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How to find the MAC Address of an OS X computer
Open System Preferences from the Apple menu, top left corner of your screen Open the Network menu Open Wi-Fi, hit advanced Click on the Hardware tab Your MAC Address will be listed at the top
read moreHow to find the MAC Address of a network interface on Microsoft Windows
Windows XP: Go to Control Panel and find Network Connections Click on the Support tab The MAC addres will be listed under “Physical Address” in the resulting list. Windows 7+: Go to Network and Sharing Center in the Control Panel, and click on “Change adapter settings” on the left pane Find the network adapter you want the address for, and double click the adapter. Click on the “Details…” button The MAC addres will be listed under “Physical Address” in the resulting...
read moreHow to change Outlook “Map It” from default Bing to Google Maps
To change it, you need to add a registry entry, the location of which varies based on which version of outlook. Outlook 2013: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft Office 15.0\Outlook\Options\General Outlook 2010: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft Office 14.0\Outlook\Options\General Outlook 2002: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft Office 10.0\Outlook\Options\General Outlook 2000: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft Office 9.0\Outlook\Options\General Add the entry Once there, you need to add a new String Value named MapScriptURL. Edit...
read moreHow to Give Admin Permission on a User’s Redirect without breaking Folder Redirection
When taking ownership and setting permissions, don’t use ‘administrators’. Use the actual name of the user you are logged in as, which was admin in my case.
read moreHide shared folders from Remote Web Access (SBS)
Go to the share permissions. Easiest way is to go on the server, and go to //localhost showing a list of shares. Right click on the share you want to remove, go to sharing tab, advanced sharing button, permissions. Remove “Everyone” and any groups with “SBS” in the name Add “Domain Users”, “Domain Administrators”, or single accounts to suit the proper file access permissions your situation calls for. Verify the folder is no longer visible in RWA. There is a list of groups that SBS will show...
read moreGet disk space on available drives using CMD
The following command can be used.wmic logicaldisk get size,freespace,caption Example output:Caption FreeSpace SizeC: 10293153792 42949668864D: 38401937408 74088181760E: 37109010432 ...
read moreGet Windows version from command line
Open a command prompt by going to Run… and typing in “cmd”, hit enter Type in “ver” and hit enter, this will give you your Windows version.
read moreForward email to external addresses in Microsoft Exchange
In Exchange, expand Recipient Config and go to Mail Contact. Create a new mail contact, and then select this contact when you are setting the forward. To set a forward, go into the properties of a mailbox user and it will be under mail flow settings and delivery options. Check the box to forward, choose the contact, and check the 2nd box to deliver to both if...
read moreForcibly remove a single message from the Exhcange mail queue
Example Event Viewer Error A non-expirable message with the Internal Message ID 92927 could not be categorized. This message may be a journal report or other system message. The message will remain in the queue until administrative action is taken to resolve the error. Other messages may also have encountered this error. To further diagnose the error, use the Queue Viewer or the Exchange Mail Flow Troubleshooter. Event ID 9213 I had this issue recently with an Exchange 2010 SP1 server. I had a message stuck in queue that was intended for...
read moreForce your print queue to clear in Microsoft Windows
While printing documents one after the other in Windows Vista / Windows 7, your print job may get stuck sometime. It could hang all the other jobs because Windows stores them in the print queue or spooler. The best solution to get rid of this problem is to delete all the current print jobs in the print spooler service. But before deleting them and clearing the print queue, you have to stop the service. Here is a step by step guide to stop print spooler, delete all the current print queues and start it again. 1. Click on “Start”...
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