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Group Policy Management Console

Filed under: Group Policy — Tags: , — admin @ August 26, 2008 10:22 pm

The Group Policy Management Console was released somewhere around the year 2003. I am not entirely sure it is as well known as it should be. This tool is very beneficial and most I.T. administrators should be using it. Especially corporate I.T. administrators that need to report on Group Policy object settings, specifically security related [...]

Outlook 2003, Could not complete the operation. One or more parameter values are not valid.

Filed under: Microsoft Office — Tags: — admin @ 9:32 pm

I ran into an issue today with an Outlook 2003 user that could not perform the Print or Reply All actions on any message received. If I attempted to perform those actions I would receive the following message : “Could not complete the operation. One or more parameter values are not valid.”
I search Google and [...]

Custom Workflow Actions (Part 3 of 3)

Filed under: SharePoint, Visual Studio — Tags: , — admin @ August 24, 2008 8:25 pm

…this is a continuation of Custom Workflow Actions (Part 2 of 3)…
As a recap, we are creating a custom workflow action that allows you to send an email with the attachments from a specified list in your site. The custom workflow action will allow you to configure four user input fields: (a) the Email Content; [...]

Custom Workflow Actions (Part 2 of 3)

Filed under: SharePoint, Visual Studio — Tags: , — admin @ 8:22 pm

…this is a continuation of Custom Workflow Actions (Part 1 of 3)…
As a recap, we are creating a custom workflow action that allows you to send an email with the attachments from a specified list in your site. The custom workflow action will allow you to configure four user input fields: (a) the Email Content; [...]

Custom Workflow Actions (Part 1 of 3)

Filed under: SharePoint, Visual Studio — Tags: , — admin @ 8:05 pm

A recent SharePoint project on my plate had a specific requirement that every item added to a list must be emailed to a specific email address. At the time of the meeting, this requirement seemed to be a simple requirement. While stating that the requirement was possible, which was based on a vague memory of [...]

BlackBerry 7290 will not syncronize. Stuck on encryption udpate.

Filed under: BlackBerry — Tags: , — admin @ 7:54 pm

Occasionally when you plug a BlackBerry (specifically BlackBerry 7290) into your computer for syncronization with the Desktop Manager software it will not successfully syncronize or it will become stuck at the syncronization screen forever.
In addition, you may be asked to generate a new encryption code by moving your mouse around the screen for a while.The [...]

Memory Stick Not Assigned a Drive Letter

Filed under: Networking, Windows XP — Tags: , — admin @ 7:53 pm

This is a common issue with Windows XP Pro and mapped network drives. Occasionally corporations will use mapped network drives for easy access to various network shares. You may notice this error on networked computers that have more than average local drives. An example would be 2 hard drives (C: and D:) and two CD [...]

PPD Files

Filed under: Linux, Printing — Tags: , — admin @ 7:51 pm

During a recent printer deploy project, I had two requirements that I had some difficulty resolving: (a) color control for Xerox printers for both Windows and Mac; and (b) permanently disabling banner sheets.
The specific configuration was that all print jobs are sent through a Windows print server, serving Windows natively and Mac through Unix services [...]

FollowYou Printing Configuration Issue

Filed under: Printing — Tags: — admin @ 7:50 pm

Setting up a Xerox printer with the Xerox Secure Access feature allows one to use the FollowYou printing capability of the Xerox MFP devices. For those that do not know, FollowYou printing enables users to send a print job into a Secure Access queue, which will wait to be printed at any Secure Access configured [...]

HID Cards and Xerox Printers

Filed under: Printing — Tags: , — admin @ 7:50 pm

HID cards use RFID and are considered a proximity card with a set of bits that is read when it is placed near a compatible reader. The number of bits read from the card range from the supposed standard 26 bit (Wiegand) to proprietary 36 bit to over 80 bit, all depending on the vendor [...]

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