About The Windows 8.1 Update Errors

Microsoft update errors have now become fairly common. Many Windows users these days think twice when it comes to installing any new updates released by Microsoft. They first wait for a few days and then go through the reviews on Microsoft help forum to see if there are any reported errors. Interestingly, there are quite a few defining the issues allied with the particular patch.

Fixing the Windows 8.1 update errors

One such recently reported Windows update errors was about Windows 8.1 OS. Though Windows 8.1 is marketed as a different version of Windows 8 in the market, it is available to Windows 8 users as a free upgrade. However, as it turns out that some of the Windows 8 users face many technical issues when upgrading to Windows 8.1.

Interestingly, it is clear from the reports that not every Windows 8 user, who made the upgrade, faced issues. The Windows 8 machines that were affected reportedly displayed an OS crash, and there was no way out of this error, except to completely reinstall Windows 8 platform, or going for a full OS recovery. As you can imagine, this led many users to lose their valuable data stored in the system hard drive.

As always, Microsoft was quick to respond to these reported errors, and released some useful tips and fixes to deal with the problem. If you are one of the affected users, just visit the Microsoft help forum and search a solution for the error code displayed during your computer crash. You will find the solutions for many complex issues there, along with the necessary steps to execute them.

Keep in mind that such OS updates are not that big problem, if you take the necessary precautions before the upgrade. For example, Microsoft clearly asks Windows OS users to backup all their important data and create a system restore point before going ahead with the update.

However, the system restore point becomes useless if the OS completely crashes, as it did in the case of Windows 8.1 upgrade. So, the best step is to create a recovery disc for your OS before you go ahead with the upgrade. This recovery disc and backup files will come handy in the event of any OS errors in the future. Also, make sure that you update all the Windows 8 drivers before you install the Windows 8.1 upgrade file.

Procedure To Create Personal Folders In Outlook

Microsoft Outlook is probably one of the most useful email management software for business and home purposes. There are a wide range of features available in the mail client, enhancing the user’s emailing experience. Apart from the usual email send/receive features, there are many other useful features allowing users to allocate tasks, schedule meetings, organize and synchronize emails. This amazing email client also functions as a help desk applications or an Outlook help desk. Another great Outlook feature is the ability to create Personal Folders in Microsoft Outlook.

Personal Folders can be created in Microsoft Outlook for storing, managing and archiving your email on your local computer’s hard disk. With the help of personal folders, you will be able to reduce the amount of space used on the central mail server, and avoid receiving warning messages indicating that you are crossed the allotted data storage limits.

You need to check the amount of space you are using in Microsoft Outlook. Thereafter, you need to right-click on the Mailbox ‘Lastname’, ‘Firstname’ and select ‘Data File Properties’. Then, clicking ‘Folder Size...’ will show the amount of space you are using on Exchange.

Here is how you create Personal Folders in Outlook 2010:

• First, open the ‘File’ tab.
• Then, you need to click on the ‘Accounts Settings’ button and select the ‘Account Settings’.
• You need to click on the ‘Data Files’ tab.
• Then, click on ‘Add…’
• In the New ‘Outlook Data File’ window, you need to select ‘Office Outlook Personal Folders File (.pst)’ and then click on the ‘OK’ button.
• Thereafter, in the ‘Create or Open Outlook Data File’ window, you need to navigate to the folder where you would like to store the personal folders file. Then, click on the ‘OK’ button.

For using your ‘Personal Folders’ you need to select the messages you wish to move and then click and drag them to your Personal Folders within the ‘Folder List’ pane.

For creating New Folders within Personal Folders for organizing your messages, here are the instructions to follow:

• First, you need to right-click on ‘Personal Folders’ in the Folder List pane.
• Then, you need to select ‘New Folder…’
• For creating new folder window, you need to enter the name of the folder in the Name field and then click on the ‘Ok’ button.

If you have any doubts regarding this, contact our Outlook help desk personnel online.

Manually Updating Your Copy Of Global Address List In Outlook

Global Address List or GAL is a term used to define groupware software and it means that the addresses are shared among the employees working within an organization. The GAL feature is not accessible by the users, which remains a read only feature. However, only the administrator has the privilege to make changes like add or delete a contact.

One of the most common use of a GAL or global address list is that when you are in an organization, and when you are about to send an email to one of the colleagues, you can still manage to send him or her email. You just need to type the recipient’s name, with the help of the GAL, you would be able to look for the email id with the name and then send the email.

When there are changes made in the Exchange Server, computers that have Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2010 will not receive updates automatically. While this happens, there are chances that you miss on a few things. Here are some of the fixes for different Outlook versions from Microsoft.

Microsoft Outlook 2013

• Open the software, from the Ribbon, click on the Send/Receive tab. 
• Next, you need to click on the Send/Receive Groups after which you need to click on the Download button. 
• Click on Ok. 

Microsoft Outlook 2011 For Mac

Since Outlook 2011 does not use Exchange Cached mode and connects to the Global Address Book directly, the global Address Book refreshes every time the Send/Receive button is clicked.

Microsoft Outlook 2010

• Open the program, and then click on the File tab, then Account Settings, and then Download Address Book. 
• Make sure that the check box Download Changes Since Last Send/Receive is checked on the offline dialogue box in the address book. 
• This will make sure that the Outlook address book is updated.

Microsoft Outlook 2007

• Open the application Outlook 2007. 
• From the drop down menu of the Toolbar option, highlight the option Send/Receive and then click on the option that says Download Address Book. 
• You need to make sure to check the option The Download Changes Since Last Send/Receive that appears in the dialogue box for the offline address book. Click on the option Ok. 
• Your Outlook address book would be Updated automatically. 

Follow the above-mentioned methods to update the Global Address List in Microsoft Outlook.