New Outlook Error 080073cf8 New Outlook would not launch, so I tried to uninstall it, But it didn’t uninstall. It would not no matter what I tried. I got the error “You cannot uninstall Outlook” as well. Quick Answer on how I fixed it I typed this in the run line %localappdata%\Microsoft Deleted the OLK […]
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Lisa Hendrickson is the owner of Call That Girl. She is an Outlook Expert and Microsoft 365 Consultant.
Register Now for a Tradeshow Booth at LinkedMinnesota’s Holiday Networking Extravaganza
–>Don’t Miss This Business-Building Opportunity!
LinkedMinnesota’s Holiday Networking Extravaganza—December 5, 2011 from 9 am to 4 pm with an exhibitor prize raffle throughout the day and culminating with the grand prize being announced during happy hour from 4 to 6 pm at the Golden Valley Golf & Country Club—is a full-day event including a large tradeshow, buffet lunch and some of the top speakers in Minnesota including Keynote Speaker Kieran Folliard of 2GingersWhisky (former owner of Kieran’s Irish Pub), LinkedMinnesota’s very own Lisa Hendrickson and more!
Register now to exhibit your business and receive tremendous exposure via our 20,000+ Minnesota database of businesses and business professionals and upwards of 500 attendees. Speaker line up to be announced next week.
Standard Exhibit Table $130: Includes table and tablecloth inside the ballroom, electricity, one lunch and entrance in the prize drawing. (Additional employees at your table need to sign up as an attendee.)
Premium Exhibit Table $180: Includes table and tablecloth in the pre-function area (which leads to the tradeshow ballroom, lunch and/or speaker sessions), electricity, one lunch and entrance in the prize drawing (Additional employees at your table need to sign up as an attendee.)
Event Sponsorship Package $199: Have your company logo on the LinkedMinnesota website, get listed in pre-event Linked In group announcements and have your logo as a hyperlink to you website in Constant Contact pre-event invitations.
•Go to http://conta.cc/pX5f3O
•Standard booths are in the ballroom and Premium booths are in the pre-function area.
•Once you have completed registration, Sherry Buckley at Sherry@sherrybuckley4u.com will assign your booth number and location and will communicate the details in a follow-up email.
Call That Girl Business Tech Support Part II
Hello again to all of my contacts, friends and social media followers! Awhile back I sent you all a message about our business tech support offerings. Thank you to those that called in. We are thrilled to be gaining new clients through LinkedIn and greatly appreciate the referrals. To provide better support for our small business clients with websites, we have added a website technician, Nick Rosener of Tech Nick Consulting, as a new referring partner. Nick has been working with CTG for some time now. Moving forward, he will be working with CTG on some projects billable with us and some he will be billing from his own company.
One potential issue you may need CTG and Nick’s assistance with is protecting against Website/Server Viruses. We’ve seen two this week and they are getting worse. Allowing a virus in your site can cause damage to your website, your visitors and any other sites you host. It’s best to get preventive work done now so if your site gets attacked you are prepared for recovery.
Another service Nick will be offering through his own company is Website/Word Press break fix. If you’ve hired someone to work on your site and have found a need to get a new “Web Tech”, I highly recommend Nick for this work. He’s been great with my three websites, is very fast and most importantly, efficient with my time. To contact or read more about how Nick can assist your business website, please check out his service list on my website https://callthatgirl.biz/tech-nick-consulting/
Finally, there are many other things you can utilize CTG for than just fixing your computers. If you’re a busy entrepreneur or working in a small business you may not have a large server to manage documents, calendars and email. If you are using two or more computers and are frustrated because nothing is synchronizing, we have solutions for you! I have been working with clients to help get their important business tools in order. In these 2-4 hour sessions, we will work with you to help manage and organize your email, transition your email to a configuration in which your email folders will follow you from one computer to another and synchronize all of your calendars AND your files and folders for documents. Our clients have called this “computer therapy”.
I know how hard you are working and I am here to help you get your day to day ‘tech’ activities stress free and easier to deal with. Please email lisa@callthatgirl.biz to book some time on my calendar.
Thank you all for being a great part of my business experience, I still enjoy using LinkedIn every single day.
Lisa Hendrickson
Owner, LinkedMinnesota
Owner, Call That Girl
To my friends and to so many affected by cancer, Beer for Boobs Event
By request, one of my clients asked me to blog about this and help spread the word. I said of course!
I would like to invite you to join us in a ‘Celebration of Life and Courage’ during Breast Cancer Awareness month in Oktoberfest fashion.
What: FUNdraiser called BEER FOR BOOBS
In support of the 2012 Susan G. Komen 3-Day 60 Mile Walk for the Cure
Where: Mancini’s Char House
When: Thursday, October 6th 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Why: Because ALL profits will go toward helping people affected by Breast Cancer and toward preventing people we know from being affected in the future.
Cost: $30 in Advance
Enjoy Oktoberfest Beer Tastings paired with Appetizers prepared by Chef Nick (chili, wings, pot roast sliders and more!!)
Join our hosts Jason and Alexis from myTalk 107.1
There will also be a silent auction!
So, please go to www.PinkAngelWarriors.com and click on the ‘Buy Now’ button at the bottom of our website.
Everyone’s busy, but join us for fun, for a cause! Your night out will help make a difference to so many. Please share this email and / or the attached poster with as many people as you can.
Most importantly, ALL profits will go to the Susan G. Komen 3-Day 60 Mile Walk for the Cure Foundation in support of the research they support, the free services they provide to women who otherwise couldn’t afford it and the on-going support in the fight to end breast cancer.
