E mail alerts in tasks for external users
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There are several options, if you will manage alerts, you can enter either usenames, groups or email addresses (can be external). If such a user has an access to SP site, he can manage the alerts himself.
SharePoint just needs to have a valid outgoing email configuration.
Marek Chmel, WBI Systems (MCTS, MCITP, MCT, CCNA)
Please Mark As Answer if my post solves your problem or Vote As Helpful if a post has been helpful for you.
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Weather App won't detect location
The weather app that comes pre-installed does not even recognize my city as a place. When I try and manually enter it, it's not even listed. After it defaulted to Seattle Washington (no where near me), it just says "error on page" instead of displaying any weather. Anyone else have this issue?
I ended up uninstalling the weather app, and installing AccuWeather which had my city as a choosable location.
- Edited by Gralen84 Sunday, March 4, 2012 4:12 PM
- Moved by Ronnie VernonMVP, Moderator Saturday, March 10, 2012 1:04 AM Moved (From:Windows 8 Performance)
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yes, I had the same issue. I had to access the time, change the time zone to the correct time, force a re-synch. Then on the next reboot, the Weather app had the correct location. I also checked to confirm that location awareness was enabled in IE10.
So, something a little strange happened on the one installation, but I am really not sure what caused it. The reboot seemed to correct it.
Try and revert to the first Weather APP and test. That's what the CP is about.
- Edited by Nano Warp Thursday, March 8, 2012 12:50 PM
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Fields not displayed in Online Addressbok (Exchange 2010)
Additional fields (like "employeeType") added to the "User" template using the Exchange 2007 Template Editor.
For users hosted on Exchange 2010 some of the fields empty in online and offline address book.
Previously added fields added to Global Catalog (while all DCs are actually GCs anyway).
Fields now visible in the offline address book (after waiting some hours and performing an "update" address book) <so there was an undocumented change between 2007 and 2010: attribute has to be replicated to GC>.
Unfortunately still missing in "Default Global Address List" - until you reboot all of your CAS servers <even funnier if only 1 CAS has been rebooted - the result looks quite aleatoric...>.
Conclusion: While runngin the Exchange 2010 CAS is caching the schema and needs to be restarted after schema changes affecting Exchange!
testererer
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Exchange Queries
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TMG at HO and direct access at branches
Dear All,
We are a company with 5 branches, at the moment we are connected using Sonicwall site-to-site vpn, branch staff connect HO using TS and use oracle application. Branch computers and printers have static IP and gateway (address of local sonicwall).
All the remote printers are networked and are configured on DC located at the HO. Remote users use TS for application and printing. Now we would like to implement TMG and UAG to replace the fore said VPN. I understand that all the clients can get connected using direct access and VPN connection will be established transparently to branch / remote users, but there will be problem printing on network printers as the application servers residing at the HO won't be able to find defined remote site printers. So, do you guys have any solution which enable network printing using TS on direct access at remote sites....I hope that I put the question right if it is not understandable then please ask
- Changed type Nick Gu - MSFTModerator Wednesday, March 14, 2012 8:29 AM
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Jason Jones | Forefront MVP | Silversands Ltd | My Blogs: http://blog.msedge.org.uk and http://blog.msfirewall.org.uk
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Error in Crystal Repot 10 To Connect To SQL SERVER 2008 R2??????????
Hi all,
- Edited by ENG.KOKO Thursday, March 8, 2012 1:04 PM
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- Edited by Mr. Wharty Thursday, March 8, 2012 10:44 AM
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It could also be of interest:
Microsoft offers a free eBook about Office 365:
With kind regards,
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SQL 2005 upgrade to SQL 2008 R2
Hi,
SELECT
@@VERSION
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - 9.00.3042.00 (X64) Feb 10 2007 00:59:02 Copyright (c) 1988-2005 Microsoft Corporation Standard Edition (64-bit) on Windows NT 6.0 (Build 6002: Service Pack 2)
Should I be able to upgrade In place for SQL 2008 R2 64?
