Monthly Archives: November 2010

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Lotuslive – Sametime and Lotus Notes client – bringing them together

This entry was posted in Interesting and tagged LotusLive Sametime on November 27, 2010 by HAL

If you are a user of LotusLive  and also have a Lotus Notes client you can plug into sametime via the Lotuslive server. From the Lotuslive server url https://apps.lotuslive.com/im/ you will see the following advice Communicate in real time Two ways to get Instant Messaging for LotusLive. 1. Are you an existing Lotus Sametime user? Simply […]

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IBM x series for fun and profit

This entry was posted in Interesting and tagged IBM UEFI Windows 2008 R2 x3690 on November 26, 2010 by HAL

For those of you familiar – IBM produce instructional manuals based on workshops or residencies called Redbooks. We still joke about one called Aix Printing – For fun and profit that we we given when I worked on IBM RS6000 systems. Recently I wished that the equivalent book was available when working on a new […]

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Back for another bite of the apple

This entry was posted in Interesting Review Web and tagged Iphone on November 25, 2010 by HAL

I have returned to using an iPhone as my main handset and the reasons are twofold. One is that I have missed the full synchronisation that broke when Outlook 2010 64 bit came along and two is that I see iPhone app development appearing on the horizon for some software projects in 2011 I have […]

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File already has an encoding “UTF-8” when starting a VM in ESX 4.x

This entry was posted in Interesting on November 20, 2010 by HAL

In the vSphere client, select the ESXi or ESX server (Not your VM!) and click the ‘Configuration’ tab on the right. On the left, under ‘Hardware’, select ‘Storage’. This should show your datastores to the right. Right-click on the datastore on the right that contains your VM and select ‘Browse Datastore…’. This will bring up […]

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Connection to your Lotuslive activities from Notes 8.5 clients

This entry was posted in Software Tips and tagged Lotus Notes LotusLive on November 17, 2010 by HAL

As mentioned before the Lotuslive application is a web based subscription tool from IBM. I use it for project collaboration with clients and colleagues. I noticed a difference between the 8.5.1 client and the 8.5.2 client while upgrading my machines in preparation for some Xpages research. So for the benefit of those looking to access […]

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ILUG You

This entry was posted in Interesting Review Software and tagged ILUG Lotus XPAGES on November 16, 2010 by HAL

Had the pleasure of attending the ILUG (Irish Lotus User Group) bash last week in Belfast at the Ramada Hotel. For three days I was able to enjoy the first class delivery of quality information about Notes, Domino , Xpages and IBM from some of the luminaries in the field of Lotus Notes. The location […]

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Sage 2011 bank reconciliation failure due to pdf creation

This entry was posted in Interesting and tagged Sage 2011 on November 15, 2010 by HAL

Sage issue again popping up. Client reported an issue with a machine hanging during bank reconciliation. We worked with Sage – upgraded all the machines to GB Ethernet as they requested and still the performance of the reconciliation of even a small number of transactions was very poor – if it completed at all. After […]

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