Use CutePDF to Print to PDF/A for Free
Note This post is outdated . See the 2018 version here. I’ve been working on developing a paperless workflow. I want to save my digital files in PDF/A format, specially designed …
Access Point Won’t Stay Up with POE
I’m working on installing four Cisco 1131AG access points at a client’s location. We want to use Power Over Ethernet (POE) to provide power, and purchased a Cisco SG200-08P switch, …
Secure Email Signatures in Outlook 2010
I don’t come across Secure MIME (S/MIME) signed emails very often so I thought it might be interesting to post a few screenshots of what happens when you receive a …
Restore a Hyper-V Server to an Optiplex 960, Take 3
This is the third in the series of almost annual articles about my experiences testing a Hyper-V restore. I’ve done this successfully in 2011 and 2012. Why repeat? To make …
Adding a Target Volume Using Wbadmin
Option 3 of Microsoft KB 2009365 describes how to add a disk to Windows Server backup when other disks are offsite: you have to use the wbadmin command line tool. …
Server 2012 Essentials Client Backup Cleanup Not Running
Windows Server 2012 Essentials is raising the following warning every 30 minutes: Warning Alert: CleanupOverdue is raised at SVR2012E. <Title> A scheduled cleanup task for Client Computer Backup did not …
Plugable UD-160-A Display Issues
I recently purchased a Plugable UD-160-A Universal Docking Station so I could add a third display in addition to my laptop’s display and my primary monitor. I was experiencing some …
Failed to Surface VHD for Windows Server Backup
Yes, though “failed to surface” sounds like a problem for a whale or a submarine, it applies to Virtual Hard Disks as well. I have a Windows Server 2008R2 Hyper-V …
The RPCHD Service
I’ve been testing IDrive as an online backup option. Yesterday a chat support rep asked needed to look at my system, and at his request I downloaded and installed “RemoteSupportHost_317082.exe”, …
SkyDrive vs. Google Drive for PDFs
A few notes as I test SkyDrive and Google Drive for storing some PDF documents. Google Drive The “drive” is a special folder on your PC. You can even put …