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Turn off Reading Mode in Word 2013

by Jacki Moody | Jul 16, 2013 | Microsoft Office, Word

I prefer to use Word without the reading view. It is easy to turn off. Open word and select File/Options/General. Deselect “Open e-mail attachments and other uneditable files in reading view,” then select OK Similarly, you can disable protected mode....

Restart a Windows 2008 R2 server via Task Scheduler

by Jacki Moody | Jul 15, 2013 | Windows

There are many reasons you may need to restart a server via task scheduler. My favorite reason is so I can reboot the server after patching without having to work late. 🙂 This example will restart a server every morning at 6:00 AM Monday through Friday, but will not...

SQL Determine if Enterprise features are in use

by Jacki Moody | Jul 8, 2013 | SQL

You can determine if any SQL Enterprise version features are in use in a database by checking the sku features table. This query lists all edition-specific features that are enabled in the current database SELECT feature_name FROM...

PowerShell: Determine if string is null or is empty

by Jacki Moody | Jun 25, 2013 | PowerShell

PowerShell makes it easy to check if a string is null or empty. You use if (string) else. Setting your string variable to $null gives you an empty string: $mystringvar = $null if ($mystringvar) { “It is empty” } else { “It is not empty” }...

15 Tasks for New Windows 2012 Servers

by Jacki Moody | Jun 18, 2013 | Windows

These tasks I do for every Windows 2012 server that I setup. 1) Change the time zone 2) Enable remote management 3) Enable remote desktop 4) Turn off Windows Firewall 5) Verify the time is correct 6) Give server a descriptive name following the standard naming...

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