies to link to other company’s network or to its...

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DHCP Server on Windows Server 2008

What is DHCP Server Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Server, when deploy on the network, automatically assigns IP address to clients computers. Through DHCP option, we can provide additional configuration parameter such as DNS servers, WINS servers and routes information to client’s computers. Why to use DHCP? All computers, systems and network devices on the TCP/IP network that interact to each other require an IP address. System administrator then can assign an IP address to each network resources manually. If your organization is large enough and having multiple geographical presence, then it would be a nightmare...

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Server Roles on Windows Server 2008

A server; whether member or domain-based server, can play different roles depending upon the requirement in a corporate environment. Servers can be configured as an Active Directory server, DNS, and DHCP server for administration and securing AD structure, or configure it as a Web server for hosting different sites. Windows server 2008 provides a single console from where we can install, configure, or uninstall various server roles. Server Manager (installed by default when you install the OS) provides the single point console for configuring server roles and features on the server. Why use Server Manager? Server...

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What is Windows Internet Name Service (WINS)?

The Windows Internet Service (WINS) works the same as DNS to resolve computer NetBIOS name into IP addresses. While DNS is a universally accepted methodology, WINS is designed for Windows server to add some extra functionality with DNS. WINS is designed to provide NetBIOS name resolution information in a TCP/IP network. All Windows OS flavor support DNS names in addition to NetBIOS names and WINS support clients that use NetBIOS. How WINS works?
  • Client computer sends a request for a name resolution to the WINS server. If the WINS server has its information stored in...

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Disk Management in Windows 7

Microsoft has brought Windows 7 is the latest operating systems for home and professional use and it comes with new and advanced features. Some of the main features that Windows 7 has facilitated its users are the mixed environment of Server and Client where the advanced users can apply permission settings to folders and basic users can enjoy the user friendly GUI and multimedia options. Disk Management utility has been one of many important features offered by Microsoft in its operating systems. Microsoft Windows 7 Disk Management has an improved GUI with more advanced features...

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Learning SQL 2005 with SQL management studio Introduction: SQL server 2005 is a very flexible and handy tool for DB administrator and developers. Nowadays it is not just that you can create databases with SQL server but there are several other programming tasks, administrative tasks and maintenance tasks that you can perform with SQL server 2005. The most common tasks related to databases include database creation, DB backups, Restoration and replication. In this article we will be covering the following topics related to SQL server 2005:

  • Creating a new Database along with tables.
  • Taking backup of an existing Database.
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