Monthly Archives: February 2009


WordPress latest version rocks

I have to say that the latest incarnation of WordPress (2.7.1) really does show what a well crafted package can do. I use it for blogging and would absolutely recommend it to anyone who wants a well designed – well laid out and genuinely nice to use piece of web based software. The upgrade process […]


Removing a “dead” printer share

A client called me regarding a previously shared printer that had been deleted and reinstalled but not reshared. When attempting to reshare the printer – the message “share already exists” was displayed. The net share command confirmed that the system believes that the previous share still exists – in the name that we want to […]


Virtual machine watching

With all the focus of my research for the last three months on familiarising myself with VMware ESX and the practical aspects of managing a simple ESX server configuration raises some areas that aren’t necessarily handled well by the supplied tools from Vmware. Firstly I wanted a simple monitoring application that allowed me to become […]


07.005.47 and 15.004.45 on a Xerox phaser 860 (replace clutch and lamps)

Two numbers that tell me my Xerox Phaser 860N needs help. Researching the sequence 07.005.47 which appeared first suggests to me that the Drum Maintenance clutch needs replaced and I managed this from a spare non operational 860. Turning off the unit and removing power meant that just popping off the left hand panel ( […]