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Posted by lem (Member # 6914) on :

Does anyone know if there is a way I can change the hibernation button that looks like a power button to BE the power or log off button?

I am really getting annoyed at having to follow the arrows to see the power off and log off options, and I am not a fan of hibernation.

Thanks

[ January 22, 2009, 04:16 PM: Message edited by: lem ]

Posted by Architraz Warden (Member # 4285) on :

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/68146-power-button.html

Summary, you can do it through the Power Options dialogue. Pictures included if required in link above.

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

Hah! It works!

I had no idea you could do that. Very cool.

Thanks. [Smile]

Posted by lem (Member # 6914) on :

That is so wicked cool. Thanks! Can I request another simple advice? When i get this complete, I will be one happy camper.

I use Gmail. My Gmail has its' own domain. I want to be able to click on links and have it open up in Gmail instead of outlook or some other mail client.

Gmail notifier doesn't work because my domain name is different. Even if I try to sigh on with myname@contoso.com, it does not work. However I can log onto my domain with Google Talk.

From Google Talk I can go to settings and have Gmail open up email links.

It works great on everything BUT...when I am using Office 2007 and I go to "office button-send-email," it still opens up outlook. Is there a way I can force Office 2007 to send email using my Gmail client? I don't want to set up Gmail to use outlook, I just want it to open up the new message using my web based Gmail account.

Thanks.

Posted by scifibum (Member # 7625) on :

I doubt there's anything straightforward you can do to make the existing Send> Email buttons in Office 2007 use Gmail instead of Outlook, since it's not doing it via a mailto: link. I think it's using MAPI calls (at least the troubleshooting for when that button doesn't work at all involves MAPI registry settings). So...I think your choices are limited to email clients that implement MAPI.

Apparently this guy is working on adding MAPI support to his custom Gmail notifier:
http://www.williamrandol.com/GmailIconNotifier.htm

I suspect it should be possible to write VBA that will open GMAIL for you and add the attachment, by automating IE and using the DOM if nothing else, but I don't know how easy it'd be. Probably not very.

Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :

*nod* Until you manage to get MAPI support in Gmail somehow, the only other way you're going to achieve that effect is through a browser extension. (You might want to check, actually, to see if such an extension already exists for an easily-extended browser like Firefox or Chrome.)