How to empty your Outlook deleted items folder automatically ?

From time to time you might want to save some space over at your Outlook mailbox by emptying your deleted items folder. If you are running Outlook 2003 and 2007, this can be easily automated, by following this procedure:

  1. Open Outlook
  2. Click Tools, then choose Options
  3. Go to the Other tab
  4. Mark the Empty the Deleted Items folder upon exiting check box.
  5. From now on, before closing Outlook, you’ll be prompted to empty your deleted Items folder.

How to change your Hotmail password ?

Easy instructions for changing your Live Hotmail password.

If you have registered an account with a free web based email service provider (such as Hotmail / Live Hotmail, GMail, Yahoo Mail etc’), you might want to keep your account secure by periodically changing its password.

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Is it wise to delete your MSN email account ?

If you happen to be thinking to delete your MSN Hotmail (now Live) account, you better be aware of two facts:

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Where to find a cool quote for your AIM profile?

If you use AIM, you might want to share your wisdom with your buddies by displaying some enlightening, hilarious or funny profile quotes . The problem is that not always you will have something important, funny nor intelligent to say, and thus you better know where to easily find such quotes. For your convenience, i prepared a list of resources in which you can look for aim profile quotes:

How to incorporate quotes to your AIM buddy info ?

1. Pick your quote of choice , copy it to your clipboard.
2. Login to your AIM 6.1.
3. Click Edit, then click My Buddy Info.
4. Paste your quote, then click the Save button.
5. From now on, your favorite quote will be visible to your buddies as your aim profile quote :)

Enjoy!

How to restore the recycle bin icon ?

Not long ago, Shankar proposed a Windows XP registry tweak that will allow you to remove the recycle bin from your desktop. Today, i would like to show you the opposite trick, namely, how to restore the recycle bin icon after it was removed from your Windows XP desktop.

Remember: the implementation of the following trick requires that you manually modify the system registry. This is an advanced task that if done incorrectly can break your operating system and cause a severe data loss. Implement this trick at your own risk.