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Come in OZ are you reading me ?

This entry was posted in Interesting Internet Tips and tagged Devolo Sky Slingbox Voyager 2110 on October 15, 2010 by HAL

A client had mentioned to me a few weeks ago regarding the provision of remote access to a Sky TV service. A previous attempt to setup a Slingbox had worked locally on his home network but that the final step of remote access had not worked. What interested me though was that the remote access […]

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Adventures with IE 9

This entry was posted in Interesting and tagged IE9 on October 5, 2010 by HAL

Running the IE 9 Beta on Windows 7 64 bit has raised a number of strangenesses and I thought I’d mention them in case others are having them. Oddities and Incompatibilities include Logmein – having to close down tabs that have previously logged into  Logmein for remote support but that have expired. Previous in Ie8 […]

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LotusLive – a tool for managing client project interaction

This entry was posted in Interesting Review Software and tagged Lotus Live Engage on September 1, 2010 by HAL

Previously I mentioned using LotusLive Engage and how I felt that it was a good tool for interacting with clients on projects and perhaps for clients themselves. I recently was interviewed by IBM to get feedback on the usage that the application had been put to and what benefits had come out of it. It got […]

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OWA signature length issue

This entry was posted in Interesting and tagged OWA on August 27, 2010 by HAL

A client  who was changing their email signatures wanted to standardise on the same sigs for Outlook based and OWA users. Then OWA started to complain that the signature was too big. On checking I realised that the default 2007 limit is quite small 4K but that with a registry change it could be increased […]

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A 64 BIT step backwards

This entry was posted in Interesting and tagged 64 Bit Outlook 2010 on August 23, 2010 by HAL

Been waiting for the Rim update re OUTLOOK  2010 issue. Saw an update this morning and thought – hey this could lift a cold wet August day but no…. When trying to connect my Bold 9000 for synchronisation to Outlook after the update we get the “A 64Bit version of Outlook 2010 has been detected. Before […]

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Tower – we are ready for takeoff

This entry was posted in Interesting Tips Virtualisation and tagged Poweredge T610 fan noise excessive on June 22, 2010 by HAL

As a result of another piece of work – relating to 64 BIT guests on ESX4i on a Poweredge T610 here an interested chat was had with Dell support. When the change had been made – I noted that the server fans appeared noisier that before. After kicking off two server vm installs I had left […]

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Keep taking the Tablets

This entry was posted in Interesting Review and tagged Ipad Tablet PC on June 1, 2010 by HAL

Okay I had to tie my hands to the desk on Friday to stop me ordering an Ipad. It ticks all the boxes for a tool to help facilitate the endless reading of manuals and reference materials that comes with working across so many IT areas. I reckoned that in one day alone I acquired […]

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First Windows 7 64 BIT upgrade

This entry was posted in Interesting Review Software and tagged Windows 7 on May 22, 2010 by HAL

Vista was crap. Yep now I’ve said it. Vista 64 Bit was especially crap. Oops now the Microsoft Thought Police will be on to me. Can I use my get out of jail free card ? “Officer – I was upgrading to Windows 7  64 BIT and those comments just escaped while removing Office 2007 […]

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