Posted in Microsoft on Jul 5th, 2010
If there’s one thing that drives me crazy about Dropbox it’s the fact that it will only Sync / Backup folders and files which are inside the Dropbox parent folder. GRRR… Anyway, last week we showed you a REALLY groovy trick using Dropbox with Microsoft Office to backup your temporary Office documents. Part of the trick involved setting up a Symlink which will sync files and folders with Dropbox even though their not located under the Dropbox parent folder. The trick is pretty groovy so I’ve decided it deserves a groovyPost of its own!
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Posted in Geek Stuff on Jun 27th, 2010
Recently we had a groovy community member lose 5 hours of work on a spreadsheet due to a saving glitch in Microsoft Excel. This is a headache that nobody should ever have to deal with. I don’t know about you but I just…
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Posted in Freeware, Geek Stuff on Oct 4th, 2008
Today when I launched Windows Live Writer I was prompted to install the latest beta from Windows Live. (FYI – Windows Live Writer is an Free Offline Blogging tool similar to Microsoft Word which allows you to Write Blog Posts / Articles –…
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Posted in Internet Explorer, Security on Sep 26th, 2008
Earlier in the week, I wrote an article on how to manually clear the Browser History, Cookies and other Temp files from Internet Explorer 7 (IE7). Today I’m going to show you How-To do this automatically when you close your browser as well as from…
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Posted in Outlook, groovyFixes on Oct 14th, 2007
Recently while using Microsoft Outlook, I ran into a strange problem while trying to open an attachment that was inside an email. Each time I tried to open the attachment from the email I would get the error message: "Can’t create file: groovypost.doc. Right-click…
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Posted in Internet Explorer, Security on Aug 23rd, 2007
This How To is for Internet Explorer versions previous to 7.0
Problem:
1. Internet Explorer may be having performance issues related to an over-abundance of temporary related files.
2. You’re using a shared computer/device and need to maintain privacy.
Solution:
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Posted in Outlook on Jul 4th, 2007
Where does Microsoft create the Outlook Temporary folder (better known as the OLK folder)??? Or, where does Microsoft store temporary data such as attachments? Where the heck is that PESKY OLK folder??
Answer:
Depending on the operating system, version of Outlook AND…
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