Category: Tricks
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Migrate Exchange 2003 to Office 365
Having trouble migrating Microsoft Exchange 2003 server to Office 365 or Microsoft Hosted Exchange using the cut-over migration method? If you’re getting errors when trying to create the migration in the office365 migration wizard, chances are your Exchange 2003 server needs a couple of tweaks to get things going. Here’s what I had to to…
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Manually connect Outlook to Office 365
Typically when you setup a new Office365 account, the setup wizard will guide you through steps that will eventually allow Outlook to autodiscover these settings. Here is how to connect Outlook to an Office365 account with out having an autodiscover DNS record setup: [problem] Manually connect Microsoft Outlook 2007 and higher to an Office365 account…
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Reset your Plantronics CS55 Headset
The Plantronics CS55 headset has been saving my neck since 2008. It’s the workhorse of many a call center and generally functions as expected. Every once in a while though it can get into a funk where you hear people but they cannot hear you. Here’s what to do to reset your CS55 headset back…
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Check Gmail from Outlook.com
I like the new Outlook.com. In fact, I like it so much that I pretty much stopped using my Gmail account (can’t stand all the delays in loading labels and emails). I now use Hotmail with the Outlook.com UI to check my Gmail. It’s a little tricky to setup, but it works great. Here’s how…
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Turn your Linksys E1500 into a Wireless Repeater
Unfortunately the wireless router that came with my new FIOS connection only covers half of my house. To get wifi coverage in the yard and the whole house, I decided to re-purpose my Linksys E1500. Here’s what I did: First I installed the DD-WRT firmware and with it turned my router into a Wireless Repeater…
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Javascript errors during Adobe Flash Player update
If you’re still running Windows XP and haven’t updated your Flash Player in a while, you might get some Internet Explorer script errors when you try to update the player. Here’s two ways to resolve the problem. [the problem] [the solution (in two acts)] The easy way: [step 1] Download the full Adobe Flash Player…
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Batch encrypting PDF documents in Acrobat Professional
The other day a customer asked me how quickly apply some sort of protection to thousands of PDF files so that they could not be changed or printed. Challenge accepted I said. Here’s how: [requirements] Adobe Acrobat Professional [procedure] [step 1] Open Adobe Acrobat Professional. Then click File->Action Wizard->Create New Action [step 2] Expand the…
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Run OS X Snow Leopard on VirtualBox
More and more frequently I find myself assisting customers with business analysis issues in Mac shops. Things can get complicated when dealing with multiple operating system platforms. A process that works great on Windows may not necessarily work on a Mac and vice versa. Throw some Unix or Linux into the mix and things get…
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Seagate Goflex Home disk maintenance
I’ve been generally happy with my Seagate Goflex Home NAS device. I purchased the 2TB model at COSTCO a year ago and have been running Acronis backups to it for the past eight months. I have Acronis configured such that incremental backups of all my computers are copied to the NAS six days a week…