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Exchange message forwarding/redirection rules with Outlook 2007

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You will need to have Microsoft Outlook 2007 installed on your local machine and have it configured to access your e-mail through an Exchange 2007 connection. To create a forwarding rule to forward e-mail from your Exchange mailbox to an alternate address: Click Tools at the top of the main Outlook 2007 window. Click Rules and Alerts from the menu. Click the New Rule button. Click Check messages when they arrive . Click Next . Check the box for received in a specific date span . If you would not like to set a specific time span in which to forward/redirect messages, you may skip to Step 10. Click the blue underlined phrase " in a specific date span " Set the values for the dates that you would like your mail to be forwarded to an alternate e-mail account. Click OK . Click Next . Check the box for forward it to people or distribution list . Alternatively, you may choose redirect it to people or distribution list if you do not wish to ret

Dual boot cloning for Macs with Boot Camp

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Intro Below is a guide to my "best practice" method of creating an image of Mac OS X 10.5+ and Windows XP+ on a dual boot Mac for later deployment to multiple machines. More info on the deployment of Windows partitions and images via Apple Remote Desktop can be found at the WinClone site. Building the Source Machine Mac OS X The first part of the process is rebuilding the Mac OS X system to your desired specifications. A simple outline of the procedure previously used is as follows: Install Mac OS X 10.5. Install Apple iLife '09 suite. Run Software Update to ensure system is as up to date as possible. Install desired third party applications. Microsoft Office 2008 Run Autoupdate repeatedly until software suite is up to date. Run Boot Camp Assistant. Create new Windows partition of 32gb (or whatever size you choose). Insert the Windows installation media. Start Windows installation. Windows The version of Windows installed is entirely determined by pr