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Folder on group share cannot be renamed with a Mac

Occasionally, an administrator’s username and password is required when you want to rename a file on the group share with a Mac, even though the user account being used has the appropriate permissions. How to work around the problem – Select a local folder in the Finder. E.g. Documents – Change view to list view – Disconnect from group share – Re-establish connection to group drive finder Go/Go to Connect to Server/Connect to Server Connect […]

How to scan

Scan with the PIA-pinters (Nashuatec MP C3003SP) Six basic steps of scanning 1. Insert documents 2. Press scan button 3. Select destination 4. Make required settings 5. Press start 6. Retrieve scan at work station 1. Insert documents Two input modules are available. Namely: Document feeder for documents with multiple pages Make sure that the documents are all in the same format, in good condition and free of paper clips. Insert the document front-side-up (first […]

Phone, online configuration

You can easely configure your phone online with the help of your browser (Internet Explorer, Safari, Mozilla Firefox or Chrome). (This is only possible with the IP phone “Open Stage 40”)   At the phone With your browser (when you got the IP number, see left column) First you have to find out the IP number of the device. So you have to use the keys at your phone: Press  navigate  to “Einstellugnen” and press […]

Ctrl+S is your friend

Dispite of the fact that Office has an auto save feature you should periodicaly press Ctrl+S to save your document. So you always have a quite uptodate version of your file in case you accidentely close it without saving or the sofware runs in an error.

Auto recovery files

The feature of AutoRecover will automatically save your working document in every specified minute, The Default is 10 Minutes. How to quickly access the AutoRecover file location when you need to recover the lost document in Word, Excel and PowerPoint? Windows Office 2013 / 2016 Path Replace wyssc with your ETH username Word: C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Word Excel: C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Excel PowerPoint: C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\PowerPoint Visio: C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Visio Project: C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Project macOS You can Access These Files with Go to Folder: Shift +  Command + G Or Alt Key […]

Add a program to autostart

Open the “Run” dialog box by pressing the Windows key + R. Type “shell:startup” (without the quotes) in the “Open” edit box and click “OK.” If the shortcut you want to add to the “Startup” directory is available on the desktop, you can copy and paste the shortcut. Otherwise you can create a shortcut for the program in the directory. To create a new shortcut, right-click on an empty area in the right pane of the […]

Local administrator account

You work with your ETH user account without any administrative privileges. This is for security reasons and in order to protect your computer by preventing making changes that affect everyone who uses the computer, such as deleting files that are required for the computer to work or changing settings. When you are logged in with a standard account, you can do almost anything, but if you want to do something that affects other users of […]