I normally prefer to work with hidden and system files not visible, however very often there is a need to view such files. Normal way of enabling this via Widows Explorer (ALT + Tools > Folder Options > View) is way too many clicks for my liking. Here is a simple vbscript which will toggle…

There is no obvious way to remove a company from “Select Company” list in Sage Account 50. This is how I resolved this: Close Sage Accounts Navigate to: C:\ProgramData\Sage\Accounts\2008\COMPANY Open file COMPANY with notepad (or other text editor). You will see paths to all companies which appear in “Select Company” list. Delete line with the…

Error message “Word Can Not Open this Document Template (C:.\…\14\Built-In-Building Blocks.dotx)” appears when trying to add page numbers or doing other operations related to headers and footers. This is often caused by corrupted Building Blocks.dotx file. Close Microsoft Office Navigate to: “C:\Users\<user.name>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Document Building Blocks\1033\14” and delete two files:Building Blocks.dotxBuilt-In Building Blocks.dotx These files will be…

Had a simple task of adding page numbers to a PDF file. Normally I use NitroPDF for this sort of PDF edits and normally it works well. This time, however,  NitroPDF refused to play nicely. PDF document was quite large and contained some maps with mixture of high resolution raster and vector graphics (which I…

You can use Microsoft Outlook built in dialling functionality to dial numbers from Outlook contacts list via Asterisk Server. Server Setup Ensure Asterisk Manager Interface (AMI) is enabledOpen /etc/asterisk/manager.confand make sure following lines are present (if not add them):[general]enabled = yesport = 5038bindaddr = 0.0.0.0 And AMI accountOpen /etc/asterisk/manager_custom.confAnd add:[activa]secret = Passworddeny=0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0permit=192.168.1.0/255.255.55.0read = system,call,log,verbose,command,agent,userwrite =…

Darik’s Boot and Nuke (DBAN) is excellent free utility which can securely wipe computer hard drives. It works from a bootable CD/DVD so is completely independent on client operating system.

It looks like Microsoft is abandoning Windows Desktop Gadgets as they are focusing on Windows 8 Metro style apps. Official Windows Desktop Gadgets web page only lists handful of the most popular gadgets and new gadgets are not anymore accepted. It obviously doesn’t mean you can’t download and install them from other sources. If you…

Issue Text in comments balloon is extremely small and unreadable. Reason Ballon Text style is configured with very small font size. Solution Modify Ballon Text style and increase the font size: Open the affected document in MS Word 2010 In Home ribbon click on a little arrow below Change Styles icon to open Styles dialog.…

Recently I received an email with MS Word document attached (Office 2003 .doc format). Trying to open .doc would cause MS Word to hang. Tested on couple of different machines with MS Office 2010 and MS Office 2003. First of all I noticed that document is displayed absolutely fine in MS Outlook 2010 Reading Panel…

Issue Some email recipients get strange winmail.dat attachments in messages received from senders using MS Outlook email clients.On top of that all legitimate attachments disappear and are replaced with a single unusable winmail.dat attachment. Cause This issue is cased by MS Outlook sending outgoing emails in RTF format (Rich Text Format). With RTF format all…

I’ve seen this issue on HP 5550 printer but it may be affecting other HP devices as well. Basically printer works absolutely fine if you print only one copy. However, as soon as you try to print more than one copy (even if it’s just a one page document) printing fails. It does print one…

If at any point you have had more than one Operating System on your computer, you may end up with situation where your primary Operating System and Windows bootloader are located on different physical disks. If you decide to upgrade disk where the bootloader is located, Windows will refuse to boot with error “no boot…