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In this tutorial, we will cover how to backup your emails, calendar, contacts, and other items from Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2007. This process will allow you to recover lost data in the event of a hardware failure or virus.
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Step to take backup of all Outlook Express data
Taking Backup of the Outlook Express mails, address book, and the account information manually is not an easy task. Windows XP provides a built-in tool, by which we can take Outlook Express data backup. It is the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard.
The main steps for taking backup of Outlook Express data Using Files and Settings Transfer Wizard are as follows.
1. open Run dialog in Start.
2. Type MIGWIZ.EXE in Run dialog. This will open the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard.
3. Click the Next button.
4. Select Old computer option, and click Next button.
5. select the location where the data will be stored. Click Next button.
6. Select the option Both files and settings in this dialog box. Also, select the Let me select a custom list of files option.
7. Remove all the other entries except Outlook Express. Click Next button.
now whole prosess is completed and Outlook Express data is now backed up.
See The video here
Taking Backup of the Outlook Express mails, address book, and the account information manually is not an easy task. Windows XP provides a built-in tool, by which we can take Outlook Express data backup. It is the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard.
The main steps for taking backup of Outlook Express data Using Files and Settings Transfer Wizard are as follows.
1. open Run dialog in Start.
2. Type MIGWIZ.EXE in Run dialog. This will open the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard.
3. Click the Next button.
4. Select Old computer option, and click Next button.
5. select the location where the data will be stored. Click Next button.
6. Select the option Both files and settings in this dialog box. Also, select the Let me select a custom list of files option.
7. Remove all the other entries except Outlook Express. Click Next button.
now whole prosess is completed and Outlook Express data is now backed up.
See The video here
System Restore is a tool of Windows XP Professional that you can use to restore your computer to a previous state, if a problem occurs, without losing your personal data files like Microsoft Word documents, browsing history, drawings, favorites, or e-mail. System Restore tool monitors changes to the system and some application files, and it automatically creates easily identified restore points. These restore points allow you to revert your system to a previous time. They are created daily and at the time of any system events like when any application or driver is installed. You can also create and name your own restore points at any time.
How create system restore point manually .See Here
Before you open the System Restore console, you may want to save your work and close all programs since System Restore requires you to restart your computer.
After restart your computer follow these steps :-
• Click Start.
• Point to All Programs.
• Point to Accessories.
• Point to System Tools.
• Click System Restore.
From the Welcome to System Restore screen of the System Restore Wizard select Restore my computer to an earlier time. Then select the date you created the restore point from the calendar in the Select a Restore Point screen. All of the restore points you created and you computer created on the selected date are listed by name in the list box to the right of the calendar.select one of them and click next.
Step By Step Video for system restore
Note: System Restore does not replace the process of uninstalling a program. To completely remove the files installed by a program, you must remove the program using Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel or the program's own uninstall program. To open Add or Remove Programs, click Start, click Control Panel, and then click Add or Remove Programs.
How create system restore point manually .See Here
Before you open the System Restore console, you may want to save your work and close all programs since System Restore requires you to restart your computer.
After restart your computer follow these steps :-
• Click Start.
• Point to All Programs.
• Point to Accessories.
• Point to System Tools.
• Click System Restore.
From the Welcome to System Restore screen of the System Restore Wizard select Restore my computer to an earlier time. Then select the date you created the restore point from the calendar in the Select a Restore Point screen. All of the restore points you created and you computer created on the selected date are listed by name in the list box to the right of the calendar.select one of them and click next.
Step By Step Video for system restore
Note: System Restore does not replace the process of uninstalling a program. To completely remove the files installed by a program, you must remove the program using Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel or the program's own uninstall program. To open Add or Remove Programs, click Start, click Control Panel, and then click Add or Remove Programs.
In this article we learn how to use the System Restore tool to return your computer to a previous state. System Restore takes a "snapshots" of critical system files and some program files and registry settings and stores this information as restore points. If your computer is not functioning correctly, you can use these restore points to return Windows XP to a previous state when your computer was functioning correctly.
Click Start->All Programs-> Accessories-> System Tools ->System Restore.
For Classic Start Menu: Click Start-> Programs-> Accessories-> System Tools-> System Restore.
Click Create a restore point, and then click Next.
In the Restore point description box, type a name to identify this restore point. System Restore automatically adds to this name the date and time that this Restore Point is created.
To finish creating this restore point, click Create.
See Video Here
Note:-System Restore does not affect personal files, such as e-mail, documents, or photos. You can only restore files that you have deleted if you have made backups of those files. To perform the System Restore, you must be logged on to Windows as an administrator.
Click Start->All Programs-> Accessories-> System Tools ->System Restore.
For Classic Start Menu: Click Start-> Programs-> Accessories-> System Tools-> System Restore.
Click Create a restore point, and then click Next.
In the Restore point description box, type a name to identify this restore point. System Restore automatically adds to this name the date and time that this Restore Point is created.
