Category: tehnice

Find ‘Bluetooth Service” and make sure it has started, right click and set to ‘automatic’ , Find “Bluetooth Support Service” and  set to automatic  then start

What is ‘recent mode?’

If you’re accessing Gmail on multiple clients through POP, Gmail’s ‘recent mode’ makes sure that all messages are made available to each client, rather than only to the first client to access new mail.

Recent mode fetches the last 30 days of mail, regardless of whether it’s been sent to another POP1 client already.

Setting up ‘recent mode’

In your POP client settings, replace ‘[email protected]’ in the ‘Username’ or ‘Email’ field with ‘recent:[email protected]’

Once you enable recent mode, please be sure to configure your POP client to leave messages on the server according to the instructions below:

preluat de pe http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=47948

Avoid Getting Copies of Messages You Send from iPhone Mail

Note that in Inbox you will get copies of all your sent mail through your Gmail account. It is best to ignore and delete these.

Winmail.dat is an email attachment you normally don’t see. It contains formatting information for RTF (rich-text format) messages sent by Outlook. The system used for this is called TNEF (Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format ) but despite the word ‘neutral’ it’s a proprietary Microsoft format. Because it’s an ‘in-house’ Microsoft format some non-MS email programs can’t convert the incoming message into a fully formatted message – the result is plain text plus a mysterious winmail.dat attachment.

These days RTF formatted messages have been largely replaced by HTML formatting because it’s more widely supported by email software. Outlook has supported HTML formatted emails for the last few versions and is much preferred over the proprietary Microsoft system.

The solution for Jeremy is to check the Outlook settings and make sure all messages are sent in HTML format.
Switching to HTML format

These days even Microsoft recognizes the superiority of HTML formatted messages. The default format is HTML and there’s even an option to convert RTF messages to HTML format when sending to Internet email addresses (as opposed to intra-organization recipients). Go to Tools | Options | Mail Format to see the default message format (should be HTML) then click on the Internet Format to see Outlook Rich Text option to convert messages.

alternativa 1: Microsoft Knowledge Base article 958012 (http://office-watch.com/kb/?958012)

alternativa 2: winmail opener (http://www.eolsoft.com/freeware/winmail_opener/)

Go into Tools, Options, Mail Format, Stationery and Font. Select Always use my font under theme, and then you can change the next to for your reply color, usually it’s a shade of blue, and make sure that your compose and read plain text is set to black as well.

Is the port 1723 forwarded in the Routers firewall?
Protocol 47 is also needed for the VPN.
The router might have an option for PPTP PASS THROUGH.

Add the Remote Access/VPN Server role to your Windows Server 2003 system

To add the Remote Access/VPN Server role, go to Start | All Programs | Administrative Tools | Configure Your Server Wizard. The first screen of this wizard is for informational purposes only and, thus, is not shown here. Click Next. The same goes for the second screen, which just tells you some things you need to have completed before adding new roles to your server.

On the third screen of the wizard, entitled Server Role, you’re presented with a list of available roles for your server along with column that indicates whether or not a particular role has been assigned to this machine.

To add a new role, select the role and click Next

To add the Remote Access/VPN Server role to your server, select that role and click the Next button to move on to the next screen in the wizard, which provides you with a quick overview of the options you selected.

Take note: This selection just starts another wizard called the Routing and Remote Access Wizard, described further below.
The Routing and Remote Access Wizard component

Like most wizards, the first screen of the Routing and Remote Access wizard is purely informational and you can just click Next.

The second screen in this wizard is a lot meatier and asks you to decide what kind of remote access connection you want to provide. Since the goal here is to set up a PPTP-based VPN, select the “Virtual Private Network VPN and NAT” selection and click Next.

