To import photos in Lightroom hit “CTRL+SHIFT+I”. The import window will open. On the top right hand side Click on “Apply during import” and select the preset you would like to apply to ALL photos during the import phase.

Click “Import” at the bottom right side of the screen. Lightroom will remember this setting once you have imported at least one picture.

Luckily Lightroom allows you to make presets. In Lightroom 3 Making a preset is very easy. When creating a preset it’s a good idea to make sure you haven’t applied ANY changes to the picture. I would recommend resetting the picture just to make sure that everything is back to the default settings. The reset button is on the bottom right of the main Lightroom screen when you are in edit mode. The reason you want to reset everything is that all the settings you’ve changed will be saved and applied to the preset.

Now change the settings you would like to have part of the presets. I will be increasing the Clarity and sharpening as per the screenshots above. Once you are happy with the settings you have made click the “+” button on the presets bar.

I would recommend that you click the “Check None” button and ONLY select the items that you have made changes to.

Since I only made changes to Clarity, sharpening, and Noise reduction I will check them off. Hit the “Create” button.

Now you should be able to apply these items with one click on the “JHH – Default Sharpening” preset.

If you are like me and want to be really lazy you can make Lightroom apply this preset during import so you don’t even have to click the “preset” name.

To learn how to do this check out my post “How to automatically apply a preset to a lightroom import”.

How do I configure my AntiVirus software to work with Cisco TelePresence ConferenceMe?

TREND Micro OfficeScan Work around for Cisco ConferenceME

The place I got this running at was running Worry Free Business version 6 SP3. This should also be compatible with versions made after 6.

1. Go to the server on which Trend is installed.
2. Right Click Notepad and run as Administrator
3. Open C:\Program Files\Trend Micro\Security Server\PCCSRV\ofcscan.ini
4. Search for: [INI_SERVICE_MODEL_SECTION]
5. On the line above: [INI_SERVICE_MODEL_SECTION] type this information in:

You will now need to restart your Trend Master Service on the same server. Right Click “Computer” and Click “Manage”

Find “Configuration” – “Services” – and Then right click “Trend Micro Security Server Master Service” and click “Restart”.

Now log into your your Trend web app and go to “Preferences” – “System” – Click “Verify now” under Connections Verification.

This will push the new settings out to the clients. It seems like it takes a while for things to propagate to the clients. I found rebooting the clients 2x’s was the easiest way for forcing the clients to get the settings ASAP. If you want to double check that the settings have actually been applied to the system you can verify it in the Registry.

HKLM – Software – TrendMicro – NSC – TmProxy

You will notice if the settings were successfully pushed through if there are keys created that match the items that were entered in the ini file.

There should be some subkeys created as well.

Once you have the picture in question open click on the Channels tab (normally bottom right hand side in Photoshop).

Holding the Control key down double click the “RGB” layer. I’ve marked with the screenshot with a red “X” where you should click. This will allow you to select ONLY the lightest areas of the picture.

Hit “Ctrl+J” to take the selection you just made and make a copy of it to another layer.

If you click back to the “layers” tab select “Multiply” to darken these areas. If the effect is a bit much you can adjust the “opacity” to your liking. In this example I pulled the effect back by setting the opacity of “86%”.

If this doesn’t bring back enough detail and you want to darken things a bit more just make a copy of the top most layer. Keep copying the layer until you get the image exposure where you want. Hope this helps!

I have been taking a few Lightroom courses and just found out the other day that you can re-brand Lightroom with your own logo or text. In the image above I’ve highlighted in red what you can change. Right now Lightroom 3 is the latest version of the software. These steps will be for the PC. There is a link at the bottom of the page for Mac users.

1. Open your favorite image manipulation program (photoshop) and create a new document 600px by 57px. Make sure that the image file is no taller then 57px.
2. Paste your logo into the image. I would recommend that you don’t have any background color. We are going to save the file as a png and because PNG supports transparency we don’t have to worry about if the logo will work properly with Lightroom’s colors.
3. Make sure Lightroom is open and go into “Edit” – “Identity Plate Setup…”
4. Check off “Enable Identity Plate”
5. Use a graphical identity plate
6. Click on “locate file”
7. Open the .png file that you created in step #2
8. Click “Ok”.

Here’s what you should see approximately when filling in the info in Steps 4-7.

Once you click “ok” you will be brought back to the main Lightroom screen. Your logo will appear now like so:

One more trick before I end this post if you hit “F” a couple of times you will cycle through the different Lightroom views. Eventually you should get to the full screenview. Not only do I find editing pictures in this mode much more pleasing, I have also heard when you go to show clients their pictures that it’s less distracting for them as well. Theoretically because you’ve branded the software as your own it will also make you seem a bit more professional as well. Isn’t it nice not seeing the menu bar?

How to change the identity plate on a Mac – http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Lightroom/3.0/Using/WS3DC88623-7951-4bd4-9969-63E4BC7E2A79.html

It’s very easy to do. You need to hit the “H” key. Bellow is an example of several "adjustment markers” when they are visible.