To finish creating this restore point, click Create.
You can also launch System Restore window by typing the command below, in the RUN box:
%SystemRoot%\System32\restore\rstrui.exe
See Video Here
Note:-System Restore does not affect personal files, such as e-mail, documents, or photos. You can only restore files that you have deleted if you have made backups of those files. To perform the System Restore, you must be logged on to Windows as an administrator.
What are the requirment for installing Windows XP SP 2 in my system?
The hard disk space requirements for Windows XP Service Pack 2:See Here
Do I need to install Windows XP SP 1 before installing the Service Pack 2?
No, Windows XP Service Pack 2 includes SP 1 and it's a direct replacement for Windows XP Service Pack
1. Service packs are cumulative. This means that the problems that are fixed in a service pack are also fixed in later service packs. For example, Windows XP SP2 contains all the fixes that are included in Windows XP SP 1 (SP1). You do not have to install an earlier service pack before you install Windows XP SP2.
Similarly, you don't have to uninstall Windows XP SP 1 before installing Service Pack 2.
List of fixes included in Windows XP Service Pack 2
The hard disk space requirements for Windows XP Service Pack 2:See Here
Do I need to install Windows XP SP 1 before installing the Service Pack 2?
No, Windows XP Service Pack 2 includes SP 1 and it's a direct replacement for Windows XP Service Pack
1. Service packs are cumulative. This means that the problems that are fixed in a service pack are also fixed in later service packs. For example, Windows XP SP2 contains all the fixes that are included in Windows XP SP 1 (SP1). You do not have to install an earlier service pack before you install Windows XP SP2.
Similarly, you don't have to uninstall Windows XP SP 1 before installing Service Pack 2.
List of fixes included in Windows XP Service Pack 2
There are a lot of ways to prints a document, but you can print a document quickly if you put a shortcut to the printer on your desktop and drag a document icon to it, no need to open file for printing just drag a file to printer icon and get your print.
To do this, first click Start button, Settings, then Printers ( first make sure you installed your printer driver). When the Printers window opens, hold down Ctrl and drag the printer icon to your system desktop.
Now you can drag a document icon and drop it in printer icon on your desktop. Here you will get a print quickly and without open a file.
To do this, first click Start button, Settings, then Printers ( first make sure you installed your printer driver). When the Printers window opens, hold down Ctrl and drag the printer icon to your system desktop.
Now you can drag a document icon and drop it in printer icon on your desktop. Here you will get a print quickly and without open a file.
This article lists keyboard shortcuts that you can use with Windows Operating System.
• F1: Help
• CTRL+ESC: Open Start menu
• ALT+TAB: Switch between open programs
• ALT+F4: Quit program
• SHIFT+DELETE: Delete item permanently
• Windows Logo+L: Lock the computer (without using CTRL+ALT+DELETE)
• SHIFT+right click: Displays a shortcut menu containing alternative commands
• SHIFT+double click: Runs the alternate default command (the second item on the menu)
• ALT+double click: Displays properties
• SHIFT+DELETE: Deletes an item immediately without placing it in the Recycle Bin
• General keyboard-only commands
• F1: Starts Windows Help
• F10: Activates menu bar options
• SHIFT+F10 Opens a shortcut menu for the selected item (this is the same as right-clicking an object
• CTRL+ESC: Opens the Start menu (use the ARROW keys to select an item)
• CTRL+ESC or ESC: Selects the Start button (press TAB to select the taskbar, or press SHIFT+F10 for a context menu)
• CTRL+SHIFT+ESC: Opens Windows Task Manager
• ALT+DOWN ARROW: Opens a drop-down list box
• ALT+TAB: Switch to another running program (hold down the ALT key and then press the TAB key to view the task-switching window)
• SHIFT: Press and hold down the SHIFT key while you insert a CD-ROM to bypass the automatic-run feature
• ALT+SPACE: Displays the main window's System menu (from the System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the window)
• ALT+- (ALT+hyphen): Displays the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) child window's System menu (from the MDI child window's System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the child window)
• CTRL+TAB: Switch to the next child window of a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) program
• ALT+underlined letter in menu: Opens the menu
• ALT+F4: Closes the current window
• CTRL+F4: Closes the current Multiple Document Interface (MDI) window
• ALT+F6: Switch between multiple windows in the same program (for example, when the Notepad Find dialog box is displayed, ALT+F6 switches between the Find dialog box and the main Notepad window)
• F2: Rename object
• F3: Find all files
• CTRL+X: Cut
• CTRL+C: Copy
• CTRL+V: Paste
• SHIFT+DELETE: Delete selection immediately, without moving the item to the Recycle Bin
• ALT+ENTER: Open the properties for the selected object
folder/shortcut control
• F4: Selects the Go To A Different Folder box and moves down the entries in the box (if the toolbar is active in Windows Explorer)
• F5: Refreshes the current window.
