I have found this issue occurs commonly when upgrading from Outlook 2007 to 2010.

1. Open Outlook 2010
2. Click File (top left)
3. Click Account Settings
4. Click Account Settings
5. Click Change Folder
6. Click the “+” on the left of the folder name to reveal hidden subfolders.
7. Click Inbox
8. Click Ok
9. Close all open dialog and restart Outlook.

This issue commonly occurs in Microsoft Outlook when Outlook has reached its file size limit. To fix this you need to allow Outlook to use a larger sized table.

1. Launch Microsoft Outlook
2. Right click the folder list (on the left hand side) and left click Properties.
3. Click Advanced
4. Check “Allow upgrade to large tables”.
5. Click Ok
6. Click Ok
7. Restart Outlook

Note: You can also force emails to be deleted thereby clearing the Outlook table by selecting emails and select SHIFT-DEL at the same time.

In this guide I am using a media player called: VLC (VideoLAN) to do the conversion – it can be downloaded free “here”.

1. Once installed – open VLC media player
2. Put the DVD you want to rip the audio into your computer
3. Click Media (up-the-top)
4. Click Convert/Save
5. Click Disc (up-the-top)
6. Make sure the DVD is selected
7. Press Convert/Save (down-the-bottom)
8. Change the destination file field to the location where you would like the audio saved to.
9. In the profile drop down box select Audio –MP3
10. Click Start

Note: Make sure you have the right stream selected in step 6 – or you might just record the Menu sound – for example: VOB_1 compared to Vob_0.

Save the following into a notepad document and name it with .bat at the end – for example shutdown.BAT. You can then either set it to the desktop or add it to a scheduled task to turn your computer off at a certain time.

<br /> @echo off<br /> shutdown.exe -s -t 00<br /> exit<br />

Note: Changing “-s” to “-r” will restart the computer, instead of turning it off and adjusting the “-t” will change the time in seconds till it shuts down. Useful if you are wanting the computer to shutdown after an hour or so.

This problem is generally caused by corrupted/damaged DNS Cache. Follow the instructions below to repair.

1. Click Start
2. Click All Programs/Programs
3. Click Accessories
4. Right click Command Prompt select Run as Administrator
5. Type in:_ ipconfig /flushdns_
6. Press Enter
7. Restart your computer and attempt Windows Update.

If the above doesn’t work then you can bypass the problem by assigning your own DNS server , such as Google DNS.

1. Click Start
2. Click Control Panel
3. Click Network/Network & Sharing Center
4. Click Change Adapter Settings (on the left hand side)
5. Right click Local Area Connection (if you are using wired method of connecting – if not select Wireless Connection)
6. Select Properties
7. Click Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)
8. Click Properties
9. Select Use the following DNS server addresses
10. Type in: 8.8.8.8 and on the second line 8.8.4.4
11. Click Ok
12. You are now routing your computers DNS through google’s servers instead of the service offered by your Internet Service Provider. Depending on who and where you are – you might notice a slowdown in internet browsing or a speed up – this is normal.
13. Restart your computer and attempt Windows Update.