Category Archives: Utilities
Papercut
I have received a few questions asking about Papercut so here are some of the details about it and what we use it for. Papercut can run on a Windows Server (2003, 2008 or 2008 R2) using windows print queues … Continue reading
Using BackupPC with DiskShadow to backup open files
This post is to assist in the setup of a BackupPC system able to backup in use files by using MS volume snapshots. It also has the benefit of only having the RSync daemon running during the backup which increases security. Continue reading
Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Mail
I have just been setting up a new Windows Server 2008 R2 box up as a terminal server. As part of this I enabled the Desktop Experience feature, however this also enabled Windows Mail. Windows mail seems to generate large … Continue reading
Renaming Novell user accounts
Recently we had to change the login names for around 1200 students. As part of this rename we needed to change their Novell eDirectory account and home directory. We also needed to ensure linked systems such as an LDAP authenticated … Continue reading