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Upgrading to Outlook 2010

Planning to upgrade to Outlook 2010? This guide contains a lot of preparation and other information to get yourself ready before you double click on that setup.exe file.

Aside from the preparation steps, this guide informs you about what to expect when you start Outlook 2010 for the first time after you upgraded and how to troubleshoot several issues you may encounter during or after the installation.

Furthermore, for those of you who need some transition time, you'll find a Ribbon-Customization-file in this guide to make the Outlook interface look similar to the one found in Outlook 2007. Continue reading: Upgrading to Outlook 2010


Junk E-mail Filter updates for June 2010

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New Junk E-mail Filter definitions have been made available for Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007.

Download: Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Junk Email Filter (KB983503)
Download: Update for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Junk Email Filter (KB983486)

If you have Windows Update configured to also update other Microsoft applications, then this update will also also be offered via Windows Update or has already been updated automatically for you.


OutlookTools 2.3 released

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A new version of OutlookTools has been released. OutlookTools 2.3 has been updated to comply with the changes in Outlook 2010. It is still compatible with previous versions of Outlook as well of course.

OutlookTools is a support and advanced settings tool for Microsoft Office Outlook created by HowTo-Outlook. It gives you easy access to Outlook settings and data folders and allows you to change settings that are normally only possible through the registry.

Main Program Features

  • Easy access to Outlook settings and data folders.
  • Easy access to troubleshooting tools.
  • Start Outlook with a startup switch.
  • Clear the Most Recently Used lists.
  • Make the New Mail Alert stay up for longer than 30 seconds.
  • Unblock attachments.

Development for OutlookTools 3.0 is well underway as well, introducing lots of new features.
OutlookTools is free to use, but you can support its development by making a donation.

Download: OutlookTools 2.3


Business Contact Manager 2010 RTM available on TechNet and MSDN

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If you are an MSDN or TechNet subscriber, you can now also download the RTM release of Business Contact Manager (BCM) 2010. The download is available in both in the 64-bit and 32-bit edition and in many languages.

In addition, the database tool for BCM 2010 has been released as well. With this tool you can run the database of BCM on a remote server, share data and backup and restore the database.

BCM 2010 is bundled with the Office Standard 2010 and Office Profession Plus 2010 Suites.


Add football (soccer) FIFA World Cup schedule to your Calendar

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If you are a football/soccer fan, you are probably looking forward to the upcoming Word Cup in South Africa.

To make sure you don’t forget about any of the games (time zones can be an annoying thing) Outlook MVP Marcelo Thalenberg has created a web calendar with all the matches. This web calendar can be connected directly to Outlook 2007 and 2010 so that you will receive updates as well. Previous versions of Outlook can import the ics-file.

Any other calendaring application which supports the webcal/ics format can be used as well.

Download: English FIFA World Cup 2010 schedule
Download: Spanish FIFA World Cup 2010 schedule