Duck Bytes : UO Computing

Working with Office 2007 (Open XML File Format) in earlier versions of Office for Windows and Mac

gcastner — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:50:00 GMT

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Using Microsoft Outlook to consolidate your email

gcastner — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:58:00 GMT

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Grant's list of recommended software utilities

gcastner — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:56:00 GMT

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Connecting to uoregon e-mail through Outlook

gcastner — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:30:00 GMT

The UO IT department has a great page with instructions for viewing your uoregon e-mail through Outlook and other e-mail programs:

http://it.uoregon.edu/help/email/setup.shtml

If you do use Outlook, my suggestion is that you use POP (the server is pop.uoregon.edu) rather than IMAP so that all your e-mail (if you have multiple e-mail accounts in Outlook) all goes into the one Inbox.

Disabling McAfee Splash Screen

gcastner — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 17:22:00 GMT

These instructions show how to stop the McAfee Anti-Virus 8.5i splash screen appearing everytime you start Windows.

WARNING: You should backup your files before editing the registry. If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

You may need to first temporarily disable McAfee from blocking changes to McAfee settings.
To do this, open the McAfee VirusScan Console and right-click on Access Protection and select Properties.
Select Common Standard Protection and uncheck Block for Prevent Modification of McAfee Files and Settings. Click Apply.
Run regedit
Navigate down to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\McAfee\DesktopProtection
Double click bSkipSplash.
A "DWORD Editor" window will appear. To skip the splash screen set the value to 1 by entering 1 then clicking OK.

Don't forget to re-check the block setting for "Prevent Modification of McAfee Files and Settings" in the VirusScan console.