I'm receiving
"The specified edition upgrade is not supported. For information about supported upgrade paths, see the SQL Server 2008 R2 version and edition upgrade matrix in Books Online."
which mentioning Ref:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143393.aspx
| SQL Server 2005 X64 (64-bit) Standard SP2 | SQL Server 2008 R2 X64 (64-bit) Standard SQL Server 2008 R2 X64 (64-bit) Enterprise Thank you |
Yataplus
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Best Regards, Uri Dimant SQL Server MVP http://dimantdatabasesolutions.blogspot.com/ http://sqlblog.com/blogs/uri_dimant/
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Thanks Uri for your reply.
Yes this is my backup plan but why I'm receiving this error while it's clearly state it's supported?
Also I have another issue which I need to use the default instance name MSSQLServer with 2008 which already used by 2005.
Thank you
Yataplus
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Hello
You can run do a in-place upgrade to SQL 2008 R2 as mentioned in
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143393.aspx
Make sure you have a rollback plan in case something goes wrong
Javier Villegas | @javier_vill | http://sql-javier-villegas.blogspot.com/
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Ohh Thank you Javier...
You are confirming that I can do in place upgrade.
Sorry and please don't mind me as today is one of those days ;)
I hope someone will come up with an explanation for why we are receving this error or guide us to a work around..
Thanks again
Yataplus
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Worh mentioning we receive that error
"The specified edition upgrade is not supported. For information about supported upgrade paths, see the SQL Server 2008 R2 version and edition upgrade matrix in Books Online."
at "SQL Server 2008 R2 Feature Upgrade" on "Upgrade Rules" step.
is there is any files or registry entry that we can check to fix that as it state that the upgrade is supported?
Yataplus
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printer not activated error code
i can only print from word,can anyone help as to how to fix.
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Hi,
Please provide detail error information. What is "error code" in this "printer not activated error code –"?
Can the user print from the Microsoft XPS Document Writer when using Word? Ensure that the spooler service is running on both the client and server.
Whether you are using printer redirection in Terminal/RDS or not?
Please install the latest version of printer driver to see whether the issue still exists.
Technology changes life……
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Making a 100 % private site or library?
Hello.
Here's my situation.
The company has SharePoint installed.
I have one site collection with one site for each department.
Today, I received a request from CEO that he wants a private folder.
So I would like to make either a private folder or library that is not accessible even from system administrator.
Is that possible? If so, please guide me through.
Thank you for your interest.
Hiro
Hiro
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I suppose you mean the system account. No, thats not possible, there can be no location in a sharepoint site which is inaccessible to a system account or a site collection administrator.
These are administrative accounts, so any normal user is not supposed to be using them. Also, in a practical scenario, with time your CEO, might have issues with the private folder, if no one else has access to it accept him/her, then how will you be able to resolve that issue.
Also, if you find that there is no way out but your CEO requires that private folder to be absolutely private then you need to create a separate site collection with site collection administrator as your CEO only and provide the said folder. Even, in this case the system account will have access to the folder unless you decide that the application pool identity for that web application is also your CEO (which is not recommended as the application pool identity should ideally be an account which is not used by any user).
Regards, Huzefa Mala, MCTS
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Shared data sources - one per: database? Instance? System?
What do people think is the best way to set up data sources?
Do you set up one data source for every database (setting the initial catalog to that database)? Or one for every SQL instance (setting the initial catalog to master)? Or perhaps one per "system" (setting the initial catalog to be master or one of the databases that is that system)?
Example setup:
SQL Instance 1 has 3 databases. CRM1, CRM2, ERP. SQL Instance 2 has 1 database: biztalk. SQL Instance 3 has 1 database: biztalk_messagebox.
How would you set up the data sources? Advantages and disadvantages:
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1 Per database (CRM1, CRM2, ERP, biztalk, biztalk_messsagebox)
Advantages:
- easy to move a database to a different server, just update the data source for that database
- only need to use two part names in query as long as query only uses one database.
