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Outlook search was broken in Office 2007 - nothing to do w/ the OS as far as I know. (My office is still on XP.)
The search functionality that used to be accessible from the taskbar is now filed under something arcane like Tools-->Advanced Search-->Instant Find. (There may be a way to customize the taskbar, but it's not available in my corporate installation and it drives me maaaaaad.)
I can find the search function but what I can't do is get it to search subfolders. So in personal folders, I can search anything that's loose in that folder (nothing) but none of the chain of subfolders (hundreds) that follow.
It's a nightmare. If I remember very specifically what project I was working on and when something came up, I can go to that subfolder. But if it's more like "okay, Nancy sent me some good material on OSHA EMR ratings for something around 2007, maybe an oil company" I have to dig through a dozen folders that might apply to. And then if was an auto company instead I'm screwed anyway. Previously I could just type in EMR and search them all at once and get a reasonable number of hits to sort through and pinpoint something.
Passive-aggressive SSIDs: [link]
That's awesome, Tom.
Thanks, all, for the Win 7 enablement. By the way, I should have posted this earlier, but the $30 Win 7 deal is available to anyone with an .edu email account. Try this: [link]
AT&T Readying For the End of Analog Landlines
"AT&T, in response to a Notice of Inquiry released by the FCC to explore how to transition to a purely IP-based communications network, has declared that it's time to cut the cord. AT&T told the FCC that the death of landlines is a matter of when, not if, and asked that a firm deadline be set for pulling the plug. In the article, broadband internet and cellular access are considered to be available to everyone, though many Americans are still without decent internet access."
No! Don't take my landline!
What will fax machines do then? Do they work over VOIP?
Yeah, let me be clear! Broadband internet and cellular access is most certainly not available to everyone!
Although, in my case, landline is not available to me either, so...
Oh, but fax does work over VOIP. I'm pretty sure that was my setup one of these configurations ago.
Yeah, my entire office is VOIP and our fax machines still work.
one could also use a fax service like maxemail to send and receive faxes. I think K7 is free.