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Why is winmail.dat blocked? What is winmail.dat?
Email users sometimes find that they receive email messages with a strange file attached, called winmail.dat. When they attempt to open this file, either it can’t be opened at all, or it contains “garbage” data. The situation causing this is that people are using several different email client programs to receive, read, and send email. Unfortunately, [...]
Continue reading...What is DriveCleaner? and How to Remove it.
12. July 2007
Over the last few days, Empower has seen for some reason a large increase in requests for removal of DriveCleaner. Therefore, I thought I would do a post on what it is, why IT IS VERY BAD, and how to get rid of it. DriveCleaner is a program designed to delete temporary internet files, cookies, most recently used [...]
Continue reading...Tips to properly manage your email account
23. April 2007
1. Using just one email account. Individuals new to email often think about their email account like they do their home address, you only have one home address, so you should only have one email. Instead, you should think about your email address like you do your keys, while it may be okay to use the [...]
Continue reading...What’s The Difference Between Spyware And A Virus?
3. April 2007
What's the difference between spyware and a virus? Spyware and viruses are both forms of unwanted or malicious software, sometimes called “malware.” You need to protect yourself from both.
Continue reading...Howto: Restore Exchange 2003 data using the Recovery Storage Group
12. February 2007
The Recovery Storage Group (RSG) feature in Exchange 2003 allows you to mount a second copy of an Exchange mailbox store on any Exchange server in the same Exchange Administrative Group as the original, while the original store is still running and serving clients. This allows you to recover data from an older backup copy of the store without disturbing client access to current data. After the RSG is created and one or more stores are added to it, you can restore online backup sets to it. Then use the Exchange Server 2003 version of Microsoft Exchange Mailbox Merge Wizard (Exmerge.exe) to extract mailbox data from the stores into .PST files, and optionally merge the extracted data back into the online stores.
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