Select the VPN option and click Next

The next screen of the wizard, entitled VPN Connection, asks you to determine which network adapter is used to connect the system to the Internet. For VPN servers, you should install and use a separate network adapter for VPN applications. Network adapters are really cheap and separation makes the connections easier to secure. In this example, I’ve selected the second local area network connection , a separate NIC from the one that connects this server to the network. Notice the checkbox labeled “Enable security on the selected interface by setting up Basic Firewall” underneath the list of network interfaces. It’s a good idea to enable since option it helps to protect your server from outside attack. A hardware firewall is still a good idea, too.

Select the network adapter that connects your server to the Internet

With the selection of the Internet-connected NIC out of the way, you need to tell the RRAS wizard which network external clients should connect to in order to access resources. Notice that the adapter selected for Internet access is not an option here.

Select the network containing resources needed by external clients

Just like every other client out there, your external VPN clients will need IP addresses that are local to the VPN server so that the clients can access the appropriate resources. You have two options (really three — I’ll explain in a minute) for handling the doling out of IP addresses.

First, you can leave the work up to your DHCP server and make the right configuration changes on your network equipment for DHCP packets to get from your DHCP server to your clients. Second, you can have your VPN server handle the distribution of IP addresses for any clients that connect to the server. To make this option work, you give your VPN server a range of available IP addresses that it can use. This is the method I prefer since I can tell at a glance exactly from where a client is connecting. If they’re in the VPN “pool” of addresses, I know they’re remote, for example. So, for this setting I prefer to use the “From a specified range of addresses” option. Make your selection and click Next.

Your choice on this one! I prefer to provide a range of addresses

If you select the “From a specified range of addresses” option on the previous screen, you now have to tell the RRAS wizard exactly which addresses should be reserved for distribution to VPN clients. To do this, click the New button on the Address Range Assignment screen. Type in the starting and ending IP addresses for the new range and click OK. The “Number of addresses” field will be filled in automatically based on your entry. You can also just enter the starting IP address and the number if IP addresses you want in the pool. If you do so, the wizard automatically calculates the ending IP address. Click OK in the New Address Range window; your entry appears in the Address Range Assignment window. Click Next to continue.

You can have multiple address ranges, as long as they are all accessible

The next screen asks you to identify the network that has shared access to the Internet. This is generally the same network that your VPN users will use to access shared resources.

Pick the network adapter that gives you access to the Internet

Authenticating users to your network is vital to the security of your VPN infrastructure. The Windows VPN service provides two means for handling this chore. First, you can use RADIUS, which is particularly useful if you have other services already using RADIUS. Or, you can just let the RRAS service handle the authentication duties itself. Give users access to the VPN services by enabling dial-in permissions in the user’s profile (explained below). For this example, I will not be using RADIUS, but will allow RRAS to directly authenticate incoming connection requests.

Decide what means of authentication you want to provide

That’s it for the RRAS wizard! You’re provided with a summary screen that details the selections you made.

The RRAS wizard summary window

This also completes the installation of the Remote Access/VPN Server role.
User configuration

By default, users are not granted access to the services offered by the VPN; you need to grant these rights to each user that you want to allow remote access to your network. To do this, open Active Directory Users and Computers (for domains) or Computer Management (for stand alone networks), and open the properties page for a user to whom you’d like to grant access to the VPN. Select that user’s Dial-In properties page. On this page, under Remote Access Permissions, select “Allow access”. Note that there are a lot of different ways to “dial in to” a Windows Server 2003 system; a VPN is but one method. Other methods include wireless networks, 802.1x, and dial-up. This article assumes that you’re not using the Windows features for these other types of networks. If you are, and you specify “Allow access”, a user will be able to use multiple methods to gain access to your system. I can’t go over all of the various permutations in a single article, however.

