Block IE or Internet access with group policy
Yes there are Group Policy entries that will prohibit specified applications from running. You can disable IEXPLORE for specific logon groups. However if they can login to the local machine ‘Group Policy’ won’t work. If you disable IE and they install another browser they still have ‘Internet’ access. A better solution is gateway/firewall rules. Put [...]
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| April 18, 2013 9:46 AM
Compliance, CRM, DataCenter, Disaster Recovery, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Policies, Risk management, Security, Security Program Management
Yes there are Group Policy entries that will prohibit specified applications from running. You can disable IEXPLORE for specific logon groups. However if they can login to the local machine ‘Group Policy’ won’t work. If you disable IE and they install another browser they still have ‘Internet’ access. A better solution is gateway/firewall rules. Put [...]
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| April 18, 2013 9:46 AM
Compliance, CRM, DataCenter, Disaster Recovery, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Policies, Risk management, Security, Security Program Management
Outlook Client unable to connect to Exchange server, but OWA works fine
Check his user account in active directory/exchange tabs, sounds like its pointing to an old or non-existent server.
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| April 18, 2013 10:46 AM
Outlook 2003, Outlook error messages
Check his user account in active directory/exchange tabs, sounds like its pointing to an old or non-existent server.
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| April 18, 2013 10:46 AM
Outlook 2003, Outlook error messages
Running a VBScript from a batch file
cscript //b //nologo script C:>cscript /? Usage: CScript scriptname.extension [option...] [arguments...] Options: //B Batch mode: Suppresses script errors and prompts from displaying //D Enable Active Debugging //E:engine Use engine for executing script //H:CScript Changes the default script host to CScript.exe //H:WScript Changes the default script host to WScript.exe (default) //I Interactive mode (default, opposite of [...]
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| April 18, 2013 4:03 PM
Batch files, VB script, Visual Basic, Visual Basic Script
cscript //b //nologo script C:>cscript /? Usage: CScript scriptname.extension [option...] [arguments...] Options: //B Batch mode: Suppresses script errors and prompts from displaying //D Enable Active Debugging //E:engine Use engine for executing script //H:CScript Changes the default script host to CScript.exe //H:WScript Changes the default script host to WScript.exe (default) //I Interactive mode (default, opposite of [...]
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| April 18, 2013 4:03 PM
Batch files, VB script, Visual Basic, Visual Basic Script
Differences between synchronous and asynchronous data transfers
There are different technical specs on this depending on what technology you are talking about. When speaking of network connections, such as dsl and adsl, synchronous dsl would be when the upload and download speeds are the same and asynchronous dsl would be when the download speed is much higher than the upload speed, (this [...]
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| April 18, 2013 11:56 PM
Asynchronous Transfer Mode, Data transfer, Networking, Synchronization, Synchronous transfer mode, Telecommunications
There are different technical specs on this depending on what technology you are talking about. When speaking of network connections, such as dsl and adsl, synchronous dsl would be when the upload and download speeds are the same and asynchronous dsl would be when the download speed is much higher than the upload speed, (this [...]
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| April 18, 2013 11:56 PM
Asynchronous Transfer Mode, Data transfer, Networking, Synchronization, Synchronous transfer mode, Telecommunications
Sent Outlook email is not being saved to the Sent Items folder
Are you hosting your own mail? Is it only one particular user having the problem? Has this problem been going on from the beginning of the setup of that machine or was it working at one point then stopped? If it stopped working at some point I would look at any and all updates that [...]
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| April 18, 2013 10:20 PM
Exchange Server, Microsoft Outlook, Outlook 2003
Are you hosting your own mail? Is it only one particular user having the problem? Has this problem been going on from the beginning of the setup of that machine or was it working at one point then stopped? If it stopped working at some point I would look at any and all updates that [...]
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| April 18, 2013 10:20 PM
Exchange Server, Microsoft Outlook, Outlook 2003
Bulk Collect vs Cursor in Oracle
Using bulk collect into a collection will be faster, but talking about that amount of records, it could be also dangerous because of the per-session memory it would consume. In this case you could use the LIMIT clause, to fetch only a smaller group of records, process them, and then fetch another group. Here is [...]
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| April 18, 2013 6:27 PM
BULK COLLECT statement, Collection Loop, Cursor Loop, LOOP statement, Oracle Cursors, Oracle development, Oracle queries
Using bulk collect into a collection will be faster, but talking about that amount of records, it could be also dangerous because of the per-session memory it would consume. In this case you could use the LIMIT clause, to fetch only a smaller group of records, process them, and then fetch another group. Here is [...]
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| April 18, 2013 6:27 PM
BULK COLLECT statement, Collection Loop, Cursor Loop, LOOP statement, Oracle Cursors, Oracle development, Oracle queries
How to see the Workspace in Lotus Notes?
To simply access the Lotus Notes client workspace, do this: 1. Start your Lotus Notes client. 2. Single-LEFT-mouse-click on the “Databases” icon in the client’s bookmark bar (the vertical bar that runs up and down the far left side of your Lotus Notes client). 3. Single-LEFT-mouse-click on the “Workspace” icon. Or, to re-configure your Lotus [...]
