Showing posts with label Outlook tech support. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Outlook tech support. Show all posts

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Securing Your Outlook With A Password

The Outlook 2007 is an exciting offering from Microsoft, which caters to the needs of home users as well as business professionals. What makes Outlook more interesting is the availability of features such as calendars, journals, address book, contacts, and so on. All these features on the Outlook make time spent on it worthwhile. A very important security feature in Outlook is the ability to secure Outlook with a password. Without the password, your personal folder file cannot be accessed. By following the below provided Outlook tech support guidelines, the Outlook can be secured with a password.

Instructions
  • Launch the Outlook 2007 and from the different menus that are present on the menu bar, and choose the File menu. Now choose the Data File Management option. In order to protect the personal file folder with a password, choose the personal file folder. Click the Settings button. Choose the Change Password button. Now the Change Password dialog box will appear before you.
  • If you have an old password, you have to enter it. In the New Password field, type in the new password. In the Verify Password field, type in the new password again. Now select OK. The Save This Password In Your Password List option should not be clicked, as access to your password will now be possible, and anyone can get hold of your personal file folder.
  • You have to close the Outlook 2007.
  • Access Outlook 2007, and your personal file folder has to be accessed. The password will be asked in order to gain access. If the password is successfully entered, the access will be granted to the personal file folder. If the password entered is wrong, access will not be granted to the personal file folder.
The new password has to be made a note of, and kept in a safe place, so that no one can get hold of it. If anyone gets access to the password, your personal file folder can be accessed, and your account will be compromised. By following the above-mentioned Outlook tech support guidelines, the Outlook can be secured with a password. If you have any doubts following the guidelines or need additional help, you may visit the Microsoft support website to resolve your doubts and queries. The Microsoft support website provides the best Outlook help required for your needs.

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Troubleshooting Errors With The Import/Export Engine

Microsoft Outlook is a utility tool that is primarily used as an email client, though it also serves as a calendar, a journal, a contacts manager etc. All these features, which are present in Outlook, make this program very useful for people who are constant users of Outlook services. An important feature of Outlook is that you can import and export mailbox data for sharing purposes as well as for keeping backups. However, like all the programs and software, which are available in the market, Outlook also suffers from timely glitches. Users who encounter any issues with Outlook or its services can generally contact Outlook tech support, which is a support service from Microsoft to help with their Outlook related problems.
The most common Outlook problem, which is faced by users, is the intrusion of an error message, which says, Cannot Start The Import/Export Engine. Well you can make use of the Office repair utility, which comes with the Microsoft Office package to fix the problem in hand. To make use of the Office utility, you have to follow certain steps.

Steps Involved
  • You have to make sure that you close any of the Office applications that are currently open. As you run the tool, all the Office applications have to be closed.
  • Into the CD ROM/DVD ROM which you have in your system, you will have to insert the Microsoft Office CD ROM. Make sure that you ignore any dialog box that pops up in your screen.
  • Now click on the Start button, which is present in the taskbar. From the list of programs, select the Control Panel option.
  • Now different icons will be present and you will have to choose the Add/Remove Programs option that is present.
  • Now the list of different programs, which are installed in your system, will be present. Now browse through and select the Microsoft Office entry. Now you will have to click on the Change/Repair button, which is present at the top of the window. Now select the option that says Repair Errors In Office Installation.
  • In order to complete the repair process, you will have to click on the required options, which the system will prompt you for.
  • When the repair process is complete, you will have to click on the Finish button.
  • Now you will have to reboot your system. Open the Outlook application again and you can see that the error message will not appear and you will be able to do your work without any issues.
These are the steps to follow to solve issues with the import/export engine. If you still have any issues with Outlook, you can contact Microsoft support forum to get further Outlook tech support and help.

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Tutorial To Transfer Data From MS Outlook 2007 And Into MS Outlook 2010


MS Outlook is a popular program, and is used by millions of users around the world. There are many versions of this program, with the Outlook 2010 being one of the latest to be released. If you were a user of the Outlook 2007 program, and now want to upgrade to Outlook 2010, you can do so without the need to remove any of the existing information in Outlook 2007.
In order to configure the Outlook settings, so as to transfer data from Outlook 2007 into MS Outlook 2010, follow this set of simple and easy instructions. You will only require a few minutes to finish off this procedure.

Guidelines to transfer information from Outlook 2007 to Outlook 2010
Start off the process to transfer data by opening the MS Outlook 2010 program on your computer.
Click on the “File” button located at top of the program window in order to open the File menu, and then choose the “Open” tab from this menu. Click on the “Import” option you will see there.
There will be list of actions displayed on the screen, and from these, select the “Import from another program or file” option. Click on the “Next” button to proceed to the next step.
Go to the list displaying the file types, and then highlight the “Outlook Data File (.pst)" file type, and then click on the “Next” button.
Click on the “Browse” button, and then choose the MS Outlook 2007 PST file you want to import. Click on the “Ok” button after selecting the Outlook PST file that you want to import.
Click on the “Next” button, and then if prompted by the system, type in the security password for the MS Outlook 2007 PST file.
You can select the location where you want to store the imported information. In order to select the location, take the help of the drop down menu displayed at the bottom of the window, and then click on the “Finish” button to finish off the process.
These are the instructions recommended by the Outlook tech support team that you need to follow in order to transfer the information from Outlook 2007 to MS Outlook 2010. As you can clearly see, these instructions will help you to configure the Outlook settings, and these can be done within a few minutes.