Disadvantages:
-lots of data sources.
-Reports that use more than one database (eg, CRM reports) arbitrarily pick one without any clear direction on which to choose.
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1 Per instance (SQL1, SQL2, SQL3)
Advantages:
-Fewer data sources to manage.
-No ambiguity when reports need to go across more than one database
Disadvantages:
-Instance name must be abstracted in case the instance is moved to a new machine.
-If a database moves to a new instance all reports using that database must have their data sources changed.
-Report queries must use three part object names
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1 Per system: (CRM, ERP, biztalk)
Advantages:
-"Sensible" data source names.
- System can move between instances without having to modify reports, just the shared data source.
Disadvantages:
-No clear choice of default catalog if the system is composed of multiple databases (just point to master?).
-Report queires must use three part object names if the system is composed of more than one database
-Not possible if "a system" is split across more than one SQL instance (but the only thing I know of that does this is biztalk, and arguably the messagebox component is a different "system")
- Changed type Lola Wang Monday, March 12, 2012 6:22 AM
emails are missing..
My inbox emails are missing...when i want to read or search again my two weeks emails..nothing is found..
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My inbox emails are missing...when i want to read or search again my two weeks emails..nothing is found
me and my company are using 1 email account but we have server in the office...why in my laptop after 1 week you cannot search the 1 week old mails but in our office you can even find the old emails like last year or even last month.. please help how to solve this matter.
Thank you... in advance
Dina
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Dear Fellow,
Which email client you are using on your laptop? what is the version and what is the account type configured? Is it IMAP/POP or "Microsoft Exchange"?
This you can verify from Account Settings configured.
Thanks.
Junaid Ahmed
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Dear Fellow,
Any update on your case or issue is resolved?
Thanks.
Junaid Ahmed
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How to Navigate from one page to another in microsoft surface 2.0.....
- Edited by anupam.mishra Thursday, March 8, 2012 5:30 AM
RMS template deny export (save as) but when user opens he document it actually allows to save as.
Iam a Program-mer
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Windows 8 Are you kidding me.
I own an iPad and an iPhone and am about to buy a MacBook Pro.
I have been a PC user for internet and email my entire life and I have been waiting for a new Windows product.
Windows 8//// What a joke! The improved boot time is great, but the Start page looks like something a 5 year old designed.
Is this the best the minds at Microsoft have? Apple will rule the world in 10 years. Give it up now and just put it in Lake Michigan and save the life's of millions of innocent people.
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Bud:
Did you happen to notice there is no forum for User Interface? LOL, I got a kick out of that, they knew they didn't want to dedicate terabytes of server space and network bandwidth to complaints from productive people who loathe the toy interface on machines meant to actually accomplish something of substance.
The worst part of this entire debacle is the authoritarian arrogance. It would have been terribly easy to accomodate both usage "paradigms" by including a simple toggle for "Yes, I want Metro to impede my productivity" or "No, I have work to do, let me have a genuine computing environment please."
The sad part is the fanboi crowd who will go out of their way to explain the different ways you can change everything you do to get back to something still not close to the way you work, and their fanboi hat-bands are kept so tight they reject the obvious productivity afforded by a start menu (a real one) and robust multi-tasking as "behind the times". "This is the future, get used to it!".
I'm going to say it again: If a simple toggle is not made available, Windows 8 will go down in history as the OS that killed the world's largest software company.
As for your comments about Apple, Apple is trying to sneak more and more of the toy OS "paradigm" into their laptop/desktop OS's as well, which I'm sure is part of the driving force behind Microsoft's heavy-handed arrogance on this issue as well.
Got to hand it to Apple though, sell a few million tablets and bring down the biggest software company on the planet as they struggle to play "me too".
DAS
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Ditto!. . .
I'm going to say it again: If a simple toggle is not made available, Windows 8 will go down in history as the OS that killed the world's largest software company.