• F6: Moves among panes in Windows Explorer
• CTRL+G: Opens the Go To Folder tool (in Windows 95 Windows Explorer only)
• CTRL+Z: Undo the last command
• CTRL+A: Select all the items in the current window
• BACKSPACE: Switch to the parent folder
• SHIFT+click+Close button: For folders, close the current folder plus all parent folders
• Windows Logo+L: Log off Windows
• Windows Logo+P: Starts Print Manager
• Windows Logo+C: Opens Control Panel
• Windows Logo+V: Starts Clipboard
• Windows Logo+K: Opens Keyboard Properties dialog box
• Windows Logo+I: Opens Mouse Properties dialog box
• Windows Logo+A: Starts Accessibility Options (if installed)
• Windows Logo+SPACEBAR: Displays the list of Microsoft IntelliType shortcut keys
• Windows Logo+S: Toggles CAPS LOCK on and off
• TAB: Move to the next control in the dialog box
• SHIFT+TAB: Move to the previous control in the dialog box
• SPACEBAR: If the current control is a button, this clicks the button. If the current control is a check box, this toggles the check box. If the current control is an option, this selects the option.
• ENTER: Equivalent to clicking the selected button (the button with the outline)
• ESC: Equivalent to clicking the Cancel button
• ALT+underlined letter in dialog box item: Move to the corresponding item
• F1: Help
• CTRL+ESC: Open Start menu
• ALT+TAB: Switch between open programs
• ALT+F4: Quit program
• SHIFT+DELETE: Delete item permanently
• Windows Logo+L: Lock the computer (without using CTRL+ALT+DELETE)
• SHIFT+right click: Displays a shortcut menu containing alternative commands
• SHIFT+double click: Runs the alternate default command (the second item on the menu)
• ALT+double click: Displays properties
• SHIFT+DELETE: Deletes an item immediately without placing it in the Recycle Bin
• General keyboard-only commands
• F1: Starts Windows Help
• F10: Activates menu bar options
• SHIFT+F10 Opens a shortcut menu for the selected item (this is the same as right-clicking an object
• CTRL+ESC: Opens the Start menu (use the ARROW keys to select an item)
• CTRL+ESC or ESC: Selects the Start button (press TAB to select the taskbar, or press SHIFT+F10 for a context menu)
• CTRL+SHIFT+ESC: Opens Windows Task Manager
• ALT+DOWN ARROW: Opens a drop-down list box
• ALT+TAB: Switch to another running program (hold down the ALT key and then press the TAB key to view the task-switching window)
• SHIFT: Press and hold down the SHIFT key while you insert a CD-ROM to bypass the automatic-run feature
• ALT+SPACE: Displays the main window's System menu (from the System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the window)
• ALT+- (ALT+hyphen): Displays the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) child window's System menu (from the MDI child window's System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the child window)
• CTRL+TAB: Switch to the next child window of a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) program
• ALT+underlined letter in menu: Opens the menu
• ALT+F4: Closes the current window
• CTRL+F4: Closes the current Multiple Document Interface (MDI) window
• ALT+F6: Switch between multiple windows in the same program (for example, when the Notepad Find dialog box is displayed, ALT+F6 switches between the Find dialog box and the main Notepad window)
• F2: Rename object
• F3: Find all files
• CTRL+X: Cut
• CTRL+C: Copy
• CTRL+V: Paste
• SHIFT+DELETE: Delete selection immediately, without moving the item to the Recycle Bin
• ALT+ENTER: Open the properties for the selected object
folder/shortcut control
• F4: Selects the Go To A Different Folder box and moves down the entries in the box (if the toolbar is active in Windows Explorer)
• F5: Refreshes the current window.
• F6: Moves among panes in Windows Explorer
• CTRL+G: Opens the Go To Folder tool (in Windows 95 Windows Explorer only)
• CTRL+Z: Undo the last command
• CTRL+A: Select all the items in the current window
• BACKSPACE: Switch to the parent folder
• SHIFT+click+Close button: For folders, close the current folder plus all parent folders
• Windows Logo+L: Log off Windows
• Windows Logo+P: Starts Print Manager
• Windows Logo+C: Opens Control Panel
• Windows Logo+V: Starts Clipboard
• Windows Logo+K: Opens Keyboard Properties dialog box
• Windows Logo+I: Opens Mouse Properties dialog box
• Windows Logo+A: Starts Accessibility Options (if installed)
• Windows Logo+SPACEBAR: Displays the list of Microsoft IntelliType shortcut keys
• Windows Logo+S: Toggles CAPS LOCK on and off
• TAB: Move to the next control in the dialog box
• SHIFT+TAB: Move to the previous control in the dialog box
• SPACEBAR: If the current control is a button, this clicks the button. If the current control is a check box, this toggles the check box. If the current control is an option, this selects the option.
• ENTER: Equivalent to clicking the selected button (the button with the outline)
• ESC: Equivalent to clicking the Cancel button
• ALT+underlined letter in dialog box item: Move to the corresponding item
