Monthly Archives: December 2011

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New options with Microsoft Defender offline

This entry was posted in Software Tips and tagged Defender on December 8, 2011 by HAL

Picked this up today – another option in the constant battle against malware Microsoft say What is Windows Defender Offline Beta? Sometimes, malicious and other potentially unwanted software, including rootkits, try to install themselves on your PC.  This can happen when you connect to the Internet or install some programs from a CD, DVD, or […]

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Moving Up Moving On

This entry was posted in Review Software Tips and tagged SBS 2011 on December 7, 2011 by HAL

This week sees the start of a migration process. As a new business venture launches a consolidation of services is required and for this reason I am migrating from a venerable and stable SBS 2003 environment to an SBS 2011 standard install to gain the latest features and also to centralise a number of functions […]

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Pour some Sugar on your customers

This entry was posted in Review Software Web and tagged Sugar CRM on December 6, 2011 by HAL

Sugar CRM has been used by a wide range of companies to provide client management capabilities. As a new venture begins I find myself returning to Sugar to allow for better communication with new staff and outside agencies. The thing I like about Sugar are the range of options – in house hosting on windows […]

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Go on – fling that boomerang

This entry was posted in Software Tips Virtualisation on December 5, 2011 by HAL

Vmware occasionally produce software that is not a product more a proof of concept or utility related. Boomerang is one of those “flings” as they call them.  Get it here. Installing VMware Boomerang VMware Boomerang is aimed at users who don’t need the complexity of the full vSphere Client. It sits in the tray of […]

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When SQL dumps on you – strike back

This entry was posted in Software Tips and tagged Outlook 2007 on December 2, 2011 by HAL

This problem has cropped up a few times for me and happened again for a client today. They thought it was amusing to have an error that refers to SQLDUMPER i.e in this case  “SQLDUMPER library failed initialization.  Your installation is either corrupt or has been tampered with.  Please uninstall then re-run setup to correct […]

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Trilead VM Explorer 3.7 update – some new features

This entry was posted in Review Software Virtualisation and tagged Trilead VM Explorer on December 1, 2011 by HAL

I got a very welcome email in my inbox this morning which detailed anew release of my favourite ESX backup tool Trilead VM Explorer. According to Trilead the main new features of VM Explorer 3.7 are: Replication  task: Now you can replicate your VM to another ESX File Level Restore: Restore a single file from […]

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