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Category Archives: Windows
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
Posted in Linux, Utilities, Windows
Tagged Administrator, backup, backuppc, Cygwin, DiskShadow, Linux, noacl, openssh, rsync, Server, server 2008 R2, snapshots, Task Scheduler, VShadow, Windows 7
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HP Printers – “Printer driver is not installed” on Windows 2008 R2
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
Posted in Windows
Tagged Bulk Operations, hp printers, HPTrayCount, microsoft windows, print management, print servers, printer driver, script, server 2008 R2, Servers, vbscript
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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
Posted in Utilities, Windows
Tagged autoruns, server 2008 R2, SysInternals, terminal server
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Google Earth Zenworks Deployment
How to deploy Google Earth to C:\Program Files\Google\Google Earth instead of Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Google Earth by removing AdminUser checks from the MSI. Continue reading
Posted in Windows
Tagged AdminUser, ChangeInstallDirForNonAdmin, Condition, deploy, deployment program, google earth, InstallExecuteSequence, InstallUISequence, local settings, MSI, orca, School, Zenworks
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