Logon changer for Windows 7
Have you ever wanted to change the default logon screen in Windows 7? Personally, I think the image provided by Microsoft (see below) is rather bland and I wanted to find a way to change it. I researched the changes…
Configuring RAID on HP Proliant MicroServer
At Focused IT we deal with all sizes of business - from hundreds of users across multiple sites, to small offices with a couple of users. For the smaller businesses we have been installing Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials…
Remote Desktop Connections
We support a lot of clients and need to get issues resolved quickly with as little fuss as possible, to achieve this we use lots of tools but one I couldn't live without is Remote Desktop Connection Manager, a free…
Reset Local Security Policy
This is a very useful command to remove any Security Policies that have been applied to a computer previously on a domain. When removing a computer from a domain, there can be various settings that get left behind (password complexity…
Rolling out Flash Player – Update
In a previous post entitled Keeping Adobe Flash Player up to date via Group Policy we detailed how to roll out Flash Player through Group Policy, well this needs a bit of tweaking post v11 being released. The new 32 bit version…
SharePoint Search and VSS Warnings
Unnecessary warnings in your event logs are annoying and one of the biggest culprits is the SharePoint Search service. The latest one I have come across is actually reported as a VSS warning and takes the form of VSS EventID…
“Error Allocating Memory” error when updating ESET NOD32
A common error in ESET NOD32 is an "Error allocating memory" error when a workstation attempts to run an update from the update server. The fix is to clear the update cache before you try to re-run the update. To…
Transferring Quicken 2000 to a new PC
We recently replaced a client's aging Windows 98 PC which was running an unsupported version of Quicken 2000. The client still had the Quicken installation CD, but had unfortunately lost the registration details. After installing Quicken on the new Windows…
Exchange 2010 Anonymous Relay
Occasionally you might need something on the inside of your network, like a monitoring machine or copier, to be able to anonymously relay to external domains through Exchange 2010. We've used 192.168.1.1 for our Exchange Servers IP and 192.168.1.23 for…
Set Computer Description from Active Directory
We often run audit reports on our clients networks to ascertain age of equipment, but identify where each computer is can be tricky from just the name and potentially the Last Login. We also endeavour to keep the computer description…