Remove HP Client Security for Windows 7 to Windows 10 upgradres

I was doing a Windows 7 to Windows 10 upgrade the other day on an HP EliteBook 840 and after a series of failures (error code 0xc1900208 - the eventual solution was to remove HP Client Security.  It's an incompatible app.

Visual Basic script to delete calendar appointments with a specific subject

I had a user on Outlook for Mac 2016 who had thousands of duplicate appointments (created by an Outlook bug).  Here was my fix . . .

I set up the user's account in my Outlook.

I pressed alt-F11 and expanded Project1 and then expanded Microsoft Outlook object and then expanded this Outlook session.  I double clicked on this Outlook session and put in this text in the right hand pane where DESIRED SUBJECT is the subject of the messages you want to remove.

When done, I clicked on the play button in the toolbar (green triangle) to run the script.


Option Explicit

Sub deleteOutlookAppt()
Dim olApp As Object 'Outlook.Application
Dim olNS As Object 'Outlook.Namespace
Dim olAptItemFolder As Object 'Outlook.Folder
Dim olAptItem As Object 'Outlook.AppointmentItem
Dim i As Long

    Set olApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
    Set olNS = olApp.Session
    Set olAptItemFolder = olNS.GetDefaultFolder(9) '9=olFolderCalendar constant
   
    For i = olAptItemFolder.Items.Count To 1 Step -1
        Set olAptItem = olAptItemFolder.Items(i)
        If olAptItem.Subject Like "DESIRED SUBJECT" Then
            olAptItem.Delete
        End If
    Next i
   
    Set olAptItem = Nothing
    Set olAptItemFolder = Nothing
    Set olApp = Nothing
   
End Sub

default password for NEC SV8100 and SV9100 DT700 and DT800 phones

On IP phones for the NEC SV8100 and NEC SV9100 phone systems (these are DT700 and DT800 phones), the default login for the phones is:

ADMIN (I've read this is case sensitive)
66333222 

Slow computer troubleshooting

Here's the list of things I do when troubleshooting a slow computer:

1) Run a malwarebytes scan and remove anything found
2) Install all applicable driver updates
3) Run "sfc /scannow" from an elevated command prompt
4) Install all applicable Windows updates
5) Install all applicable Office updates, if installed separately (true for some versions of Office 2016)
6) Check amount of free disk space (ideally at least 20 GB free)
7) Check for adware/crapware that is installed.  Remove by normal add/remove programs
8) Check CPU usage and disk usage for conditions above 99%

Storing Mac data storage folders (desktop, documents, etc) in a cloud syncing folder (Dropbox, Google Drive, etc)

This page talks about methods for moving data storage locations to cloud syncing folders which allows for real time backup of those data storage locations.  I use this process often for smaller clients who need/want backup on the cheap.  This is particularly easy if they're already using Dropbox or Google Drive or have an Office365 account with OneDrive storage.

https://www.howtogeek.com/204595/how-to-move-special-folders-on-os-x-to-cloud-storage/

Backup and Restore Sticky Notes in Windows 10

Here's the process that I found for moving Sticky Notes from a Windows 7 machine to a Windows 10 machines that has the anniversary update.  It's a specific process, and here it is (link):

http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/recover-backup-sticky-notes-data-file-windows-10/

Replicating Windows 10 Start Menu layout

I found this great post on how to replicate the Windows 10 Start Menu to other profiles on the same computer.

In brief, run this command from powershell to export the start menu as you've configured it:
Export-Startlayout -path C:\Windows\Temp\SMenu.xml

Then run this command from powershell to apply that layout to all other profiles:
Import-StartLayout -LayoutPath C:\Windows\Temp\SMenu.xml -MountPath $env:SystemDrive\