To create empty file with specific size fallow our next steps :
1. Open command prompt. To do that click Start–>Run… and type cmd,
2. Go to drive on which you want to create that empty file using command
cd<name of directory> (with this command you will enter in directory),
CD… (with this command you will exit from directory),
If you are in C:\Windows directory, command cd… will return you in C:\. Use command C: as much is necessary to return in root of partition. You can change partition buy typing capital of that partition (D, E, F, G, H etc.) example: if you are in partition C:\ and you want to go in D partition type D:
3. When you are in root of partition on which you want to create on empty file use next command:
fsutil file createnew FileName Size
4. FileName is place where you can write a name of your new created file,
5. Size is place where you can write a size of you new created file. To calculate a size you can use next formula:
2 GB = 2 * 1024 = 2048 MB * 1024 = 2097152 KB * 1024 = 2147483648 bite
Example: If you want to create file and setup his size on 2GB you should type 2147483648
6. After this empty file will be created on selected partition with name and size which you did setup.
7. We recommend that you restart you computer.
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FileZilla FTP Server on WHS
Creating an FTP server on your Windows Home Server can prove to be very advantageous. There are many times when using the web interface just doesn’t seem practical. Also, you are no longer limited to how many people have the ability to upload and download from your WHS.
Having an FTP server on WHS can also allow synchronisation of files between off site computers and WHS while giving greater flexibility. I am personally displeased with the lack of a download monitor for WHS while using the web page and therefore the setup of an FTP was necessary for me.
First, I chose FileZilla because it is simple to setup, easy to maintain, and FREE. There is also more security in FileZilla than the included (but not installed) IIS FTP server. FileZilla supports FTP as well as FTPS using Explicit SSL/TLS. I am not going to explain setting up the latter, but the simpler FTP.
All work will be done from the WHS desktop. So initiate a Remote Desktop Connection to your server to being working.
- Download FileZilla FTP Server: Click Here to Visit Download Page
- Install with ALL of the Default Options
- Create a directory in the root of your C drive called FTPUsers
After the install has completed, the installation will execute the Connect to Server application. You have not currently set an administrative password so simply pressing OK will take you to the FileZilla Interface.
To start the process of configuring your FTP server click the Edit option on the upper menu and select Settings.
In the tree on the left, select Passive Mode Settings
- Select the Radio button for “Use the Following IP” and populate the field with your WHS given URL. (be sure not to include http or https in the url – xxxx.homeserver.com)
- Check the box for “Use Custom Port Range” and use the following port range 50000 – 50100 (ignore picture below)
- Press OK and the settings will be applied
After applying the simple settings for getting your FTP up and running it is time to create a group to add your FTP users too. I usually create a group for family and a group for friends. The family group is allowed to write, create, delete, etc. and the friends group is simply allowed to read. To accomplish this, click on the Edit option in the main FileZilla Console and choose the option for groups.
- Select General from the left side menu.
- Press add on the right side to create a group and title it whatever you want.
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You may already know you can select a bunch of pictures to cycle through as a slideshow in Windows 7 theme, but what you may not know is you can also utilize the power of RSS feeds too.
It is a documented but not well-known feature in Windows 7 theme that provide the ability to specify a RSS feed as the source of slideshow images. However, due to the limitation of the RSS feed use in Windows RSS Platform, you can’t easily specify a RSS Feed inside the Control Panel Personalization window. It must be created manually. Here is how.
Step 1, create or modify the theme pack file
The easiest way is to find an existing theme file, make change to it, and save as a new theme file.
The system default themes are located in
%systemroot%\Resources\Themes
And the user customized themes are stored in
%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Themes
Open the .theme file in notepad or any text editor, and locate to the [slideshow] section, and change the content as following.
[Slideshow]
Interval=1800000
Shuffle=1
RssFeed=http://feeds.feedburner.com/bingimages
Save as the theme file to your desktop. And make sure .theme as the file extension name.
Note that this theme will pull the images from Bing as the source of slideshow pictures.
Step 2: Activate the theme you just made
Double-click the theme file you just made to set it as your visual theme. If this is the first time you subscribe this feed, the following window will pop up asking
Make sure you click the first option “Download Attachments”, and then the new created the theme will show up in Personalization window. To activate it, just simply click it.
A couple of notes
1. The feed specified in the theme file will be subscribed through Internet Explorer, you can check and change the feed properties from the Feeds panel in Favourites.
For example, the default frequency of update to the feed is set to 1 day, you can change it from the Feed Properties window.
2. As noted above, in order to get the feed to work, images inside the feeds must be adhering as an enclosure item in the feed. Therefore, unfortunately, not every feed can be used as the source of slideshow images.
Some good resources to use
Other than Bing: http://feeds.feedburner.com/bingimages, Flickr will a very good resource to use, as their feeds to different set or users pictures are Windows RSS Platform compliant.
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When you try to download any suite, application or edition release Microsoft Office 2007 retail products or Office 2K7 Enterprise edition installer setup file online, you will need to login with your Windows Live ID or Microsoft Passport account, and/or have to fill up profile information such as name, contact address, email address, phone number, company name and other personal details. However, all this order and checkout process to download the setup binaries of Office 2007 is just the requirement to obtain a free trial product key which valid for 60 days to evaluate Office 2007 program that has been downloaded.
