I have been getting lots of questions from everyone, and that is great This week I got a question from Charles, “Hello Steve, I have a problem, I need to run a VB Script that will tell users that their password needs to be changed in x days. The Windows 7 balloon is not effective, […]
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Jennifer, sent me a question last week: Steve, Got a question for you. I have a small network of about 10 laptops. All of my users store their email in PST files in Outlook. I want to have an icon on their desktop that they can click to backup Outlook before they leave for the […]
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Last week I wrote about a free tool from Nirsoft – A kind reader, Mike, let me know about another one of their tools: Hey Steve, Thanks again for tips you send each week. I just wanted to point out that Nirsoft has quite a few useful tools. One of them that I use every […]
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I have gotten this call before – A friend has a new computer. For a free dinner or maybe a few beers (Or Both!) would I help them move everything over? Sure no problem I say. Just a few word docs, and an email account. Hmm..an email account. This friend of mine has used Gmail […]
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We just released the latest version of Enterprise Remote Control. What is it? – Let me tell you. Ever have trouble supporting a remote user because it is too hard to get to their machine? You know what I am talking about…finding their public IP, having them open a port or two – if you […]
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On one of our servers we have a batch processing program. It is old and clunky, but it gets the job done. An irritating bug it has is that it leaves temp files around in the c:\windows\temp folder. One day we noticed the server was getting slow – finally realized that the temp folder had […]
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One of the problems when deploying Microsoft Outlook is that there is always some form or wizard that needs to be completed before a user can start accessing their email. Even in the latest version of Outlook, there are still setup pages the user has to fill out. This can get especially annoying if you […]
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A few days ago a friend of mine called me. He said he had a small problem with his laptop, and was wondering if I could help him over the phone. You get the idea. Not an easy problem. He brought the laptop over, and I determined the cause of the blue screen: it was […]
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It is that time again. Microsoft is getting close to releasing IE 9 in its final form. According to my sources, it will be released on Monday, March 14th. This also means it will show up in automatic updates as an “Important Update” If you want to prevent this from happening, you can setup a […]
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If you are using Windows 7, then you must have run into the “Auto Maximize” feature. Microsoft calls it “Smart Window Arrangement” Here is a short youtube clip that shows you what I am talking about: Essentially if you move your window around and touch the corner, it will automatically maximize the window. After a […]
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