Category Archives: Applications

Java Applet Failure in Accellion Product

Posted on 2013 May 15, Wednesday by JamesIsIn

We run a product, not too dissimilar from Dropbox, for sharing large files across company lines.  Our product is made by Accellion and it works pretty well all things considered. Recently we ran into troubles with the Large File Uploader. … Continue reading →

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Archiving in the Land of On-Line Archives with Outlook

Posted on 2013 May 15, Wednesday by JamesIsIn

History Back when Outlook used to require users to keep archived mail locally—you know, back when hard drives were small—there was a useful feature for automatically archiving mail along definable parameters (like age and size and so forth).  Now that … Continue reading →

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Private Meetings Not So Private?

Posted on 2013 May 13, Monday by JamesIsIn

One of my users reported that when they created a private meeting in a conference room using Outlook, the meeting was private for all users invited but public in the calendar for that room.  Obviously that’s not very private. What … Continue reading →

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What Happened to the Propagation of Dates in Project?

Posted on 2013 April 19, Friday by JamesIsIn

I had a user who was suddenly unable to interact with a Microsoft Project file and expect the reliant dates and times to change according to parent changes.  In other words, there were project dates (or times) which relied upon … Continue reading →

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Create a New OU with ADManager

Posted on 2013 April 17, Wednesday by JamesIsIn

Our helpdesk uses ADManager as a tool for making Active Directory changes.  Though it is slower than accessing AD directly, it’s a pretty robust tool and it’s reasonably intuitive in most cases.  However, I needed to create a new Organizational … Continue reading →

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Undelay Typing in Office 2013

Posted on 2013 April 16, Tuesday by JamesIsIn

My team at work has been using Office 2013 for some time now.  We’re vetting it for use company-wide I guess.  I’ve already written about how ugly it is here, but now I’d like to write about a more pressing … Continue reading →

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Oh, My Darling! Musica!

Posted on 2013 April 1, Monday by JamesIsIn

Well, Clementine has been around for a little while by now.  It’s based on an earlier version of Amarok and it’s available for Mac, Windows, and Linux.  Since I advocate for Ubuntu I’ll give you the short version of how … Continue reading →

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You Want Netflix, LOVEFiLM, or Redbox on Ubuntu?

Posted on 2013 March 31, Sunday by JamesIsIn

Apparently it’s no problem.  It’s no problem not because Microsoft has finally pulled their giant collective head out of their minuscule collective ass; it’s no problem because it represented a challenge worthy of hacking in the open-source community. You may … Continue reading →

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Notepad++ Backed in Black

Posted on 2013 March 9, Saturday by JamesIsIn

On my Ubuntu system I use black backgrounds and yellow lettering throughout: applications, dialogs, preference panes, everything.  It’s very easy to read and even easier to acquire. (I’ll see if I can find an article explaining why this is, but it … Continue reading →

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Gag Reel? Nope, Office 2013 Is a Gag

Posted on 2013 February 20, Wednesday by JamesIsIn

So I recently wrote this short piece concerning the new fugliness of Office 2013.  Subsequently I’ve been thinking there might be a way to enable Aero and return the windows from the Office Suite back into, you know, normal windows. … Continue reading →

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