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Reflashing HP thin clients with an earlier image version – watch the usb card capacity!

This entry was posted in Software Web on March 13, 2008 by HAL

I have had occasion to reflash a number of thin clients from HP – 5720’s with new versions of firmware. The process is relatively simple in that you download the 200MB or so file – run this executable and you get a number of options of what to do with the resultant image. The problem […]

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My machine is running slow (reason 423245 or why is that disk light always on?)

This entry was posted in Software Web on March 13, 2008 by HAL

Machines running slow. Common occurrence – yes. Lots of reasons why but where do you start? I suppose if you summarise the likely issues you’d end up with a list that at least contains – Not enough memory to run the apps required Processor underpowered Malware / Virus Server that they are running app from […]

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There will be Blogs …..

This entry was posted in Software Tips Web on March 12, 2008 by HAL

After attending a launch event yesterday in Dublin – it struck me how much harder it is these days to get the information that you want in the hands of the people you want to deliver it to. The launch covered Vista, 2008 server and SBS 2008 (plus licensing, Office Communication server and the Live […]

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Ready for Launch

This entry was posted in Software Tips Web on March 10, 2008 by HAL

As I prepare to head for Microsoft’s official launch of Windows Server 2008 – the issue of backward compatibility for those wishing to implement the new OS on “legacy” equipment raises the spectre of finding out what works and what dooesn’t. Dave Northey from Microsoft Ireland pointed me to http://www.windowsservercatalog.com/ with details of Servers: http://www.windowsservercatalog.com/results.aspx?&bCatID=1333&cpID=0&avc=11&ava=0&avq=0&OR=1&PGS=25&ready=0 […]

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Internet Explorer 7 starts and displays “connecting”

This entry was posted in Software Tips Web on March 7, 2008 by HAL

I recently had a situation where Internet explorer stopped working – at start time a blank page would be displayed with “connecting” shown as the status of the tab(s). Checking that the site could be pinged I wanted to check if Safari could access if and it appeared to be the same. Firefox on the […]

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When thin clients attack …

This entry was posted in Software Web on March 4, 2008 by HAL

A recent project raised some questions about the level of documentation and knowledge provided by HP and Altiris for their thin client capabilities. The background is a production shopfloor with 20 HP 5720 thin clients connecting to a Windows 2003 Terminal server. The application that is required on the thin clients is hosted on a […]

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Iphone update

This entry was posted in Gadgets Software Tips Web on March 4, 2008 by HAL

In preparation for the imminent SDK release / announcement I popped my Iphone in the caddy attached to a Windows XP pro pc and waited to get the February update … see first the notes as iPhone Software Version 1.1.4 This version of the software includes bug fixes and supersedes all previous versions. For feature […]

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Outlook 2007 And BCM – “Database creation was unsuccessful”

This entry was posted in Software Web on February 29, 2008 by HAL

Setting up new pcs with Office 2007 Small business – I was surprised to see an error during installation – “Database creation was unsuccessful” when it was initialising the BCM database for contact management. The machine was a Dell Inspiron running XP Pro (the client is getting it while still available) and Office 2007 Small […]

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