As for your comments about Apple, Apple is trying to sneak more and more of the toy OS "paradigm" into their laptop/desktop OS's as well, which I'm sure is part of the driving force behind Microsoft's heavy-handed arrogance on this issue as well.
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Hyper-V 3.0 Windows 8 server requirements
I'm trying to get an understanding of the hardware requirements for Hyper-v 3.0 in Windows Server 8.
I want to run this in a lab environment but want to be sure I have the hardware needed.
I've come across comments that a SLAT enabled processor will be required to run Hyper-V with RemoteFX (same as now)
or if you want to use Hyper-V in the desktop versions of Windows 8.
The confusing area for me (and I'm no expert) is that i read of support for SR-IOV, at least for the
virtual switch in Hyper-V 3.0.
Wouldn't SR-IOV require passthrough? vt-d from an intel standpoint with a chipset and bios that supports passthrough?
- Changed type Vincent Hu Thursday, February 16, 2012 1:14 AM discussion is better
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The only people that know, MS employees, can't tell.
Win8 isn't even in beta yet and generally MS does not comment on unreleased products. At this point, the requirements are likely still a moving target.
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Best regards,
Vincent Hu
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Remove exchange servers from EMC that are not relevant in the organization
How do i delete exchange servers that are no longer relevant or do not exist in my organization from the EMC. Below is the warning i get when i open EMC:
the following servers in your organization running microsoft exhange 2010 are currently unlicensed
Reply:
Hi,
Please refer the following link to troubleshoot this issue:
Enter Product Key
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124582.aspx
If there is anything unclearly, Please visit related forum to get an effective anwser:
Exchange Server
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/category/exchangeserver
Thanks for your understanding!
Best Regards
Elytis Cheng
Elytis Cheng
TechNet Community Support
- Edited by Elytis Cheng Thursday, March 8, 2012 1:37 AM
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SAP GUI 7.20
A detailed recipe for sequencing SAP GUI 7.20 can be found on the SAP on SQL Server Blog:
Excerpt:
Official support from SAP for virtualizing SAP GUI for Windows 7.20 patch level 8 using
App-V 4.6 SP1 is in process. The blog will be updated accordingly once the general support
statement is public.
At this point in time a limited number of "pilot customers" are welcome to start
using SAP GUI 7.20 on App-V with full support ( first come first serve ). The
procedure is described in SAP note 66971.
This blog will describe the key items regarding the sequencing process for
SAP GUI as well as some recommendations to virtualize SAP BEX Analyzer
( Excel plugin ) version 3.5 and 7.
- Changed type Dave Trupkin [MSFT] Thursday, March 8, 2012 12:15 AM
- Changed type Eduardo Noriega de ArmasMicrosoft employee Friday, March 8, 2013 6:12 PM
- Changed type Eduardo Noriega de ArmasMicrosoft employee Friday, March 8, 2013 6:12 PM
How Best to Create A Start Button Replacement?
Microsoft has eliminated the Start button from the Taskbar in the Windows 8 Customer Preview - we see this. They want us jumping through the Metro world as often as possible, presumably in the hopes of making us crave stuff from the new App Store.
Those of us fond of staying on the Desktop and only venturing over to Metro land when absolutely necessary are no doubt thinking:
How can I replace the Start button with something that will allow me to stay on the Desktop, yet not have to have shortcuts for EVERYTHING I could ever want to use on the desktop or pinned to the Taskbar?
At some point there may be custom software to fill the bill - e.g., a derivative of the wonderful ClassicShell package - but it doesn't work yet with the Windows 8 CP.
But we DO see that the Taskbar in Windows 8 DOES support the creation of custom menus, so let's see what we can do to get at least something down there where the Start button used to be...
We find that we can right-click on an open space on the Taskbar, click Toolbars, then click New toolbar..., then point Explorer at an existing folder on the hard drive, and that manipulating the Taskbar after having done so can give us a new menu that we can click on and get a hierarchial folder breakdown...
