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Configure Internet Explorer Trusted Sites via Group Policy

Jul 12th

It is useful to be able to pre-define a list of Trusted Sites within Internet Explorer and throughout a network, this can easily be down through Group Policy;

On the domain controller open Active Directory Users and Computers.

Right-click the OU or domain you want to apply the policy, click Properties and More >

How to take a screenshot on Mac OSX

Jun 24th

Posted by matthewf in iPad and Apple Tips

There are various ways in which to take a screenshot on your Apple MAC;

Take a screenshot of the entire screen

Command-Shift-3: Take a screenshot and then save it as a file on your desktop Command-Control-Shift-3: Take a screenshot and save it to the clipboard

Take a screenshot of a select area

Command-Shift-4, then More >

iPad / iTunes Required file cannot be found when syncing

Mar 24th

Posted by matthewf in iPad and Apple Tips

I recently came accross this error when trying to sync photos to my ipad. After some research I found that the problem is to do with the ipod photo cache.

The following fixed the error;

PC Close iTunes Go to your My Pictures or Pictures folder Delete the folder called “ipod photo cache” More >

Backup to a network share with Time Machine

Mar 21st

Posted by matthewf in iPad and Apple Tips

Time machine is a new feature in Leopard that backs up your data but by default it only supports backing up to another physically attached hard drive. There is however a work around to get it to backup to network shares;

Go into Applications / Utilities and open terminal
Type in defaults write com.apple.systempreferences More >

Find the Microsoft Outlook Temporary folder

Mar 16th

Posted by matthewf in Microsoft Tips

We often get calls from customers saying that they have worked on an attachment in Outlook and saved it but are not able to find it again. This is because Outlook saves attachments to a temporary folder on your computer which is hidden.

We also get calls saying that Outlook is More >

Outlook 2003 failed to start correctly message on a Windows 2003 Terminal Server

Feb 10th

Posted by matthewf in Microsoft Tips

One of our customers recently started having this issue whereby all Terminal Server users were getting the following prompt when opening Outlook;

Outlook failed to start correctly last time. Starting Outlook in safe mode will help you correct or isolate a startup problem in order to successfully start the program. Some More >

How to setup and use ReadyBoost in Windows 7

Feb 8th

Posted by matthewf in Microsoft Tips

The ReadyBoost feature in Windows 7 is an easy way to speed up your PC; it works by using any kind of high speed portable flash mass storage system as a cache (for example a memory stick or SD Card.) It is not the same as adding more physical RAM More >

How to stream music from your computer to your Xbox 360

Jan 30th

Posted by matthewf in Microsoft Tips

How to stream music from your computer to your Xbox 360

You can use Windows Media Player media sharing to stream music over your network to your Xbox 360 console. For this to work you need Windows XP SP3 or higher and Windows Media Player 11.

Step 1: Enable media sharing in Windows Media Player 11