Microsoft Office 2010 Does Not Support Upgrading From a PreRelease Version

Microsoft Office 2010 RTM has been released and can be downloaded from TechNet or MSDN account. However if you try to install by running the setup file en_office_professional_plus_2010_x86_515486.exe, you will encounter a setup errors window with the following message:

Setup is unable to proceed due to the following error(s): Microsoft Office 2010 does not support upgrading from a prerelease version of Microsoft Office 2010. You must first uninstall any prerelease versions of Microsoft Office 2010 products and associated technologies. Correct the issue(s) listed above and re-run setup.

This is caused by having a BETA version of Microsoft Office 2010 on your computer and the RTM version of Office 2010 does not support direct upgrading from BETA to RTM. What you need to solve this problem is by simply uninstalling the old beta version of Office 2010 from your computer, then only install the RTM version of Office 2010.

Follow the simple steps below on how to uninstall Microsoft Office 2010 Beta:

1. Click the Windows 7 Orb button and go to Control Panel.
2. Click Uninstall a Program.
3. Select Microsoft Office Professional 2010 from the list and click the Uninstall button
4. Click Yes when asked to confirm the uninstallation.
5. Restart your computer when uninstallation has finished.
6. When computer has been restarted, run Microsoft Office 2010 RTM setup installer

How to Minimize Microsoft Outlook 2010 to System Tray

Microsoft Outlook is normally used in companies and they keep it open during work hours so that new emails will be constantly being downloaded at a defined interval. Since Outlook by default puts itself in system tray and also at taskbar, it might be taking up unnecessary space at the taskbar. It doesn’t make much sense to have both place to access Outlook.

If you want Outlook to only minimize to system tray but not the taskbar, Outlook has a built-in feature to do that. Simply right click on the Outlook system tray icon and select on Hide When Minimized which should put a checkmark beside it. Now when you minimize Outlook, it will be minimized to tray without showing in taskbar. Now you can have a neater taskbar without unnecessary software taking up on the space.

There is no need to worry if you will be missing any new emails because when a new email is received, there will be a new mail desktop alert popup to inform you about it. By default the option Show New Mail Desktop Alert is enabled so you might want to check in case you have accidentally disabled it.

Unblock “Outlook blocked access to the following potentially unsafe attachments”

Microsoft Outlook is one of the most powerful email client that has a lot of features that a normal user would probably never use. Because email is most used by people in the world, it is also one of the method how virus spreads. Microsoft has always been accused of creating software that is not secured so they have implemented a default security where it blocks all dangerous attachments. When you received an email with a dangerous attachment, you will see a message that says “Outlook blocked access to the following potentially unsafe attachments: file.exe.”

Unfortunately Microsoft Office development team did not made it easy to unblock the blocked attachment from Outlook itself and you will have to navigate to the registry and add the extensions that you do not want Outlook to block at Level1Remove. The easier way to avoid messing with the Windows registry and yet able to unblock the blocked attachments in Outlook is by using Outlook Attachment Enabler.

Outlook Attachment Enabler controls the file types of attachments that Outlook has determined to be unsafe for opening. After installation, just run OAE, go to the Display Blocked Extensions and select the extensions you want to unblock from the list and click the Mark as safe. The changes takes effect immediately. If you cannot find the extension, you can add the extension in the box and click the Add button. We have tested it in Microsoft Outlook 2010 and it works like charm.

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Convert PowerPoint PPT Format to Portable Video WMV File

PowerPoint is the best presentation creation tool that most people use to create slideshows. A presentation only in words is boring but when it is mixed together with a slideshow and animation with graphs and images, it becomes more alive and interesting. Creating a PowerPoint presentation is easy because Microsoft has made it very simple to use. When finished creating the powerpoint file, it is saved in .ppt, .pps or pptx in the new Office 2007 format.

When you want to play the powerpoint presentation, the computer must have powerpoint installed or else there won’t be any compatible problem to open the file. This can become an inconvenience if for instant your laptop couldn’t work with the project that you need to transfer the powerpoint file to another computer which doesn’t have Microsoft PowerPoint installed.

