Category: Tips & Tricks
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Outlook: Delegate sending permissions
Last week I showed you how to send as a different address. You might also want to allow someone else to send on behalf of you. Here’s how: Click on File Go to Info > Account Settings > Delegate Access Click Add Search for, and select, the person you want to grant permissions, then click…
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Outlook: Sending as a different email address
So, you’ve become responsible for answering questions to your company from the public. Congratulations! You’ve been instructed to use the no-reply address when doing so, and told that you have been given the permissions necessary to do so. Now you need to set that up. Here’s how: Write the response as you normally would Once…
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How to find who is locking a file on a network share
Every now and again, a user will call in to find out who has a file open from a network share, effectively locking everyone else out from making edits to that file. Here’s how: Assuming the file is on a remote server, log in to the remote server Right-click the computer icon, and select “Manage…
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What’s in your bag?
I am lucky enough to travel as much as suits me, but not much more. However, I have developed a list of things I bring with me whenever I go travelling. There are two lists; the core list and the extended list. Here goes: The core list 5.11 PUSH pack iPad Mini Amazon Kindle iPhone…
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Exporting a list of all computers from Active Directory
Last week I covered how you can use the DSQuery command to export members of a given AD Group. This week, on a related note, I will cover how to use the same basic command to export all computer accounts in Active Directoy. Log on to your Domain Controller Open a command prompt Enter the…
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Exporting members of an Active Directory group
A while back, my boss came to me, asking me if I could get him an export of the users that are members of two groups in Active Directory. For the purposes of this blog post, let’s call them “OfflineUsers” and “Software Access”. As it turns out, this is pretty easy to do. Here’s how:…
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Did you know that the FotoStation Dialog Builder displays field numbers?
When using the Dialog Builder, FotoStation now shows you the IPTC field numbers of the fields placed in the editor: This can be particularly useful when creating a dialog for a heavily customized metadata configuration, with many custom fields. Caveat lector: I used to work with support at FotoWare. This blog is…
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Set default account for address book entries on iOS
Last week, I showed you how to set default calendar in iOS. When I was looking into that, I noticed that the setting for default account for address book entries is in much the same place. Here’s how to set that setting: Open Settings -> Mail, Calendar, Contacts Scroll down until you see a…
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Set default calendar on iOS
I have been a very happy user of iPhone for a long time now. It works great, and it syncs my appointments with my Google Calendar. Lately, though, I’ve needed to put appointments into my calendar while on the go. For some reason, they were not showing up in my Google Calendar. It turned out,…