Get rid of Windows 8 Metro start menu – Startisback

Getting tired of the new Windows 8 Metro interface? There is a solution, for only $3, (PayPal) you can buy ‘startisback’ see their website: http://www.startisback.com/ Startisback has a lot of settings, you can customize the view, the way buttons respond and also the program list. Microsoft will probably re-introduce the start-menu in Windows 9. In […]

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Install Google Chrome on a Windows Terminal Server

By default you can’t install Google Chrome on a terminal server so that it works for every user. Google has made a ‘StandAlone’ installer that you need to install on a terminal server. Link: http://www.google.com/chrome/eula.html?system=true&standalone=1 When you install this google chrome will work on your terminal server.

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Connect to Office 365 using Windows Powershell

Open Windows Powershell and run the following commands: $LiveCred = Get-Credential Type your Office 365 administrator account and click ‘Ok’ $Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://ps.outlook.com/powershell/ -Credential $LiveCred -Authentication Basic -AllowRedirection Import-PSSession $Session

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Exchange 2010 – Completely remove a mailbox

Whenever you delete a mailbox from Exchange 2010 the mailbox is not deleted completely from the server. To remove the mailbox you have to execute the following commands: Clean-MailboxDatabase “Mailbox Name” When you now open Exchange Management Console and go to Recipient Configuration and then Disconnected Mailboxes you will see the the mailbox you just […]

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Outlook – Copy calendar items

Open Outlook and go to Calendar. Go to View and click on Change View and select Active. Now you select all items (Control + A) Copy all the selected items (Control + C) And now paste the items on the destination calendar (Control + V) That’s it!

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Exchange 2003 – Create a mail enabled Public Folder

If you want to create a Public Folder in Exchange 2003 you have to: Open the Exchange System Manager and go to: Administrative groups -> ‘Administrative group’ -> Folders -> Public folders. Right click on ‘Public Folders’ and select New -> Public Folder. Now give the public folder a name. When done you can press […]

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WordPress – Create a child theme

When you use a default WordPress themen and you want to make some adjustments it’s not always the best solution to just go and make modifications to the style.css. For example, when you install an important update of the theme you use, your modifications will be lost. Create a child theme: Create a folder in […]

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Exhange 2010 – Enable calendar sharing via internet

By default the function to publish your calendar to the internet is turned off / greyed out. To enable this function log in to the Exchange server and open the Exchange management shell. There are different options for this policy. For sharing only the free/busy data you have to type: New-SharingPolicy -Name “Calendar Sharing Policy” […]

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Windows 2008 – Default gateway 0.0.0.0

When on a Windows 2008 server you open command prompt and type: ipconfig /all you see there are 2 default gateways and that the first is 0.0.0.0. When you go over to IP settings you won’t see the 0.0.0.0 anywhere. To resolve this issue: run -> cmd typ: route delete 0.0.0.0 Now go back to […]

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Windows 8 – Turn of automatic window arrangement.

If you want to prevent windows from begin automatically arrange when moved to the edge of the screen you need can easily change this. Press the windows button and typ ‘snap’ choose ‘settings’ on click on ‘Turn of automatic window arrangement’. Then on the next screen you need to scroll down and select ‘Prevent windows […]

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Windows – How to make your USB drive bootable

# Start -> Run -> type ‘diskpart’ without quotes # Once it’s loaded type: list disk This will display the current connected disks. # now type: select disk # (you need to replace # with the disk number you want to select). # type: clean # type: create partition primary # type select partition 1 […]

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FreeBSD – Define or add (extra) nameservers

In FreeBSD there is a file named ‘resolv.conf’ where the dns servers are located. If you want to add an extra DNS server you have to edit this file. Log in with root. # ee /etc/resolv.conf You will probably see something like: domain yourdomain.local nameserver 192.168.1.1 To add an extra nameserver, all you have to […]

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How to test HTTP Errorcode 400.

To extra secure your webserver you may want to create your own ErrorDocument for different errorcodes. For example errorcode 400. To test this go to your website /% example: http://www.iterrors.com/% (It seems my host isn’t 100% secure :)).

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Outlook – Automatically save an outlook attachment to disk

If you want to automatically save an attachment to a folder on your computer/server do the following: Open Outlook and open Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (Alt + F11). Expand the tree view on the left till you reach ThisOutlookSession, now right click on ThisOutlookSession and select insert -> module. You will now get a […]

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How to update the FeatherCoin Client

Before you begin make sure you have a recent back-up of your wallet.dat file. Also make sure your FeatherCoin client is not running. Step 1: Download the latest FeatherCoin client from the website (http://www.feathercoin.com). Step 2: Extract the files to (for example) your desktop. Step 3: Open explorer and browse to your active FeatherCoin wallet […]

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Test your spamfilter

To test if your spamfilter is working correctly you can send a email containing this in the mail body: XJS*C4JDBQADN1.NSBN3*2IDNEN*GTUBE-STANDARD-ANTI-UBE-TEST-EMAIL*C.34X If your message gets ‘tagged’ by your spamfilter, you know that it is working properly.

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