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How to take a screenshot in ChromeOS
Sometimes, even on a Chromebook, it’s useful to take a screenshot. Fortunately Google give you a couple of quick keyboard combos to allow you to easily take a screenshot in ChromeOS. If you want to...
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How to flush the DNS cache in ChromeOS
I often have to make changes to DNS records when I’m onsite with clients performing Google Apps migrations or changes to their websites. Sometimes it’s just plain useful to be able to flush the DNS...
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How to access the terminal in ChromeOS
ChromeOS has a terminal app which gives you access to a range of useful command line tools. To access the terminal just press CTL+ALT+T anywhere from within ChromeOS. This will open the terminal app,...
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Enabling Google Analytics in Google Sites
If you run a website you’ll be used to using Google Analytics to assess your visitor habits and levels. However you may never have looked at it to assess the user habits of your Google Sites users. In...
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Using Google+ Communities in the workplace
Google+ communities have to be one of the stand out features of Google+. There’s such a range of communities and they provide such a great social and visual experience, wouldn’t it be great if you...
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File encryption comes to Chrome and ChromeOS
There’s a growing list of amazing apps for ChromeOS which is increasingly making it easier to use a Chromebook as your day to day device. Today sees the release of MiniLock, a new file encryption app....
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Enable Inbox by Gmail for your organisation
Inbox by Gmail is an alternative email client for Google Apps and Gmail that aims to make it simpler to tidy up your inbox and get things done. If you’ve tried enabling it on your device using a Google...
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Facebook now supporting PGP email encryption
Facebook has been releasing some updates and one of the more interesting allows you to add your public PGP email encryption keys to your Facebook profile so they easy for other people to find....
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Corrupt Powerpoint files with Flash Player 19
I’ve recently received a spate of reports from users at my workplace about a very odd issue. Powerpoint files were being reported as corrupt on an increasing scale. The users would receive a warning in...
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Install Smokeping on Ubuntu 14.04
I’ve recently being doing some work to set up LibreNMS to monitor our vast swath of internal switches and systems. It’s a great tool, perhaps not as all encompassing as something like Zabbix or Nagios...
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Accessing non-port 80 sites with a Smoothwall
We had a user who needed to access a site which wasn’t hosted on port 80 and which also wasn’t accessible on port 443. The site was given out like this – http://www.mydomain.com:8443. This was common...
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How to create a slideshow in Windows
We’re often asked to get involved in helping users create slideshows in Windows. Whilst we’re always happy to help it’s always good to empower the user to experiment and learn about features that they...
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How to Install Snipe IT asset management on Ubuntu
In large IT environment, hell in any IT setup, keeping track of where your assets is vital. There’s a wealth of great asset management tools out there – including apps like Wasp Asset Management or the...
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Why are LDAP queries only returning 1000 results?
LDAP queries only returning 1000 resultsIf you use open-source solutions within your organisation the chances are that you are using LDAP to connect to your Windows Active Directory environment. LDAP...
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How to change the button action on a Surface Pro 4
The Surface Pro 4 is a great device, something I’m hoping to write about when I’ve spent more time fiddling with mine, but if you use it in the workplace then the default OneNote App just doesn’t...
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Customizing Snipe – Changing email templates
Snipe is a great open source asset management tool ideal for organisations and educational environments where you want to be able to lend out devices and track maintenance schedules. I’ve posted a few...
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How to install LibreNMS on Ubuntu
There’s a range of great monitoring tools available to you to monitor and alert on all aspects of your network. Here we’re going to look at one of my favourite open-source packages, LibreNMS. LibreNMS...
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How to enable PushBullet notification in LibreNMS
LibreNMS is a great network monitor tool with great alerting and graphing however one of it’s strong points is its inbuilt support for a large range of notifications. I use PushBullet notifications as...
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How to use File Screening to help block CryptoLocker
The face of malware has changed over recent years and it’s safe to say that it’s become an industry like any other. Your data, and it’s importance to you, has a value and it’s one that people are only...
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How to remove revision history from a Google Sheet
If you use Google Sheets you’re probably familiar with how useful it is to be able to scroll through changes made. However, unlike Office, Google doesn’t seem to give you any easy way to remove...
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