Rob Garrett - Blogs

Those of you using Groove 2007 are probably well aware of the annoying popup dialog that appears when the shift key is pressed more than once.  This issue is exacerbated when inside a remote desktop or terminal session.  Finally, I found a fix... http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940165 To resolve this problem, follow these steps. 1. ...

I'm a fan of Groove 2007, I use it almost every day as part of my day job.  The synchronization concept is great, I can write documents,  and other members of my team collaborate on my changes in real time without waiting for me to check in my changes.  When I'm away from the Internet my changes are stored on my ...

  I stumbled across a great post on Life Hacker today about Outlook on the Desktop.  Those of you following my posts on GTD will love this tool because it enables you to see your calendar or tasks at a glance - perfect for those ''gonna die today'' tasks that live on your calendar and must conclude today.

So, you've spent the last few hours setting up Office Outlook views for GTD productivity (as I have done) and are wondering how you backup your office settings incase you need to reinstall at a later time.  Here's how, using USMT: Google for USMT, download and install. Invoke a command prompt with administrator privileges. Change ...

I was in the middle of enjoying my Friday afternoon at the office when I noticed that all of my archived mail and scheduled calendar appointments were missing from Outlook.  Shock Horror! What was I to do? After throwing my hands in the air, running around the room cursing a few dozen times I went to find out if something had gone wrong on ...

Using the power if WPF, check out the interactive map... http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/office/bb497969.aspx

Anyone who knows me, or has been reading my blog of late must know that I have had my head buried in my new job. A career change certainly has its rewards, but also involves a learning curve. Since my time is precious of late (no surprise that blogging has taken a back seat), I thought a good theme for a blog post would entail the tools that ...

Steve Smith has written an excellent document on how to create a "Slip Stream" installation of SharePoint 2007 Beta-2TR.  The B2TR of Office, SharePoint Server and SharePoint Designer installers require a working installation of Beta 2, and exist as patches.  If like me, you like to repave your machine before installing the ...

I am an experienced software engineer of many a year.  I subscribe and read MSDN magazine, I also read many of the popular technical programming and design books on the shelves.  In comparison, it is always an interesting change spending the day reading and updating professional documentation, written by software engineers (who do not ...