Server 2008 Terminal Server - Public Desktop

Create a program shortcut to programs on the Public Desktop and all users of the Terminal Server (and perhaps domain server - don't have one to check it out) will have the shortcuts available on their desktop.

C:\Users\Public\Desktop

Outlook 2010 - How to Export your E-Mail

Outlook 2010 Settings:

How to Export your E-Mail as a .PST file in Outlook 2010.
Outlook 2010 settings are hidden and not as obvious as previous versions of Outlook. Outlook 2007 and earlier you would Export your E-Mail by going to File > Import / Export > then choose from there,
Export as Personal File... It just made sense.

In Outlook 2010 you must go to:

Outlook 2010: File-> Open-> Import
Once In Import, you have the option to Import or (Export).

Add a printer on Windows Server 2008 TS with Print Server installed

This is for installing Printer Drivers (not adding printers through the Add Printer Wizard) on a Windows 2008 R2 Terminal Server.

Add a printer on Windows Server 2008 with Print Server installed

Go to: Server Manager
(key it in from the Search Box if you don't know how to access it, or it is not set to come up when you log into the server)

Go to Roles > Print Management > Print Servers
Then choose the Computer Name TS24 etc.
Then "Drivers"
From the "Action" Menu - choose Add Driver

You will in some if not most cases have to first download the driver.

In order to install the print server function, check out this Microsoft article copy & paste the URL below - or click
HERE

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753853%28WS.10%29.aspx

Repairing corrupted Windows Files SFC - System File Checker

If your Windows Vista® or Windows 7® system files become corrupted and reports errors, you can run the System File Checker Scan to repair the files.

You can run System File Checker on Windows XP, but will not need to run at an elevated command prompt, also instead of Keying in cmd in the Search Box, you will Click Start > Run, then enter cmd.

In order to run the System File Checker and have it to repair the errors, run this at an elevated command prompt.

sfc /scannow

be sure and enter a space between the forward slash and the s in scannow.

To get to the elevated command prompt type in cmd or command in the search box near the bottom of your screen when you click on the Windows® Orb, commonly referred to as the Start Menu.
When you see the cmd, in the search results, right click it and choose Run as Administrator.

If System File Checker cannot repair the file, you can read the log file to find the faulting files.

In order to read the log file to find the faulting files, run the command below.

findstr /C:"[SR] Cannot repair member file" %windir%\logs\cbs\cbs.log >sfcdetails.txt

This will show you the corrupt files that it found
Make sure you go to the directory

%windir%\logs\cbs\cbs.log >sfcdetails.txt

when its done to see the results.


In order to read the .txt file in Vista or Seven, you will need to run Notepad as administrator by going to accessories, then right clicking it and choosing run as administrator.

For more information go to the Microsoft® Support website listed below.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833

The log will tell you which files are corrupt, it will not repair them.

To repair the files you would need to extract and copy a good version of the file from the installation disk or run a repair install of Windows.
The repair install would be more apt to correct the problems as it will clean all of the Windows directories and components.
When you put your Windows install media in your CD or DVD drive and restart your computer, you will be prompted if you want to install Windows, you will lose your files if you do that, or perform a repair install, you would want to run the repair install.

You could choose to do a full re-install of Windows® if you have backed up your data and have your hardware drivers or know where to get them.

*Notes:

* Some computers have restore partitions so you may be able to re-install Windows by running a full system restore install.
Be sure and research online to see if your computer has a repair partition. Your computer manufacturer's website would have that information.

* You should back up of your files in case something goes wrong.

* If your computer does not boot to the CD when rebooting with CD or DVD in the proper drive, you may need to edit your BIOS settings and choose the CD or DVD drive as your top level boot drive.

Good Luck with running your Windows Repair, Windows re-install or System restore.

TVF

WebLinks - Shortcuts - Useful Web Tools

Here are a few useful links to Internet sites - I may add to the list later.


How to add a Picture, Graphics .jpg, .gif etc. to Outlook Web App - your corporate hosted
Outlook webmail:

http://wimesh.net/wimesh/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30&Itemid=30

Or click here
to go directly to the site


Send Large Files via the Internet -


Easiest ways to send large files over the Internet -
Both yousendit and dropbox have free and paid versions, depending on how many files you need to send and how large they are.

Links below for the sites --

YouSendIt


DropBox

Both of the sites above are useful if you care to share something and trust the person sharing the document or whatever the file may be within the 100MB size limit for free yousendit, and the 2GB size limit of dropbox.

If you have 2 or more computers and want the doc or whatever file, on both, and too large for your E-Mail or you don't want to bog the E-Mail down when you open it - this is a useful way to share files.

I will not use a free peer to peer file sharing site as I have seen to much malware, computer viruses etc. People who indiscriminately share files out, though many are good people - there are a number who share out malware, and still others who have infected machines who may not yet know it.
Many people use such sites - up to you - but not for me.

Where to keep your Favorites/Bookmarks:
De.li.cious is gone - I now use Diigo:
http://www.diigo.com
HERE

You do not have to install the toolbar - you can just create an account then log in.
If you had De.li.cious Bookmarks - for a time, you can log into De.li.cious, export your old bookmarks, then import your new into Diigo.

Firefox Browser Add-ons
No Script - makes browsing safer - is a bit of a hassle if you go to many websites - all you have to do, it click options at the bottom right - then allow the site.
This may not be for everyone - but lets you control what websites run (regarding scripts - which some sites use for installing malware)

Download NoScript here
Or - Download it by searching add-ons via FireFox.


Malware - Virus issues:

Release Windows Security issue that disabled your Antivirus from running with RKill by Bleeping Computers:
copy website below, or click the link Link to Bleeping Computers RKill
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/rkill


ADW Cleaner Download and Junkware Removal Tool Download - Bleeping Computer:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/489925/sweetpackadvertisement-issue/

Direct download address for ADW Cleanter
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/dl/125/


Direct Link for - Junkware Removal Tool - http://api.viglink.com/api/


ComboFix - MalWare Remover by Bleeping Computer Click here to download or copy the link below
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/combofix/

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B L O G S A Writing Blog and plans to change her lifestyle my friend Debra:
www.dsdickinson.com

Prophecy Blog - Garren


Be Smart Be Agile Blog


Cedric J's WordPress Blog - About the value of a person should not be all about work, but who they are as a person

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Technical Links
Digital Literacy Standard Curriculum Original Version

Epson WF630 - Scan to E-Mail instructions

Fix for Error message when you start a Windows 7 or Vista- computer after you change the SATA mode of the boot drive: "STOP 0x0000007B INACCESSABLE_BOOT_DEVICE"

Windows 32 bit Operating Systems 3 or 4 GB maximum memory access info:
4 GB Win memory limit - Brian Madden

Windows 32 bit OS 3 GB RAM Limit link 2:
Dan's Data 3 GB RAM memory limit


Links to Printer Drivers and printer troubleshooting

Contact Microsoft Technical Support:
Voice: 1-800-Microsoft (642-7676)


Via the web:

2nd via web, choose your product for support:

Windows XP connection control panel screenshots



Download the latest (final) Remote Desktop Connection for Windows XP SP 2 or 3
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=7208

Download Windows XP SP3
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=24



Microsoft .NET - Dot-Net 4.0 Download

 Client Profile (Standalone Installer)

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=24872


.NET Framework 4 - redistributable package installs the .NET Framework runtime and associated files that are required to run and develop applications to target the .NET Framework 4.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17718



Microsoft .NET Download for Windows XP 64 bit:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/5/A/65A3CE73-4F35-43A1-83FA-2D11D90163A9/dotNetFx40_Full_x86_ia64.exe



Microsoft .NET Download for Windows XP 32 bit:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/6/4/5641DA81-E6FA-4550-9F80-A1D862D9CFAA/dotNetFx40_Full_x86.exe

Download old software and games - Mac OSX, Windows, Linux

http://www.oldversion.com



Download software and tools without the extra spyware payload at MajorGeeks:

http://www.majorgeeks.com


Windows 8.1 Access more RAM on 32 Bit Windows 8.1 PAE Mode:

Override the 4GB Memory Barrier:

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/windows-and-office/override-the-4gb-memory-barrier-on-32-bit-windows-81-systems/?tag=nl.e101&s_cid=e101&ttag=e101&ftag=TRE684d531

/Link Here

CITRIX REMOVAL TOOL
Click on the link below, Save then, right click on it, select Run As Administrator
http://support.citrix.com/servlet/KbServlet/download/35110-102-705719/ReceiverCleanupUtility.exe
Download Citrix Clean UP Here
Note * This is a Citrix Receiver Clean Utility from Citrix.
PDF to WORD converter
If you have a PDF file you need to convert to Microsoft Word format upload the file to the following website and it will convert the file to Word. - COOL Deal! Brought to you by NITRO PDF
PDF-TO-WORD

Food Recipe Blog - Pinch Of Yum

Pinch Of Yum recipe - Magic Green Sauce -- looks like a good salad dressing - sauce!
Pinch Of Yum recipe-Magic Green Sauce-made with avocados

Thanks for dropping in.
Ron - The Virus Fighter

Dell D630 Unknown Device after Format HDD and XP re-install

USB\VID_413C&PID_8140\5&11246E2F&0&2


Dell Bluetooth Driver - Toshiba BT for Dell
When you format your Dell Latitude Hard Drive and re-is
Unknown USB Device issue - For Dell Latitude D620, D630, D820, XT - More
USB\VID_413C&PID_8140\5&11246E2F&0&2



http://ridwan.chendarma.com/2007/06/09/presenter-mouse/


This was the device Details info in Device Manager for the issue and Link to Dell below:



USB\VID_413C&PID_8140\5&11246E2F&0&2






Dell Bluetooth Driver - Toshiba BT for Dell - Unknown USB Device issue - For Dell Latitude D620, D630, D820, XT - More

USB\VID_413C&PID_8140\5&11246E2F&0&2


Dell Bluetooth Driver - Toshiba BT for Dell
When you format your Dell Latitude Hard Drive and re-is
Unknown USB Device issue - For Dell Latitude D620, D630, D820, XT - More

Replacing your brass / copper yard faucets

First, why I created this post. I was on a Forum at TechGuy.org and I was going to reply to a post BUT I did not notice that the post had been marked as solved.
I did not scroll to the bottom to see that I was not on the last page of the post, so I had my answer all prepared only to find out, that the issue had been answered.
The poster was able to get his faucet replaced, I hated to just totally waste the time that I spent to work on the answer so I posted it here.
Not sure if it will help anyone, but here it is for what it is worth.

Happy surfing/ Happy Plumbing?

The Virusfighter

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If you think of repairing your faucet instead of replacing it, you would likely need the bran and model of the valve ,for sure the manufacturer to get a valve stem kit.

I tried one once for the bath and ended up replacing the whole faucet, as I could not make the kit work.

With a good torch ($20. some odd dollars - when I bought mine a few years back)
I believe they have kits with solder, flux (some type of solder paste that helps the solder adhere to the copper). So with that, and some sand paper (all new pipes and plumbing tubing /pipes need to be sanded as they have some type of clear coat on them to prevent corrosion when new) need to be sanded down with fine sand paper. If not sanded down you will not be able to get the pipe and fixture sweated together. once you have the pipe / fixture sanded and coated with a little pipe paste, resin, flux (whatever they call it for pipes)

Here is where I step out to the garage, dig for my BernzOmatic, kit.

Okay, its called flux.
My kit came with pipe brushes (helps the sanding, brush clean, then sand - that's what I do,
(I just sanded before getting the full kit with brushes - that works too).
The kit also comes with flux, sand paper and a tank full of propane, a pipe cutter and how to instructions!

Note: I have used a hack saw for cutting pipe, pipe cutter is better - they are about $5.00 US or less.

You don't want your flame too big or too small - just guess at it between the two.
Pipes - get them as dry as possible, turn water off, open you valves, especially the low level ones in the yard.

Use the inside part of the flame, which is a different color than the outside part.
I believe the center of the flame is blue or white, while the outside is red or yellow.
I am trying to remember back, has been a year or so since I have done any sweating (pipes that is).

What I do -

When I replace a yard faucet, or bath for that matter, I buy a sweat fitting (male hose adapter)
so I can screw the valve off, and screw a new one on the next time it needs replacing.
A matter worth noting, you can buy hose bibbs (faucets) with male or female threads,
so take note, if your faucet has male threads, you would need a female pipe adapter if you want to use the screw off / screw on method the for the next faucet replacement.

You will have to get to know some fittings, (if you don't already) measure your pipe/ tubing and perhaps speak with a knowledgeable plumbing person at your plumbing store.

When you get your pipe hot enough, you should be able to heat up the pipe on one side, and hold the solder about 180 degrees from the other side, and it shold flow to the side where the fire is.

When at your plumbing shop, you can buy an hose connector vacuum breaker end for your faucet (hose bibb whatever you want to call it) - it screws on the end, that is the type I have, and is the law for my state.

You can purchase faucets with built in vacuum breakers, either one will work, so your choice.

This site shows what I use, it is figure # 5.

http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/crops/04714.html


Best of Luck whatever route you take.

Global Mailbox size settings in Exchange Server 2010

How to change Global Mailbox size settings in Exchange Server 2010

Search Amazon.com for microsoft exchange 2010

Server Configuration > Mailbox > First Storage Group > Mailbox Database > Properties

To get to " Mailbox Database" propterties, right click " Mailbox Database" and left click "Properties" from the drop-down menu.
Alternatively you can look in the Actions Pane on the right, and choose "Properties" under Mailbox Database.


When the settings on the Organizational level (per mailbox) conflict with the Global limits the lowest setting is used.


Search Amazon.com for microsoft office 2010

New Tyndale House Book -
Breach of Trust

Cannot send E-Mail to others in your company or domain after server change

Cannot send E-Mail to others in your company or domain, after changing E-Mail Hosts or upgrading from Exchange server 2003, to 2008:

Go to your "Local" Profile at following location:

if Vista\7:
C:\ (if default Win install):\Users\\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook

if XP: %UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook.

Backup all your *.oab [Offline Address Book] files.
After backup remove all your *.oab files, from your profile \AppData\Local…

Start Microsoft Outlook, it will rebuild the files and your problem should be resolved

Outlook 2003 and 2007 sharing E-Mail contacts

Outlook 2003 and 2007 sharing E-Mail contacts - requires an Exchange Server account -
Cannot be done if you have a POP or IMAP account.


To provide access to sub-folders of your contacts the person sharing the contacts
must grant "folder visible" permission to the root of the mailbox.
That would be where your name is by default.
Example "Mailbox - Your Name" - which would be your actual first name & last name.

Right Click on "Mailbox - Your Name", and choose "Properties".
Click on the permissions tab (or you can right click on the root "name" folder and
left click on "change sharing permissions" to go directly to the sharing permissions tab.

This is where you will need to click to make the folder visible, otherwise the
person or people you are sharing with will never see the shared contacts sub-folders but will be able to see your main contacts list - with the name of "contacts" and only that one.

You would then need permissions of at least Reviewer -- on the shared contact sub-folders, if you need the ones you are sharing with to edit the contacts you would need to choose publishing editor - on the permissions tab dialog box -
that will enable them to add contacts and remove contacts that you have created, or you can give them permissions of "editor" where you can add and remove all contacts and add / remove sub-folders as well.

The last step the users that the contacts are shared with must take
to be able to see your contacts in Outlook is - With Outlook open -
Click on Tools > E-mail Accounts > select the Advanced tab, add the mailbox name for the person sharing their account.

Viewing the shared contacts:

Now youi as the shared contacts 'viewer or editor' can now go to your contacts, click on
"Open Shared Contacts" below the folder list, enter the name of the person sharing their contacts and you should see their contact folders as well as your own contacts.

Cannot burn a CD or DVD in Windows XP.

Cannot burn a CD in Windows XP.
When you try to copy files to the CD drive on your computer (and you know the CD (or DVD is blank) you may receive:
D:\ is not accessible. Incorrect function.


Go to the Drive letter in Windows Explorer (or My Computer) "right click" on your CD (or CD/DVD drive)
Click on Properties > Click on Recording; Click (ad check mark) by
"Enable CD recording on this drive".

If it was already checked You can try right clicking on the drive listed in Device Manager and clicking "Update Driver" Let Windows check the Internet.

If that does not work and you have Norton Anti Virus or Symantec Anti Virus - try the following:

Go to Symantec.com and search for "drive is not accessible. Incorrect function.

Check out the link below:
Microsoft's support site - may be helpful - warning - does involve editing the registry - use caution - at your own risk.

If none of those work - Go to your favorite Search Engine -
www.google.com
www.yahoo.com
etc.
Search for the drive not accessible burning CD (or DVD), enter the error if you receive any.

You may be able to remove (un-install) your CD device driver in Device Manager, then add it back. Do that at your own risk. Windows will find the device and re-add it.

Another CD issue that may arise but not related to burning:
If you are unable to play music on your computer especially from CD-RW's - you may receice error 39 - to possibly solve this follow the directions below:

Go to My computer > right click on your CD-ROM drive, click properties.

Click on the check by "Enable digital CD audio for this CD-ROM Device" if it is enabled, to uncheck it (so it is diabled).
Re-boot your computer - and you should be able to re-enable it and have it continue to play music.

Set up USB Headphones in Windows Vista

With your USB Headphones plugged into an available USB port.
Right click the speaker icon in the system tray - by default located on the bottom right of your display.
Choose Playback Devices. Right click the headset and then click the Set as Default button.

If you play games on your computer, the game or other program that uses sounds may reset your default sound device back to your speakers - so you may have to periodically go back in and re-set up the default sound device.

Headphones that plug into your sound card via the round connections are sometimes more user friendly, (depending on your situation) but if you are using the headphones for a phone, you will have to use your microphone input and your speaker output.

If your computer is on the floor and you don't want to crawl in the back, AND you have
USB connectors in the front of your computer, then in that case, the USB headphones may be more user friendly for you in the physical realm, but you will
have to deal with enabling and disabling them and re-enabling them through Windows, if you play a game or some other program changes the default device.
Like many computer issues, your experience may vary.

Microsoft Doomed - my answer to Lockergnome's question

I replied to this question
"Is Microsoft Doomed To Failure As Some Believe? I Seriously Doubt It"
on Lockergnome.
I want to see if my guess is good - time will tell.
Would also like feedback here to the question - what do you think?
Also want to see what others will post.

Link:
...Microsoft doomed to failure...?


I don’t think Microsoft is anywhere near doomed to failure!
There will always be room for improvement and Microsoft will have to continue working hard and smart to improve its products.
Windows and Office Rock.

I have my gripes - I would like to see the old start menu / explorer navigation as an option that we can choose - the new
Windows Explorer may be good for some - but would like to see user choice - yes more user choice - I believe that is important
and will let users, geeks and casual users alike know that they are being thought of and have a choice in things OS related.

Macs OS X may some day be a contender - it is not there yet but is growing in popularity - not sure about the iPad?
Does not hit a spot for me - no built in USB, multi tasking, or camera and microphone.
OS X still does not have the ease of use that Windows has.
I can get around in OS X, but not as easily as in Windows, even though I have used both OSes for years.
I love Windows ability to hit the home button in notepad, or any text editor, Word, Wordpad, etc. when you hit the home button the cursor goes to the first of the line, not first of document like Mac, you can hit ctr. + home for that, and end goes to the end of the line, not end of the document, ctrl + end will do that. I think Windows should cost less and Office.
And speaking of choice, I would like to see a way to switch off the Office Ribbon - not a fan of it.
I know you can download non MS supported programs to do away with the Ribbon, and get the Classic Start Menu / Explorer functions but - I would like a Microsoft supported method to turn these features on and off. Thanks for all you do Chris.
Ron
thevirusfighter.blogspot.com
tweeting as:
virusfighter

Delete Flash Player's Cookies on your Computer - for More Privacy

Delete Adobe Flash Player's Cache / Cookies.
This takes you to macromedia's site - which shows you the flash cookies on your computer - the site includes buttons that let you delete the files left behind by Flash Player.

Flash - as you may know - allows you to run the fancy moving parts of websites - and watch Videos online - like on YouTube.


macromedia.com - Delete Flash Cookies - cache on your computer

Thanks for coming by!

Ron
Virusfighter

:)

Excel 2007 Windows cannot find "file" but you know it is there

Found this information at Avain Waves Blog - had the issue - very glad for the good information and pictures (screen shots) that are included.
It is a big issue when you cannot access the files through Windows Explorer, you know they are there but Windows says it cannot find them!

Click on the link below to see the steps that Avian Waves shows you:

Avian Waves Blog article showing how to overcome this issue.

Thanks to Avian Waves for finding and posting this useful fix that helped me out as I experienced this issue.

Quoted: 'Click on the office "pearl" (the circle button in the upper-left corner of Excel), then click on "Excel Options." From there, click on "Advanced," scroll down to "General," and uncheck "Ignore other applications that use Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE)."'

Back up your Outlook Contacts - or all of the data

OUTLOOK
PREVENTING A DATA LOSS - E-MAIL CONTACTS DATA DISASTER!

If you want to be sure and have a back up of your Outlook Contacts - as you do not want to lose the many contacts / friends / co-workers / Business Contacts - Here is a "How To" that walks you through backing them up > and how to open them.

You can open your .PST Files in another Outlook - by saving them anywhere on your computer and going to File > Open > Data File - from within Outlook.

ALSO: You can back up all of your Outlook items including E-Mail and subfolders for later use - the same way as you would back up your Contacts - more information about that at the bottom of this article.

*Note: Outlook 2003, 2007 - is different than Outlook Express, or Windows Mail - those programs do not use .PST files.


Go into your contacts Folder - then choose

File > Import / Export
Choose Export to a file
Choose type as "Personal Folder file" (.pst)

Choose what to Export "Contacts" - in this example.
Choose "include subfolders" if you have contacts files in subfolders of your main contacts folders.

By Default Outlook will create the file with a name of "Back.pst".
You can change that name - but you will have to do it twice - you will see what I mean when you save it - It will say Back - you change the name - then you will see "Back" or "Personal Folder" you can change the name twice and it will have the name of your choice.

When doing the export you can export to whatever location on your Hard Drive you want.
I would export to hard drive - then copy / paste to External Drive - will work better - less chance of corruption.



By Default Outlook 2003 and 2007 will direct your contacts to:
(XP)
C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\

(Vista)
C:\Users\(your user account name)\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook

Once you export the contacts .pst file - you can open it in Outlook to see if everything is there, by going to:
FIle > Open > Outlook Data File - Browse to wherever you exported it.
Click on it and choose open.


*Warning:
If you are exporting the files to an external drive (Hard Drive, or Thumb Drive, Flash Drive - tread carefully opening .pst files located on an external drive - in Outlook.

If you are opening it from the External Drive (Flash Stick) be sure and choose from within Outlook -
Go to Folders View - then Choose to "Close" the Contacts file - that is on your External Drive - otherwise -
Outlook will look for information on that location - and the location is not there - it can cause problems with Outlook.
So - as a general rule - better to open .pst files (contacts, E-Mail or whatever) - from the local Hard Drive.


FOR your OUTLOOK E-MAIL (instead of just the contacts) - you would export the same way as above - but instead of choosing "Contacts" - You would choose your Outlook profile name - usually your First and last name - Once again be sure and choose "include subfolders" or you will not get all of your E-Mail / Data backed up.

You can open the E-Mails / Folder hierarchy - by using File > Open > Outlook Data file as above - to see what you have backed up.
You are ready to copy your .pst file to a flash drive or external hard drive and your data is backed up!


Hopefully that is enough information for you - here are a couple of links that may be helpful relating to .PST files.

http://ask-leo.com/where_is_my_outlo...e_located.html

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/829971