MS Office - Suppress Help Protect and Improve Microsoft Office screen

To remove the "Help Protect and Improve Microsoft Office" pop up for new users to Microsoft Office 2010, open gpedit.msc, navigate to:

Local Computer Policy\
User Configuration\Administrative Templates\(ADM\ADMX)\Microsoft Office 2010\Miscellaneous
Suppress recommended settings dialog







http://social.microsoft.com/

Searching Twitter for #library

Look for tweets with #Library near Washington DC:

Tweets about "#library near:20064 within:5mi"





Same except NYC: Must use lower case "nyc"


Tweets about "#library near:nyc within:5mi"

Twitter search embedded in website

Looking for tweets sent to Montgomery County Library


Tweets about "to:@MCPL_Libraries"



Tweets that mention "Library" within 8 miles of zipcode 20064

Tweets about "library near:20064 within:5mi"





Twitter search syntax:

twitter search	containing both "twitter" and "search". This is the default operator.
"happy hour"	containing the exact phrase "happy hour".
love OR hate	containing either "love" or "hate" (or both).
beer -root	containing "beer" but not "root".
#haiku	containing the hashtag "haiku".
from:alexiskold	sent from person "alexiskold".
to:techcrunch	sent to person "techcrunch".
@mashable	referencing person "mashable".
"happy hour" near:"san francisco"	containing the exact phrase "happy hour" and sent near "san francisco".
near:NYC within:15mi	sent within 15 miles of "NYC".
superhero since:2010-12-27	containing "superhero" and sent since date "2010-12-27" (year-month-day).
ftw until:2010-12-27	containing "ftw" and sent up to date "2010-12-27".
movie -scary :)	containing "movie", but not "scary", and with a positive attitude.
flight :(	containing "flight" and with a negative attitude.
traffic ?	containing "traffic" and asking a question.
hilarious filter:links	containing "hilarious" and linking to URLs.
news source:twitterfeed	containing "news" and entered via TwitterFeed

Twitter Widgets for websites

Testing Twitter widgets for websites, here is one from Bing Maps  http://www.bing.com/maps





Search term Library (no effect from adding hashtag )

You can control zoom:

z=10  is the zoom (higher number, closer in)

<iframe src="http://www.bing.com/twitter/maps/embed?version=1.0&

eid=1607992402&keyword=library&lat=38.9339485168457&

lon=-77.0336837768555&z=10" width="350" height="350" 

scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe> 

Boot Windows 8 to desktop interface

Now with Windows 8.1 its is easy:

Go to the Desktop, then right-click in the taskbar, and select “Properties”, then click on the navigation tab to open up this menu:




From blogs.msdn.com


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To boot Windows 8 to desktop, open Task Scheduler (Hit Start, type schedule, click Settings, and open “Schedule tasks.”)








Click Task Scheduler Library from the left pane, Create Task on the right pane, and give it a name like Boot to Desktop.




From  Extremetech

Windows 8 shutdown shortcut

To create shortcut to shutdown windows 8, right click on desktop, select NEW, then "shortcut", type in the following text


shutdown /s /t 0


The 0 at end is seconds of delay, if you want 15  seconds delay,  then you have "shutdown /s /t 15"
(note:  it requires /s, the /t is optional)



Hibernate shortcut syntax (no delay parameter):



Shutdown /h


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Sleep Computer:    rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState 0,1,0


Logoff:    Shutdown -L





reboot:       shutdown /r

Automatic slide show in Powerpoint 2010, move to next slide

Have a patron that wants a powerpoint slide show that moves on its own, spending 5 seconds on each slide:

Automatically Move to the Next Slide

The key here is the Transitions feature where you can set timings. A transition is animation to introduce the next slide although a specific transition isn't needed to set timings which automatically advance to the next slide. To set up timings:

1. Select one or more slides in a presentations. To highlight multiple slides, switch to the Slide Sorter View and hold down the [Ctrl] key as you click on each slide or press [Ctrl] + A to Select All.
2. In PowerPoint 2010, choose the Transitions tab in the Ribbon.  In PowerPoint 2007, pick the Animations tab.
3. For PowerPoint 2010 & 2007, look for the Advance Slide options at the right side of the Ribbon, set After to the amount of time (seconds), uncheck "On Mouse Click".  The timings can vary from one slide to another.

Pick a transition if you wish and save your presentation.



