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…
If you have a 64 bit version of Windows 7 (or Windows Vista), you may be aware that Internet Explorer 9 comes in both a 32 bit version and a 64 bit version. You may also be aware of some…
You need to setup a VPN then install and configure remote desktop connection. VPN More details can be found at http://blog.mpecsinc.ca/2007/07/mac-on-sbs-creating-vpn-connection-to.html Open Finder. Click on Applications. Double click on Internet Connect.asp. You will be presented with the following window: Click on…
Following on from my previous post, here is another bit of software that we have recommended to a client. The client wanted to set up a couple of PCs that members of the public could use to access the internet…
If you're getting an ASP error in your event logs reading "Error: The Template Persistent Cache initialization failed for Application Pool 'AppPoolName' because of the following error: Could not create a Disk Cache Sub-directory for the Application Pool. The data…
From time-to-time our clients ask us to recommend software that will solve a particular problem. This post will detail one such recommendation required by a chartered surveyor who needed to regularly print off large numbers of photographs in a uniform…
Here at Focused IT we regularly test our clients backup by performing a bare metal restore to dedicated hardware every three months to ensure it's going to be okay in the event of a disaster. Whilst this was working for…
One of the great new tools included in Windows 7 is the port query command line tool known as portqry.exe It allows you to query a specific TCP/IP port on a remote computer or server to see if it is…
We've always liked CutePDF as a quick way to create PDFs from any application but v2.8 by default installed the Ask Toolbar, urgh, a bit of research indicated that /no3d got rid of it. So we updated our installation routine…
Flash Player updates seem to come out all the time and we certainly don't advocate local administrative rights to users so we use a couple of batch files and Group Policy to keep machines up to date. Download WGET from…