Monthly Archives: April 2012


Sbs 2011 system state backup failing ? Use psconfig

Found this issue when investigating an error regarding backup of system state on an SBS 2011 server. A colleague mentioned issues he had with Sharepoint and other updates causing backups to fail. When a manual wbadmin job was run with the systemstate option – part of the backup would run but then the remaining steps […]


Stamping your sticky notes

As mentioned I use Stickies from Zhorn software and another useful feature that they have developed is the Stickies stamper from here As they put it Stickies Stamper creates and maintains a sticky, based on an image you choose, which counts down to an event. You might use it to keep track of how many […]


WordPress 3.3.2 update

Three external libraries included in WordPress received security updates: Plupload (version 1.5.4), which WordPress uses for uploading media. SWFUpload, which WordPress previously used for uploading media, and may still be in use by plugins. SWFObject, which WordPress previously used to embed Flash content, and may still be in use by plugins and themes. WordPress 3.3.2 […]


Noted again !!

I mentioned some time ago my favourite sticky notes app here. I have used it extensively for projects and general note management for several years and wanted to share another feature which relates to generating sticky notes from the command line – for example as part of an application or shortcut. You should really try […]


The end of the end of support for XP

According to a Microsoft email I got today This fortnight marks 2 years to go until support for Windows XP SP3 and Office 2003 comes to an end. After April 8th 2014 there will be no more security patches, no updates to online technical content and no free or paid assisted support options from Microsoft. […]


More changes with Trilead V4 RC

The main new features of VM Explorer 4.0 RC are: Hyper-V Backup/Replication: Now you will be able to backup/replicate your Hyper-V  Virtual machines in the same way you did with VMware VMs – levels out playing field File level restore for VHD disks – good to see this Added  ability to log scheduled task result in Windows […]