Allow the user access to the VPN

Up and running

These are the steps needed on the server to get a VPN up and running. Of course, if you have devices such as firewalls between your VPN server and the Internet, further steps may be required; these are beyond the scope of this article, however.

de pe http://www.techrepublic.com/article/configure-a-windows-server-2003-vpn-on-the-server-side/5805260

de vazut si http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323441

 

 

 

This topic explains how to define the CPU idle condition for your server. The CPU idle definition influences how Microsoft SQL Server Agent responds to events. For example, suppose that you define the CPU idle condition as when the average CPU usage falls below 10 percent and remains at this level for 10 minutes. Then if you have defined jobs to execute whenever the server CPU reaches an idle condition, the job will start when the CPU usage falls below 10 percent and remains at that level for 10 minutes. If this is a job that significantly impacts the performance of your server, how you define the CPU idle condition is important.
To set CPU idle time and duration

In Object Explorer, connect to an instance of the SQL Server Database Engine, and then expand that instance.

Right-click SQL Server Agent, click Properties, and select the Advanced page.

Under Idle CPU condition, do the following:

Check Define idle CPU condition.

Specify a percentage for the Average CPU usage falls below (across all CPUs) box. This sets the usage level that the CPU must fall below before it is considered idle.

Specify a number of seconds for the And remains below this level for box. This sets the duration that the minimum CPU usage must remain at before it is considered idle.

de pe http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189065.aspx

When you create a new maintenance plan that runs on a schedule in Microsoft SQL Server 2005, you may receive the following error message:Create maintenance plan failed.

Additional information:
Create failed for JobStep ‘Subplan’. (Microsoft.SqlServer.MaintenancePlanTasks)

An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch. (Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo)

The specified ‘@subsystem’ is invalid (valid values are returned by sp_enum_sqlagent_subsystems). (Microsoft SQL Server, Error 14234)
Create maintenance plan failed.

Additional information:
Create failed for JobStep ‘Subplan’. (Microsoft.SqlServer.MaintenancePlanTasks)

An exception occurred while executing a Transact-SQL statement or batch. (Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo)

The specified ‘@subsystem’ is invalid (valid values are returned by sp_enum_sqlagent_subsystems). (Microsoft SQL Server, Error 14234)
This behavior may occur when you create the maintenance plan manually or by using the Maintenance Plan Wizard.

This behavior occurs when you install SQL Server 2005 without installing the SQL Server 2005 Integration Services (SSIS) service. When you create the maintenance plan, the following code is run. EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_update_jobstep @job_name=N’System DB Maintenance Plan’, @step_id=1 , @subsystem=N’SSIS’, @command=N’/SQL
“\Maintenance Plans\System DB Maintenance Plan” /SERVER ASHBSQL701 /MAXCONCURRENT ” -1 ” /CHECKPOINTING OFF’

EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_update_jobstep @job_name=N’System DB Maintenance Plan’, @step_id=1 , @subsystem=N’SSIS’, @command=N’/SQL
“\Maintenance Plans\System DB Maintenance Plan” /SERVER ASHBSQL701 /MAXCONCURRENT ” -1 ” /CHECKPOINTING OFF’

This code tries to access the Integration Services service.

To resolve this behavior, install the Integration Services service from the SQL Server 2005 CD. To do this, follow these steps:
Run the SQL Server Installation Wizard.
On the System Configuration Check page, click Next after the scan is complete.
In the Name box and in the Company box, enter the appropriate information, and then click Next.
Click to select the Integration Services check box, and then click Next.
Click Next, and then click Install.
When the installation is complete, click Next, and then click Finish.

de pe http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909036

Manifestarea problemei

Să luăm drept exemplu un scenariu de utilizare ilustrat cu niște capturi de ecran. Sunt un utilizator care scrie textele în română folosind diacritice. Așa că, imediat după ce am instalat Windows Vista, vreau să activez suportul pentru tastaturi românești. Vreau să am diacritice și să le pot introduce de la tastatura mea.

Notă: Nu am o tastatură românească, ci una americană. Dar îi pot spune sistemului: vreau ca tastatura mea să se comporte ca una românească. Cu alte cuvinte, tastatura mea americană va “emula” o tastatură românească.

