Encrypt files using Gpg4win
It’s easy to encrypt files using Gpg4win. It continues to amaze me how much free, quality software applications are available on the Internet. I’ve blogged about free software a couple of years ago and...
Category: How To
How to AutoSave Word documents
It has been a while since I posted a short simple How-To for non-computer literate folks like my kids. One of the most basic things anyone should always do is to set or at...
Part II – Deploy Windows 8.1
Part II – Using KMS to activate Windows 8.1 clients Welcome to Part II in our Deploy Windows 8.1 blog post series. So far we have run into a few problems creating and joining...
Part I – Deploy Windows 8.1
Part I – Building a Windows 8.1 Image Part I of our Deploy Windows 8.1 series consists of building a W8.1 image on a computer. It doesn’t matter what the device is. For this...
Deploy Windows 8.1 in your corporation
Now that Microsoft has announced the long awaited successor to the much maligned Windows 8, are you preparing your corporation for Windows 8.1? I’ll admit, I don’t believe there will be a mad rush to...
Why are some folders hidden on Windows Server 2008 R2 server?
While using Robocopy to copy files to a new server running Windows 2008 R2, I noticed some folders looked like they were hidden (the folder was faded, it looked like it was hidden). After...
How to force Offline Address Book (OAB) synchronization in Exchange Server 2010
For some reason, the Global Address List (GAL) and/or Offline Address Book (OAB) generation may stop generating every once in a while. When this happens, folks using the Microsoft Outlook client connecting to a...
How to mark email as SPAM or junk in Outlook?
Every once in a while I will miss email legitimate email from family, friends or others and would find them a couple of days later in the Junk folder in Outlook. How can you prevent...
How do I change the boot order in Ubuntu?
You have Ubuntu 13.10 and Windows 7 installed and dual-booting but want to have Windows 7 moved to the top of the boot order list? How do you do this? First install the Grub Customizer application...
How to deploy desktop wallpaper via group policy
Deploying a common desktop wallpaper via group policy is very easy. There are two main things you need to do. 1. Distribute the image file to a central location throughout the network 2. Create a...
Set Time Zone via Group Policy
Setting the time zone on computers via a group policy object (GPO) is a common requirement and very easy to do. I recently found myself rolling out a new server and computers in the...
How to configure wireless to work in Ubuntu
I’m a Windows guy. My entire career has been working with Windows desktop operating systems going all the way to Windows 3.1 and even MS DOS. My first server operating system was Windows NT...