Thursday, August 22, 2013

Secure printing: Print only when you are before the printer. Stop mad dashing to the printer room

     Usually people do print something private at work which they would not like to be seen by others. To avoid this people do mad dash to the printer room. Also I have a case when I took away my documents from a printer; I got someone else’s pay slip.
To avoid such incidents and mad dash, there is a function call secure print.

Secure printing: Print only when you are before the printer.No more mad dashes to the copy room

Xerox printer
1.      On the File menu, click Print.
2.      Click Properties, and then click Advanced.
3.      Under Job type, select Secure Print.
4.      It will ask you to type in a four digit code twice.
5.      After you go to the printer, you select the job and then type in the same four digit code.

HP printer
1.      On the File menu, click Print.
2.      Click Properties, and then click the Destination tab.
3.      Under Destination features, select Job Retention and then click Options.
4.      In the next dialog box, under Job Retention Mode, select Private Job.
5.      Enter your name, assign a name to the job you're about to print, and then type a four digit code.

Once you go to the printer, you select the job and then type in the same four digit code.

Sunday, August 4, 2013

Sony Vaio S Series stop responding after logon and start typing

Sony Vaio S Series stop responding after logon and start typing
I was having this issue for long time. Everytime I logon to my machine with my domain ID and start typing something on outlook, chrome or IE, it stops responding and I had to wait for around 5 to 10 mins since my computer starts working normally.
Finally I found a solution for this error. I installed all these drivers below and the issue was resolved. 
I am not inserting the link to the drivers because it might be different depending upon the model.

Audio Driver-Realtek-REDAUD-00265997-0042
Bluetooth Driver- Intel-INDBLT-00282896-0042
Chipset Driver-Intel-INDCHI-00265280-0042
Ethernet Driver -Realtek-REDETH-00266641-0042
FingerPrint Utilty - AUAOTH-00266717-0042
Graphics Driver (NVIDIA)-)NVDVID-00282360-0042
IFAOTH-00264024-0042
ME Driver- Intel-INDMEI-00281816-0042
Memory Card Reader Driver- Realtek-REDMCC-00282541-0042
Pointing Drivers - Synaptics-SPDTPD-00285157-0042
Sata Driver - Intel-INDOTH-00282096-0042





Thursday, August 1, 2013

Computers not doing network boot

I bought a new laptop for my office use. It is Sony vaio and comes with default Windows 8  pro. I try to run corporate image on it but did not run. After a bit of investigation I found the following:
1. shutdown the computer
2. Press 'ASSIST' button on your top of keyboard
3. press 'F2'
4. Go to Bios and change the Boot Mode setting from UEFI to Legacy BIOS
5. Enable Network boot
6. Save with F10
7. Restart the machine and Press 'F12'

Here it goes...

If you like to know about license key:

Windows 8 pro to Windows 7 pro does not need a new lilcense key. But you will have to call microsoft to obtain a single use activation code after Windows 7 is installed.

For details: 
http://www.crn.com/slide-shows/applications-os/240155734/how-to-downgrade-from-windows-8-to-windows-7.htm