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...
by Rocky Beaven | Feb 28, 2013 | Exchange Server, Microsoft 365, PowerShell
You may at some point want to get a list of all the mailboxes defined on your mail server, along with other details (such as additional email addresses) for each. From Exchange 2007 SP1 onwards there is an export list option in the Exchange Management Console (EMC)....
by Rocky Beaven | Jan 28, 2013 | Miscellaneous, Server 201x, Windows 10/11, Windows 7/8
If you ever need to make a PC (or server) listen for inbound RDP connections on multiple TCP ports: 1) Run REGEDIT on your host machine. 2) Export the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlTerminal ServerWinStationsRDP-Tcp 3) Edit the .REG...
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