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Microsoft Outlook: Creating a New Profile

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KB ID 0001371

Problem

There are times when a problem with your Outlook profile can manifest itself in many ‘annoying’ ways. Sometimes the simplest thing to do is to put your Outlook profile to one side, and create a fresh new one.

Solution

Ensure Outlook is closed, open Control Panel > Set the view to ‘Small icons’ > Mail > Show Profiles.

Add > Give the new profile a sensible name > OK.

Configure you mail account, (if using Exchange, it should auto-configure for you) > Finish

Change the settings to ‘Prompt for a profile to be used’ > Apply > OK.

Open Outlook and select the new profile.

Make sure everything loads up and syncs correctly > Close Outlook again.

Once you’re happy, go back to the ‘Mail’ Settings, and change it to always use the new profile. You can delete the old profile if you wish > Apply > OK.

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Windows – Export / Recover WEP and WPA Wireless Keys

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KB ID 0001015 

Problem

If you need to connect to your wireless network with a new machine and have forgotten the key, you can view the WEP or WPA key in cleartext using the following procedure on a machine that has connected before.

Solution

1. First launch PowerShell, ensure you ‘Run as administrator‘.

2. To show all the wireless profiles stored on this machine, issue the following command;

[box]

netsh wlan show profiles

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3. From the output above, the wireless profile I want the key for, is called SMOGGYNINJA-N. Note: This is the same as the Wireless networks SSID. To view the wireless key in clear text use the following command;

[box]netsh wlan show profiles name=”SMOGGYNINJA-N” key=clear[/box]

You can also export the profile from one PC to another one, (so you don’t have to enter the key on the new PC), with the following two commands.

To Export a Wireless Profile

[box]md c:WiFi
netsh wlan export profile “SMOGGYNINJA-N” folder=c:Wifi [/box]

To Import a Wireless Profile

Copy the WiFi folder you created in the step above, to the new PC/Laptop. Then execute the following command. Note: Change the section in red to match the path to your XML file.

[box]netsh wlan add profile filename=”c:WiFiWi-Fi-SMOGGYNINJA-N.xml” user=current[/box]

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