Archive for November, 2014
Understanding 32bit versus 64bit Office/Outlook choices
Microsoft Office ‘2010 and ‘2013 comes in 2 bit flavours – 32bit and 64bit. Many think that the 64bit version is automatically a better version to have when in fact, from a functional basis, the vast majority of people do not require the one major advantage that the 64 bit Office suite provides which is […]
Understanding Outlook PST and OST Data Files
There are two separate and distinct file types used by Outlook to store data PST files (Personal Storage) OST file (Offline Storage) In the sphere of PST files, there are two formats – ANSI and Unicode. Outlook versions ’98 thru to ‘2002 (also known as Outlook ‘XP) can only create and read ANSI format PST […]
Understanding Sync’ing versus Importing
This may all seem very obvious to some but it is something that comes up on a regular basis for those who are new to the concepts of sync’ing and importing or are not completely clear about the “batch processing functions of ContactGenie import/export products when used in conjunction with a task scheduler. Synchronization (sync’ing), […]
