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HP P4014n will only print letter size

Had a user using HP P4014n locally, device suddenly stopped printing, I removed the printer, and uninstalled and reinstalled the printer drivers. Then readded printer. Now it will not auto-detect paper size that is in the tray. I've tried going into…
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Remote Desktop Connection Audit

My company recently fired someone. They said, they are auditing that person's electronic activity. We all have Remote Desktop connections that we use to work from home. Do you know what level of information they can access on rdp activity? For…
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Prompt users to reset their passwords in Ubuntu?

I have a bunch of new users to deploy on our system, and as a part of the initial login I want to give them an opportunity to reset their password. How can I best do this so that we don't have to instruct them specifically to do so?
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Terminal Services 2003 Require accounts logging in to have a password

I am required to look after a Terminal Services 2003 machine. Occasionally company staff will create a new Active Directory user with no password and grant that user permission to login to the Terminal Services machine. This machine is exposed to…
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Remote Desktop - Client to Client

Hello fellow IT specialists, I have a network set up with one Domain Controller (Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit) which is also my DHCP and DNS and AD server. I have several Windows 7 Professional 64-bit desktop clients on my domain. I would like to…
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Lync 2010 web app Share desktop not available

We are attempting to set up Lync 2010 to organize meetings with external users however when we get the meeting set up there is no option of Desktop under the Share menu. I can't find any kind of documentation on this anywhere. I've checked the…
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Do i need specific server to handle mac and pc users?

I have 5-6 users half use PC and another half uses Mac OS. They want to setup local file server, right now they use Drop Box for reason that in the past in their experience mac's corrupt file and make it inaccessible for PC users or just getting…
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Can you install a Dell DRAC card in a desktop machine?

We're thinking about moving some servers out of the office and in to a datacenter. I'd like to add remote management capabilities before we do. The only problem is our servers are mostly repurposed old desktop machines (Dell Dimension series…
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Best way to monitor ubuntu desktop machine

I'm trying to find a simple solution to monitor all desktop machines of my network (~ 35 Ubuntu desktop). I do not want to use passive monitoring like Munin or Cacti but with an active agent on the desktop, i wish only keep a day or a week of data…
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Prevent an RD session from being knoced off when another RD Session tries to login

I would like to configure a Microsoft Server 2012 server to not log the current RD admin user out when I try to login to the same server. Only me the Admin and a developer need to access this server remotely occasionally. We both are using the same…
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How to differentiate between a Mobile phone IP address to a computer IP address?

I have a list of IP addresses, and I want to know how to filter mobile / smart phone IPs from the list...any suggestions?
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How to get rid of desktop.ini from a Windows Server 2008 desktop safely?

Useless desktop.ini icon irritates me by being displayed on my Server desktop. I don't want to disable hidden files showing globally but would like to get rid of this particular one and make sure it won't return. Can I accomplish this safely? PS: I…
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How to get the full GNOME desktop (CENTOS) with VNC?

On CENTOS I went to System - Preferences and then Remote Desktop. There I checked "Allow other users to view" and "Allow other users to control". The same dialog box said "Users can view your desktop using....." vncviewer name.server:0. Using…
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difference between server and desktop

Possible Duplicate: What are the Benefits of Server Hardware? I want to set up a webserver. I would like to buy a hardware for that and i am trying to understand if i should buy a desktop and host the webserver on that or do i have to buy some…
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Are Anti Static Foam Cleaners OK for cleaning all parts of a PC?

Can anyone tell me whether anti static foam cleaners are good for cleaning motherboards, RAMs, VGAs etc? Also if it's good for that purpose would anyone know a good brand that sells overseas? Preferably with an ebay shop..
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