If it weren't for the fact that the traditional Start menu contents (e.g., in Windows 7) is an aggregation of the user-specific Start Menu and the system-wide Start Menu, it might be good enough just to make a toolbar that points to the place in the folder structure where the Start menu exists. With the creation of a new folder called Start and the addition of a couple of symbolic links to the two Start Menu folders mentioned, we can have a menu called Start on the Taskbar that gives you quick access to both places - though you'll have to choose between them. Something, but perhaps not as convenient as it could be...
Having accomplished the above, I'm now trying to think of ways to consolidate the contents of the two existing Start Menu folders, to provide a slightly more unified experience. Your thoughts and ideas for doing this would be welcome.
-Noel
Detailed how-to in my new eBook: Configure The Windows 7 "To Work" Options
- Edited by Noel Carboni Thursday, March 1, 2012 4:47 PM clarified wording
- Changed type Niki HanModerator Wednesday, March 7, 2012 9:17 AM
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This was my thought. I wish you could still place them anywhere on the screen however.
Vote for Freedom - Vote to Protect our Country
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Install ViStart:
The only issue is the overlaying icon. I try to find a workaround later.
"A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code"
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Hm, interesting. You're saying this works on Windows 8 CP then?
As far as reserving some space, you could just create a "null" toolbar by pointing to an empty folder.
Off to try this! Thanks.
-Noel
Detailed how-to in my new eBook: Configure The Windows 7 "To Work" Options
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OK, I've installed ViStart, and yes, putting a toolbar back there on the Taskbar can be used to reserve some space. I called it "-".
Observations...
- It consolidates the two Start Menu trees into one nicely.
- I don't see a way to reconfigure it to show different stuff on the right (or to show the stuff as menus, etc.).
- It doesn't find things it ought to - e.g., type cleartype or color management into the search box and... Nothing.
- Occasionally it ends up behind the Taskbar instead of in front of it.
- It auto-hides and is okay with the Taskbar being on the top of the display
- It comes out from auto-hide at a slightly different time than the Taskbar.
- The "user" icon is skewed a little bit up too high.
- There's no right-click and open functionality, nor ability to directly reorganize the Start menu in the app itself.
Not perfect, but hey, it has some promise to hold the place until a better solution comes out, and the price is no problem. :)
-Noel
Detailed how-to in my new eBook: Configure The Windows 7 "To Work" Options
- Edited by Noel Carboni Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:55 PM
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Interesting post, Noel. There were other solutions provided as responses on the Building Windows 8 blog when the new Start screen was unveiled. I highly recommend that anyone looking for options like this review these posts to get a better understanding of the logic behind the new Start screen design and the efficiences that can be gained by using it:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/10/11/reflecting-on-your-comments-on-the-start-screen.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/10/04/designing-the-start-screen.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/10/03/evolving-the-start-menu.aspx
(in any order you prefer). Collectively, a long, but interesting read.
Thanks for your post.
Jim
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Thanks for the response and info, Jim, but you have to understand that there really needs to be a way not to replace the entire UI with a field of boxes to hunt through while starting a new application. This is not new news; pretty much every serious Windows user feels the same way - they don't want to be blitzed by the Start screen while transitioning between applications on the Desktop.
Microsoft's assumption that there is no need for a hierarchy of programs is almost laughable.
It may be that, because Windows is difficult to configure well, many people don't use it or try to rely on it for complex work, I don't know. I DO know that I have found ways to set Windows 7 up to be a powerhouse business and development environment, and it really does seem that Windows 8 is striving to take all that away. At this point of looking at the CP I'm almost convinced that, with some 3rd party add-on tools, it can be kept a serious, powerful environment in which to create value. But I'm forced to wonder what else Microsoft will be moving away from the needs of serious, multitasking users and into the realm of fun and games. I'm sorry to be blunt.
-Noel
Detailed how-to in my new eBook: Configure The Windows 7 "To Work" Options
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Hm, interesting. You're saying this works on Windows 8 CP then?
