Category Archives: Windows

Tips and utilities for managing, maintaining and customising Windows

Papercut

Posted on August 16, 2010 by James Rudd

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 →

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Pre-populate Users names and email address in Office and Acrobat

Posted on July 22, 2010 by James Rudd

Often you would like some personal information filled in for the user before they start the application. E.g. Why have Office or Acrobat ask for the users name when it is already stored in active directory? Here are some simple … Continue reading →

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Using BackupPC with DiskShadow to backup open files

Posted on July 16, 2010 by James Rudd

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 →

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HP Printers – “Printer driver is not installed” on Windows 2008 R2

Posted on May 17, 2010 by James Rudd

Recently I migrated all our printers from a Server 2003 R2 x32 print server to Server 2008 R2 (x64). During this upgrade all the printers had x64 drivers added and their security settings checked. However, I kept experiencing problems in … Continue reading →

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