Interesting

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IOS5 – still “coming soon” ?

This entry was posted in Interesting Storage Tips Web and tagged IOS5 on October 12, 2011 by HAL

The widely awaited update to IOS 5 may well be on the horizon. A number of  unconfirmed tips have suggested that it will be here today but I have to say I’m not anticipating it as yet. But its early yet. The downside I do see is that with multiple IOS devices the update will […]

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Odd entry in add / remove programs

This entry was posted in Interesting Software Tips and tagged Windows XP on September 30, 2011 by HAL

A client asked me to look at a performance / stability issue on a windows xp machine. On opening control panel and add remove programs I noted the length of time that it took to display the list of installed apps and also that when scrolling down the list – a very large blank entry […]

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Problems installing Acrobat reader recently ?

This entry was posted in Interesting Software Tips on September 21, 2011 by HAL

Problem : When trying to install Adobe Reader or Flash you get a partial install then it fails with the following error message. “Metafile download failed error” This may occur with both Windows XP 32bit and some with Windows 7 64-bit. The solution in my case was not to use the default link from the adobe site […]

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To Err is human – to arr is Pirate

This entry was posted in Comment Interesting and tagged Pirates on September 19, 2011 by HAL

Time to Talk Like A Pirate again http://www.talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html Always puts me in mind of the film Dodgeball Enjoy my hearties.  

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Apple IOs and DHCP issue

This entry was posted in Interesting Software Tips and tagged Apple dhcp IOS on August 25, 2011 by HAL

A client reported a problem with wireless dhcp clients losing connections after a short period. After investigation it was found that all the affected devices were running Apple IOS – Ipads and Iphone 4 handsets. Researching the problem brought up a well documented experience of the issue by an American University here. What surprised me […]

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Aaaaannnnnndd CUT !

This entry was posted in Interesting Review Software Tips and tagged Input Director Software KVM on August 23, 2011 by HAL

Co-ordinating many different things is the job for a Director. In this case Input Director and the job is allowing multiple machines and in the case with multiple monitors – to be easily controlled with one keyboard and mouse. A software KVM. I hear you say but we can do this with lots of different […]

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Tada …..

This entry was posted in Interesting Review Software and tagged GTD To Do Lists on August 19, 2011 by HAL

A client wanted a shared mechanism for dealing with a project. Tasks would be added and as completed they would be marked off. A number of staff needed to be informed of the status as new tasks were added or completed. It needed to be simple and quick. So I pointed them to Tada List […]

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US versus UK price for downloadable software

This entry was posted in Comment Interesting Software and tagged Software on August 17, 2011 by HAL

There is a scandal with software companies who think that with Geolocation they can stick the arm in for UK customers. Adobe for one ! Go on their web site (US) – find a product or upgrade and try to buy it. When something that was 399 dollars becomes 399 pounds on the UK site […]

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