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how to allow non-admin user to log on through terminal services

The simplest way to resolve this issue is to add your thin client users into the Remote Desktop Users Group (or any other group for that matter) then grant that OU the "Allow log on through Remote Desktop Services" ("Terminal Services" in pre 2008 R2 releases) via: Start > Run > gpedit.msc Expand: Computer Configuration > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Local Policies > User Rights Management Select: Allow log on through Remote Desktop Services Add Remote Desktop Users to the Policy. To apply the changes: Start > Run > gpupdate /force

How to Extend Windows 7, 8.1 and Windows 10 Trial Period for One Year

Open command prompt with administrative privilege. Type  slmgr -rearm in the command box and press ‘Enter’. You will be asked to restart your system. Just restart your PC and check the system status using slmgr/xpr command. Another 30 days of trial period will be added. Follow the same steps thrice to get additional 90 days (3*30=90 days) usage. Registry tweaks to get additional 240 days trial period: Open Windows Registry Editor (You can use ‘regedit’ command for to open it). Take a backup of whole Windows registry system. Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SoftwareProtectionPlatform In the right section find out the SkipRearm dword 32-bit key and change its value to ‘1’ from ‘0’. Press ‘Ok’ and you are done. Now, you can reset Windows OS trial period eight more times.

How to extend the Windows Server 2008 evaluation period

How to manually extend the evaluation period When the initial 60-day evaluation period nears its end, you can run the Slmgr.vbs script to reset the evaluation period. To do this, follow these steps: Click Start , and then click Command Prompt . Type slmgr.vbs -dli , and then press ENTER to check the current status of your evaluation period. To reset the evaluation period, type slmgr.vbs –rearm , and then press ENTER. Restart the computer. This resets the evaluation period to 60 days.

A step-by-step screenshot tutorial for automatically BCC an email address for all outgoing Outlook messages

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perhaps it was due to one too many passive aggressive intra-office stealth BCCs ( Blind Carbon Copy. ) But seriously, for some reason, Microsoft decided to roll back access to BCCs in Office 2010. For one, the new message dialog doesn’t even have a BCC field. But you also can’t set up Outlook 2010 rules to automatically BCC someone ( although you can set up a rule to automatically CC a message. ) For my purposes, this is kind of a pain. I am a Gmail/Outlook hybrid user ( I have about three different email addresses, each for a different purpose ) and I like to keep all of my messages archived in my main Gmail account for easy reference. So, what I wanted was a way to forward all of my sent messages to my Gmail account ( I already have all incoming messages forwarded there by a server-side rule. ) Easier said than done but I think I’ve figured out the easiest way. Show the BCC Field in New Emails in Outlook 2010 Step 1 Launch Outlook 2010. Step 2 Click the New Email butt...