Remove Remote Desktop Connection 6

If, like me, after you upgraded to Remote Desktop Client v6 and found it wasn't a good upgrade for you - in my case I still have a lot of Windows 2000 servers to access which can't use RDC v6 authentication pass-through as it does with Window 2003 Server - then here's how to remove it:

Go to Add/Remove Programs in your Control Panel and remove:

Update for Windows XP(KB925876)

Then reinstall the previous version of the RDC.

Vibrating/Shaking Firefox!

Sounds like fun i know, but if it does it all the time, it can get annoying. A friend of mine let me know about this one, it's an actual bug with firefox. Check out the link to find the solution:

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Window_shakes

PS. even though my friend wasn't using the bookmarks toolbar, he still had to do what the article suggested.

Inserting a Signature In Outlook

Came across a strange change when using Microsoft Word as my Outlook email editor the other day. I suddenly couldn't Insert a Signature - I went to Insert -> Signature when composing an email, but the option wasn't there! After a bit of messing around I realised you had to use the standard Outlook email editor to have this back... Seems a bit strange, but hey, that's how it is!

Basic Grep in Windows!

Only just found this, but if you want to grep a directory in windows for a certain string, you can use find:

dir | find "String"

...in this case will ist anythign with String in the name...

Very useful... (I'm sure it can do much more, but i'll add as i find - sorry for the pun!)

Clearing Windows Memory

Here's a nice little shortcut i found off YouTube to clear memory in Windows by the click of a shortcut!

Just create the shortcut with the following command:

%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe advapi32.dll, ProcessIdleTasks

Very useful when you get half way through your working day!

Installing ASP.NET

If you run into problems getting ASP.Net to work if you've installed IIS after your main OS install, run the following command:

C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\aspnet_regiis.exe -i

ASP.NET is installed with the .NET Framework, but needs to be registered with IIS to work.

You do not have permission to send to this recipient

I had the most annoying Exchange 2003 problem i'd come across for a long time happen to me the other day. I wanted to set up a user to have permissions to send as another email address - pretty standard issue thing to do. Anyway, I set the Default Recipient Policy, gave Send As permissions and appropriate mailbox permissions on the appropriate user, created the appropriate email address as the primary for requisite mailbox and used the From field in Outlook. Whatever I did I couldn't get an email to send as another user - regardless of email address - i could just not send from one user as any other new user i created. I started hitting my head against a brick wall - see google group here:

My Exchange Problem!

... and finally i realised the problem. When I hit the From button I realised I couldn't see any of the new contacts I'd created to test with. The address book wasn't syncing up properly!!!! I didn't believe it! All I had to do was force a rebuild of the Offline Address Book and it was all fixed - no problems at all!

Took me a long time to work that one out, so I hope this helps someone to a quiker fix!