If you just need the full standalone setup installer for Microsoft Office 2007 suites such as Office 2007 Enterprise and Office 2007 Professional, or redistributable setup package for individual Microsoft Office 2007 applications such as Office Groove 2007, Office OneNote 2007, Office Publisher 2007 and Office Visio 2007, and do not need the free-of-charge evaluation license or product key, you can skip the sign up step and download directly from Microsoft the full setup files which will install complete features and functionalities that the genuine perpetual purchased versions will get, if you can provide the installed Office program a genuine and legal product key and successfully activate it.
Office 2007 Direct Download Link:
Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007
Microsoft Office Professional 2007
Microsoft Office Small Business 2007
Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007
Microsoft Office Standard 2007
Microsoft Office Accounting Professional 2007
Microsoft Office Groove 2007
Microsoft Office OneNote 2007
Microsoft Office Publisher 2007
Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2007
If you own volume license agreement and VLK, you can download Office 2007 from Microsoft Volume Licensing Services site.
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I have just had this problem and it was driving me mad, I was thinking it was down to Windows Live Writer, which I had just installed but after a little investigation turns out it is a common word 2007 issue, anyway here is the fix.
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Delete the Word Data registry key:
Most of the frequently used options in Word are stored in the Word Data registry key. A common troubleshooting step is to delete the Word Data registry key. The next time that you start Word, Word rebuilds the Word Data registry key by using the default settings.
To view these options in Word 2002 or Word 2003, click Options on the Tools menu.
To view these options in Word 2007, click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Word Options.
Note When you delete the Word Data registry key, Word resets several options to their default settings. One such option is the "most recently used file" list on the File menu. Additionally, Word resets many settings that you customize in the Options dialog box.
To delete the Word Data registry key, follow these steps:
1. Exit all Office programs.
2. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
3. Locate the following registry subkey, as appropriate for the version of Word that you are running:
• Word 2002: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Word\Data
• Word 2003: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Word\Data
• Word 2007: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Word\Data
4. Click Data, and then click Export on the File menu.
5. Name the file Wddata.reg, and then save the file to the desktop.
6. Click Delete on the Edit menu, and then click Yes.
7. Exit Registry Editor.
8. Start Word.
If Word starts and works correctly, you have resolved the problem. The problem was a damaged Word Data registry key. You may have to change several settings to restore your favourite options in Word.
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Remote Printer Map
I have been recently looking a for a remote printer script so that when I setup a domain server I can attach one batch file to each user and when they logon to the new machine on the domain the script would install the printers, you can see below the script I found:
“rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /n\\<servername>\<printer sharename>”
Obviously replace the server name and share name with you server name and share name.
I will admit this isn’t the best script as it installs the printer whether it is already installed on the machine or not but at least you know it will always be installed for the user, if you do find anything better then please let me know.
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Environment
- BlackBerry® smartphone
- BlackBerry® Enterprise Server for Microsoft® Exchange versions 2.1 to 5.0
- Microsoft® Exchange Server versions 5.5 to 2007
Overview
Wireless calendar synchronization occurs only one-way from the Microsoft® Outlook® calendar to the BlackBerry smartphone calendar. It does not synchronize from the BlackBerry smartphone to the Microsoft Outlook calendar. Continue reading ‘Blackberry one-way wireless calendar synchronization issues’
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When you install Windows, Setup requests that you enter your name, and optional…
When you install Windows, Setup requests that you enter your name, and optionally, the organization name.
This registration information is displayed under Registered to in the General tab of System when you click Start, click Control Panel, click Performance and Maintenance, and then click System.
To change your name and company information after Windows is installed on your computer, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.
3. Locate the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion
4. To change the company name, do the following:
In the right pane, double-click RegisteredOrganization. Under Value data, type the name that you want, and then click OK.
5. To change the name of the registered owner, do the following:
In the right pane, double-click RegisteredOwner. UnderValue data, type the name that you want, and then click OK.
6. Click Exit on the File menu to quit Registry Editor.
Important
This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 322756 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756/ ) How to back up and restore the registry in Windows
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WHS Drive Balancing Tool
The AV Science Forums have a post for Windows Home Server users about a new tool that helps with drive balancing.
The utility balances all the data on your drive pool equally, the main purpose being that when a person adds a drive to the pool, it doesn’t necessarily start getting used for a while. While Microsoft has made changes to the usage of the Landing Zone (as in it doesn’t exist anymore), some people’s systems might still be in a non “evened out” state and wish to correct this. On the authors own system, he routinely gets within 2% of perfect balancing on all pooled drives.
NOTE: Usage instructions are available in the following forum post. Make sure you download the latest version, which at the time of publishing is version 1.01 and remember it can take a few hours to balance some systems.
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A while ago now, Kevin Royalty wrote an article on how to use the Windows Software Update Services (WSUS) using your Windows Home Server. What this meant is that you could use WSUS to download any Microsoft updates and have your computers get the updates from the WSUS instead of each one having to go out to the Internet for updates. This also meant that you could control what updates are installed.
Kevin has since updated the article to include an automated way of performing maintenance. So, here it is – thanks Kevin!
By Kevin Royalty, SBS MVP
Thanks to many of the Small Business Server and Home Server MVPs for their invaluable input and suggestions to improve this document. I’m proud to be one of you.
Thanks to Andrew Edney for hosting this update on UsingWindowsHomeServer. Continue reading ‘Extending Windows Home Server with WSUS’
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