• There are 3 user activation options in Joomla 1.6 and 1.7 (they can be found in Users > User Manager > Options > New User Account Activation): None – no activation required. After registration account is activated automatically and user…

  • Background: Windows Small Business Server 2008 with built in Exchange 2007 SP1External email screening service (anti-spam and antivirus) Problem: Users complaining that some emails from external senders are randomly bouncing back with NDR 550 error. Investigation: Searched external email filtering…

  • If you are experiencing issues with MS Outlook 2010, one of the first things you should try is disable add-ins as they often are reason for Outlook crashes and other problems. First of all disable all of them and if…

  • Some Windows infections can be quite difficult to clean, but majority of them can be resolved using pretty standard procedure: First off all try to do a full computer scan with any exiting antivirus you may have. Unfortunately because it…

  • Update This issue has been resolved in Skype release 5.5.0.119—————————————————————————————————————————————————– Since version 5.5 Skype introduced a new “feature”. If “Compact View” is enabled, every time Skype starts, a second Window called “Skype Home” is displayed. For many people this is…

  • In Joomla, after successful registration, users by default are redirected to a login page (if account doesn’t need to be activated). From there (after logging in) users are redirected to a user profile page. This happens even if you have…

  • This article explains how to change text in User – Profile plugin fields. You can use the same instructions to override pretty much any text filed in Joomla. Let’s say we want to change Address 1: to Your Address: First…

  • Joomla 1.6 / 1.7 has a great new feature which allows to expand registration form without any third party plugins or core hacks such as this. Go to Extensions > Plug-in manager and enable User – Profile pluginOpen the plugin,…

  • You create a new registration / login form. In all browsers except Internet Explorer all fields appear exactly the same size. In IE however password fields are smaller (shorter) than all other fields. Most likely reason why password fields are…

  • Depending on your template, Joomla registration and login forms may be displayed within a border. If required this can be be removed by adding following code to your template .css file: fieldset{border:none;} Joomla 1.5Joomla 1.6Joomla 1.7

  • If your favourites in MS Outlook keeps disappearing you can try resetting the Navigation Pane. Simply close MS Outlook, the run Outlook with /resetnavpane switch.Start > Run > OUTLOOK.EXE /resetnavpane This will clear and regenerate the Navigation Pane.

  • If none of your third party browser extensions (toolbars, etc) work open Internet Explorer > Tools > Internet Options > Advanced and check “Enable Third Party Browser Extensions“.If this option is grayed out it probably means this setting is managed by…