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Redeemed my SkyDrive Enthusiast Bonus

2013/02/20 Leave a comment

image

 

Nice, and just in time as I am running out of free space for photos. Guess I would not have qualified in the first place if I did not post such stuff  here.

BTW, MS: I am also an Azure Enthusiast… Smile

Categories: e-infrastructure, Personal Tags: ,

How to batch-produce animated-GIFs in different speeds

2013/02/14 Leave a comment

As a little time saver, here is a program (64bit) that automates animated-GIF production with the free UnFreez (a bit hairy to control from AutoIT, hence the mouse-moves) for a dozen or so different speeds. Decompile if you need to adjust it, otherwise no AutoIT software is needed. All other prerequisites are  explained in the startup dialogue, rename the dummy output files to your liking.

Categories: compiledcode, e-infrastructure, service-is-learning-materials-creation, service-is-programming Tags: , ,

How to workaround problems embedding MS-Office web apps into WordPress.com

2013/02/14 Leave a comment
  1. UPDATE: this is becoming part of a series, it seems.
  2. SkyDrive and WordPress integration used to work much better, but not anymore?
  3. SkyDrive offers embed code with unescaped &, but you need to replace by & for  WordPress.com to accept the embed.
  4. SkyDrive offers embedding a range, but WordPress fails to display it (e.g. Item=’Sheet1′!A1%3AE10 – maybe b/o the parenthesis?);  tables do still display (e.g. Item=Table1).
  5. Wait, there is more: one or both of the following prevent display also:  &ActiveCell=’Sheet1′!C3&wdHideHeaders=True
  6. A working example for the record (to be enclosed between []): 
    office width="700" height="443" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" 
src="https://skydrive.live.com/embed?cid=4FA3329905D7E1CE&resid=4FA3329905D7E1CE%2143384
&authkey=AGmGlsvpKj5r0pU&em=2&Item=Table1&wdHideGridlines=True"
Categories: e-infrastructure Tags: , , , ,

How to batch watermark your images for free with Irfanview

2013/02/13 Leave a comment

batch-watermarking

– just to be a bit more concise than this useful, but long post on yet another great feature of this free program (shout-out to Kai). Not shown here: after making your settings here, click button “Start batch”.

Categories: e-infrastructure, Screenshots, service-is-documenting Tags: , ,

The process normally between ccrss.exe and explorer.exe prevents shutdown…

2013/02/05 2 comments

… and log-off on the teacher station. not always, but often?

Categories: audience-is-IT-staff, e-infrastructure, Glitches&Errors, Presenter-Computer Tags:

Why is Mac OS X forcing power cycle?

2013/02/05 Leave a comment

Categories: e-infrastructure, iMacs Tags:

Why do some room calendars refuse to synch in Outlook?

2013/02/04 Leave a comment
  1. Problem: I recently had to recreate ("Add calendar"/ "From address book") my calendar tree (groups) in Outlook 2010, and now I notice that
      1. some (especially all tutor "Room" calendars) steadfastly remain blank (e.g. LRCTutor07),
    1. while other room calendars do not (e.g. LRCRoomCOED433b).
  2. image
  3. The offending calendars can be loaded from internet (being published – with limited details, so that is not a real workaround): e.g. “ITL up t to 2201”.
  4. In the Properties/ Permissions, I can see that for some calendars that synch, I am not listed as Editor (presumably being more than that? Owner?) – but not all calendars that synch (e.g. LRCRoomCOED433b) have this as a requirement.
  5. image
  6. Is there maybe a limit of how many calendars can be loaded in Outlook at any given time?
  7. Impersonating the calendar and sharing it with myself does not help either: image
  8. In the settings below (albeit a year old), I cannot see a substantial difference either:

    type

    room

    Room

    shortname/type

    LRCRoomCOED433a

    LRCTutor07

    displayname

    		    

    PSComputerName

    rpitsexms1.its.uncc.edu

    rpitsexms1.its.uncc.edu

    RunspaceId

    fc10f102-74a8-4edb-ace5-d13662b8da3e

    fc10f102-74a8-4edb-ace5-d13662b8da3e

    AutomateProcessing

    AutoAccept

    AutoUpdate

    AllowConflicts

    TRUE

    TRUE

    BookingWindowInDays

    180

    180

    MaximumDurationInMinutes

    1440

    1440

    AllowRecurringMeetings

    TRUE

    TRUE

    EnforceSchedulingHorizon

    TRUE

    TRUE

    ScheduleOnlyDuringWorkHours

    FALSE

    FALSE

    ConflictPercentageAllowed

    0

    100

    MaximumConflictInstances

    0

    9999

    ForwardRequestsToDelegates

    TRUE

    TRUE

    DeleteAttachments

    TRUE

    TRUE

    DeleteComments

    FALSE

    FALSE

    RemovePrivateProperty

    TRUE

    TRUE

    DeleteSubject

    FALSE

    FALSE

    AddOrganizerToSubject

    TRUE

    TRUE

    DeleteNonCalendarItems

    TRUE

    TRUE

    TentativePendingApproval

    TRUE

    TRUE

    EnableResponseDetails

    TRUE

    TRUE

    OrganizerInfo

    TRUE

    TRUE

    ResourceDelegates

    Microsoft.Exchange.Data.MultiValuedProperty`1[Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.ADObjectId]

    Microsoft.Exchange.Data.MultiValuedProperty`1[Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.ADObjectId]

    RequestOutOfPolicy

    Microsoft.Exchange.Data.MultiValuedProperty`1[Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.ADObjectId]

    Microsoft.Exchange.Data.MultiValuedProperty`1[Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.ADObjectId]

    AllRequestOutOfPolicy

    FALSE

    FALSE

    BookInPolicy

    Microsoft.Exchange.Data.MultiValuedProperty`1[Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.ADObjectId]

    Microsoft.Exchange.Data.MultiValuedProperty`1[Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.ADObjectId]

    AllBookInPolicy

    TRUE

    FALSE

    RequestInPolicy

    Microsoft.Exchange.Data.MultiValuedProperty`1[Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.ADObjectId]

    Microsoft.Exchange.Data.MultiValuedProperty`1[Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.ADObjectId]

    AllRequestInPolicy

    FALSE

    TRUE

    AddAdditionalResponse

    TRUE

    TRUE

    AdditionalResponse

    <DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>Faculty,staff&students in LCS/ELTI are the only users that can book this resource. If you do not qualify, please cancel your meeting request immediately and email instead LRChelp@uncc.edu with your request! </FONT></DIV>

    <DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>LRC Staff (and possibly tutor-seeking students) in LCS are the only users that can book this resource. If you do not qualify, please cancel your meeting request immediately and email instead LRChelp@uncc.edu with your request! </FONT></DIV>

    RemoveOldMeetingMessages

    TRUE

    FALSE

    AddNewRequestsTentatively

    TRUE

    TRUE

    ProcessExternalMeetingMessages

    FALSE

    FALSE

    RemoveForwardedMeetingNotifications

    FALSE

    FALSE

    MailboxOwnerId

    its.uncc.edu/unccharlotte/Generic Accounts/LRCRoomCOED433a

    its.uncc.edu/unccharlotte/Generic Accounts/LRCTutor07

    Identity

    its.uncc.edu/unccharlotte/Generic Accounts/LRCRoomCOED433a

    its.uncc.edu/unccharlotte/Generic Accounts/LRCTutor07

    IsValid

    TRUE

    TRUE
Categories: audience-is-IT-staff, e-infrastructure, Glitches&Errors Tags: , , , ,