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  1. colinmitton

    Local Admin on Windows 10 in a domain

    I have a bit of an interesting issue, I have a mixture of modern / legacy applications running on Windows 10 64bit (1607). All these computers run on a Windows domain. To get some of these applications to work I've need to stop UAC and provide domain users with local security rights to a few...
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    Hide 'Connect' and 'Contact Support' from Start Menu - All Programmes

    I'm in the process of setting up my new Windows 10 x64 (1607) build to be rolled out to my users. I've come across a minor issue / annoyance in the Start Menu in the All program. I've already removed all the store applications from the build but I'm left with shortcuts to 'connect and 'contact...
  3. colinmitton

    Limited admin access...

    I need to set up a user to have limited access to my SQL 2008 R2 server, they only need to access 2 maintenance plans so they can run ad-hoc backups on two different databases. Sadly my SQL knowledge runs back to MS-SQL 2000 and I now have about a 10 year gap in my knowledge! Can I set up a...
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    Manually run a ad-hoc maintenance plan from a desktop PC

    I have a MS-SQL 2008 SP3 server and I'm in the process of setting up a maintenance plan that will back up a database to file on a ad-hoc basis. So when I have any minor changes to happen to the server I have a good back up to return to! The file location is on the physical server and the...
  5. colinmitton

    Moving an exchange 2010 server across domains

    I have a Exchange 2010 server (no Service Packs applied) that currently sits in an Orphaned domain, I cannot apply any service packs to it due to 'Enterprise Administrator' not being available. The 'export' to PST function does not work due to the server holding all the exchange rolls and...
  6. colinmitton

    Word 2010 - File list from folder so user can select one from a form?

    I need to produce a 'list' on a small pop up window with-in Word 2010 so a user can select one of the items and it get inserted in to the document. (I'm using it to do some basic merges for letters on to our stand letter template or to put paragraphs in to documents) All the relevent items are...
  7. colinmitton

    Forest with orphaned child domain issue

    I have an issue with an orphaned domain! I originally had a single domain / forest called: companyname_domain When I upgraded from NT4 to 2003 it became: companyname_domain.local Due to some issues with some hardware / software that did not like the underscore in the domain name when we...
  8. colinmitton

    Swap data between fields in a different table

    I need to know how to 'swap' data between two different fields each in there own table. The fields have the same settings I just need to be able to swap the data from Field1 in table1 to Field3 in table2. I'm going to use a command button do the switch but I'm getting confused with using...
  9. colinmitton

    Improving my mail merge!

    Below is my code to run a mail merge in word 2010 using a template with the links to the DB and relevent field inserted. It works great and I'm happy with it, well nearly! For every different mail merge I do from different table sources i.e. 3rd party business or contacts or clients, etc...
  10. colinmitton

    Push results from a search box back to a table

    I have a database with my 3rd party businesses, the contacts associated with them and all the employees where I work. I'm now setting up a small projects 'job sheet' so we can select a business, a contact from that business and an employee who's working with them. I've setup a new table...
  11. colinmitton

    Merge form data to word template

    I'm setting up a business database and I've got the structure working the way I require, I can search / create / view / etc... I now need to be able to send a letter to the business I've selected on a form. This is an individual business so its not a list. My plan is to have a button which...
  12. colinmitton

    Access 2010 - Search box result to a sub form?

    I have a set up a search box to find businesses in a database. The code looks like this: Private Sub cmdSearch_Click() Dim varWhere As Variant varWhere = Null If Not IsNothing(Me.txtCompany) Then varWhere = "[3rdPartyBusinessName] LIKE '" & Me.txtCompany & "*'" End If...
  13. colinmitton

    Simple data entry system

    I'm not sure if this is the correct forum my apologies if I've got this wrong! I'm in the process of setting up a basic Database of Names and addresses. one for clients, one for Prospects and a final one for 3rd parties we deal with (all on MS-SQL 2008). My main issue is getting the data in to...
  14. colinmitton

    Samsung SCX6555n network scanning

    We have got an Samsung SCX6555n Multifunction Printer. I'm having trouble setting the scanning to a network share working. Also getting the LDAP intergration to work so we can look up email address! First and foremost getting the scanning working is highest on my priorities, Sadly there...
  15. colinmitton

    Opening Word 2010 in the background

    We have an issue with a couple of applications which do not open Word 2010 correctly (long story!). But if my users open word, close the active blank document (just leaving word sitting there doing nothing). When they use the apps to generate a document / letter it works fine. However, if they...
  16. colinmitton

    script to copy files / subfolder to a local drive then back again!

    I need to add a couple of scripts to my GPO's for logon and logoff. I need to copy from K:\templates\%username%\ All files and subfolder with all files within. to the local drive: C:\templates Then another script to for logging off to copy all files \ sub-folders from my c:\templates back to...
  17. colinmitton

    file replication / back up?

    Over the weekend I upgraded all of the PC's in my company to Office 2010. With Office 2003 the Word templates are kept on a server share, the normal.dot was picked up and performance was okay. I set up the same way for my word 2010 install. Normal.dotm is kept on a server share, the system...
  18. colinmitton

    Changing active document 'control'

    I have set up a macro to auto run when a word 2010 template is opened, it will then ask for another word document to be inserted in to that document. Once done it will them open a different template as a separate document. This will then leave the two correct documents on screen, I'm happy...
  19. colinmitton

    Exchange 2010 - Certificate Alerts in Outlook 2010

    I have a single Exchange 2010 server on site. To get activesync & OWA working I got a certificate from an external supplier (GoDaddy.com) for my external Mail server Name: mail.myexternalDNS.co.uk This worked great and everything was going fine. I'm now testing Outlook 2010 and when I start it...
  20. colinmitton

    HP ML110 Mixing SATA & SAS

    I have a little HP ML110 coming with 2 SAS drives in, Initially I'm going to use it as a temporary unit while I swap out and upgrade a few servers, once they are done I plan to use it as a test box and bulk storage of old files. I was thinking of adding a couple of extra drives but when I saw...

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