As far as reserving some space, you could just create a "null" toolbar by pointing to an empty folder.
yes this works:
"A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code"
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You're welcome. I ended up having to lengthen it to ----- to ensure there was always enough room.
-Noel
Detailed how-to in my new eBook: Configure The Windows 7 "To Work" Options
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Just found this out:
The shell: functionality still works too. [win] + R to bring up the run dialog then type in:
shell:common start menu
And if you take the folder up one level, right click on the Start Menu item and click on Pin to Start, it appears in the Metro interface and works much like your old start menu, only in a Windows Explorer interface.
This is the backdoor that makes me feel comfortable again. Thanks dgobe for pointing this out.
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Thanks for the thought, Silverpulser, but it seems that this only opens the C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu folder, which will only give you access to the system-wide Start Menu items, and does not aggregate the user Start Menu items at all.
Are you seeing something I'm not?
-Noel
Detailed how-to in my new eBook: Configure The Windows 7 "To Work" Options
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This probably sounds like a sneer but heck.. First thanks for sharing, but to be honest I'd rather dig up progman.exe from some archives and get that up & running (it hasn't been removed /that/ long ago) than try any of the solutions above (no offense intended).
My main gripe with this whole metro kaboodle is the lack of jumplists. I've become /very/ dependend on them on Win7 and can't understand why the heck they ditched all that.
Remote desktop? On Win7 this sits right in my recent list, so a mere 2 clicks is enough to start it. If I need more I simply hoover so that my 2 2k3 servers (pinned) become visible (or recent customer servers). An almost perfect experience as far as I'm concerned.
Now? Obviously the Metro remote desktop client is pretty useless. Try typing something over from OneNote whenever an application doesn't allow you to use the clipboard to copy things over. Happy alt-tabbing! No thanks. So now I have to manually fire up mstsc.exe (win - mstsc, then it appears) to get a 'normal' remote desktop experience. Obviously no more (dynamic) jumplists, only a meager "recently used" pulldown.
This whole mess (personal opinion) is a major step backwards to me.
</rant>
With kind regards, Peter
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Great idea and tried this myself and it worked with a local user account.
The program did NOT work for me with my domain account using folder redirection. It totally bombs out for me since I have my Pictures, Documents, Favorites, Videos, and a few other profile folders redirected to my Windows server.
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I didn't realize there was a pro forum until pointed to it.
I thought I could do better than ViStart, so I started my own brew. If W8 exits to RTM like that, I have it covered. (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/7nn4w). Mine looks better too. And if I'm rebuilding it, I'm going to make it better. I already have a search box(not visible in the screenshot, the screenshot old, I also fixed icons in the pinned section) with several engines, a la Firefox search, with Ctrl+enter switching engines (search/CMD/Google/BING) and enter searching and new engines are as simple as can be to add (INI file, logos can be any well-known graphic of any size).
After I fixed the list and scroll (it's scrolled with wheel, has type to search), as well as icons and sorting I kind of slowed down. But nonetheless I have no intention of stopping and if it really comes down to it, I am going to fully implement it, jump lists included, then make it better, then make it free and (hopefully) open so there will never be trust issues.
Like I posted in the consumer forum, Start Menu isn't Fata Morgana. It's not Office. It can be written, and written well. I already like it more than my start in W7 and I'm thinking of switching. That CMD mode looks quite shiny. I'm also thinking of a "versatile" box mode that uses keywords "google hello" or "cmd killall".
As I have had quite the positive feedback, I'm pretty sure I'm doing this. If you have ideas, I'll take them.
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Go for it, but keep in mind that there's almost no doubt that ClassicShell (an open source project) is light-years ahead of you already. They only need to tweak it to get it to work in the updated environment.
I know that for me the buggy and incomplete ViStart will be history when ClassicShell starts to work with Windows 8.
