How to delete a contact from the Palm Treo 700p.

1. Open the contact you wish to delete.

2. Open the menus option .

3. Select Delete Contact from the Record menu.

4. Select OK.

How to delete a third party application from your BlackBerry Curve 8300, 8310, 8320 or 8330.

1. Under Settings > Options, select Advanced Options.

2. Select Applications.

3. Highlight the application you wish to delete.

4. Press the Menu key.

5. Select Delete.

How to delete a third party application from your BlackBerry Curve 8300, 8310, 8320 or 8330.

1. Under Settings > Options, select Screen/Keyboard.

2. Set Automatic Backlight to Off.

3. Press the Menu key.

4. Select Save.

How to uninstall Internet Explorer 8.

1. Click the Start Button > Control Panel.

2. Click Programs.

3. Click View installed updates.

4. Click Windows Internet Explorer 8.

5. Click the Uninstall button.

When trying to restore the iPhone in iTunes for Windows, you get an error:

Unable to restore phone. Unknown error (6)

To resolve this problem, try the following steps:

1. Open the following location:

Windows XP:

C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Apple Computer\iTunes\iPhone Software Updates

Windows Vista:

C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\iTunes\iPhone Software Updates

2. Delete files that end with a .ipsw.

Now hopefully you can restore your iPhone without getting the Error 6 message.

If you’re getting Error 1418 in iTunes when you try to sync your iPod, try the following steps to fix this issue:

1. Click Start > Run and type regsvr32 softpub.dll

2. When you receive the message that the DLL has been registered, click OK and perform the same steps for each of the following commands one by one under Start > Run:

regsvr32 wintrust.dll
regsvr32 dssenh.dll
regsvr32 rsaenh.dll
regsvr32 gpkcsp.dll
regsvr32 sccbase.dll
regsvr32 slbcsp.dll
regsvr32 mssip32.dll
regsvr32 cryptdlg.dll
regsvr32 initpki.dll

If these steps do not fix the issue, see if you can disconnect any other USB devices from your computer (except keyboard and mouse) to see if that fixes the issue.
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To connect to a nonbroadcasting wireless network, follow these steps:

1. Click on the network icon [] in the task bar.

2. Select Connect or disconnect…

3. Select Setup a connection or network.

4. Select Manually connect to a wireless network.

5. Enter Network name > select Security type > Encryption type > Security Key/Passphrase.

6. Be sure to leave Start this connection automatically unchecked!

7. Check Connect even if the network is not broadcasting.

When you try to start iTunes, you get an error message that says:

The iTunes Library.itl file is locked, on a locked disk, or you do not have write permission for this file.

This happens because, somehow the iTunes Library.itl file got set as read only. You can fix this by doing the following steps:

1. Open the My Documents folder.

2. Open the My Music folder.

3. Open the iTunes folder

4. Right-click the iTunes Library.itl file and select Properties.

5. Uncheck Read-only.

6. Click OK.

Now you should be able to start iTunes without the error.

You can send out an email to take a vote from recipients in Outlook 2007.

1. Start a new message and click Options.

2. Click Use Voting Buttons.

3. Select the voting buttons you wish to use. Use Custom… if you wish to write your own options.

4. If you have selected the Custom… option, the Message Options dialog will appear. Type the options you would like in the Use voting buttons field. Separate your options with a semicolon (;). Click Close when done.

Now you’re ready to type and send the email.

If you want to check who accepted or declined a meeting invite in Outlook 2007, here’s how.

1. Click the Calendar icon in the Navigation Pane.

2. Double-click the meeting you want to check.

3. Click the Tracking button.

Note: Only the meeting organizer can view this option.

When I installed Firefox 3, the Back and Forward buttons disappeared from the toolbar. Here’s how to bring them back.

This tutorial will work with Firefox 2 also.

1. Right-click on the Home or Refresh button.

2. Click Customize…

3. Drag the Back button to the area of the toolbar you want it. Do the same with the Forward button.

4. Click Done.

In Windows 2003 and Windows XP, you are unable to view the data in files with an extension of CHM (Microsoft Compiled HTML Help file) from a network resource. Security patches prevent this and you get an error that says:

Navigation to the webpage was canceled

or

This program cannot display the webpage

In order to make this work, you have to add the UNC path to the server where the files are stored to your trusted sites in Internet Options within Internet Explorer. Here’s how:

1. Open Internet Explorer and click Tools > Internet Options.

2. Click the Security tab.

3. Click Trusted Sites.

4. Click Default Level.

5. Set the Allowed levels for this zone to Low.

6. Click Sites.

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To make your Windows Mobile Device visible to Bluetooth devices, follow these steps:

1. Go to Start > Settings > Connections tab > Bluetooth

2. Switch to Mode tab and check Turn on Bluetooth and Make this device visible to other devices, then select ok.

To change the Bluetooth name of your Windows Mobile device, follow these steps:

1. Go to Start > Settings > System tab > About

2. Switch to Device ID tab.

3. Type the new name in Device name and select ok.

Do you want Outlook Mobile to notify you when server-side rules deliver emails/messages to subfolders in your inbox like the Blackberry? Do you want custom sound or vibration depending on sender or subject?

Unfortunately, there is no registry hack for Windows Mobile or Outlook Mobile. The only option you have is a great utility called WatchFlag available here, for $15.