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Another day at the office
Well it’s November and I’m in Sydney again setting up at the Opera House. My theory with the weather here is that it’s halfway between the great sunshine in Queensland and the unpredictable Melbourne. It’s staying true to that, with yet another trip of low 20’s and drizzle. (And it’s 30’s in Melbourne??) Day 1…
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Introduction to Windows 7
I’ve beening running training sessions for my staff on Windows 7. I recently recorded one for those that were not able to attend. Enjoy this brief introduction to Windows 7.
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Day 4?
Well I think it’s day 4 of laptop rollout. 16 units imaged, configured and ready to start going to staff tomorrow. Steps so far 1) Pxe boot & image 2) Install Altiris client off USB key 3) Post Image script & Driver install Job. (Altiris) 4) Software install jobs (Altiris) There are a few other…
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Dick Smith Electronics rant
I’ve been at a client’s place doing software upgrades on all his pc’s. To make life easier, I thought I’d reconfigure a printer to use it’s network ability, but was short a network cable. The nearest place at 4:30 on a Saturday of course was DSE. $15 for a 1m network cable! Actually, I wasn’t…
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My cardboard Fort
Well, he new computers have finally arrived. My office now looks like a child’s cardboard fort creation. This is only half of the boxes. There’s still the docking stations, notebooks stands and external monitors down in the loading dock. I have managed to create a universal image to deploy to my machines. It’s not…
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Windows 7 in the Enterprise
Laptops were due for replacement at work this year so that gave me a few choices when it came to OS. Stick with Windows XP, take a chance with Vista or bite the bullet and go straight to 7. After playing with both Beta editions and RC editions I’ve settled on the 7 option. For…
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Sydney
For the past two days I’ve been working in Sydney. I shipped the old HP R3000xr UPS from Melbourne and bought 30 new batteries to suit. After reassembling the battery packs and making a quick hack saw assisted modification to some rack rails, it was mounted and running. (Tip of the day, buy the $30…
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a new physical home
I’ve moved to a new rental property much nicer than my last. I’ve also resetup my office (obviously) and found enough parts in the move to build a new computer. thanks to Stephen, Phong and a few others for assistance with the 6m lazy susan. And, final got WordPress on the Blackberry. Thanks guys at…
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home improvements..
i’ve added this entry from my windows mobile device using the new mobile admin interface. does not work on the blackberry browser though. i’ve also moved to a nicer theme, although one that included a thumbnail in the post summary would be nicer. (does it exist?)
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My phone crashed but recovered with My Phone
My i-mate Ultimate 9502 decided to have a really bad day today and pretend it didn’t have a touch screen or any buttons. After searching the web and finally calling i-mate support (which was pretty quick and painless – amazingly), I had to perform a hard reset. This restores the device to original factory state…