Setting up new pcs with Office 2007 Small business – I was surprised to see an error during installation – “Database creation was unsuccessful” when it was initialising the BCM database for contact management. The machine was a Dell Inspiron running XP Pro (the client is getting it while still available) and Office 2007 Small […]
A request to look at a media center PC recently lead me to wonder how badly suppliers can behave when it comes to supplying replacement parts and doing warranty work. The item in question was an Acer Aspire 500 and the problem was a faulty power supply. Replacing a power supply is normally a mundane […]
It shouldn’t be that difficult – should it? A machine less than a year old from a major supplier (HP / Compaq) – where the task is to install a version of Linux that takes advantage of the hardware installed. As mentioned – it took the 64BIT AMD ALTERNATE CD iso burned to cd to […]
Recently I decided that I wanted a dual boot arrangement to have Vista and Linux on the same portable for use of customer sites. The range and depth of specialist linux network and security tools would me that the same machine could be used regardless of the os needed. Mmmmm That would assume that any […]
Many years ago as a teenager I discovered I had a strange and not particularly useful talent – I could ring my mums front door bell by sneezing !! As I said not particularly something that you might require to be able to do but the thing to note is that some things go together […]
There has definitely been an increase in the number of machines requiring the patch that most support staff call the “hive patch”. To give it its proper name User Profile Hive Cleanup Service is described by Microsoft as “A service to help with slow log off and unreconciled profile problems”. Their information further says “The […]
Windows dns cache is there to allow the results of dns lookups to be stored. When a Windows XP or Windows 2000 machine queries a DNS server, the response is either positive (a match was found) or negative (no match was found). The OS stores these results in a local DNS cache so that local […]
The requirement here is to provide syslog information from a Redhat Linux Enterprise 4 server to a windows network where alerts can be recorded and additional actions such as email alerts generated. The first stage should be to identify the host that will receive the syslog messages and install the Kiwi Syslog application. Follow the […]
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