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| April 18, 2013 2:54 PM
Lotus Notes, Lotus Notes Workspace
To simply access the Lotus Notes client workspace, do this: 1. Start your Lotus Notes client. 2. Single-LEFT-mouse-click on the “Databases” icon in the client’s bookmark bar (the vertical bar that runs up and down the far left side of your Lotus Notes client). 3. Single-LEFT-mouse-click on the “Workspace” icon. Or, to re-configure your Lotus [...]
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| April 18, 2013 2:54 PM
Lotus Notes, Lotus Notes Workspace
Laptop blue screen error
First of all have you made any hardware additions or changes? memory, hard drives new printer? If so un-do what you did! Next can you get into the machine in safe mode by pressing F8 before the windows logo appears? and then choosing safe mode? If you can check the event log by right clicking [...]
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| April 18, 2013 4:47 PM
Blue Screen of Death, Troubleshooting
First of all have you made any hardware additions or changes? memory, hard drives new printer? If so un-do what you did! Next can you get into the machine in safe mode by pressing F8 before the windows logo appears? and then choosing safe mode? If you can check the event log by right clicking [...]
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| April 18, 2013 4:47 PM
Blue Screen of Death, Troubleshooting
how to put auto reply in lotus notes
You need to create and Auto reply agent. 1. Goto Create ->Agent 2. In the properties box, enter any name for the agent and select ” After Mail Arrives” in the first drop down in runtime section. 3. Close the properties box and click on Add action button at the bottom of the window. 4. [...]
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| April 18, 2013 12:18 PM
Domino 6.5, Lotus Domino Server 6.x, Lotus Notes
You need to create and Auto reply agent. 1. Goto Create ->Agent 2. In the properties box, enter any name for the agent and select ” After Mail Arrives” in the first drop down in runtime section. 3. Close the properties box and click on Add action button at the bottom of the window. 4. [...]
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| April 18, 2013 12:18 PM
Domino 6.5, Lotus Domino Server 6.x, Lotus Notes
Citrix MetaFrame Login – Credential Validation Error
You don’t have LDAP setup correctly. Configure the LDAP settings for Citrix and that will fix your problems.
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| April 18, 2013 1:03 AM
Authentication, Citrix MetaFrame authentication error, Citrix MetaFrame Server, Citrix Presentation Server, Citrix XenApp, IIS, Terminal Services
You don’t have LDAP setup correctly. Configure the LDAP settings for Citrix and that will fix your problems.
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| April 18, 2013 1:03 AM
Authentication, Citrix MetaFrame authentication error, Citrix MetaFrame Server, Citrix Presentation Server, Citrix XenApp, IIS, Terminal Services
Unmanaged vs. Managed switch
I know the differences, but I found this on Google (which explains it better)… An unmanaged switch is a glorified hub. It means that the switch does its thing with no user interaction. For most people, that’s quite all right. The switch’s benefits over a hub are full bandwidth to each port, rather than smushing [...]
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| April 18, 2013 8:37 AM
Cabling, Hubs, Routers, Switches
I know the differences, but I found this on Google (which explains it better)… An unmanaged switch is a glorified hub. It means that the switch does its thing with no user interaction. For most people, that’s quite all right. The switch’s benefits over a hub are full bandwidth to each port, rather than smushing [...]
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| April 18, 2013 8:37 AM
Cabling, Hubs, Routers, Switches
Oracle SQL and compare date
Just subtract one date from the other and the number of days between will be calculated by Oracle. Magic!
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| April 18, 2013 6:40 AM
BPEL, Business Process Execution Language, Database, DB2, Oracle, Oracle 9i, SQL
Just subtract one date from the other and the number of days between will be calculated by Oracle. Magic!
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| April 18, 2013 6:40 AM
BPEL, Business Process Execution Language, Database, DB2, Oracle, Oracle 9i, SQL
Create a batch file to connect to a network drive
Often it is asked how to create a batch file to map network drives for users at logon. Here’s how I did it at one site where I had a small number of users, but each user had a different set of mapped drives they needed to access. Note, in this posting, “sbs1“ is the [...]
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| April 18, 2013 1:49 PM
Batch files, Network drives, Shared drives
Often it is asked how to create a batch file to map network drives for users at logon. Here’s how I did it at one site where I had a small number of users, but each user had a different set of mapped drives they needed to access. Note, in this posting, “sbs1“ is the [...]
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| April 18, 2013 1:49 PM
Batch files, Network drives, Shared drives
What is the t-code to view PO already in SAP?
Hi, T.codes related to PO in SAP R/3 : you can display the PO using T.code ME23. ME21 - CREATE A PURCHASE ORDER ME22 - CHANGE A PURCHASE ORDER ME23 - DISPLAY A PURCHASE ORDER Thanks vh Hi, If your using SAP version ECC 6.0 then the T-code for viewing P.O is ME23n and to [...]
