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GFI FAXMAKER FOR EXCHANGE 2000 AVAILABLE |
FAXmaker installs as a connector on Exchange 2000, and fax-enables all Exchange 2000 users: Without installing additional client software, users can send and receive faxes from Outlook. Network administrators will not need to worry about additional user administration - FAXmaker integrates with Active Directory and eliminates the need for a separate fax server user database. The minimal fax server configuration that must be done is performed via MMC (Microsoft Management Console).
Besides Exchange 2000 integration, FAXmaker also takes full advantage of new Windows 2000 features - FAXmaker supports the new Windows 2000 modem drivers, thus offering wider fax hardware support.
FAXmaker for Exchange 2000 features include a multi-line fax server, inbound fax routing, print to fax driver for Windows, support for server-based rendering of Office documents, fax management features and more.
Other enterprise features include remote user and fax server administration, least cost routing, user configuration profiles, remote viewing of fax server status, Brooktrout and ISDN card support, and Word mail merge support, allowing users to create personalized fax mailings.
See http://www.c2000.com/products for more information
FACTOID OF THE WEEK |
"There was more documentation created between 1997 and 2000 than there was between pre-history and 1997"
This astonishing factoid courtesy of Jane Cronin at Lexmark.
See http://www.c2000.com/ for more information
PATHPING - A USEFUL LITTLE W2K UTILITY |
There's a new variation on our old friend ping available in Windows 2000. Pathping is sort of ping meets tracert. It sends packers to a target IP address over a period of time and calculates the results based on packets returned from each hop in the route.
Because you can see both timings and packet losses for each hop you can determine where you are getting failures over routes. A great tool for analysing slow or occasional failures in routing.
Pathping takes a number of arguments:
pathping [-n] [-h maximum_hops] [-g host-list] [-p period]
[-q num_queries] [-w timeout] [-T] [-R] target_name
Parameters:
-n: Don't resolve addresses to names
-h: Maximum number of hops to target
-g: host list
-p: period in milliseconds between pings
-q: number of queries along each node on the route
-w: timeout in milliseconds waiting for reply
-T: adds a layer-2 priority tag to the ping packets
-R: checks for each node for support for Resource Reservation Protocol
And of course the target name as IP address or DNS name
See http://www.c2000.com/mswindow for more information
WINDOWS EXPLORER - SETTINGS FOR OPTIMUM USE. |
I'm not a big fan of Windows Explorer, I much prefer to use PowerDesk. But here are the settings I recommend and use when Explorer is all I've got.
1) Select View, Folder Options
2) In "Folder Options", select the General Tab, choose "Classic Style" and apply.
3) Select the View Tab, check "Display the full path in title bar".
4) Check "Show all files".
5) Un-check "Hide file extensions for known file types".
6) Un-check "Show window contents while dragging".
7) Click OK
8) Select "View" and un-check the "as Web Page" item
9) Select "View" and check the "Details" item.
10) Finally select View, Folder Options, View and click "Like Current folder"
11) Close then re-open Windows Explorer.
See http://www.c2000.com/mswindow for more information
QUICK CALCULATIONS IN UNIPLEX WORD PROCESSOR |
You can use the command CTRL-] (that's close square bracket) to perform calculations in the word processor.
You can also use this command embedded into keytapes, which means you can do some quite nifty keytape calculations automatically.
See http://www.c2000.com/uniplex for more information
.INFO DOMAIN REGISTRATIONS |
Firstly, we can now register your .info domain name for you, prices start as low as £20 including 100 email addresses and automatic forwarding to a web site of your choice.
If you are currently paying the standard $70 US dollars to Internic for your renewals then give us a call, we can renew your domain for as little as £15 a year.
RULERS AND GRIDS IN PAINTSHOP PRO |
Rulers and grids are great tools for precise positioning of objects in PaintShop Pro. Here are some quick tips for them:
You can display rulers and a grid on every image by choosing them from the View menu.
Double-click on a ruler to change the Grid and Guide Properties.
Snap-to grids and guides provide greater precision when creating or moving image content. To enable the snap-to feature in either grids or guides, select View>Snap to Grid or View>Snap to Guides.
After enabling Snap to Guides, left-click on a Ruler and drag the mouse inside the image window to create and position a new guide.
See http://www.justkiss.com/psp for more information
MOUSE TIP FOR EXPLORER |
Normally we'd exhort you not to touch that mouse, but here's an opposite kind of tip this week.
In explorer you can right click on the vertical scroll bar and get the following options:
- Scroll Here
- Top
- Bottom
- Page Up
- Page Down
- Scroll Up
- Scroll Down
Firstly, if you haven't got a wheelie mouse - get yourself one now - within a week you'll wonder how you ever lived without it.
Secondly, if you are in serious surfing mode, then this is actually quite handy for keeping your hands -off- the keyboard - you know laid back, just clicking and wheeling around.
Thirdly, I'd like to hear from people who have those "internet special" keyboards with special buttons on them from internet functions - specifically I want to know if you ever use them or if you use them all the time.
See http://www.c2000.com/mswindow for more information
INTERNET HUMOUR |
Topic: Fear my toaster
From: tph@... (Tom "Tom" Harrington)
Newsgroups: rec.humor.oracle.d
...because I do.
My old toaster is toast. I got a new one. Included in the box is a bright yellow peice of paper which reads:
NEVER LEAVE YOUR TOASTER UNATTENDED
Which is more than a little worrisome. I mean, if they'd said not to leave it unattended while ON, I'd just chalk it up to usual dont-sue-us disclaimerism.
But never? Never unattended at all? What's it going to do? They don't say, which only makes it worse. I've apparently brought a device into my home which, if not kept under a constant watchful eye, will wreak untold terror upon me, or the house, or something. Raid the refrigerator, maybe. Can I take my eyes off of it for a few seconds if I'm at least in the same room as it?
I've been carrying the new toaster to work with me every day, and placing it within my normal field of vision. I take it to lunch with me. I take it to the bathroom. I stay awake all night so as not to leave it unguarded. But there's a problem. As if this dire warning wasn't enough, there's another which reads:
DO NOT USE YOUR TOASTER NEAR WATER
So apparently I can never shower again. If I can't bring the toaster into the shower with me, I risk leaving it unattended.
I have found a solution, though, but I need help. I plan on getting a web cam and pointing it at the toaster. This way it can be monitored remotely. Even so, I can't be at a computer _all_ the time, so I need volunteers to watch it when I'm unavailable. Please send me an email listing hours when you are available to watch my toaster. In return, I promise to volunteer to spend some time keeping an eye on your
appliances.
Thank you for your support.
See http://www.c2000.com/fun for more information
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