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  • Misc – Is there an easy way of exporting a list of servers from Remote Desktop Connection Manager?

    Question: I’ve got all of my servers configured in Remote Desktop Connection Manager. I need to give management a list of my servers which I don’t have elsewhere. Is there an easy way of exporting a list of servers from Remote Desktop Connection Manager...
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  • Metadata scare..

    Have you heard about this utility? Document Metadata Cleaner.. http://www.pointstone.com/products/metadata-cleaner/ A quote.. Whenever you create, open, or save a document in Microsoft Word, Excel or PowerPoint, that document may store information (known as metadata) that you had no intention of including...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Wed, Feb 13 2013
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  • Windows 8 file options - Copy and Move..

    Now, I know that it is possible to drag and drop files across open folders, but it can be awkward and messy, especially on smaller screens like the type found on laptops and Netbooks. So, early versions of Windows had functions within the right click menu which were really useful. Two notable features...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Wed, Jan 2 2013
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  • Windows 8 refresh..

    This is not my own work but I think that it is important enough to put out.. What Windows 8 refresh does.. When you refresh the computer here is what it does. a) Your files and personalization settings won't change. b) Your PC settings will be changed back to their defaults. c) Apps from Windows...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Sun, Nov 25 2012
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  • Windows 8 Compatibility - The Weather Network

    This weather service has worked well through three operating systems, and has been my preferred weather service here in Canada. When running Windows Vista and 7, I had it piped through into a gadget called WeatherCentre and the service worked well Windows 8 doesn’t do gadgets, so I installed the original...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Mon, Oct 29 2012
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  • Roaming desktop icons..

    We all have them. At every reboot, they appear to have shuffled around. Do you want to stop this bad behaviour? Windows 7 compatible, this small ‘freemium’ utility is just what you need. IconRestorer.. http://fsl.sytes.net/iconrestorer.html There is a nice little shot of the utility in action, and some...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Wed, Jul 4 2012
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  • Network messaging..

    I may have mentioned in the not so distant past that I use a program called ‘Stickies’ for sending network messages across the home network. Well, most of the time it works well, but sometimes one or more names become unreachable. As a consequence, I have been looking for something else and have found...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Mon, Mar 19 2012
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  • Great New Free Utilities from Microsoft

    Microsoft has released a number of great new utilities designed to make administration easier, especially in the Exchange space. Most of these have been released in just the past three weeks. Exchange Client Network Bandwidth Calculator BETA2 ( link Read...
    Posted to The EXPTA {blog} by on Tue, Mar 13 2012
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  • The quest for an 'M Class' operating system – Part One

    It is fast becoming common knowledge that Windows 8 lacks a Start Menu suitable for a desktop computer. I have seen suggestions which revolve around trying to emulate the classic menu style, but it saddens me to think that anybody considers them even close. Looks are only part of what the classic menu...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Sun, Mar 4 2012
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  • An offer I had to refuse..

    I received an email yesterday from those nice people at PC Tools. I know that it was a good offer, maybe a reduced purchase price, because the email was headed thus: ‘Restore PC performance with Registry Mechanic 2012’ You can feel your pulse racing already, can’t you. I know I could. So why did I have...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Sun, Mar 4 2012
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  • See the network run..

    For the longest time, I had a network icon running in the notification area. Then when Vista arrived, I used variations on the Network Monitor gadget. As good as it was to be able to see any network traffic in action, a really annoying problem was the time it took for the gadget to appear at boot up...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Tue, Nov 29 2011
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  • Speedfan – Why you should install it..

    When you have a fast system, processes can be running in the background which you don’t notice. A few days ago, I was looking through Programs and Features for junk to uninstall, and I came across Yahoo Toolbar. It had to go, especially as last time there was a Yahoo upgrade, I specifically checked NOT...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Tue, Sep 20 2011
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  • Able2Extract - PDF extraction made easy

    Ever wanted to extract a PDF file to a word processor? I have a collection of PDFs, almost all computer or computer part related. I download them for info on replacing parts, cabling front panel headers etc. It is a little annoying to have to hold and look through a complete manual just for one or maybe...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Wed, Jul 13 2011
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  • PerfectDisk 12

    Raxco were nice enough to send me NFR’s for their latest incarnation, and I have been gracious enough to give it a try. So, out goes Diskeeper (my long time favourite) for now, and in comes PerfectDisk 12. Installation was a breeze, and I have left every setting as default because this is what most users...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Tue, Jun 14 2011
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  • Weather Center gadget..

    There is no shortage of weather gadgets, and I have tried most of them.  Ultimately, the most accurate weather reports for Canada come from ‘The Weather Network, so I have had a tendency to use TWN’s own gadget. Now, this is all very good for me, but what if you live in a place where TNW is not...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Mon, Jun 6 2011
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  • Tabbed Conversations for Microsoft Lync 2010

    Microsoft released Tabbed Conversations for Microsoft Lync 2010 today. Tabbed Conversations is an application that provides a tabbed Lync 2010 conversation window to allow multiple instant messaging (IM) conversations in a single window, as shown below...
    Posted to The EXPTA {blog} by on Fri, Jun 3 2011
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  • MS Picture-It users..

    If you have recently bought  a new Windows PC or upgraded from an earlier Windows, you will know that Picture-It is not compatible with Windows 7. It gets worse. The format that Picture-It uses to save as a file is ‘.mix’, one of Microsoft’s own file extensions. Needless to say, it is not common...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Wed, May 4 2011
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  • nVidia drivers – removal

    If you are replacing a motherboard which has an nVidia chipset and/or nVidia graphics for a motherboard which has an ATI  or Intel chipset, you will quickly find out that nVidia drivers are not so easy to uninstall. The normal procedure through ‘Programs and Features’ doesn’t quite cut it, and if...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Thu, Apr 21 2011
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  • In the interests of the non-technical..

    .. and maybe many others.. RE. OS upgrades.. Microsoft, please stop producing ‘Upgrade only’ disks for operating systems. Far too many have problems because what they are upgrading can be so flawed. Also, the practice of allowing users to download upgrades without forcing the user to create a disk is...
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Mon, Apr 4 2011
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  • Diskeeper 2011–Restore point update..

    Just a quickie. It appears that Diskeeper 2011 doesn’t trash restore points on my computer as the 2010 version was doing. Also, it is even less noticeable in operation that 2010 was. Way to go, Diskeeper. Well done.. Diskeeper 2011 is now available to all, btw.. https://www.diskeeper.com/
    Posted to Mike's Window by Mike Hall on Wed, Mar 23 2011
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