Category Archives: Windows

Tips and utilities for managing, maintaining and customising Windows

Acrobat X – Bulk Printing and Custom Header

Posted on October 11, 2011 by James Rudd

Every year we need to print off hundreds of enrolment forms to verify details of new students and current students. Each of these forms is pre-filled with students details and there is a separate PDF for each student. Previously I … Continue reading →

Posted in Windows | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Bulk Converting Global Groups to Universal and Mail Enabling

Posted on July 6, 2011 by James Rudd

We have started trying to better organise our groups into a more role based system, so that membership of one group is based on a role rather than a person. That way if the person holding a position changes (holiday, … Continue reading →

Posted in Active Directory, Exchange | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Encrypt Offline Files – Access Denied

Posted on May 18, 2011 by James Rudd

On a Windows 7 laptop I was trying to set up Offline Files with encryption enabled. After syncing the files and going into Manage Offline Files -> Encryption -> Encrypt everything seemed to go OK, but it would then keep … Continue reading →

Posted in Windows | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Fuji-Xerox Network Scanning: Error 027-516

Posted on April 1, 2011 by James Rudd

As part of a test for removing legacy protocols from the network I disabled NetBIOS over TCP/IP to see if any system would be adversely affected. After disabling NetBIOS for the server used by our Fuji-Xeros ApeosPort-II 4000 Photocopier, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Windows | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment