Welcome to the March 19, 2002 issue of Hewie's Favorites Views & Reviews.

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+++ Limit to Outlook saved messages
+++ Using pictures on a PDA
+++ A little fun
+++ Hewie's Favorites has been updated

March 18, 2002

+++ Limit to Outlook saved messages

This information came from TechRepublic's Outlook E-Newsletter for March 18, 2002. http://www.techrepublic.com

If you use Outlook 2002 with a personal folder (PST) file that contains a lot of messages and other items, you might be able to send messages but not receive any new messages in your Inbox. This happens because Outlook 2002 limits the size of a PST file to less than 2 GB to prevent corruption of the file.

Currently there is no warning. If you install Office XP Service Pack 1, you will get a warning message when a message is being refused because you have reached the limit.

Microsoft is reportedly going to set the file size limit in the next version of Outlook to 33 TB (yes, that's terabytes).

I checked Microsoft's KnowlegeBase. Outlook 2000 has the same 2GB limit. See article Q266709 http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q266709 . (this long URL may wrap)

+++ Using pictures on a PDA

I could not imagine why anyone would use pictures on a hand held PDA, until I had a problem with some home repairs. I am not very good with fixing things other than computers. I snapped a couple of pictures of the problem with my digital camera and placed them on my Palm handheld, using Dataviz's Documents to Go. I went to Home Depot, showed the pictures on my Palm, and received a solution from one of their helpful people.

It saved me a lot of grief and loss of words. It's a lot like some of you trying to explain a computer problem to a technician. A screen capture printed out saves you a lot of explaining and knowing what terms to use.

If you want to see the pictures of my problem, go to http://www.hewie.net/more/closetprob.html.

+++ KB Alertz

The entire Microsoft KnowledgeBase is on line at http://support.microsoft.com/. If you need help from Microsoft, this is the first place to look. If you want to get a list of new articles every day, check out KB Alertz http://www.kbAlertz.com/ and subscribe. You pick the Microsoft products that you are interested in and every day that new KB items are added, you will get a list of links to them.

These KnowledgeBase articles identify bugs and problems and give you a fix, a work-around, or a note that MS is aware of the problem.

+++ A little fun

I had a great website for some fun, but after I had this issue ready to send, it stopped working. If it's working by the next issue, I will include it. So I have replaced it with some puns that I saw somewhere. Please don't throw anything at me.

Humorous puns
Energizer Bunny arrested - charged with battery.
A man's home is his castle, in a manor of speaking.
A pessimist's blood type is always b-negative.
My wife really likes to make pottery, but to me it's just kiln time.
Dijon vu - the same mustard as before.
Practice safe eating - always use condiments.
I fired my masseuse today. She just rubbed me the wrong way.
A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother.
Shotgun wedding - A case of wife or death.
I used to work in a blanket factory, but it folded.
I used to be a lumberjack, but I just couldn't hack it, so they gave me the axe.
A man needs a mistress just to break the monogamy.
Marriage is the mourning after the knot before.
A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
Corduroy pillows are making headlines.
Is a book on voyeurism a peeping tome?
Dancing cheek-to-cheek is really a form of floor play.
Banning the bra was a big flop.
Sea captains don't like crew cuts.
Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?
A successful diet is the triumph of mind over platter.
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
A gossip is someone with a great sense of rumor.
Without geometry, life is pointless.
When you dream in color, it's a pigment of your imagination.
Condoms should be used on every conceivable occasion.
Reading whilst sunbathing makes you well-red.
When two egotists meet, it's an I for an I.
If electricity comes from electrons... does that mean that morality comes from morons?

+++ Hewie's Favorites has been updated twice since the last newsletter