What to do if you get your electronics wet
Guest Post by:
Liam Tidwell of LiamTek in Longview, Texas
We have all been there. You knock your iPod of the counter into the dogs water, your cell phone ends up in the pool thanks to a friendly toddler, or coffee is spilled in your laptop.
Now what? That depends on the device. Follow the steps below to minimize your chances of damage to your device.
Immediately pull the battery. Can’t get to the battery? Turn it off and get it to someone who can take it apart. DO NOT turn it back on, charge it, or try to use it!! Pull the device apart as much as you can and set the individual parts in rice or some other dry grain to help pull the moisture out of it. DO NOT try and dry it with a compressor or hair dryer this will only force the liquid deeper into the device. DO NOT put it in an oven or under a heat lamp. The heat will only speed up the corrosion or your electronics. Do flip it upside down so it can drain out the same way it got in.
The main thing is to have a plan and to know how and what to do if your device(s) get wet/immersed. Learn how to get the batteries out. Take off your phone case and put it back on a couple of times. It can be harder than you think, and those things trap water really well…
Liam Tidwell – LiamTek
Longview, Texas
903 686 0200
Liam Tidwell is a Laptop & Cell Phone repair technician in Longview, Texas with over 11 years experience in IT and owns two Computer Repair Businesses. Liam can be found on Nutz@Night almost every Thursday night working hard to bring you the LULZ.
Should I repair my own iPad, iPod or iPhone?
Do it yourself. A common phrase for a lot of people who either prefer to be self reliant or are looking to save on costs.
But what happens when a “do it yourself” attempt ends up causing more problems than you started with? This is a very common issue faced by people seeking to repair their own electronic devices, and more often than not will lead to costlier repairs than if the repair had been done professionally in the first place. I am not saying that only professionals should fix handheld devices and other electronics. What I want readers to understand is that they need to consider if the risks being taken outweigh any benefits gained from attempting to perform repairs yourself.
For instance, let us say that a person has a high end smart phone and the camera stops working. They want to save some money and decide to order a part online and use a guide they found elsewhere (perhaps a step by step video) of how to perform the repair they want. This person gets home, picks up the part from his or her mail, goes out some tools and goes to work. This is, from my experience, how most customers start off their attempts at fixing their own products. The person may or may not be successful in their endeavor, but immediately there are four big issues with the process they have undertaken.
1. The new part they ordered. There are hundreds of places online where people can order parts from for more devices than I can conceive. The issue is that not every part is manufactured the same and most people do not have have any idea if the place they are ordering from is reputable and dealing in manufacturer grade parts or cheap knock offs. It may sound silly, but there are a lot of vendors out there that deal in parts that either will not last or will not fit/work at all for the repair being attempted. A company that specializes in repair services knows their vendors and the quality of parts they are ordering (and will typically also offer a limited warranty the repair for said part should any issues arise).
2. The next problem is the guide the customer is using. This is always a very hit or miss issue. Some guides may be very accurate and amazingly well presented, others could skip important information that lead to huge mistakes. Even more important to remember is that the people who often make these guides (specifically quality ones) are very practiced at what they do. They know which connections are easy to break accidentally, when to avoid putting too much tension on a part and exactly where that little clip is hiding that is preventing that one piece from separating for the next step. The average person, lacking this learned knowledge, is prone to making simple little mistakes that cause more harm than realized until after they close the electronic device up and try to use it again.
3. Something as mundane as tools may not come to mind when doing repairs, but more and more electronic devices are using specialized tools and drivers. If a person tries to use a substitute, they will likely cause unintended damages to the device being worked on. Should someone decide to go out and buy what they need for this specific repair that margin of money saved by doing it oneself begins to dwindle very quickly.
4. ESD, or electrostatic discharge, is the bane of every electronic repair. The tiniest, unnoticed discharge of static electricity can permanently ruin a circuit board. Sometimes the problem is not even apparently right away, but instead causes failures down the line. A good repair center will have anti-static equipment on hand to safely repair electronic devices without risk of such issues.
So next time that smart phone, tablet, mp3 player or other similar device breaks make sure to ask yourself if the small benefit of trying to fix it on your own is worth the effort and risks involved.
We offer free email quotes and questions, so before you jump on in that tiny device and possibly ruin ribbons, little teeth and whatnot, email us! info@callthatgirl.biz
What’s the Cost of Free Software?
This blog is a cross blog by Eric Salce of Gem State Computers
I much like everyone else like a good deal, and what deal is better than free? Sure we have been there, hanging out online, and you stumble across, or you see an ad for software that speeds up your computer, or it could copy your DVDs and CD’s. The best part, it’s all free. Or is it? I think most people will find that this software comes with a very steep price. While many people think the only way you get infected with virus or malware is downloading pirated music, and movies, or to be surfing material of a more adult/questionable nature. While some infections are very obvious, for instance if you download a video or music file and it contains a program, then most likely you will find some form of malware waiting to jump on to your system.
One of the most common ways computers are infected is by downloading free software. While not all free software is bad many free software comes bundled with tagalong programs or other malware. How do you know if you are infected? On sign of infection is the toolbars that have been added without your knowledge. Another Sign of infection is that your computer will slow down, as more and more spyware use up your systems resources, you will find your computer to slow to a crawl. What should you do if you find yourself infected? You should find yourself a friendly computer Technician to get your system cleaned up. If the infection is caught early then the damage should be minimal, and should be a very straight forward, inexpensive, and easy to repair. So just stop and think about what you are installing. If you are not sure give us a call and let us tell you what paid/free software might meet your need.
After all it’s like mamma used to say, if it’s too good to be true, then it most likely is.
Eric Salce of Gem State Computers