Matraex, Inc Blog

I use Remote Desktop (RDP) to connect to Windows servers and workstations every day(XP, 2000, 2003, 2008, Vista and Windows 7).

However I only occassionally need to connect to the console on the remote computer.
And every time I do I have to look up how to do it again because I can’t remember the syntax.  Like today.

So when I looked it up today I just decided to copy the Shortcut I had on my Quick Launch bar and have a second button to connect to the console.

• First, I right clicked on the shortcut,  clicked “Copy Shortcut”,  this put a new shortcut on my Quick Launch bar but it will work where ever you have a shortcut,  including the Start Menu. 
• Then, I right clicked the new shortcut and went to properties and change the name to “Remote Desktop Connection (2)” to “Remote Desktop Connection - Console” and added this switch to the end of the target field ” /console”  so it looks something like
                                 …….mstsc.exe /console”
• Then, I clicked Change Icon on the properties and I picked from the list of icons so the it looked different on the icon menu.

Problem solved,  It only took 2 minutes and I can quickly connect to the console via Remote Desktop easily now.  (of course this blog took another 10 minutes)

Matraex has officially upgraded our web based mail client from Squirrelmail to Roundcube.

Roundcube is a modern mail client utilizing newer technologies for faster and more feature rich mail interaction.  Roundcube runs on our Linux webservers, utilizing Apache, PHP and MySQL.  The software connects to the mail server using the IMAP protocol.

All address book contacts and preferences were imported to Roundcube from Squirellmail at the time of the transition.

As well as updating and implementing their own technologies, Matraex provides server administration, open source production implementation and software customizations to business as a service.

Users with questions about the new mail service or Matraex Consulting Services should contact:

Michael Blood
Matraex, Inc
208.344.1115
www.matraex.com

We’ve run into some client machines that have had  trouble opening PDF documents from within a browser.

Typically this is because there is an older version of Acrobat or Acrobat Reader that is or was installed on the computer and the browser has some sort of corrupt reference to it.

To correct this problem follow these steps.

1. Open up Each version of Acrobat Reader or Acrobat that you have on your system.
2. Go to Edit -> Preferences -> Internet and make sure the box to  Display PDF in browser is unchecked.
3. Click OK and close Acrobat or Acrobat Reader, proceed to the next step once you have done this for all versions
4. Open the latest version of Acrobat Reader
5. Go to Edit -> Preferences -> Internet and check the Display PDF in browser box.
6. Save and Close Acrobat Reader.

You should now be able to open PDF files from within your browser.

In some cases the error will occur again after an Adobe update to the software. I cant explain this but if you uncheck the Display PDF in browser box and save the setting in the MOST RECENT version of Acrobat Reader last,  this  seems to allow PDF documents to open in the latest Adobe Reader version outside of the browser which may have some “corrupted” internal mapping to the incorrect version of the older Acrobat version.