Monthly Archives: August 2009

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First Windows 7 gotcha of the week… No XP mode in Home Premium..

This entry was posted in Interesting on August 19, 2009 by HAL

I upgraded a HP Touchsmart TX2 to Windows 7 home premium at the weekend without too many issues other than some extended pauses in the upgrade process but ultimately it completed successfully and has been working well since. The first compatibility issue I’ve come across on this specific machine was when I tried to launch […]

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Sophos FREE Anti-Rootkit – now with 64-bit and Windows 7 support

This entry was posted in Review Software on August 18, 2009 by HAL

Just in – Sophos Anti-Rootkit – now with 64-bit and Windows 7 support – a free download from Sophos Another tool to go in your software toolkit along side MalwareBytes and HijackThis and the ubiquitous Autoruns. Storing updated copies of these applications on a USB key for action when you come across an obviously infected […]

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Say hello then WAVE goodbye …

This entry was posted in Interesting Software on August 17, 2009 by HAL

Well actually – Wave hello …. to Google Wave that is. Mentioned during a meeting this morning on colloborative working and innovative ways of dealing with clients and colleagues… So from Googles preview announcement site – with the note that this may be released later this year Google Wave is a new model for communication […]

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And finally ….. INM 4 is released

This entry was posted in Gadgets Monitoring Must Have Review Software on August 16, 2009 by HAL

For those who require agentless monitoring or servers and services – the Intellipool Network monitor has been been one of the nicest I’ve used. After almost a year of development I noted that the final release code was posted on Friday. Major new features: User configurable dashboard with 12 different widgets Network maps Network weather […]

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I got the power ……

This entry was posted in Gadgets Monitoring Review on August 14, 2009 by HAL

Sick of having to go on site to reboot a troublesome device that requires being powered off – or rebooted – or trying to talk a user through getting the correct machine selected through a maze of power cables ? Well then – its time to use remote power switching !!! The IP-9258 shown above […]

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Spiceworks 4.1 update

This entry was posted in Interesting on August 13, 2009 by HAL

A summary of the fixes and changes since version 4 of the Spiceworks Helpdesk application and what they address. Nice to see some niggly issue sorted so quickly after V4 release Update 1 (10/8/09): A new build of 4.1.39229 is now available. This fixes the bug where end users are being emailed the weekly report […]

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Be Alert – your wordpress needs lerts …. WordPress 2.8.4: Security Release

This entry was posted in Interesting on August 12, 2009 by HAL

From the maintainers of this great blogging tool ….. Yesterday a vulnerability was discovered: a specially crafted URL could be requested that would allow an attacker to bypass a security check to verify a user requested a password reset. As a result, the first account without a key in the database (usually the admin account) […]

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Burn Baby Burn

This entry was posted in Interesting Must Have Software and tagged ISO Image Burning on August 12, 2009 by HAL

While diagnosing a fault with a DVD writer – I needed a utility that would confirm that the drive was operating correctly while writing an iso file (an image file containing in the case the contents of a DVD) ImgBurn is a lightweight CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application that can […]

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