Notes of an IT Pro
Adding printers can be cumbersome for non-tech savvy users. Fortunately, you can use the Printer Location Tracking feature to make this process easier for them. When you enable PLT, only printers in the users’ own location will be listed in…
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In this blog post we will look at how to take ownership of files and folders, with the takeown.exe command. This can be useful in situations where you are unable to assign permissions to a file or folder, because you…
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In Windows Vista and later, you can use msra.exe to initiate an offer of remote assistance to other users. This requires that you enable a group policy setting called Offer Remote Assistance on the computers you want to offer remote…
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In Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003, you would get a notification at logon when (by default) 14 days remained until your Active Directory user’s password expired. In Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft has changed this feature….
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