All posts by Jim Guckin
Q&A Monday: Windows 7 Hide Accounts from Welcome Menu
Question: We are deploying Windows 7 machines to users that are not the domain, and I want to add some accounts for administration to the machine, but I only want the users to be give the option of seeing the one account they are going to use. Is there any way to hide the other…
SysPrep a Windows 7 Upgraded Machine
When working in any kind of company, I love imaging computers. When there is a problem with a machine you can quickly blow down the company image and get the computer or laptop back to the user as quickly as possible. Recently when working on a Windows 7 image that I had inherited from a…
Q&A Monday: Enable and Disable Proxy via Scripts
Question: I use my laptop both inside and outside of my company’s network. It is a company issued laptop and when I am in the office, I am suppose to use their proxy server, when I am out on the road, I’m suppose to use the local connection, which does not have a proxy. Currently…
Average Mailbox Size Using Exchange PowerShell
PowerShell is now becoming more and more prevalent in Microsoft’s Exchange and Server software. This scripting language is becoming a must know for Administrators and knowing this scripting can help get all kinds of useful information. When I was an administrator for an Exchange system, it helped me to monitor the mailbox(s) and databases for their…
We’re Back from Blackout
First, I would like to apologize to anyone who found the blackout of this site inconvenient. We blacked out our site in solidarity with 75,000+ sites who joined together, in the largest online protest (to date), to try to let congress know to stop the SOPA and PIPA bills from passing. These bills would kill the internet…
Change IE Bookmarks Location
Recently in my job, I was looking for a way to keep as much data on the server as possible and making the Windows boxes hold as little data as possible in case of a crash. While I already redirect the “My Documents” drive to the server (note only if you trust your users do this). We…
Q&A Monday: IT Education
Question: Jim, For someone looking to segue into IT, what is the most direct educational route to take- tech school, university, or career diploma program? In general, what do you recommend for a good IT foundation? Tony DiPaciner Philadelphia, Pa Answer: Like most questions in IT, there is a lot of debate for the…
Mobile: Apps vs Mobile Web
I’ve been asked many times where I think the future in the smart phone market is, either applications or site designed for mobile web? Now I think it’s funny that since I am in the IT field, I should know (or at least have thought on) the mobile market. But since I try to answer…
Q&A Monday: Outlook 2003 problems with Exchange 2010
Question: My company has recently upgraded our Exchange server to 2010, but I still have some users using Outlook 2003. There are plans in the next 6 months to update these remaining users, but some of them are experiencing a problem. The users have a bunch of shared calendars and are getting a connection issue,…
Alternatives to Outlook
I’ve been asked about this more times than I can remember, so I figured I’d just do an article about it….What are some alternatives to Microsoft Outlook. To fully disclose I still cling on to my Outlook for my windows machine, but I do use other software for my linux machines. So I’ve…