The Outlook Expert

 

April 2010                                                                                                                             Volume 4, Number 1

 

In This Issue

·     Cleaning Up Your Mailbox

·     NEW Contacts Scrubber 4.0

·     Running Multiple Copies of Outlook

·     Uninstalling Outlook 2010

·     Remote Access Using TeamViewer and TightVNC

·     Going a Bit Gadget Crazy

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DataLink for Outlook
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Updater for Outlook
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Contacts Scrubber for Outlook
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TeamScope CRM Case Studies

How a Major Financial Services Company Met Its CRM Needs for Over 3000 Users with TeamScope CRM

How The Kelsey Group replaced an expensive and hard-to-use CRM system with TeamScope CRM

How Needham & Co is supporting their Investment Banking business using TeamScope CRM

Pollution Risk Services: Integrated Contact Management for Microsoft Outlook

 TeamWork Case Study

Arista Tubes: Improving the product development process through Outlook-integrated workflow

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Mailbox Spring Cleaning!

 

If you are like me, you tend to let your e-mails accumulate in your Inbox.  Eventually Outlook starts to run more slowly and you have a harder time finding e-mails due to the clutter. Fortunately help is on the way from How To Outlook:

 

NEW Contacts Scrubber 4.0

TeamScope is proud to announce the official release of Contacts Scrubber 4.0 which includes the following new features:

New Features

 

Support for Outlook 2010

 

Creates backup copy of all contacts

 

Enhanced Outlook integration features

 

Improved user interface

 

Additional filtering options

 

Automatic product update

 

New Outlook toolbar and ribbon bar

You can download the new release of Contacts Scrubber for Outlook by filling in this form:

Contacts Scrubber for Outlook 4.0 Download

And the download link will be automatically e-mailed to you.

Running Multiple Copies of Outlook

 

Have you ever wanted to have more than one copy of Outlook open at the same time?  Maybe one to access your Exchange server for business while another accessing your personal POP3 account?  If so, you are not alone and you can do this with Extra Outlook, a free tool that allows you to open several instances of Outlook at the same time, each running on a different Outlook Profile. We have had some intermittent issues with this web site, so we have posted a copy of the ExtraOutlook.zip in our download area. Once you download ExtraOutlook.zip and copy the EXE file to the directory of your choice, you just need to run it using a command line like this:

 

ExtraOutlook.exe "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\OUTLOOK.EXE"

 

This will work for Office 2007, but you will need to use this command line for Office 2003:

 

ExtraOutlook.exe "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11\OUTLOOK.EXE"

 

While we have successfully used this tool for several months, it is not without its problems and you should be aware of them before trying to use ExtraOutlook.  One issue you may run into, described here in more detail, involves Outlook add-ins which can become confused.  You also will want to be careful when sending an e-mail so you do not confuse the different instances of Outlook since you might send a business e-mail from your personal e-mail account and vice verse. In any case, please use this tool at your own risk since TeamScope has not tested it thoroughly, but it is so valuable when you do need it that we thought we should mention it.

 

One last thing, you can also find out more about the technical details here.

 

Uninstalling Outlook 2010

Many of you may be trying out the beta release of Outlook 2010 but may find that you need to uninstall it and return to an earlier release of Outlook. Unfortunately the steps are not straight forward for doing this, but it turns out the folks at Microsoft have provided detailed instructions for removing Outlook 2007 and these steps appear to work for Outlook 2010 as well:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928218/en-us

Remote Access using TeamViewer and TightVNC


At TeamScope we have several computers that need to be accessed by ourselves and our partners for testing purposes, computers that host several virtual machines with various combinations of Windows operating systems and versions of Microsoft Office. In the past we used Windows XP Professional which included Remote Desktop, but this product is not included with the lower end Vista and Windows 2007 versions and it requires changes to the router in order to allow a single workstation to be remotely accessed. While we have tried a couple products, such as LogMeIn, the one we like the most is TeamViewer which comes in a free version for non-commercial use as well as a paid version for commercial use.

 

If the commercial use price of TeamViewer is more than you can afford, TightVNC is a well known and highly recommended product plus it is FREE.  See the recent PC Magazine The Best Free Software of 2010 for more details. Note that unlike TeamViewer and LogMeIn you will have to configure your firewall and router to use TightVNC and in our testing it runs a bit slower than TeamViewer and Windows Remote Desktop.

 

Going a bit gadget crazy


Recently I went on vacation and this prompted me to go a bit gadget crazy.  While I have yet to take the plunge and purchased an Android or Windows Mobile device that would allow me to use a remote desktop tool to access my desktop version of Outlook, a requirement I have sine all of TeamScope’s products run on the full copy of Outlook, I did decide to get a couple other devices and though I would share my choices.

Sansa Clip +4GB MP3 Player
This tiny device has really good sound, and when my trusty 2GB Sansa player stopped connecting to my computer I needed to upgrade. The thing that finally sold me on this device was its ability to support up to 16GB of additional memory via a microSD card which brings the total capacity to 20GB.  This will allow me to store my entire music collection, both CD and vinyl, on a single device that is smaller than a matchbook!

 

Kensington 16GB Multi-kit/Mobility Kit

To go with my new Sansa Clip player I went all out and purchased this 16GB microSD chip with the various adapters so that I can load music directly to the chip from my laptop or desktop.  For a total of $100, why not have all the music you have ever purchased plus plenty of room to download audio books, podcasts and music you download from YouTube, etc.?

 

Flip Pure Digital U2120W

I had been thinking about getting one of these super small HD video cameras for awhile, but thought they were a bit pricey.  While the normal price for this camera is about $150, occasionally Tech For Less offers daily specials and I was able to get this camera for $99.  Now I check the site everyday to see if there is a real good deal like this.

 

Bing and TigerDirect
I also recently purchased a Toshiba 26” LCD television and a I-Inc 28” LCD monitor both for under $300 each using TigerDirect, which was 15% off the already low price due to the Bing Cashback program. If you use the above link, you see the results of a Bing search for “TigerDirect” and an ad will be displayed giving you a percentage discount.  This discount seems to vary depending on the time of day and day of week, with the deepest discounts being in the middle of the night mid-week, so keep refreshing your browser.  When you click the ad you will go to TigerDirect’s web site and then you can search for products with the Bind Cashback amount calculated whenever a price is displayed.

 

 

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