Author: Bob Lin

Q: Do we need to download and install App to use Zoom”

Chicagotech.net:

When you are invited to a meeting via an Zoom URL link, it will automatically prompt to download and install the app.

Q: We are using Microsoft Office 365 services. How can we use Microsoft Skype/Team to share my computer with our clients so that they can see my desktop?

Chicagotech.net: Yes, here is how.

1. Assuming you have Microsoft Skype/Team and Outlook installed, open Outlook Calendar and click New Skype Meeting.
2. Enter the clients’ email address, subject, location, time information.

3. When the client receives the invitation, click on Join Skype Meeting link to access it.

4. Now, the client may see this popup, install or/and join the Meeting. You have two options to use Skype, Web app or Skype for Business. If you don’t want to install Skype for Business, click Install and join with Skype Meetings App (web).

5. If you don’t have Skype/Team account, you may receive this message. Click Join as guest.

6. After starting the meeting, the host can click Sharing icon.

7. You may share the desktop and more.

8. Now, on the client side, click Accept to join the meeting. good luck!

Q: We are using Office 365. Once for a while, a user may want us to enable his/her Out of Office Notification because he/she can’t come to the office. How can we do it without knowing the user password?

chicagotech.net: Yes, you can do it by assigning your full permissions and then access the user Outlook. Here is how.

1. Login Office 365 portal.
2. Go to Admin Center>Exchange>Mailbox.
3. Go to the user mail delegation and assign yourself  full permissions.
4. Wait for a while and  open Another user mailbox from your Web Outlook.
5. After accessing the user’s Outlook, click Settings.
6. Click Automatic replies to modify the notification.
7. Test it.

Q: I am running WordPress as blog. I would like to integrate it to  Facebook or Twitter. How do I do it?

chicagotech.net: AddThis is popular WordPress plug-in. Here is the steps how to add it to WordPress.

1. Login your WordPress website.
2. Click plugins under Dashboard.
3. Click Add New.

4. Search AddThis. Install and active it.

5. Now, you should have AddThis in th eleft panel. Click it and follow the instruction to select Profile.

6. After register (you may need to login addthis), select which Tool you would like to use, such as Share Tools, Follow Tools, Related Posts.

7. You may change the Sharing Services.

8. Now, you should have Sharing icons in your website looks like this:

Q: We are running Microsoft Office Accounting 2009 on Windows 10. Would like to edit the Templates. Where is Microsoft Office Accounting 2009 Templates located?

chicagotech.net: It is located in

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\Office Accounting 2009

1. Login Sharp web unitality using IP address, for example http://192.168.1.21.
2. Go to Network Settings>Quick Settings>SMTP Settings.

The username is Administrator and password is admin or sharp.

To get daily updates, group invites, and select an alternate posting address, you need to edit Yahoo Email Preferences. Here is how.

1. Sign in to Yahoo Groups.

2. Click Groups.

3. Click Go to Yahoo Groups.   

4. All My Groups. Click Email Preferences.

5. Click Email Preferences.

6. In the email you want to make the change, click Edit.

7. 7.Select the option you’d like to enable: ◦Group Invites ◦Updates Email ◦Yahoo ID Preferences ◦Alternate posting address.

8. 8.Click Save.

Q: I setup a new desk phone for a new user. She can make a call. However, the screen shows Available only, no user name and extension. Why?

A: The user needs to log into the phone or the phone needs to be assigned to the user by the MAC address in director

The process to log in to the phone is as follows

• Press the voicemail key on the phone
• It should say enter the extension number
• Enter the password (default is 1234) then press #
• When you hear the main menu press 7 for personal options
• Press 3 to assign the extension
• Press 1 to assign to this phone.

Please view this step by step video:

1. From the printer control panel, touch Setup and then touch Network Setup.

2. Touch Ethernet Settings or Wireless Settings.

3. Touch Advanced Settings.

4. Touch IP Settings.

5. A message appears warning that changing the IP address removes the printer from the network. Touch OK to continue.

6. Automatic is selected by default. To change the settings manually, touch Manual, and then enter the appropriate information for the following settings:

● IP Address, for example 192.168.0.51

● Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0

● Default Gateway 192.168.0.1

● DNS Address 192.168.0.1

7. Enter your changes, and then touch Done .

8. Touch OK .