September 2014
In this issue:

CRM Technology Can Transform Big Ideas into Big Results for Small Businesses

Windows XP Registry Hack Will Not Protect Your PC Against All Threats

Why Move Your Workload from a PC to a Server?

Read Receipts in Outlook 2010 and 2013

Monthly Trivia

Quote and Cartoon


Read Receipts in Outlook 2010 and 2013

When sending out urgent or important email correspondence it may come in handy to utilize the delivery and read receipt function in Microsoft Outlook. It does help to mark your email as high importance or choose a subject line with an eye catching and attention seeking sentence or phrase, but sometimes you need to know that an important message has been received. Delivery and read receipts are perfect for this.

There are two options when sending out requests for email receipts. First, you can request a delivery receipt, which will let you know that your message has been safely and effectively received by the receiver�s email service but does not guarantee that it has been opened. Second, you can request a read receipt which will let you know that your email has been opened. Not all email services can or will return these notifications though.

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How CRM Technology Can Transform Big Ideas into Big Results for Small Businesses
used with permission from the Microsoft SMB Blog
by Cindy Bates


By most definitions, small businesses are small only in size�not in their ingenuity or potential impact on their markets. The smartest small businesses think about technology in the same way that larger companies do: �What technologies can help me streamline business processes, stay close to my customers, improve my offerings and make my small business appear on par with larger enterprises?�

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Windows XP Registry Hack Will Not Protect Your PC Against All Threats
used with permission from Microsoft Security Tips & Talk
by Eve Blakemore


In April, Microsoft ended support for Windows XP. This means that if your computer is still running Windows XP, you are no longer receiving security updates.

Several tech news sources have recently reported a change that you can make to your Windows registry (known as a �registry hack�) that tells your Windows XP computer that it�s running Windows Embedded or Windows Server 2003.

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Why Move Your Workload from a PC to a Server?
used with permission from HP Technology at Work

Today's workers need seamless access to their data and applications, whether they're in the office or on the road. But what happens if you're travelling, maybe for a big business meeting, and you misplace the notebook PC you use to access those files? This could mean big trouble if the files on the notebook aren't encrypted, right? Not necessarily.

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Monthly Trivia

First person to submit the correct answers by email to anorton@osgusa.com will receive a $20 Starbucks gift card!

Entries are judged by date/time received and correctness. Include your name and phone number, the question number and the answer.

1) Who painted the Sistine Chapel?

2) How many Oscars did Alfred Hitchcock win?

3) Who said, "Vini, Vidi, Vici"?

4) Where is the smallest bone in the body?

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Quote of the Month


"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing."

 - Teddy Roosevelt

 

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