Archive for the ‘Windows’ Category
Recover Offline Files and Folders for Vista / Win 7
After moving over several systems from an old SBS2003 domain to a new SBS2011 Essentials server, one user noticed that there were several files missing from their documents. To be more accurate, the files were there but they were very old versions of the file, not the current one they had been working on. After [...]
Set default printer with batch file script
For some reason QuickBooks seems to like changing the default printer on some workstations. Haven’t found the cause yet but decided to put in this work-around to make everyone happy. Added this to a login batch file that runs on the system to reset the default printer for each local computer: rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /y /q [...]
Running app from Mapped Drive – Avoiding UAC Prompts
While reinstalling a Windows Vista system the other day I ran into a problem with the UAC security prompt. The primary applicaiton that is run on this computer is not installed locally but run directly from a mapped drive. Normally the user just clicks on the shortcut and the app launches but after a clean [...]
Exchange 440 Login Timeout
Had an issue with an old Exchange 2003 server the other day….in the middle of the day users were disconnected in Outlook (using RPC over HTTPS) and when trying to log into the Exchange web page to view mail, users received the error “440 Login Timeout”. Did the generic solve-all of rebooting the server but [...]
Copy file and append date and time
Recently set this up for someone and then had someone else looking to do the same thing about a week later. Figured it would be good to post it here for future reference. The first example adds just the date: @echo off REM ***************************************************** REM ** DatedBackup.bat REM ** This batch file will make a [...]
Thin client Setup notes HP t5740e
While setting up a new HP t5740e thin client for testing, I needed to install Adobe Reader. The problem was I kept getting the error that there was not enough room on the drive. There was still over 3GB remaining but the Temp drive (in My Computer > Advanced > Environment Variables) was setup to [...]
Map Printer and Set to Default in Batch File
While setting up a new thin client system (HP t5740e) to test with I wanted to make things as easy on myself as possible when it came to the printers. I know we go through printers and have to change them out as they die…I didn’t want to have to log in to each system [...]
Power Efficiency Diagnostics Report
Cool little utility built into Windows 7 to survey your computers energy efficiency. Run a command prompt as Administrator and run the following: powercfg –energy This will run for a minute and then create a report for your system. The filename and path will be shown when it finishes running. Note that you may need [...]
Location Aware Printing in Win7
A cool feature in Windows 7 is location aware printing to allow your laptop to automatically choose the default printer based on the network your connected to. The instructions below are from the Microsoft Springboard Series To setup location aware printing: Click the Start menu and then click Devices & Printers Under Printers and Faxes, [...]
Windows Server 2008 Easy Print
:: UPDATE After the 120 days the server stopped responding to Remote Desktop. I got in touch with the support rep and it looks like even after repeatedly questioning the fact that I’m not acutally running a Terminal Server and being told not to worry, he mis-understood. I removed the Terminal Services role, rebooted and [...]