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howto://bulk check-in files in SharePoint

2011-06-07

Since I get asked about checked out files once a week, and can never quite remember how to check them in, here’s a quick article on how to bulk check-in files that you have checked out, whether it’s because you copied them up using the WebDAV path, or because that’s the default behaviour for your document library.

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WordPress 3.1.3 addresses security issues

2011-05-26

Hello again everyone, if you are using WordPress, you are going to want to update to the latest release, 3.1.3. If you are still running a blog on a 2. train version, please consider updating this time. Several issues have been fixed, the dashboard in 3 is great, and unless you are still running Windows [...]

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howto://shape traffic on tmg 2010

2011-05-23

TMG 2010 does a great job of securing your network, and can exercise very precise control of internal users’ access to the Internet when it comes to ports and protocols, file access, etc., but unfortunately it cannot do anything to control bandwidth consumption. Whether you call it traffic shaping, bandwidth restrictions, rate limiting, or speed [...]

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Why does your organization need an email archiving solution?

2011-05-20

If your organization uses an in-house mail server, an email archiving solution is the only way to take full advantage of the information contained within company emails while simultaneously reducing the amount of storage space required to maintain the messages. Archiving the ingoing and outgoing emails and attachments being sent to and from your employees, [...]

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howto://add the telnet client to windows

2011-05-18

Seeking the telnet client in recent versions of Windows? Look no further, here is how we do it.

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and you cannot handle (back) pressure

2011-05-15

You might think you have enough resources available, but Exchange 2010 may have other ideas.

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howto://map a drive to sharepoint

2011-05-10

If you have ever needed to move a lot of files up to a document library on a SharePoint server, or diff a library to a network directory to make sure everything was transferred, or post things to SharePoint using a script, then you probably wanted to map the SharePoint site as a drive. Having [...]

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It’s time to stop the madness!

2011-05-06

I’m one person, why do I have fifteen different accounts at work?

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Apparently I’m twelve years old

2011-05-03

Here’s how you can change the display for most HP printers. And hilarity ensued.

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WordPress release 3.1.2

2011-05-02

Hi everyone. I know it has been a while since my last post…things have been very busy at work and some things have come up in my personal life recently that have together conspired to break my year+ long run of posting three times a week. Oh well, it lasted a hell of a lot [...]

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