Repair Microsoft Office Outlook .pst file with scanpst.exe

You can repair Microsoft Office Outlook database(.pst ) related issues with inbox repair tool (scanpst.exe). This tool comes with Microsoft Office CD-Rom.

Location of this utility may vary depending upon you office installation and Microsoft Office version :

For older versions :

<disk drive>:\Program Files\Common Files\System\Mapi\1033\

<disk drive>:\Program Files\Common Files\System\MSMAPI\1033

For outlook 2007:

<disk drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12

If you are not sure where to find the current .pst file. Check the path from Tools ->Options -> Mail Setup Tab ->Data Files Button.

Now simply run scanpst.exe and select .pst file you want to scan.

Free System backup Software for Windows

Cobian Backup is free and open source software which can use take backup of your important data on a regular basis. This software is multi-threaded and  can be used to schedule and backup your files and directories from their original location to other directories/drives in the same computer or other computer in your network. FTP backup is also supported in both directions (download and upload).

Cobian Backup exists in two different versions: application and service. The program uses very few resources and can be running on the background on your system, checking your backup schedule and executing your backups when necessary. Cobian Backup is not an usual backup application: it only copies your files and folders in original or compressed mode to other destination, creating a security copy as a result. So Cobian Backup can be better described as a "Scheduler for security copies".

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Some important shortcuts of windows command shell [ cmd.exe ]

Many of us may not like to work with windows command mode, but for people like Administrators and Developers sometimes it is more useful and handy than Graphical User Interface. Below are few features of windows command shell which I believe most of us are not using and can prove a great time saver.

A) Tab - Filename Completion - This command completes the file or directory name for you ..you just need to type start letters of file name and press Tab key.

B) F7 - Command Line History -  Displays a menu with the command line history where you choose commands you have already executed.

C) F8 - Cycle Back command History - Cycles back through previous command lines (beginning with most recent). If first typing the beginning letters of a command, then it will cycle through the previous commands matching that prefix when pressing F8.

D) Up Arrow - Cycles previous command line entries in backwards direction.

E) Down Arrow - Cycles previous command line entries in forwards direction.

F) Right arrow - Repeats letter at a time from previous command line.

Free CBR CBZ Comic Book reader / viewer

Comical is a viewer for comic books stored in CBZ, CBR files. Features include single or two page mode, caching and support for several image formats (PNG, JFIF/JPEG, TIFF, and GIF). It is Open Source software distributed under the GNU General Public License.

Features of Comical

• View one or two pages at a time
• Fits pages to window, to width, to height, or to a percentage
• Crisp image resizing provided by the FreeImage project
• Intuitive interface
• Opens CBR (RAR) and CBZ (ZIP) comic book archives
• Opens directories of images
• Displays JPEG, PNG, GIF, and TIFF images
• Prefetches and caches pages for speed and responsiveness

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Javascript Photo slider with horizontal and vertical sliding effect

Although you can find many slideshow scripts but the one below mention has a little different effect. This script will create a sideshow with a pre-defined list of items vertically or horizontally. You can add unlimited number of slideshow scripts in a page.

Download Photo Slider Script
See the demo online