Monthly Archives: February 2012

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Can’t see tooltips for items in task tray – they are hidden by taskbar ?

This entry was posted in Software Tips and tagged Windows XP on February 8, 2012 by HAL

User called in with an issue that the tooltip – cream coloured popup  that appears when the client mouses over icons in task tray is not fully visible and cannot be read. Making the taskbar auto hide does not help. In this case the fix is to change the setting on the taskbar – right […]

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Dos printing is dead – Long Live Dos printing with Printfil

This entry was posted in Gadgets Software and tagged DOS printing LPT Capture Printfil on February 7, 2012 by HAL

A client contacted me regarding printing to a new multifunction device from a dos based application written in foxpro where the output is link to a network printer with a net use / persistent:Yes command. The software developers tell them the printer should work but despite testing a range of dos based print drivers in […]

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VNC server setup on Ubuntu 11.10

This entry was posted in Software Tips and tagged Oneiric Ocelot Ubuntu VNC on February 6, 2012 by HAL

As a platform for testing OMDistro – the packaged solution for check_mk and nagios and some other monitoring components I choose a ubuntu distribution. After quite a lot of configuration and additional elements I got the system running but wanted to see if a simpler installation and configuration was possible. Using a desktop ubuntu 10.10 image […]

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OMG ! OMD

This entry was posted in Must Have Review Storage Tips and tagged Check_MK Nagios on February 3, 2012 by HAL

Have been enjoying the new functionality and look and feel of the Nagios “addon” – Check_MK which you can find more about here. I was also looking for a faster means of implementing and so when I found a site offering a much quicker solution to implement I thought this can’t be bad. The Open […]

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Epicor configuration and system administration

This entry was posted in Interesting Monitoring Review Software and tagged EPICOR VMWare on February 2, 2012 by HAL

Had the opportunity this week to spend time with an Epicor implementation and configuration specialist on a project for a client. Given that we have already provisioned the virtual infrastructure for the client – the admin training was an opportunity to guage what changes in configuration would be required to move from a three virtual […]

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Barcode recognition from scanned images

This entry was posted in Development Software Tips and tagged Zonal OCR on February 1, 2012 by HAL

A client recently presented a slight variation on a theme as a requirement for a project. Previously we provide a client solution based on pre scanned images with an area of the scan containing a character field in a certain format. The field need to be read and the scan file renamed for that field […]

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