Tech Tips: How to install Exchange Management Tools for Exchange 2007 on Vista

1. Download Windows PowerShell for Windows Vista from
   http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/management/powershell/download.mspx

2. Run the installation package to install Windows PowerShell.

3. From the Start menu, open the Windows Vista Control Panel and then open the Programs and Features applet.

4. In the Tasks area, click Turn Windows features on or off.

5. Expand Internet Information Services, expand Web Management Tools, and then expand IIS 6 Management Compatibility.

6. Select the checkboxes for IIS 6 Management Console and IIS 6 Metabase and IIS 6 configuration compatibility, and then click OK.

7. Download Exchange 2007 Management Tools from Microsoft website, make sure to select the correct version based on your OS as well as the type of Processor whether it's 32bit or the 64bit version and install it. 32-bit version is available here:
   http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6BE38633-7248-4532-929B-76E9C677E802&displaylang=en
   

For more info about Microsoft Exchange Server requirement, visit this link: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa996719.aspx

Tech Tips: Outlook 2007 Offline Address Book not showing the latest records

I don't know about you but I have this problem where Outlook 2007 stopped getting the latest entries.

Scenarios:

• Webmail OWA is able to check and resolved the new names and email (which means AD is working just fine)

• Re-downloading the address book via Outlook > Tools > Send and Receive > Download Address Book didn't work

Solutions: (in Windows Vista)

1. Close the Outlook
2. Go root drive C:\Users\Your_Login_Name\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook and delete all the .oab files (back them up if you want
3. Restart Outlook and voila, you'll see the latest records!
   

Tech Tips: Playing music from iPod without iTunes

Let's just say you have the iTunes where you sync your music installed in your home computer and your company IT policy does not allowed you to install any other software as well having music files in the laptop other than the business applications. What would you do to put yourself to sleep or just plainly listen to your music via the laptop speakers?

Fret not, go download Pod Player and have your problem solved immediately... and it's FREE!

(www.ipodsoft.com)