Day: April 8, 2009

NERD ALERT – skip this post if you don’t give a crap about RPGs

A while back, and I had a back-and-forth about RPG PDF vs. hard copies. I complained that WOTC ripped people poff by overpricing their PDF’s. Looks like they have now completely banned the sale of PDFs, citing piracy as their main reason for doing so.

I find this pretty hysterical.

I had the 4E books two weeks before you could buy a hard copy. The PDF’s are why I canceled my pre-orders. They had printers marks on them – they were not post-sale copies, they were clearly leaked from the printer/publisher, or someone with access to pre-bound copy. They say they are going to sue file-sharers. I’m sure that will recover their lost sales dollars.

Digital assets for my RPG material is a must-have. Period. If you eliminate my legitimate distribution options, where am I going to turn?

I know I’m not the only one who feels this way. I wonder how much _more_ business WOTC will lose, as a result of this move, considering they had fairly appreciable sales of legitimate PDFs through several of their until-recently-partner distribution bushinesses.

I’m so glad I walked away from them after 3.5. I can only hope this boosts sales of Pathfinder.

If you want to move Outlook 2007 .ost file to another drive you need to Change the location where your offline files are saved.



Procedure to follow

1. First you need to close your Outlook.

2. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.

3. Double-click Mail, and then click E-mail Accounts.

4. Click View or change existing e-mail accounts, and then click Next.

5. Select the Microsoft Exchange Server account, and then click Change.

6. Clear the Use Cached Exchange Mode check box.

7. Click More Settings.

8. Click the Advanced tab.

9. Click Offline Folder File Settings.

10. Click Disable Offline Use, and then click Yes in the dialog box that appears.

11. Click Offline Folder File Settings.

12. Click Browse, go to the location where you want to save your .ost file, and then click Open.

13. Click OK.

14. Select the Use Cached Exchange Mode check box.

15. Click Next, and then click Finish.

This took me almost two hours of investigation to finally nail down.