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Office 365 transition password resets

In the next period my company will make the transition from BPOS over to Office365 . I've made all the transition steps but I couldn't find exactly when the users should change their passwords(one ...
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PowerPoint document locked - possibly reporting wrong user

I recently received a phone call from one of the users saying that her PowerPoint (Office 2007) presentation was locked and under edit by another (she was working remotely off of Citrix server), but ...
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Setting up a Windows Server based Office LAN / WLAN environment

Okay so we wish to setup a small office LAN / WLAN. We have 10 desktop PC's and 5 Laptops. which makes around 20 users. Those with laptops will only connect via the wireless network, if needed they ...
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Outlook 2007 Customization Files when on an Exchange Server

long time no see. I've searched the Internet high and low with no luck. I think I actually found the end of the internet and needed an 8in floppy to get in and a punch card to get out, but, none the ...
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what does microsoft office object library cost? [closed]

I would like to get the pagecount of a msword file using COM, but this works only on Windows server: $word = new COM("Word.Application"); what is the minimum cost of this? What do I required? Is it ...
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When do I need to consider 3 phase power? [closed]

Ok, I'm trying my best not to make this too subjective and provide all the information I can and if you can help make this a better question then please suggest. My friend an I have a small software ...
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SharePoint 2007 intermittent issue when saving file. Changes are lost but no error messages are shown

We're experiencing an intermittent problem with some users, sometimes Microsoft Office fails to save documents to SharePoint 2007. Some users complain that sometimes it fails to save the file in ...
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WiFi Setup for an Office Environment

I'm looking to set up WiFi in our current office space. Our 50 employees currently connect via Ethernet only, but I'd like to add WiFi for easier access in meeting rooms and working not at a desk. ...
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Office network failover? [closed]

Possible Duplicate: What hardware do I need to add a backup internet connection? I have a office LAN providing internet access to several workstations. Each workstation is basically ...
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Thoughts on network configuration in new office space

Within a month we're moving to a new office space for our company with ~ 35 people, and me, as the only system administrator, is in charge of setting up the new network for all four floors, and I'd ...
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How to Install Office 2007 Enterprise onto Server 2008 R2 Terminal Server

Can you tell me how to get an Office 2007 Enterprise VLK program to work in terminal services? I keep getting an error that says This copy of Office cannot be used on terminal server. I can't ...
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Gaming on an office lan [closed]

don't shoot me for this one. I'm wanting to get a few of us in our team (say 5 players) to start playing a network game in the office (you know... team building and all that ;) ) - thinking that ...
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Removing Extranet zone from Sharepoint site

Right now my Sharepoint site has two zones, Default and Extranet. Because of this we are experiencing difficulties with our client integration. I want to just unify the zones (make it all "Default" ...
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Battling with Office 2007/2010 GPOs

I just set a GPO for the Shared Themes Path for the entire Office 2007 and 2010 suite using the Group Policy: User Policy --> Administrative Templates --> Microsoft Office 2007 System --> ...
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Rolling out Office 2007: How to handle macros and VB scripts

I am about to roll out Office 2007 to 1600 users. Most of it seems straight forward, but this client is particularly worried about macros and VB scripts not working. How do you migrate them in the ...
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Single PC Satellite Office Firewall

We are setting up a small, single PC office about 200 miles away. We plan on getting a cable internet connection but need some advice on a sufficient firewall. We would like to keep it under $100 if ...
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Is it a good idea to install Office 2007 on a server?

I noticed a lot of 3rd party SharePoint applications require that Office be installed on the server in order to function - PDF converters, for example. To me, this seems like a horrible idea. The ...
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Office Communicator 2007 - cannot save conversation history

I'm deploying Windows 7 Enterprise via WDS with SCCM, for around 6000 desktops/laptops. My task sequence installs many standard applications (flash, adobe acrobat reader etc...), as well as Office ...
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How to give everyone access to a office@companyname address and let everyone see what messages were answered

This should be simple (because I assume everyone has this problem) but googling and searching of serverfault didn't help much. I'd like all messages sent to our "office@companyname" to be visible by ...
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Opening Office 2007 files using a Vista or Win7 client on a server 2008 file share causes lockups and explorer crashes

I think this mostly happens when trying to open files opened by other users. In the XP/2003 days you would get some kind of warning about a locked/read only file. With 7/Vista/2008 I'm just seeing ...
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Need to remotely determine what version of Microsoft Office is installed

I need to find a way to determine what version, if any, of Microsoft Office is installed on every computer on our company network. The best idea I've had was just running a script that searches for ...
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How to choose a printer for a mixed windows/mac office?

I am working on a process for choosing and purchasing a printer for a small office. Has anyone got advice on how to weigh criteria? We've already got two devices that meet some needs, and are open to ...
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Powerpoint missing from DCOM config

I have an application that automates the creation of powerpoint files in an ASP.NET environment. This requires that I install powerpoint on the server and also set permissions in the DCOM ...
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Microsoft Office Volume License - Where to buy [closed]

Possible Duplicate: Can you help me with my software licensing question? I need to buy Microsoft Office for about 10 computers for one of my clients. Can anyone recommend where I can buy ...
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Open source backup solution for windows, mac and linux

I'm the sysadmin for a small company (60 users over two sites). We have a mix of Windows, Mac and Linux desktop machines. I have set-up a backup server at both sites with a large amount of storage ...
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What cool visualization should I use for our server's status monitor?

So we have this company server standing in the corner of our office. It is connected to an LCD monitor hanging on the wall we occassionally use to check whether the backups did what they should. The ...
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msiexec /p (for patching) - won't update after another change

I have a .msp file that is made by the Office 2007 Customization tool. If I create the .msp file and apply it to a machine it works. But if I modify that machine's office install again and then try ...
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Internal opensource web-based office solution

I am looking for an open source equivalent to Google Docs that can be locally hosted. Does anyone have any experience in using any open source web office solutions? The key features I am looking for ...
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Are there any issues for having both Office 2003 and 2007 on one machine?

My machine has Office 2003 Professional installed. I am trying to install Office 2007 but there is an option to leave 2003 version. Has anyone had any issue for having a two different versions of ...