Tag: OneDrive
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Fixed: OneNote notebook will not sync
I have about twenty OneNote notebooks that I use in desktop OneNote and 3 had stopped syncing (probably due to me manually killing the sync service – but that is a different story). To fix this Close the problem notebook The system will warn you that parts of the book that will not sync will…
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OneDrive on Android does not upload photos
I use OneDrive on my Android phone to automatically upload my phone photos to the cloud. This has stopped working recently. I suspect that a new Android feature on my Samsung Galaxy phone “App Optimization” may be to blame. This kills unused background processes after 3 days. I have turned off “App Optimisation” for OneDrive…
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Windows Explorer is dead – OneDrive on the web is king
Microsoft really, really get the cloud. Windows 10 is a “Cloud first” operating system and as it matures and the interactions with Office 365 become ever smoother we are going to see great things. Dropbox has lead the way in cloud storage and it is almost perfect. Microsoft is playing catchup and has the disadvantage…
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Backing up a virtual machine to the cloud
Any virtual machine will be large, probably >10 GB and it changes regularly. To back it up to the cloud I would ideally use a block level back-up solution. That way only the changes get synced up. The catch is that a block level back-up solution needs an agent at both ends and as far…
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MsMpEng.exe High CPU Issue – replace with Avast! Free
I have a Windows 7 i3 laptop that has worked well for many years. I have always liked Microsoft Security Essentials because it just worked. However this is no longer the case. I am embracing the cloud and have installed OneDrive OneDrive for Business Dropbox Microsoft Office 365 including OneNote etc The sync activity associated…
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How to upgrade from Office 2010 to Office 365 (Office 2013)
I am an IT consultant and I use my personal laptop for work with many clients. I am the happy owner of Microsoft Office Professional 2010 that I have configured nicely and used with no difficulty for many years. My set up is Windows 7 Home Premium Microsoft Office 2010 Word 2010 Excel 2010 Access 2010…
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How to backup data to OneDrive in “real-time”
I am setting up my daughter’s laptop for university. As a student she can purchase Microsoft 365 University edition for a small price for 4 years. This comes with 1 TB cloud storage called OneDrive. This is highly available, redundant storage that should be utilised as much as possible. When planning backup schemes we need…
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What Microsoft does not want you to know about OneDrive
If you are DropBox user you will love it. It simply works and you can share files with co-workers and they stay in sync on your laptop. Here is screenshot of the folder structure in Windows Explorer on my laptop. You can see a folder that I have shared with a client. They can update…
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Microsoft OneDrive is better than Google Docs
I needed to share an Excel document so I investigated Microsoft OneDrive. Microsoft is late to the file syncing party Dropbox and Google Docs having got well ahead. I’ve used Dropbox a lot, because it just works; it is really effective and painless way of sharing files quickly. This is their core business and they…
Dr James Bayley 