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Emails sometimes contain sensitive information which you wish to delete safely, Does deleting them from the "Deleted Objects" folder in Outlook wipe them out completely? Usually when outlook deletes a message, Its contents continue to exist in the PST file ( Personal Storage ), Using a Hex editor or with other tools, It is still possible to access the deleted data. Only compressing the PST container will overwrite the unnecessory fields. To do that, select 'File | Data file Administration', select the PST file in the following dialog and open 'Settings' with a mouse click, In the next dialog 'Personal folder', Select 'Compact now', Depending on the size and fragmentation of the file and depending on the effeciency of your system, It can take some time.

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Oh God! In a hurry, you inadvertently deleted the recycle bin using the 'Delete' context command, you actually only wanted to empty it. So how to restore the Recycle bin ? It is easy to restore the Recycle bin, Double-click 'Personalization' in the control panel. Then follow the 'Change desktop icons' reference to the left and finally activate the 'Recycle bin', Then confirm with 'Apply' as well as 'Ok'.

The windows Genuine advantage (WGA) check gets on your nerves since it blocks many downloads, You don't want to subject your legal copy of windows to a check for every minor issue and are therefore searching for an uncomplicated workaround,More often then not, it is enough to validate your system once, Windows receives a code in the process, which can be reused for further downloads. This even works on other computers if the conditions of the check are met, However, there is no guarantee as to how often and for how long the WGA code can be used. After some time, you might no longer be able to go without re-verification.

Start any download for which verification is needed in order to generate your own code. Open 'support.microsoft.com/kb/914440/en' for instance and download the tool that is offered under the heading 'Purchase the network diagnostics for windows XP' in the dialog box for the WGA check, click 'Next' and subsequently select 'Alternative method for validity check' below, when you are doing this for the first time, you must click 'Next' to install and run the verification tool. Then note down the code that you receive, enter it, and click 'check'. In the future, just enter the code when starting a download. This simplifies work, for instance if you want to download and install the same tools or hot fixes on many computers.

In the 'inbox' or another folder, many objects get collected over time. Although these can be sorted by the column headings, for example, by date or by the sender's name, It is not enough for heaps of messages. Let Outlook sort the messages according to multiple different criteria. Click on the column heading for the first criterion e.g 'From', Then press [shift] and keep it pressed while you click on other column headings one after the other e.g. 'Subject'. Let go of the [shift] key when all criteria are fixed.

Note:Outlook characterizes the sorting criteria through small light blue arrows on the right side of the respective column headings. An upward pointing arrow indicates ascending order, and a downward pointing arrows indicates descending order.

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