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Excerpted from Microsoft.com article, “10 tips for maintaining a healthy home network

Excerpted from Microsoft.com article, “Make memories come alive”

Microsoft Office Tip Office in Your Pocket

Make memories come alive

Turn your pictures into dazzling slideshows with Photo Story 3

Users of Genuine Microsoft Windows operating systems enjoy a host of added benefits—including everything from exclusive product upgrades to special discounts and breaking news announcements.

But perhaps the most valued bonus offered comes in the form of free software programs. One such program is Photo Story 3, which allows you to share your snapshots as striking slideshow presentations complete with animated special effects and sound elements.

Using Photo Story 3, you can touch up treasured photos by reducing red eye; cropping images; producing a working story outline; and adding attention-getting soundtracks, spoken narration, or clever captions. These catchy creations, ready to distribute via e-mail, the Internet, CD, or mobile phone, are a great gift idea and can be a way to reconnect with friends and family members.

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10 tips for maintaining a healthy home network

Once your network is up and running, it's up to you to keep it healthy. This means incorporating all of the security features that come with your operating system, whether it's Windows Vista or Windows XP, and taking care of your network hardware

properly. If your network computers aren't healthy (or have security problems), your network won't be healthy, either. Remember, a chain is only as strong as its weakest link

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Every Windows Mobile device comes complete with Outlook Mobile, ensuring you have access to your e-mail, Calendar, contacts, and tasks wherever you are. Outlook Mobile also supports Exchange Server 2007's Unified Messaging, a capability that, when configured by IT, delivers voice mail and faxes directly to your Outlook and Outlook Mobile inboxes.

Exchange Server 2007's ActiveSync technology ensures your device is connected to the server and ready to receive new Outlook items as they arrive. This "push" technology makes manual synchronization a thing of the past, ensuring your device always has the latest and greatest information. Over-the-Air Search functionality allows you to search your entire mailbox from your device, whether or not the items you're looking for have been downloaded to the local store.

But wait, there's more! Windows Mobile Pocket PC devices may also include Office Mobile, powerful pocket-sized versions of the applications you know and love. With Office Mobile, you can create, edit, and open Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents on your device. Combine Office Mobile with Exchange Server 2007's LinkAccess, and you can even open linked documents stored on internal shares or Windows SharePoint Services sites right from your device. If OneNote Mobile is installed on your device, you can take notes on your device and synchronize them to Office OneNote 2007.

We hear what you're saying. "All this information in my pocket is great, but what if my pocket gets picked?" Not to worry. You can use Outlook Web Access 2007 (a feature of Exchange Server 2007) to remotely wipe your device. The Artful Dodger will have your device, but not your data. You can even use Outlook Web Access to reset your device password. So, go ahead. Put a Windows Mobile device in your pocket. Just make sure you pay for it first.

For more information on Microsoft Windows Mobile, visit http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile