Here are some handy commands as a quick reference to open items in the Control Panel Accessibility Options control access.cpl Add New Hardware control sysdm.cpl add new hardware Add/Remove Programs control appwiz.cpl Date/Time Properties control timedate.cpl Display Properties control desk.cpl FindFast control findfast.cpl Fonts Folder control fonts Internet Properties control inetcpl.cpl Joystick Properties control […]
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Using Normal.DOT in Word 2010
February 16, 2012 
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To enable using the autotext thats buried in Normal.DOT in Word 2010 follow the steps below: Take a copy of the users Normal.DOT file usually found here on a Windows 2003 server: C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates Copy out the Normal.DOT from here and place it in the Word STARTUP folder defined by your Group Policy […]
Continue readingFile Refresh on Windows 7/2008
February 16, 2012 0 Comments
It was found after testing that files were not appearing automatically in saved locations on Windows 2008 servers. You were required to press F5 to refresh the view and then the files would appear. From testing the following combination of keys was found to cause the issue, but was part of the recommended XenApp 6 […]
Continue readingTasty Mustard Dressing
February 15, 2012 0 Comments
This dressing works well with duck or simply on your salad. Ingredients: 1 – 2 tsp grain mustard 1 tbsp honey 1 1/2 – 2 tbsp white wine vinegar 6-8 tbsp extra virgin olive oil Salt and freshly ground black pepper How to Prepare: Put all of the ingredients into a bowl and mixin it all […]
Continue reading Hythe 11/02/2012 – Princes Parade
February 11, 2012 0 Comments
I went for my first session this for 2012 at Hythe Princes Parade. I arrived at about 10:30 having picked up my bait from Micks. It was cold but with a lovely blue sky above. I set up at the far right near the stone and concrete groins close to the white bus shelter. I […]
Continue reading2011 Fishing Targets Round Up
February 7, 2012 0 Comments
In 2011 I set my self a starting target of 10 species from June til the end of December, with a sizeable bass as a secondary target. Here is what I managed: I have a low target for this year, one which I think is do-able for me this year. 1. Whiting (boat) January 2. […]
Continue reading Mens Health Month – Movember
November 19, 2011 0 Comments
I am growing a moustache to raise cash and awareness for Prostate Cancer. Prostate Cancer kills 10,000 men a year in the UK alone and affects many families. Help the cause out by sponsoring me on the link below: http://uk.movember.com/mospace/769060/ For more information about the Movember event click below: http://uk.movember.com/about/ No donation is to small, or […]
Continue readingSolarwinds Job Sceduler not Running
November 3, 2011 0 Comments
I had an incident where the Job Scheduler would not run any scans new or old. The service kept crashing. Repairs would not fix it and eventually I found this: Source: Solarwinds Thwack URL: Click Here Error “The job scheduler database file is corrupt. The SWJobSchedulerSvc service has been shutdown until the database is fixed.” […]
Continue readingExchange Recurring Apointments
October 6, 2011 0 Comments
This is a useful command if you need to set or unset the ability to set recurring appointments in Exchangeby powershell: set-MailboxCalendarSettings -Identity “UserEmailAddress@yourdomain.com” -AllowRecurringMeetings:$true This also works using the accounts alias in place of the email address.
Continue readingThings to do with Explorer.exe
October 6, 2011 0 Comments
This is a list of commands that you can use to get explorer to open in different places on your system. Open ‘Documents’ when you open Windows Explorer %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n,::{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103} Open ‘My Computer’ when you open Windows Explorer %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} Other commands: Source: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/130510 EXPLORER.EXE [/n][/e][,/root,<object>][[,/select],<sub object>] Switches /n: Opens a new window in single-paned […]
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