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Delete specific email from O365 mailboxes

January 4, 2017 Microsoft Geek

1. Connect to Exchange On-line From the PowerShell console on an Exchange 2010 server: $Cred = Get-Credential $s = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://ps.outlook.com/powershell -Credential $cred -Authentication Basic –AllowRedirection Import-PSSession $s Type in your Domain Admin credentials with username of <username>@domain.com Type in your Domain Admin credentials with username of domain\<username> Run this command: you will need the distribution […]

Category: Exchange Server 2007, Exchange Server 2010, Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Office 2007 Basics, PowerShell 101

Can’t remove additional Exchange mailboxes

March 30, 2016 Microsoft Geek

I’ve added some additional Exchange mailboxes to my account but now I can’t seem to remove them anymore in Outlook as they don’t show up in my account settings or the additional mailboxes list. Right clicking on a mailbox and choosing “Close <mailbox>” produces the error: “This group of folders is associated with an e-mail account. To remove the account, […]

Category: Exchange Server 2003, Exchange Server 2007, Exchange Server 2010, Exchange Server 2013, Office 2007 Basics, Office 2010 Basics

How to Create a Distribution List in Outlook 2007

November 1, 2012 Microsoft Geek

Open-up Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Click the drop-down arrow next to “New” (the same “new” you click when you want to create a new message), then select Distribution List You can also click Ctrl + Shift + L A new window will appear once you’ve clicked on “Distribution List” and from there you’ll select the contacts that you would like […]

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How to remove formatting marks from Outlook

October 30, 2012 Microsoft Geek

This will show you how to remove the formatting marks in MS Outlook 2007/2003. Issue example below: Look familiar? So, how does one fix this problem? Office 2007 1. Click your Office Button, then Editor Options. 2. Click “Display,” then uncheck “Show all formatting marks,” then click “OK.” 3. That’s all! Fixed! Office 2003 1. Click “Tools,” then “Options.” 2. […]

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How to Export your Outlook mailbox to a .PST file and add it to Outlook 2007 as a Personal Folder

October 2, 2012 Microsoft Geek

How to Export your Outlook mailbox to a .PST file and add it to Outlook 2007 as a Personal Folder Exporting to a .PST file: In Outlook got to File > Import and Export > Select Export to a file Click on Next. Choose the Personal Folder File (.pst) option Click on Next. In this screen make sure to highlight […]

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Shared Mailbox deleted and sent items separation

September 27, 2012 Microsoft Geek

Most of us who has used Shared Mailbox in Microsoft Exchange environment, met with users complaints that emails which they sent a message using the shared mailbox account goes to Sent Items personal mailbox. This behavior is normal for example when we use Microsoft Outlook with a personal mailbox and automapped shared mailbox. Then when we delete or send message […]

Category: Office 2007 Basics, Office 2010 Basics

Unable to save MS Excel spreadsheets to a Windows Server 2008 network share

April 19, 2012 Microsoft Geek

Yesterday I had an end user call me from one of our branch offices, she said that they store their spreadsheets on a network share; \\server_name\folder_name They have this network share mapped as a network drive, so they open the folder location then open a spreadsheet they want to edit, when they try to save it by clicking on the […]

Category: General IT Stuff, Office 2007 Basics, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 /R2

How to Create a Vacation Away Message for (Almost) Any Email Account

December 1, 2011 Microsoft Geek

If you are heading out of town, you might want to put a note on your email to let people know where to contact you. Or just to let them know to contact somebody else while you’re away. Here’s how to setup a vacation responder for (almost) any email account. Setting Up a Vacation Responder When it comes to the […]

Category: General IT Stuff, Office 2007 Basics

MS Outlook still showing old dismissed reminders

November 22, 2011 Microsoft Geek

If MS outlook still shows reminders that were dismissed previously then you will need to manually remove them. click on Windows Start menu button > Click on Run and type: outlook.exe /cleanreminders This screenshot shows how you enter it, using the /cleanreminders switch as an example. Occasionally you’ll need to use the full path to Outlook, then the command line […]

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MS Excel files open extremely slow over the network

November 22, 2011 Microsoft Geek

Here’s the fix for slowness opening Excel 2003 files over the network. A customer recently complained that opening Excel 2003 files over the network drive was very slow and seemed to cause Excel to hang. If you took that same Excel file from the network drive and copied it to the local computer drive the slowness went away. A search […]

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