I found the key combo here: http://www.computer-darkroom.com/lr2_keyboard/lightroom-keyboard.htm

del "C:\ProgramData\Intuit\QuickBooks 2011\QBPRINT.QBP"
del "C:\ProgramData\Intuit\QuickBooks 2010\QBPRINT.QBP"
del "C:\ProgramData\Intuit\QuickBooks 2009\QBPRINT.QBP"
del "C:\ProgramData\Intuit\QuickBooks 2008\QBPRINT.QBP"
del "C:\ProgramData\Intuit\QuickBooks 2007\QBPRINT.QBP"
del "C:\ProgramData\Intuit\QuickBooks 2006\QBPRINT.QBP"
del "C:\ProgramData\Intuit\QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions 11.0\QBPRINT.QBP"
del "C:\ProgramData\Intuit\QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions 10.0\QBPRINT.QBP"
del "C:\ProgramData\Intuit\QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions 9.0\QBPRINT.QBP"
del "C:\ProgramData\Intuit\QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions 8.0\QBPRINT.QBP"
del "C:\ProgramData\Intuit\QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions 7.0\QBPRINT.QBP"
del "C:\ProgramData\Intuit\QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions 6.0\QBPRINT.QBP"
del "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Intuit\QuickBooks 2011\QBPRINT.QBP"
del "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Intuit\QuickBooks 2010\QBPRINT.QBP"
del "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Intuit\QuickBooks 2009\QBPRINT.QBP"
del "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Intuit\QuickBooks 2008\QBPRINT.QBP"
del "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Intuit\QuickBooks 2007\QBPRINT.QBP"
del "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Intuit\QuickBooks 2006\QBPRINT.QBP"
del "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Intuit\QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions 11.0\QBPRINT.QBP"
del "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Intuit\QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions 10.0\QBPRINT.QBP"
del "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Intuit\QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions 9.0\QBPRINT.QBP"
del "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Intuit\QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions 8.0\QBPRINT.QBP"
del "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Intuit\QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions 7.0\QBPRINT.QBP"
del "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Intuit\QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions 6.0\QBPRINT.QBP"

Hope this helps!

1. In a text editor, create a file called SqlBackup.sql, and add the following line:

BACKUP DATABASE [database name] TO DISK = [backup name] WITH INIT

where [database name] is the name of the Maximizer CQL database and [backup name] is the filename and location of your backup file. See the example below:

BACKUP DATABASE EsconaTutorial TO DISK = ‘D:\Escona.bak’ WITH INIT.

1. In a text editor, create a file called SqlBackup.bat, and add the following line:

Sqlcmd -S -U MASTER -P -i

Where is the name of your SQL Server, is the password of the MASTER user, and is the name and path of the file you created in step 1. See example below:

Sqlcmd -S MYSQLSERVER\MAXIMIZER -U MASTER -P CONTROL -i C:\SqlBackup.sql

1. Add the Scheduled task.
1. Go to Control Panel > Scheduled Tasks
2. Double-click Add Scheduled Task.
3. Click the Next button.
4. Click the browse button. Browse to the SqlBackup.bat file you created, select the file and click open.
5. Choose how often you would like the backup to occur. For example, choose Daily and click Next.
6. Select the time you want the backup to start. For example, select 11:00 PM and click Next.
7. In the Enter the user name field, enter [Machine Name]\Administrator, specify the Administrator’s password, and click Next. [Machine Name] is the name of the Maximizer application server.
8. Click Finish to schedule the backup and close the Scheduled Task Wizard.

Using the above example, a backup of your Maximizer database will occur at 11:00 PM on a daily basis.

This is a simple example and the process will accomplish an automated backup. If you require additional functionality, see the Transact SQL documentation for details on adding functionality to the SQL script.

Applicability

• Maximizer CRM 10.x Group Edition
• Maximizer CRM 10 Entrepreneur Edition

This issue is driving me nuts. To give you an idea on my configuration I have:

• Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
• i7 processor
• eVGA x58 Motherboard (Latest BIOS and drivers)
• 6GB of 1600Mhz Ram
• MSI 460 GTX Hawk.

These are the things I have tried fix the issue. All previous versions of Internet Explorer displayed the same pages without issues. Firefox, Chrome and Safari aren’t having any issues.

• I installed the demo of IE and removed
• Installed IE9 Beta and Removed
• Installed IE9 RC and Removed
• Fully Patched/Up to Date. Removed IE9 again and re-installed.
• Updated BIOS
• Updated Nvidia driver
• Tried disabling all 3rd party add-on running IE9.
• Tried running without any add-ons and this did nothing.
• Turned off using GPU in IE9 by going to Tools-Options-Advanced and turned off option.
• Made sure there was no spyware/Adware/Virus

Just some of the sites that are causing me the issues:

• http://www.catswhocode.com/blog/
• http://davidwalsh.name
• http://downloadsquad.switched.com/

I originally hypothesized that the issue was caused by code on the websites I was visiting were improperly targeting Internet Explorer. I found it weird at least 50% of the site were having issues.

I no longer think that is the correct. I did a test on a client’s dell. There is no issues what so ever with the same sites. The machine was a Dell that uses an Intel Onboard video card.

The other thing that I was thinking that could be causing the issues:

1. Knowing that IE9 uses the video card so much more makes me think that maybe it could be the driver/video card
2. IE Add-on that is causing the issues.

Anyone else getting this error? Have you tried something else? Leave a comment.

Let’s say you want to re-brand Zarafa with your own images. Can this be done? Sure! It’s opensource!

In this “How to” article on Zarafa I am using Zentyal as the distribution. These files may be located in another directory if you are using a different distro. For you that are using a different distro and have it working then you should check your apache virtual server config files.

On my server the files needed are located in this directory:

There are 3 main files that need editing:

1. login.jpg (Full Webmail Client)
2. zarafa_top_logo.gif (Full Webmail Client)
3. favicon.ico (Icon displayed in the URL Bar)

Here’s some example of how I changed mine.

How you go about changing those files is up to you. The easiest way to do that is to create a Samba share directly pointing @ the directory noted above. Make sure to remove the permissions once you have finished editing the files.

You could also copy it to another share on the server. Using the copy command “sudo cp” you could copy the files from the share you copied the files to, to the folder that was mentioned above.

Here’s a few screenshots of the new files in action:

Hope this helped you figure out how to re-brand Zarafa to your liking.