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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Assorted tech tips

Tech Tips (Vol. 28 No. 3) | PCMag.com:
OUTLOOK APPOINTMENT FROM EMAIL "Simply right-click on the original e-mail and choose Move to Folder, select Calendar, and hit OK. This actually creates a new appointment entry, complete with the e-mail inserted in the main window.
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Clear a Print Job Without Rebooting

Open a command prompt (go to Start | Run, then type cmd) and enter the following:

net stop spooler
del c:\windows\system32\spool\printers\*.shd
del c:\windows\system32\spool\printers\*.spl
net start spooler

In Vista you'll need to open an elevated command prompt by right-clicking on cmd.exe and selectingRun as Administrator. For those of you who remember batch files, use Notepad to save the four commands above as a batch file. I've named mine Killqueue.bat.