Așa că merg imediat în Control Panel, caut ceva cu Change Keyboards…, apare o fereastră și încă o dată Change Keyboards…. Dacă nu am deja o tastatură Romanian acolo, clic pe butonul Add și ajung repede la lista de tastaturi pe care le poate emula Windows Vista/7. Caut la Romanian și – surpriză – sunt mai multe feluri de tastaturi românești. O aleg pe cea Standard și curând pot tasta cu diacritice.

Public textele mele pe Web și – altă surpriză – unii utilizatori nu văd bine textele. Mai exact, uneori văd pătrățele în loc de ș(ș) și ț(ț). Neplăcut.

Cauza acestei probleme

Pe scurt, o incompatibilitate între fonturi. Mai exact, între cele prezente în Windows Vista/7 și versiuni anterioare de Windows. Sau Internet Explorer 7/8/9 și versiuni anterioare de Internet Explorer.

De fapt, această incompatibilitate a fost generată de lipsa – până în 1999 – a unui standard românesc referitor la redarea pe ecran sau în tipografii a caracterelor buclucașe. Până la acea dată (și o vreme după aceea), lipsa standardului a fost rezolvată prin folosirea unor diacritice nu tocmai corecte, dar apropiate.

La data apariției standardului românesc pentru diacritice, Windows XP era “pe bancul de lucru”. Așa că sistemul de operare nu a inclus acest standard în fonturile sale, ci a folosit niște diacritice “de împrumut”, turcești. Windows Vista a implementat corect, conform standardului, literele românești – dar ce te faci că ele nu sunt prezente în fonturile versiunilor anterioare ale softurilor Microsoft?

În imaginea din stânga, vedeți două reprezentări foarte apropiate ale diacriticelor românești în cauză. Dar numai cele din rândul de sus sunt corecte din punct de vedere al standardului românesc. Cele de jos erau folosite până acum pentru a acoperi lipsa acestui standard, dar nu tocmai corecte. Corect este cu virgulă sub literă, nu cu sedilă.

Domnul Cristian Secară descrie detaliat și mai bine documentat problema standardului și a diacriticelor pe site-ul său – clic aici. Tot dânsul dă detalii și despre fonturile care suportă standardul românesc – clic aici. De fapt, mare parte din informațiile cuprinse aici sunt inspirate din articolele dânsului. Recomandăm citirea acestor articole celor care vor să afle mai multe detalii.

Posibile rezolvări

Incorect dar funcțional
Dacă scrieți texte în românește cu Windows Vista sau Windows 7, puteți folosi ca alternativă tastatura Romanian Legacy în loc de Romanian Standard. Textele vor arăta bine cu fonturile mai vechi din versiuni anterioare de Windows. Dar nu veți scrie corect, conform standardului!

Cu adevărat românește
Dacă standardul românesc tot a fost implementat în fonturile noi, bine ar fi ca textele să fie scrise cu diacriticele standard, corecte. Utilizatorii care nu le pot vedea pe ecrane, pot să descarce actualizările de fonturi pe care Microsoft le-a pus la dispoziție. Sfaturile noastre ar fi:
European Union Expansion Font Update
La centrul de download, Microsoft a pus la dispoziție pentru descărcare un pachet de fonturi (din cele mai uzuale) care implementează corect cele două diacritice românești. Instalarea fonturilor ar trebui să rezolve problema redării celor două caractere.
Internet Explorer
Cea mai nouă versiune a browser-ului Web Microsoft. Pe lângă multe alte funcționalități noi și probleme pe care le rezolvă, pachetul browser-ului ar putea conține actualizările de fonturi necesare pentru redarea corectă a paginilor scrise în românește.

E posibil să regăsiți mai multe sfaturi utile și legături către resurse și pe site-ul domnului Cristian Secară, referit mai sus.

Succes!

http://www.microsoft.com/Romania/Diacritice.aspx

http://www.secarica.ro/html/ro_kbd_winxp.html

http://www.infdump.com/

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