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Acronis 2014 Validating Backup Archive

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  1. Open Acronis 2014
  2. Click on the Recovery tab
  3. Right-click a backup and select Validate Archive.

To validate a backup automatically before recovery, on the Options step of the Recovery Wizard, select the Validate backup archive before recovery check box.

How to add videos on Windows Media Center

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  1. From the Media Center Start menu, select My Videos.
  2. Select Find Videos.
  3. Select Add folders, and then select Next.
  4. Do one, or both, of the following:
  • To add videos that are on the Media Center PC, select Add folders on this computer.
  • To add videos that are on another computer on the network, select Add shared folders from another computer.
  1. Select the folder or folders that contain the videos, select Next, and then select Finish.

How to use Lync in Windows 8

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Microsoft have released a Lync Metro App – available free through the Windows Store – Lync in Windows 8.

On first run – select if you want to run Lync in the background – this means that Lync will run regardless of whether you have opened it up first.

You can also use this Lync Application to join as an attendee to an existing Lync Meeting.

  1. Type in your sign-in address – [email protected]
  2. It will then launch your username and password for example – domainusername.
  3. Type in your organisations domain name and your username and password and click Ok to login.

How to point Active Directory Administrative Center to another domain in Server 2012

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  1. Click Start
  2. Click Administrative Tools
  3. Click Active Directory Administrative Center
  4. Click on Add Navigation Node
  5. Click Connect to other domains.. _(on the lower right of the window)
  6. Type the domain name you want to connect to and click ok.

Note: This is only valid for trusted federated domains; this method of connecting uses your local credentials and in order to run as separate credentials you will need to launch the Administrative Center using Runas.

Outlook 2010 People Pane not showing information

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This fix is usually valid for an Exchange domain setup. The fix is to enable Cached mode on the Outlook client.

  1. Open Outlook
  2. Click File
  3. Click Account Settings
  4. Click Account Settings
  5. In the email tab select your email account and select Change
  6. Select Use Cached Exchange Mode
  7. Select Next and Next

The Outlook client will begin to sync and create an offline cache of the exchange email and address book. Allowing for the People Pane to gather and display appropriate information.