Month: March 2007

Windows Media Player slow with large media collections

Windows Media Player or Media Center Edition slow performance with large media libraries. The Current Media Library Microsoft Windows XP maintains Windows Media Player databases in “C:\Documents and Settings\[user]\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Media Player” as CurrentDatabase_###.wmdb databases. The CurrentDatabase_###.wmdb has a different filename corresponding with the version of Windows Media Player. Windows Media Player 9 (WMP9) maintains a database in “C:\Documents and…

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Apply global custom views to Microsoft Outlook 2003

The goal is to apply global custom views to Microsoft Outlook 2003.  Microsoft has created a default view in Microsoft Outlook 2003 that is generally difficult to adjust.  Many users have grown a distaste for the Auto Preview, Reading Panes, and the all Group-By Settings.  In recent months, I have had to assist several clients, repeatedly with this issue and…

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