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| April 18, 2013 3:10 AM
SAP administration, SAP Basis transports, SAP PO, SAP purchase order, SAP Transaction Codes
Hi, T.codes related to PO in SAP R/3 : you can display the PO using T.code ME23. ME21 - CREATE A PURCHASE ORDER ME22 - CHANGE A PURCHASE ORDER ME23 - DISPLAY A PURCHASE ORDER Thanks vh Hi, If your using SAP version ECC 6.0 then the T-code for viewing P.O is ME23n and to [...]
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| April 18, 2013 3:10 AM
SAP administration, SAP Basis transports, SAP PO, SAP purchase order, SAP Transaction Codes
Lotus Notes Email signatures
Notes lets you create a personal or a digital signature for your mail. You can create personal signatures from a text, HTML, or image (graphic) file. The file can exist anywhere in your operating system, but you may want to store it in your Notes data folder for convenience. You can have Notes automatically add [...]
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| April 18, 2013 4:12 PM
Lotus Notes
Notes lets you create a personal or a digital signature for your mail. You can create personal signatures from a text, HTML, or image (graphic) file. The file can exist anywhere in your operating system, but you may want to store it in your Notes data folder for convenience. You can have Notes automatically add [...]
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| April 18, 2013 4:12 PM
Lotus Notes
Outlook 2010 keeps prompting for User credentials
Go to ‘Start -> Control Panel -> User Accounts -> Manage Your Credentials -> Look under Generic Credentials’. Edit the Microsoft Outlook *** Email address is removed for privacy *** and change the password. Now launch your Outlook 2010 again to ensure that it is working or not.
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| April 18, 2013 10:43 AM
Exchange 2010, Exchange user permissions, Outlook 2010, Outlook 2010 Administration
Go to ‘Start -> Control Panel -> User Accounts -> Manage Your Credentials -> Look under Generic Credentials’. Edit the Microsoft Outlook *** Email address is removed for privacy *** and change the password. Now launch your Outlook 2010 again to ensure that it is working or not.
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| April 18, 2013 10:43 AM
Exchange 2010, Exchange user permissions, Outlook 2010, Outlook 2010 Administration
Group Policy – adding shortcut to all users desktop
First, I would recommend that you always create a new GPO for each “setting” you want to control and always leave your “Default Domain Policy” in its original form. To add the shortcut to all users desktop, you will need to open group policy manager and right click on your domain name. Select “Create and [...]
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| April 18, 2013 2:28 PM
DataCenter, Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server
First, I would recommend that you always create a new GPO for each “setting” you want to control and always leave your “Default Domain Policy” in its original form. To add the shortcut to all users desktop, you will need to open group policy manager and right click on your domain name. Select “Create and [...]
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| April 18, 2013 2:28 PM
DataCenter, Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server
Batch file to disable or enable network adapter
Use the netsh command in your batch file: To disable the interface run: netsh interface set interface "Local Area Connection" DISABLED To enable the interface run: netsh interface set interface "Local Area Connection" ENABLED If the OS is Win XP the above method will probably not work. In that case, here is another (a little [...]
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| April 18, 2013 6:43 PM
Add new tag, Batch files, Local area networks, Network Adapters, Network Interface Cards, Network management
Use the netsh command in your batch file: To disable the interface run: netsh interface set interface "Local Area Connection" DISABLED To enable the interface run: netsh interface set interface "Local Area Connection" ENABLED If the OS is Win XP the above method will probably not work. In that case, here is another (a little [...]
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| April 18, 2013 6:43 PM
Add new tag, Batch files, Local area networks, Network Adapters, Network Interface Cards, Network management
Difference between layer 2 & layer 3 switch?
Hello Krishh, Layer 2 handles traffic at MAC level so just above the physical layer, while Layer 3 is more complex. You can read more here. —————— It would be useful to consider the whole OSI model and how layer 2 and layer 3 fit into it. The network layer provides the functional and procedural [...]
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| April 18, 2013 1:52 PM
Layer 2 switches, Layer 3 switches, Switches
Hello Krishh, Layer 2 handles traffic at MAC level so just above the physical layer, while Layer 3 is more complex. You can read more here. —————— It would be useful to consider the whole OSI model and how layer 2 and layer 3 fit into it. The network layer provides the functional and procedural [...]
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| April 18, 2013 1:52 PM
Layer 2 switches, Layer 3 switches, Switches
How to select 1 record in DB2
SELECT * FROM <TABLE_NAME> FETCH FIRST 1 ROW ONLY -- FOR MULTIPLE ROWS SELECT * FROM <TABLE_NAME> FETCH FIRST <NUM> ROWS ONLY Please let me know if you need any information -Vijay Kanth Hello, In a relational design, you first have to answer the question “first what?” The previous example will return 1 row, but [...]
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| April 18, 2013 2:24 PM
DB2, SELECT statement
SELECT * FROM <TABLE_NAME> FETCH FIRST 1 ROW ONLY -- FOR MULTIPLE ROWS SELECT * FROM <TABLE_NAME> FETCH FIRST <NUM> ROWS ONLY Please let me know if you need any information -Vijay Kanth Hello, In a relational design, you first have to answer the question “first what?” The previous example will return 1 row, but [...]
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| April 18, 2013 2:24 PM
DB2, SELECT statement
