Sending on behalf of sounds like a very easy task. Fire up Outlook, type in someone else’s name in the from box, hit send. Doesn’t quite work out that way.

Rights must be given to the user to send on behalf of. One can NOT send on behalf of a group, it must be on behalf of a user.

1.) Open up Active Directory Users and Computers.
2.) Click on the View Menu and select Advanced Features
3.) Select the user that you want to send on behalf of
4.) Right click the user and select Properties
5.) Click on the Security tab
6.) Click on the Advanced button
7.) Click on the Add button
8.) Type the username you want to give permissions to
9.) At the bottom of the list, select Send As
10.) Click OK to all the dialog boxes
11.) In the properties of the user you want to send on behalf of, click on the Exchange General tab
12.) Click the Delivery Options button
13.) Click the Add button
14.) Type in the username you want to give permissions to
15.) Click OK to all the dialog boxes

Since I started to use a computer back in 1990, the menus of every single application have been located at the top of the screen.  So when Microsoft decided to put the address bar above the menu bar in Internet Explorer 7… well, I just had to get rid of that.

Now this “hack” requires a little bit of registry editing, so the standard warranties apply.  Don’t do this unless you’re comfortable editing the registry.  Don’t know what regedit is?  Then this “hack” isn’t for you.

Step 1.  Open regedit.

Step 2.  Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser\

Step 3.  Create a DWord Key.

Step 4.  Name of DWord Key: ITBar7Position

Step 5.  Value: 1.

Step 6.  Close and reopen IE7.

Working in an IT environment, I find myself needing to make a lot of visual basic (.vbs) and batch files (.bat). Windows XP, in it’s infinite wisdom, defaults to hide the file name extensions that I need to change. Here’s a simple diagram on how to view these file extensions.

Here you’ll see that I tried to make a batch file (.bat), but it’s still just a text file. Windows naming is then “batchfile.bat.txt”. In order for this file to run as a batch file, it needs to be “batchfile.bat”.

In any Windows explorer window, click on “Tools” and select “Folder Options…”

Then you’ll see this window:

If you uncheck “Hide extensions for known file types” you will be able to see .doc, .bat, .txt, .html, .rtf and the like.

If you select “Show hidden files and folders” you’ll be able to see most of the hidden Windows folders and files throughout the system.

If you uncheck “Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)” you will be able to see the boot.ini file and edit it as well.

Since I’m a computer geek I usually have multiple AIM names on at the same time. Some I don’t even use anymore, they just sit online and twiddle their thumbs in the air while singing Incubus songs. But anyway, I’ve been using AdiumX (Macintosh) and Gaim since, well, a long time now. Adium since pre-alpha days, and Gaim before it was even ported to Windows.

Well, after finally getting rid of Windows 2000 Pro SP4 and installing a fresh copy of Windows XP Pro SP2 right over top, I found myself wondering how come I couldn’t open more than one copy of gaim.

I don’t like being limited, especially when it comes to computers and especially especially when I was not limited before. It’s like they don’t want me to use their product to it’s full potential. Obviously I had to find a way to fix this situation.

Follow these easy steps. This works with Windows XP Pro, Windows XP Home, and Windows 2000 Pro.

1.) Click “Start” and right click My Computer (Or if you’re My Computer icon is on the desktop you can do it there – OR you can hit Windows Key + Pause Break)
2.) Click on the “Advanced” tab

3.) Click on the “Environment Variables” button

4.) Under “User Variables for ” click on the “New” button.

5.) In the first box type “GAIM_MULTI_INST” and in the second box type “C:\Program Files\Gaim\gaim.exe”

6.) Hit “OK” a couple of times and you’re done. Now try opening another GAIM client.

Obviously if you installed Gaim into a different directory you must point to the gaim.exe where you installed it. Easy huh?

If you have a neat trick and want to share, just e-mail me the information. Thanks!

EDIT 08042008
This one really hasn’t been an issue as of the GAIM to Pidgin name change. You can have as many buddies signed in under a single application as you want now.