The best fool proof solution is to use PPT2Video to convert PowerPoint format to a video format such as WMV. The WMV format is playable on all Windows computer that has Windows Media Player installed. PPT2Video Free offers conversion of all powerpoint formats (pptx, ppt, pptm, ppsx, pps, ppsm, potx, pot, potm) to a few video formats such as WMV, ASF, MOV and MKV.

To get your free Wondershare PPT2Video license:

1. Visit http://www.ppt-to-dvd.com/support/ppt-to-video-free-get-keycode.html
2. Enter your first name, last name, email and click Get KeyCode button. The KeyCode will appear instantly on the same page.
3. Download PPT2Video Free and install.
4. Run PPT2Video and enter the email address and registration code that you have generated in step 2.

PPT2Video conversion requires both PowerPoint and Windows Media Player to be installed on the computer to start the program. So make sure you have already converted the PPT to WMV from the computer where PowerPoint and WMP is installed.

Microsoft Office 2010 Installation Fail because Requires MSXML 6.10.1129.0

Microsoft Office 2010 will soon be made available to everyone around June 2010 to replace the Office 2007. Office 2010 includes extended file compatibility, user interface updates and a refined user experience. Microsoft never fails to impress users with the new version of Office. Office 2010 is very new and requires updated Windows operating system to run. For Windows XP users, Office 2010 requires at least SP3 installed and Vista with SP1.

If you try to install Microsoft Office 2010 on Windows XP service pack 2, the installation will fail with the error message “Setup is unable to proceed due to the following error(s): The installation of Microsoft Office 2010 requires that MSXML version 6.10.1129.0 be installed on your computer. Install this component and re-run the setup. Correct the issue(s) listed above and re-run the setup.”

In every service pack update, there are tons of files that gets updated and probably even some features removed and added. If you are running an old system with a custom software that is only compatible with older version of Windows and you don’t want to touch it since it is working perfectly, then the simple solution to install Office 2010 on Windows XP without SP3 is by installing the MSXML 6.0 SP1.

After installing MSXML 6.0 SP1, you should be able to install Office 2010 on XP SP2 without problems but we do not guarantee that all the Office 2010 programs will work properly since it is not made to run on XP SP2 or lower.

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Convert Images into Excel Mosaics with ExcelArt

It is possible to import an image file to the Excel by going to Insert > Picture > From File but that picture imported will show as a single picture covering multiple cells. Here is something impressive that can be done on Excel which is to convert bitmaps, jpegs, gifs and png images into colorful mosaics.

ExcelArt makes this easy by clicking the locate image button and browse the image file. Then you get to set the resolution on how many cells will the whole image takes up when it is converted into mosaics. You can also select either to have full color, black and white or sepia. Select which version of Excel that is installed on your computer, either 2007+ or 97-2003 and finally click the Create ExcelArt button.

Take a look at one of the sample excel file created with ExcelArt. As you can see every cells has its own color making a full complete image without using any image file at all.

There is a restriction with this free version of ExcelArt which is it only allows you to create an excel image up to 10,000 cells. If you want to have a clearer resolution, you will have to buy the PRO license which increases the cell limit up to 200,000.

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Scan and Delete Duplicate Emails and Contacts in Microsoft Outlook

Outlook is a very powerful email client and if not properly used or configured, it can cause some problems such as having duplicated emails and contacts. This normally happens when a backup and restore or an import that is not done correctly. If you have a few hundreds or thousands of emails or contacts, removing the duplicated data is nearly impossible unless you are ready to spend hours to do it.

Thanks to Accurate Outlook Duplicate Remover which has recently became a freeware, we can easily scan and delete duplicate emails, contacts and even calendar, tasks and notes from your Microsoft Outlook 2010. This program is ridiculously easy to use and it works on Outlook 2003, 2007 and 2010. You are able to choose any specific folder that you want the program to scan for duplicates and if you have multiple profiles, Accurate Outlook Duplicate Remover allows you to choose which account you want to process.

Remember, the more emails you have, the more hard drive space it will take. Removing duplicate emails is one of a way to maintain your Outlook emails. This software is free and it requires Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 or higher to run.

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