Borrowing from the AD best practices video that I shared with you last week, this post will walk through the process of creating taskpad views in your Active Directory Users and Computers MMC snap-in. Taskpad views are a collection of commands adjacent to your list of Active Directory objects. The magic comes from being able to use the user and computer accounts as variables in … [Read more...]
Firefox 12 released, removes UAC for reinstalls
Based on the Firefox plans for 2012 document released with Firefox 11, we have received the Firefox Silent Updates feature with today's release. The process has been improved with fewer UAC prompts for reinstalls and allows auto-updates for the future. … [Read more...]
Google Docs evolves into Google Drive
With 5GB of free cloud storage, Google Drive is the hub for all your stuff: documents, pictures, videos, presentations, the kitchen sink. Access any file type from anywhere—in your home, at the office, on the road and of course, in the cloud. Then share with others so everyone has the latest and greatest available, even if you’re not. You can pay to upgrade to 20 GB up to 1 TB … [Read more...]
Easily delete ‘cached’ Custom Field entries from WordPress
The default WordPress 'Posts' post type has a section called Custom Fields that greatly increases the extensibility of WordPress. Many plugins and themes make use of the custom fields to hold extra metadata about a post or display special information. If you have installed and deleted plugins before or even mistyped the name of a custom field before, those entries can keep … [Read more...]
New software arrives for CPUsage
CPUsage, the company that pays to use your processor's spare cycles, shipped a new version of its software over the weekend. The company also recently sent out its first round of payments to early participants. With new work coming, you can earn points again. Grab this new version of the software to participate. … [Read more...]