A tumblog… of sorts
- Use Gmail IMAP in Microsoft Outlook 2007
Perfunctory because the wife asks me over and over. Got it from the How-To-Geek.
Enable IMAP in Gmail Settings
Open your Settings panel in Gmail, and then click on the “Forwarding and POP/IMAP” tab.
- Windows 7: Sticky notes disappeared
My Answer: Find the Program and add a shortcut to your desktop/taskbar/start menu
1. open the C:\Windows\System32 folder in Explorer.
2. Find the StickNot.exe file.
3. Right click on the file and add to taskbar/start menu
Another Answer: Perform an SFC scan and to replace the missing Sticky Notes file
- Build a list of installed softwares on a Windows machine
write a windows .bat script with following commands and run it. A file named ‘software_list.txt‘ will be created with list of installed software in it.
echo List of softwares > software_list.txt
echo ================= >>software_list.txt
reg export HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall temp1.txt
find “DisplayName” temp1.txt| find /V “ParentDisplayName” > temp2.txt
for /f “tokens=2,3 delims==” %%a in (temp2.txt) do (echo %%a >> software_list.txt)
del temp1.txt temp2.txt
Click [...]
- WMIC to build a list of installed programs
Use the Management Instrumentation Command-line. Windows comes with a command line version of the Management Instrumentation (WMIC). To get the list of all installed programs in a text file, simply enter the following command in a prompt:
wmic product > c:\product.txt
This prints a serious list that can be opened as a CSV file. Makes sure to [...]
- DNS DHCP on WHS install problem
ORIGINAL POST
Installing anything on WHS from the server desktop is unsupported and not recommended. My recommendation is to let your router handle DNS/DHCP requests.
Everything you need is on the installation disk. The disk will mount as drive (X:). You’ll need to manually find each driver, but it’s all there
- Setting up DNS/WINS on WHS [windows home server]
adapted from here.
Windows Home Server is Windows Server 2003 at its core. Most of the really cool things 2k3 can do is against the EULA. If you need Domains or load balacing, buy 2K3. But I didn’t see the harm in the small hack. If you are not comfortable with configuring Windows components, using Remote [...]
- Using Ping to Troubleshoot Network Problem
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Sometimes if your network connection is down and you can use ping to troubleshoot network problem and then fix it.
Ping is a program used to check whether a host is up and active in network. It’s pretty simple and usually used to troubleshoot network problem. Here is typical home network design, and the technique [...]
- How can I disable the “Set as Background” option?
OPTION 1 –
Select the Prevent Changing Wallpaper Option in Group Policy – this affects the Display properties dialog.
OPTION 2
- HPLJ Error: Unable to store job at printer
Later HP LaserJet printers have a “Mopier mode” which provides better print performance on multiple copies. However, if you have “Mopier mode” enabled and no EIO hard disk installed, you’ll get the above message.
Right click on the printer
select “Properties”.
Find the “Device Settings” tab.
Disable “Mopier mode”
No worried, the unit will still print multiple collated copies with [...]
- AKO Email on your Blackberry
Email server: imap.us.army.mil
Email server type: POP/IMAP
Port: 995
Use SSL: Yes
Once you’ve entered your email server, username and password, your phone should autosense the other information it needs. Send yourself a test email to your AKO. Give your phone about 20 minutes.
