Author Archives: Daniel

PowerShell: Cancel all print jobs

Posted on 17 November, 2011 by Daniel

Here’s a quick PowerShell script I put together to delete all print jobs from our Windows Server 2008 R2 print server. It’s run overnight as a scheduled task. We do this because sometimes our print accounting software doesn’t clear out … Continue reading →

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7-Zip tip – Quickly extract into a particular folder

Posted on 20 October, 2011 by Daniel

If you need to extract a file into a particular folder, what do you normally do? Some people may copy the Zip file into the destination folder, and then unzip it. Others may launch their unzip tool of choice’s file … Continue reading →

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Tools of the trade, AKA tools I couldn’t do without: 7-Zip

Posted on 20 October, 2011 by Daniel

Another tool that I install straight away on new PCs is 7-Zip. I’m still amazed to see IT pros using unregistered (or dodgy) versions of WinRAR and WinZIP. 7-ZIP is better, faster, and free (open-source). It can handle lots of … Continue reading →

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Server 2008 R2: Online license edition upgrade

Posted on 18 October, 2011 by Daniel

I’ve had to google this a few times, so I’ll blog the results here for future reference. It’s possible to upgrade, for example, a Server 2008 R2 Standard server to Enterprise without rebuilding Windows. This is all covered in detail … Continue reading →

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2TB SATA disks in a HP MSA20

Posted on 20 September, 2011 by Daniel

We recently needed to expand the storage space we use for backups. For this, we use a HP NAS 2000S, which is just a DL380 G3 with a faceplate, and two MSA20 storage shelves with SATA disks. We had 12x … Continue reading →

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