Andrew D Williams

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Deploying a Self-Signed Root Certificate with Group Policy
Several customers are deploying the latest version of
the excellent
Evolution
payroll service-bureau software from iSystems, and the new management
interface is web based via SSL. This is a major improvement over
the previous version that required interaction with the server via
a logged-in user.
But the web certificate used by the vendor is self-signed, [...]

How to prevent Outlook from sending an email with a blank Subject line? – eCharcha.Com
Sometimes we forget to put the SUBJECT
in the mails which we send. That could be deadly sometimes when you are
communicating to the clients; to avoid such a situation, follow the
steps below. There after when you send a mail without subject, a [...]

For a little while now, I had a couple of systems that were having kerberos issues because the system clocks were a little over five minutes ahead. Turns out a browser plugin these systems were running to view security camera footage was advancing the clock. This occurred because the system storing the video was not [...]

Problem: What if one user (call her Sally) needs to be able to send mail as another user (call him Bob). Simply giving Sally full mailbox rights will not work. You will get a bounce back email saying "you do not have permission to send to this recipient." But it can be done.
Easy answer: Go [...]

So I needed to write a script to make a backup copy of an Access database. Problem is you can’t copy the file while it is open and you can’t force the program to close for fear of corrupting the database. So the solution is to use the Volume Shadow Copy feature built into XP. [...]

15 WordPress plugins to enhance the blogging experience of advanced users, especially web developers and designers. Most are tested using a default installation of Wordpress 2.3.1
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Those terminal servers can be tricky to get working properly. I was trying to connect to a terminal server yesterday but kept getting message about licenses not being available. I knew I had enough licenses available on the server though. After a little digging, I found this: Set a preferred license server.
After following the [...]

You can create your own vm’s without VMWare Workstation by following the great instructions here.

I had a client recently who had their computer in one of those craptastic build it yourself desks with the little enclosure for the CPU. He wanted to know why his PC would not stay on. When I started to remove his PC, I found the case was rocket hot. Not only was the PC [...]