-Noel
Detailed how-to in my new eBook: Configure The Windows 7 "To Work" Options
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It's also classic, and that is not going to become better any time soon. I'm going for the best features, glass and wide customization range. Plus a few others I always wanted, such as the ability to tell it to just go full height, resize horizontally, or use it as search engine. I've halted development (kind of a big word for a project one day old) until I have a more or less definitive answer on whether or not this is permanent. (does anyone know if this will carry over to RTM? Will SM be back?)
If it is, I'm starting right now. If Start comes back, it's a side project for me as I would imagine most people would still go for the real deal.
@susan
That procedure doesn't restore the start menu nor does it disable Metro in any way - features are still moved to Metro, and WIN will still pop Start (didn't try it, though I would imagine Windows already hooked the key before the app had a chance to - nor do I think "win" is hookable at normal levels, such as RegisterHotKey)
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I went for it.Go for it [...]
The project is called 7Start, it is a rough implementation (with some functional improvements) to Windows 7 style start menu, and has now entered Beta stage (Beta 1). Once I move some settings from INI to a setting UI it will also come with the source.
You are of course free to try and, if you do, please provide some feedback. The 15 people that tried it so far have been silent. Personally, I think it's going well, even with some limitations due to the fact that I'm not the OS.
Keep in mind, it is being called with Ctrl+\, as WIN can't be registered in any way I know. And even if it could, it would still call on Metro. It should work fine on W7 as well.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/ndi7start/
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Tiles of legacy application with same name
Hello,
I'm sorry if someone already discussed the same issue.
I noticed only one tile appear in start screen if multple applications have the same name. For example,
Step 1. Install a legacy application A, which creates two shortcuts, 'Launch A' and 'ReleaseNotes' in program group 'A'.
Step 2. Install another legacy application B, which creates two shortcuts, 'Launch B' and 'ReleaseNotes' in program group 'B'.
Then, I expect StartScreen shows four additional tiles, 'Launch A', 'ReleaseNotes', 'Launch B', and 'ReleaseNotes', but actually only three tiles are shown, 'Launch A', 'ReleaseNotes', and 'Launch B'. If you select 'ReleaseNotes', then application A's release notes will appear. You cannot open application B's release notes.
So I want StartScreen to create program groups automatically, like 'A' and 'B', and make each group have a tile named 'ReleaseNotes'.
Deny connections coming from a particular application server to sql server
Is there a way with which I can deny connections coming from a particular application server to sql server?
I have an application server which when connects to the sql server it degrades its performance. Now before I look into the queries, for now I want to block all the connections coming from this server without shutting it down.
Thank you in advance.
Prasenjit Gupta DBA Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
Reply:
Try this... you can plug your application Server hostname in this script
CREATE TRIGGER [connection_trigger]
ON ALL SERVER WITH EXECUTE AS self
FOR LOGON
AS
BEGIN
IF 'YourHostName' =(SELECT host_name FROM sys.dm_exec_sessions
)
ROLLBACK;
END;
GO
ENABLE TRIGGER [connection_trigger] ON ALL SERVER
GO
- Edited by sqlrockz Wednesday, March 7, 2012 8:03 PM
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Reply:
Thanks Sajid.
Actually I want to block connections based on IP rather than login. While looking for the solution found the following query which did the job:
USE
MASTER
GO
CREATE
TRIGGER logon_trigger
ON
ALL SERVER
WITH
EXECUTE AS 'sa'
FOR
logon
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE
@client_host nvarchar(max);
SELECT
@client_host=EVENTDATA().VALUE('(/EVENT_INSTANCE/ClientHost)[1]','NVARCHAR(MAX)')
IF
@client_host IN ('<IP_ADDRESS>')
END
Prasenjit Gupta DBA Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
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Reply:
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Reply:
http://uk.linkedin.com/in/ramjaddu
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Reply:
thanks Sajid and Prasenjit,
your trigger is stopping the users from the particular host from logging into the sql server, but it gives a meggase to the user, that a trigger is stopping it from connection. Is there a way to mask that alert at the host?
Please help.
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