by Rocky Beaven | Jan 19, 2015 | Software
Rather than faffing about extracting an ISO and then creating a bootable USB drive in separate steps, Rufus is a nifty utility does it all in one go – and extremely quickly in comparison to other tools....
by Rocky Beaven | Nov 18, 2014 | Miscellaneous, Software
Robocopy is a handy command line tool but it can be extremely slow on occasion (orders of magnitude slower than a GUI drag and drop for example). A few things to try: 1. On a reliable network don’t use the /Z switch. 2. Include the /MT:16 switch (enables the use...
by Rocky Beaven | Oct 21, 2014 | Miscellaneous, Software
If you have an executable that is stored on a remote (network) drive that you wish to pin to your taskbar then the usual “Right-click, Pin to Taskbar” option is not available. The workaround is as follows: 1. Pin a local application (e.g. Calculator) 2....
by Rocky Beaven | Aug 28, 2014 | Group Policy, Microsoft KB, Server 201x, Software
You can configure Remote Desktop Services (formerly known as Terminal Services) to disconnect and/or end sessions based on timings of your choice. A Microsoft forum entry describes the various settings and options...
by Rocky Beaven | Jun 8, 2014 | Office
When you try and open a Word mail merge document that is linked to a data source you may receive a warning dialogue that states: “Opening this will run the following SQL command”. This dialogue can appear behind the application you are working on and it...
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