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DNS Failure

Question: Why do I get DNS failure every time I go to a workstation and try to send out email through Outlook 2000? Answer: You need to go into the

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Call VB Program from 4GL

Question: How do I call an application made in VB from 4GL? Answer: I’m not a 4GL user, but I believe there is a “system” command that will allow you

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WML and HTML Forms

Question: How do I pass text that was entered into a text box on a WAP page/card to an ASP page? Answer: Be sure that you are declaring and passing

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Removing Exchange

Question: How do I totally remove Exchange 5.5 from Windows 2000 Advance Server? Answer: Go to Start | Settings | Control Panel | Add/Remove Programs | Microsoft Exchange Server. Have

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Delete vs. Move to Deleted Folder

Question: How do I have deleted messages go into the bit bucket instead of the Deleted folder? Answer: You didn’t indicate what version of Outlook you’re running, but the Outlook

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Deleting Year-old Calendar Items

Question: How can I delete calendar items that are a year old? Answer: I assume you’re looking to delete calendar items older than a year. The easiest way to do

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WML Permissions Settings

Question: I’m using the Nokia WAP toolkit in conjunction with MS Interdev to write dynamically generated WML. I’ve configured the IIS server to handle the new MIME types, but each

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Shut Down Exchange Server Automatically

Question: Can I automatically suspend the Exchange Server (i.e., programming it to shut down) so that I can take a backup? I am using ARCserver to back up the server.

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Identifying the WAP Browser

Question: How do I know (with ASP) if the browser is a phone or a personal digital assistant? Answer: HTTP_USER_AGENT is really the only way that we have to identify