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Office: Quickly Remove Text Formatting From Copy-Paste

Here are two quicker methods to copy-paste formatted text as unformatted text in Microsoft Office Outlook or Word. 1. After pasting text, highlight that text and press Ctrl + Space to remove all font and style formatting (Office 2003, 2010 and 2013 confirmed). 2. Alternatively, paste the text using Ctrl + Alt + V and choose…
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Use WMI Filter To Apply Group Policy To IP Subnet

Using a WMI filter, you can apply a group policy based on the client’s TCP/IP subnet. 1. In Group Policy Management, right-click the WMI Filters folder and click New. 2. Name your new WMI policy, give it a description if you wish. 3. Click the Add button, leave the Namespace at the default setting “root\CIMv2”…
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Scroll Inactive Windows When You Hover Over Them

SCENARIO You have two application windows open in Windows 10. In one window you are doing data entry. In another window you have multiple pages of information you are referencing, requiring frequent scrolling. You can only have one active window at a time, but you would like to keep the “data entry” window active while…
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How To: Transparent Command Prompt In Windows 10

Say you have limited screen real estate, and you would prefer not to toggle between a command prompt and (for example) a browser tab. Maybe you are referencing command line instructions on a website and you would simply like to stay in the command prompt window and have it overlay the website. This can be…
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Windows File Share Permissions – Allow: Read, Write, Delete – Deny: List

Let’s say you have an application that has a flat file repository for files attached to records. In other words, the application uses a simple Windows share for its file repository. And all users of this application need the ability to read, write, and delete files in this directory, but given the sensitive nature of…
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