To loop the show:

Run a PowerPoint Presentation Continuously

The Set Up Slide Show options in PowerPoint help you customize your options for running a slide show presentation. When you have set timings in a presentation, you can also control a presentation so it loops (runs) continuously until you press the [Esc] key. This is a great feature for trade shows, kiosks, company reception areas, and other presentations where you don't need to be actively involved in the display of each slide. To successfully use a loop, each slide should have automatic timings as covered above. To change slide show options for an open presentation:

1. In PowerPoint 2010 & 2007, click the Slide Show tab and pick the Set Up Slide Show icon. For PowerPoint 2003, pick Slide Show > Set Up Show.
2. Under Show options, click the choice for Loop continuously until 'Esc'. Also verify the Advance Slides option is set to Use timings, if present.

From softwarepro

Youtube playlist in VLC

Want to have Youtube playlist with out commercials, use VLC and a plugin.

For playlists, you'll need the VLC  and the add-on YouTube Video and Playlist Importer installed. Once it's installed, simply copy the playlist URL from your browser, then hit CTRL+N in VLC, select the Network box, and paste the playlist URL. The playlist automatically gets imported into VLC where you can use any keyboard shortcuts you have set up to watch playlists ad-free.  (from Life hacker)

 To install the YouTube Video and Playlist Importer  download it, and copy the file to this directory:

* Windows (all users): %ProgramFiles%\VideoLAN\VLC\lua\extensions\
* Windows (current user): %APPDATA%\VLC\lua\extensions\
* Linux (all users): /usr/share/vlc/lua/extensions/
* Linux (current user): ~/.local/share/vlc/lua/extensions/
* Mac OS X (all users): /Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/lua/extensions/
(create directories if they don't exist)
Restart  VLC.

Credentials manager in Windows XP

Trying to fix worng password in credentials manager on a Windows XP laptop:


http://www.techrepublic.com/article/manage-user-credentials-in-windows-xp-with-the-stored-user-names-and-passwords-tool/

http://www.techrepublic.com/article/step-by-step-maintain-your-passwords-with-credential-manager/

Limit MS Access report by date

Have a Microsoft Access database with a report to display records, want to limit by a date range, entered by user.


http://allenbrowne.com/casu-08.html


http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1674898

http://bytes.com/topic/access/answers/869108-filter-report-date-range

How to connect Apple laptop to Windows drive (SMB)

To map a windows drive on a Mac laptop:  (from Apple)

smb://DOMAIN;User@ServerName/ShareName

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A bit easier to remember:

On the Mac, from Finder's GO menu, choose "Connect to Server" 
Enter the server address, preceded by smb://, as shown:

You'll get prompted to enter your network credentials - need to add the Windows DOMAIN\user_name for the Name Field:

What is SMB?
SMB, which stands for Server Message Block, is a protocol for sharing files, printers, serial ports, and communications abstractions such as named pipes and mail slots between computers.

Early document on it is a Microsoft/Intel document called Microsoft Networks/OpenNET-FILE SHARING PROTOCOL from 1987. The protocol was subsequently developed further by Microsoft and others. Many of the documents that define the SMB protocol(s) are available at ftp.microsoft.com in the SMB documentation area.

Check Domain Name Server information

We switched the IP address for a server, and it was working on campus, but not off campus.  Needed to use a DNS off campus to test this. 
Used  NSLOOKUP command with this format:

NSLOOKUP  <domain you want to check>  <outside DNS>

In Windows, goto CMD window, from Apple, goto Terminal window

example:


C:>nslookup  check.this.domain.edu 8.8.8.8
Server:  google-public-dns-a.google.com
Address:  8.8.8.8

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:    check.this.domain.edu
Address:  74.217.nnn.nnn

More details of nslookup from CMD prompt in windows.

Apple print error nothing happens when press Print button

User with Apple laptop, clicked print button, nothing happens, do following steps, then reboot.

This can usually be fixed by going into the Terminal utility and there enter the command to operate on the CUPS printer name:

sudo lpadmin -p <PrinterName> -o auth-info-required=username,password

This will update the printer stanza in /etc/cups/printers.conf, and then the printing works.

From  http://people.bu.edu/rbs/ThingsApple/Macintosh/Macintosh-printing.html  

Apple OS printing error: NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME

Got the following printer error:  NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME

When trying to print to a Windows Print Queue from Apple laptop.

Solution:  Go into network settings and delete DNS entries.  Person had fixed DNS entry, when removed it,  grabbed local DNS and error went away.


Could also fix by using IP address for queue name, and not domain name:
smb://<username>:<password>@<ip-address-printer>/<sharename>

System Restore from a command prompt - RSTRUI.EXE

At the command prompt, type rstrui.exe, and then press ENTER

c:\windows\system\restore\rstrui.exe


http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/start-system-restore-from-a-command-prompt

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/279736