Category Archives: Microsoft

Digital Transformation – Event Feedback

Brian O’Donovan , Director of IT at Mergon speaks to me after our first Digital Transformation Event. The event was on SharePoint and Development and if you would like to watch the event back, please email me – digitaltransformation@evros.ie  Mergon is an Irish owned company with operations in Ireland, Czech Republic and USA. Established in 1981 MergonContinue reading “Digital Transformation – Event Feedback”

The logon screen turns black after you press CTRL+ALT+DELETE to log on to a Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based computer

SYMPTOMS After you press CTRL+ALT+DELETE to log on to a Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based computer, the logon screen turns black. Although you cannot see what you are typing, you can successfully log on to the Windows Server 2003-based computer. Then, after you successfully log on, the screen becomes visible. Note This symptom may occur onContinue reading “The logon screen turns black after you press CTRL+ALT+DELETE to log on to a Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based computer”

Fix Corrupt Event Log Files

One of the administrative tools in Microsoft Management Console, Event Viewer maintains logs about program, security, and system events on your computer. You can use Event Viewer to view and manage the event logs, gather information about hardware and software problems, and monitor Windows security events. If Event Viewer reports on startup that one orContinue reading “Fix Corrupt Event Log Files”

Stop Hitting Snooze: Change the Default Reminder Time for Outlook Appointments

How many times has the Outlook reminder popped up on your screen only for you to hit the Snooze button to be reminded again in 5 minutes. How can you possibly be productive while hitting the snooze button repeatedly throughout the day?   This isn’t exactly an earth-shattering geek tip, in fact most of youContinue reading “Stop Hitting Snooze: Change the Default Reminder Time for Outlook Appointments”

How to add loads of folders at once using Microsoft Excel !

Instructions Using a Batch File Arrange your folder names in a single column. Click on the column’s header and type “FOLDERNAMES” in the name field beside the formula bar. Add a blank column to the left of the “FOLDERNAMES” column by right-clicking the column header and choosing “Insert.” Highlight the first cell in the blankContinue reading “How to add loads of folders at once using Microsoft Excel !”

Bulk Rename Facility – for files

Bulk Rename Facility – for files

Bulk Rename Utility is an easy to use file rename program (a.k.a. file renamer). Renaming multiple files has never been easier! It has a small memory footprint so it can be left running all the time without consuming all your memory. It started as a freeware Visual Basic tool, but as its popularity has grown it has been completely rewritten in C++ to be robust and lightweight – and very, very fast! It can easily handle folders/discs containing well over 100,000 entries… and it can batch rename 1,000s of files in seconds.

The software is freeware and gets downloaded very frequently. It has a large base of regular users. Most of the features have originated from other users’ suggestions. As such, it is continually being enhanced and improved.

As well as being “recommended” by a number of web sites, Bulk Rename Utilityhas also appeared on many magazine cover-discs, from Brazil to Sweden software!