If you are setting up your import, export, and archive folders as network shares the following services must have use a log on that has permissions to the respective shares.
Related: Changing the log on properties of a service
Reference: http://support.cch.com/answerdoc.aspx?id=sw12587
With any computer backup is positively a must! I this article I will show you how to easily setup a free backup solution that comes with Windows 7. Windows 7 can create an Image backup, a clone of you entire hard drive, that lets you restore your entire computer and a file based backup, which allows you to restore individual files, at the same time. It is always best to store any backup on a drive other than your system drive (“C:\”) in case of a drive failure. The best option for backup location is either an external USB drive or a network folder. Other than that the instructions are pretty straight forward.
We still have a couple more steps like creating the restore disc and learning how to restore but we have covered the most important part. The PC and your data are now being backed up on a regular basis.
General guide lines on a backup devices…
I would recommend that for most home or small office PCs backup to an external hard drive that is primarily dedicated to backup. Your device should be roughly 2x the size of your System Partition (“C:\”). To create system image your external device must be NTFS format to do so simply connect the device to your PC, open a command window, and type the following “Convert x: /fs:ntfs.” Replace “X” with the drive letter of your external drive.
For what it is worth
Windows has included some great options for backups in Windows 7. However, I encourage you to look at StorageCraft’s Shadow Protect and Arcronis’ True Image. Both products provide image compression and
Ever had to take you computer into the shop because it is not running like it should? Ever delete something you shouldn’t have and wish you could get it back? Did you know Windows comes with a tool to do this for free? Windows System protection allows you to create a “Snapshot” of your computers files and settings on a regular interval. However, most people just do not take the time to set it up properly for it to be effective. So, here are the steps to help you save sometime, money, and a lot of headaches.
Now if your system tanks or you lose something your ready!
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Error: 18456, Severity: 14, State: 16
After working on of my clients we started noticing that for some mysterious reason our SQL logs were getting massive. As well Microsoft SQL 2005 has been reporting “login failed” errors for sometime. After examining the SQL log file viewer I discovered an error, actually two, reoccurring in succession every minute in the SQL server log!
After examining this descriptive error I started wondering how the can “NT Authority\System” be denied access! Naturally, I started checking all the permissions for the service account and even trying other accounts. I had no luck everything looked correct.
However, I noticed that in the log for the SQL Agent it too is logging errors in the same fashion. After examining the SQL Agent Jobs I found a ASPState_Job_DeleteExpiredSessions job which is used to track sessions from ASP.NET applications (see .Net Session State for more information on sessions states). If your reading this for help you will want to thoroughly investigate your web.config and have a good understanding of the ASP application before proceeding! In my instance the job must have been create by another SQL instance or on accident. My ASP application uses “InProc” session state management so I don’t even need it. I simply disabled the job and poof the errors are no more!
Other ASP applications may require that you use the aspnet_regsql.exe to remove it properly. I hope this helps you find your way!
So, now that you have all these great ProSystems applications installed you pretty much finished right? Well not exactly. One of the things you want to ensure is that you have a solid backup plan in place. However, it is something that is often overlooked after the initial implementation. The video below will walk you through creating the recommend backup plan for Document and Practice Management.
The Database Maintenance Plan
One thing not shown here is that you should have a SQL Backup Agent installed as well…
SQL Maintenance Plan (full html version)
Document Considerations:
In the case of Document it is imperative that you schedule your SQL backup plan prior to the storage backup. Folders that need to be backed up for Document:
Your consultant should have set these up for you during you implementation.
Now you can sleep nice and easy knowing that you data is backed up!
Ever been lost in a RDP of an RDP of RDP? I think I found quite possibly the best RDP application ever! Best of all its Free! The application is called Terminals you can download it by clicking here. The developer is Rob Chartier and he has done an exceptional job on this application so lets take a look!
Application Description:
“Terminals is a secure, multi tab terminal services/remote desktop client. It uses Terminal Services ActiveX Client (mstscax.dll).
The project started from the need of controlling multiple connections simultaneously. It is a complete replacement for the mstsc.exe (Terminal Services) client.” “www.codeplex.com”
What I Love about it!
First off and most importantly is the ability to have tabbed RDP sessions in one Window.Terminals makes it nice and easy to be able to browse thru the RDP windows. You can also set the tabs to show the user name in the tab as well. You have the ability to name the RDP connection anything you want which is normal but I like to point out that it doesn’t have to be the machine name.
The next feature I love is the ability to tag your RDP computers which essentially organizes (groups) everything nice and easy. Simply double click on on PC’s label and boom another tab is opening in Terminals and if you’ve saved your connection information its automatically logging you in. Worried about security? Terminals allows you to create a master password to access the application. The latest version 1.8 even includes a separate credentials management utility. Terminals also stores a history of your sessions as well.
The developer also includes some nice tools for you to use as well such as; Ping Trace, Port Scanner, Terminal Services Administration, and a host of others. It also has a nice screen capture application built in as well. Pretty basic but again its right at your fingertips. Outside of RDP Terminals also supports ICA, VNC, TelNet, RAS, and VMRC connections. All in all terminals is a great little utility and now I can’t image life without it. However, don’t take my word for it check it out for yourself!
Do you have a folder that your users need to use all the time? Are your users supposed to save everything to their network folder? Well in this tutorial we’ll look at how to make this folder easily accessible from virtually everywhere within Windows.
To start lets by opening Notepad++ Click File Save As. See those Folders on the left of this Dialog box (see figure 1)? So, this is where we are going to store our shortcut. Awesome right! Next let’s start searching Google for ”Windows Common Dialog SaveAs, Add Folder Location” and you can find multiple tutorials on doing this via registry editing there are even multiple tools out there that can do this easily and with a GUI. However, most of them are geared towards a single user and our goal is to create a common shortcut for everyone and standardize it throughout the office. I’ve posted the VB script for download which has all the instruction and information inside.
Download Script Here: Add Folder To Windows Common Dialog
1. From Start.
2. Type “cmd”
3. Click “cmd.exe” or just hit enter 
4. The command window should open
