Protecting your Data Resources – Stop 3 Lesson 2 Windows backup!

By Jim Segers, IT Coordinator – Extension AgriLife Information Technology In last article I opened the discussion on protecting your data with backups. In that lesson I wrote about making a simple copy of your files using Windows Explorer.   Making a simple copy this way is easy to do and is BIG step in …

Protecting your Data Resources – Stop 3 BACKUP!

By Jim Segers, IT Coordinator – Extension AgriLife Information Technology There is no better way to protect your files than to make a copy.  We often call this a backup, but  it is really a copy.  Although there are many ways to make a backup, in the next few IT Toolbox BLOG posts we will …

Great Help! – Extension County Web Press Learning Resources

By Jim Segers, IT Coordinator – Extension AgriLife Information Technology This past month all our Extension County Office websites are now Word Press Driven.  Word Press is hosted web content management system designed to make maintaining a great web presence.  It allows to readily change information, add media like video, audio, photos, pdf documents and …

How to open a Outlook Share Mailbox

Submitted for Jay Carper In our AgriLife Outlook system functional mailboxes, like the Extension County Office boxes, are configured as shared only mailboxes. This is a great feature, but to open the shared mail boxes you need to add it to your Outlook mailbox folders.  The attached document shows you how to do that. One …

Protecting your Data Resources Step 2 -> Encryption Software

Using Data Encryption software Data Security Series 2 – Jim Segers In our first Protecting your Data Resources stop we learned about Windows built-in file and folder encryption. This Windows features adds a solid layer of protection to files. Windows encryption uses your user account name and password as “keys” to encrypt and decrypt.  As …

Protecting you Data Resources Stop 1 -> Windows Encryption

How to Encrypt a File or Folder in Windows – Data Security Series 1 Jim Segers, IT Coordinator Texas AgriLife Extension Service Most versions of Windows include a feature called EFS – Encrypting File System.  It is an internal method to encrypt your files and folders protecting them from unwanted access. The files are easily …

Great Tips for PowerPoint Presenters

Here are some awesome tip for Agents and Specialist as they present Educational Programs. Great tips for PowerPoint Presenters. While giving a presentation, you can jump directly to another slide in the deck.   How? Type in the slide number and press Enter. (Yes, in order for this to work, you should have a printed “handout” …

On The Lync Trail Fourth Stop

On The Lync Trail Fourth Stop, join me on the Lync trail as we track down and learn all there is to know about Lync and how you can use it effectively. Here’s is the Fourth Stop!! How to Share PowerPoint Slide Show, also shows tips on recording and use of Outlook calendar to launch …

Managing Contacts in Outlook

By Pete Flores – AgriLife Regional IT Specialist –Under contacts you have several contacts groups. If you want to combine Group A and Group B, Open Group B, select all (Ctrl and A keys) right click on a contact, Scroll down to move, Select Move to Folder, Select Folder A and Select Folder. The option …

The Lync Trail Third Stop

By Pete Flores – AgriLife Regional IT Specialist – Join me on the Lync trail as we track down and learn all there is to know about Lync and how you can use it effectively. Here’s the Third stops on the trail! How to create online meetings.