Charles Socci IT and Stuff

I’ve been using the free Solar Winds Exchange monitoring tool to keep an eye on my Exchange 2003 backend. Solarwinds has released a free tool to monitor ESX servers. Note this free tool will only monitor one server – if you want the full deal you have to pay for the monitoring suite. These instructions [...]

I’m not a fan of Outlook. I think it is bloated, slow, and prone to any number of issues. That’s me. I like a nice, compact, fast email client that lets me get through all my email quickly. I’ve always liked Outlook Express and wondered why more people don’t pay any attention to it.
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Recently I tried to export to a .csv from Outlook. Outlook kept crashing. I tried on another machine, same thing. I had another admin try on his computer, and his crashed too. I found a lot online about software conflicts and plug-ins. None of these applied. I tried Outlook safe mode, still crashed.
The answer was [...]

I’ve had my own sites for quite a while and been through many experiences hosting my sites with various hosing companies. By and large you get what you pay for. Many are very cheap, and if you can do it yourself, they provide a very inexpensive way to maintain your little piece of the Internet.
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