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Lost a DreamSpark product key?

May 14, 2013 · 1 min read · microsoft higher-education ·

Microsoft DreamSpark is a great resource for staff and students in Higher Education- it gives you access to many Microsoft packages for free, so if you haven’t already got access then I’d recommend looking into it.

One request that I often face is from students who have downloaded Windows 7 from DreamSpark via the …

ITAM- It’s all about the questions

Apr 29, 2013 · 3 min read · it support ·

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IT Asset Management has taken up quite a bit of my time over the years. Creating the “IT Inventory” is often a challenge in an organisation, building and keeping accurate records of hardware and software once the number of devices grows can be difficult and isn’t a “do-once and forget” task. It’s common to start with a …
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Functional Dependency Symbol in Word

Apr 22, 2013 · 1 min read · microsoft word ·

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If you’re writing functional dependencies in a Microsoft Word 2010 document and want to insert the “Long Rightwards Arrow From Bar” symbol you should select “Symbol” from the Insert Ribbon(in Word 2010), and then on the Symbol dialog window select the “Segoe UI Symbol” font and you will find the symbol in the …
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Microsoft UK Tech.Days Windows 8 Camp

Apr 18, 2013 · 6 min read · microsoft windows dynamics ·

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Held at the De Vere New Place near Southampton this was a very different experience to the other Microsoft events I have been to in the past. Firstly the audience was much smaller, more like 60 than 600 attendees. Also, this wasn’t in a lecture room or a darkened cinema, but the room was arranged with us sat at …

Unable to open current profile error in Battlefield 2

Apr 8, 2013 · 2 min read · gaming ·

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I had a brand new installation of Battlefield 2 today, provided via Steam, which upon opening would give a “LOGERROR_unable to open current profile” error message and then close before I was able to play the game.
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Command Prompt Here in Windows 7

Mar 14, 2013 · 1 min read · microsoft windows ·

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In Windows XP there was a downloadable PowerToy called “Open Command Window Here” which could open a command prompt window from Explorer and set the starting directory in the command prompt to the currently selected directory in Explorer. Windows 7 has this feature built in, and here’s how to use it. The (short) …

It’s not the Technology’s Fault

Mar 1, 2013 · 3 min read · it support ·

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Well, not always… A recent case at work has reinforced an idea I have long since held that often blame is assigned to the technology (or the technical staff maintaining it) when the behaviour would be quite different if a computer was not involved.
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Interesting Reading this week (w/e 25 Jan 2013)

Jan 25, 2013 · 1 min read · dell windows ·

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Interesting Reading this week (w/e 25 Jan 2013)

Some interesting or useful articles, blog posts, and other stuff I looked at this week……
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Microsoft Sculpt Touch Mouse

Jan 25, 2013 · 2 min read · microsoft ·

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A Microsoft Sculpt Touch Mouse turned up on my desk on Friday morning, this is my experience so far.
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How to determine Domain Functional Level

Jan 16, 2013 · 1 min read · active-directory microsoft windows ·

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How to determine Domain Functional Level

Not an everyday task this (once you’ve checked it you can usually remember what the level is!), but here’s how to find the Domain Functional Level of your Active Directory domain and whilst there check for any trust relationships with other domains.
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