Symlinks

The mklink command will create symbolic links, or symlinks, in Windows 7, which are similar to shortcut links.

Windows will read symbolic links the same way as actual file paths, but will not read regular shortcut links this way.

Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS)

Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS) is server software for Windows which is used to manage rights to documents created with with MS Office applications. Rights to MS Outlook emails, MS Word documents, and more can be restricted with AD RMS, and it can also be used to encrypt these documents.

AD RMS can protect a document forwarded to others inside an organization, and outside it. The RMS client will be pre-installed with Windows 7 and Windows 8. AD RMS is accessed by the desktop user by going to File . . . Info . . . Protect Document . . . Restrict Access.

AD RMS is available for MS Office, SharePoint, Adobe Acrobat, Internet Explorer, and other non-Microsoft software. It's good to check for it when considering new software for your firm. AD RMS can be used with Microsoft Exchange to prevent the recipient of an email from changing the content of an email, even though the email can be forwarded or replied to. The original email gets added as an attachment to the reply email.

Saving Screen Grabs Automatically As Image Files

After you do a screen grab in Windows 7, an image is saved to your clipboard. It won't be possible to view and edit the image until the image is pasted in PowerPoint or another application. In order to automatically save the screen grab as an image file follow these steps:

1. Install AutoHotKey. See the Tip of the Night for May 9, 2017. When you save simple scripts in files with the extension, .ahk, AutoHotKey will allows you run these using hot keys - e.g., CTRL + J, or other designated keystrokes.

2. Last night's Tip of the Night, discussed NirSoft's NirCmd utility. This allows special commands to be run which are not normally available in Windows. These include savescreenshot.

3. Enter the below script into a text file with the extension, .ahk. Set the folder where you want your screengrabs to be saved.

#NoEnv SendMode Input SetWorkingDir, foofolder7

PRINTSCREEN::Run, c:\nircmd\nircmd.exe savescreenshot c:\foofolder7\Screenshot_%A_Now%.png !PRINTSCREEN::Run, c:\nircmd\nircmd.exe savescreenshotwin c:\foofolder7\Screenshot_%A_Now%.png return

4. The AutoHotKey installation includes a utility called, 'Convert .ahk to .exe'. Using this utility select the .ahk script you saved, and then convert it to a new executable file, saved in your startup folder. To find your startup folder, follow the steps in the Tip of the Night for November 16, 2018.

5. Now when you press the PRTSC button, or ALT + PRTSC an image file will be saved automatically to the designated folder.

Thanks to vvsraju for posting this AutoHotKey script here.