ECS Technology Solutions

Microsoft Word Suddenly Stops Working?

Kyle Klain — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 03:17:45 +0000

This happens to the best of us: you arrive at your computer, go to click a document and nothing seems to happen, or worse, Microsoft Word explains some error in gibberish. Great. No worries though, this can be a simple fix if you know where to look. Here’s something to try before you go ahead and do a reinstall:

In XP: Start>Control Panel>Folder Options>View>click Show Hidden Files and Folders

Now: My Computer>C:>Documents and Settings>User (select your username here)>AppData>Microsoft>Templates and now delete the normal.dot file.

In Vista or Windows 7: Start> type “Folder” into the search bar and select Folder Option>View>click Show Hidden Files and Folders

Now: Computer>C:>Users>(your user name)>Appdata>Roaming>Microsoft>Templates and now delete the normal.dot file.

This is Word’s structuring profile and it will be recreated when Word is executed again. Give it a shot and let us know how it goes. Of course, if this does not work, try a fresh install of Word or even a repair.

Free tool for syncing files between computers

Expert Computer Solutions, LLC — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 03:33:15 +0000

Dropbox is a great way to sync files between computers. It is also a great way to send files that are too large to email and it’s free! Well its free up 2.5GB. They also offer 50GB for only $9.95 per month. Dropbox can also be used as backup system as well. Check it out here https://www.dropbox.com/ and let us know what you think. We are aways researching new tools to enhance business productivity. Contact us today to see how we can help you get more out of your technology.

Google Apps as a replacement for Microsoft Exchange?

Expert Computer Solutions, LLC — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 16:48:48 +0000

Will Google Apps become a viable replacement for Microsoft Exchange?

There are many benefits to running Google in place of Microsoft Exchange some of which include:

Data is stored and secured in a world class data center
No need to manage backups
Great SPAM filtering
Lower administration costs
Easy to support across any platform

I would say that three of the major hold ups at this point are:

Many user are very accustomed to using Microsoft Outlook and synchronizing with Windows Mobile phones.
Managing separate account for Google Apps and existing domain/directory system
At this point no easy way to have a universal shared contact list

Recently Google has released Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook with does allow for integration between Outlook and Google Apps. The downside is that it does not support syncing of tasks which could be problem if you like to sync with your mobile phone as well. A work around would be to ditch Outlook all together and sync with a phone running Google’s Android OS.

Google no offers Google Apps Directory Sync which will allow for synchronization between Google Apps and your existing Active Directory or LDAP system.

In conclusion I think that Google Apps may be a viable replacement for Microsoft Exchange in small business environments. The cost to setup and maintain Google Apps is estimated at <50%.

Jim Punkre, CEO, Brainstorms, Inc.

Expert Computer Solutions, LLC — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 08:52:29 +0000

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