IT Should Just Work

Microsoft Word 2003 Quick Tip #1

Jan 28, 2011 · 1 min read · microsoft · word ·

You can select a whole sentence (including the full stop and following space) by holding down the CTRL key whilst clicking on the sentence.

Any colour you like, as long as it’s pink

Dec 21, 2010 · 1 min read · it support ·

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When handling requests for IT purchasing I sometimes wonder what benefit that particular item will have to the business.

Quote of the Day- 17th November 2010

Nov 17, 2010 · 1 min read · microsoft ·

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…anything the consumer can use at home, they will … ask for it at work.

And eventually, IT will give it to them.

Steve Ballmer

License error connecting ESXi server to vCenter

Jun 15, 2010 · 1 min read · esxi · vcenter · vmware ·

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Yesterday I was connecting up an ESXi Virtual Host which has been running in standalone mode for a while to vCenter. The host has recently been upgraded to a VSphere 4 Essentials Plus License. When trying to setup the connection so the host could be managed by the vCenter server I received the following error message: …

Network Boot on an Acer Veriton N260G

Dec 14, 2009 · 1 min read · acer ·

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If you want to boot an Acer Veriton N260G off the network

The ups and downs of Windows versions

Dec 1, 2009 · 2 min read · windows · microsoft ·

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The release of Windows 7 generally getting good feedback from users, especially compared to Vista, comes as no surprise. Vista is, when you actually look at it, not a bad OS- I’m still running it on my main home PC and I haven’t had to reinstall it, my applications work, and I’ve never had any virus or malware problems …

Intel Goes Turbo Again

Sep 20, 2008 · 1 min read · intel ·

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BBC News announced Intel’s new processors for 2009 onwards today- the Nehalem range.

There's no Escape

May 13, 2008 · 1 min read ·

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From the broken keyboard bin

New Years Day TimeStamp

May 5, 2008 · 1 min read · mysql ·

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Some work I’ve been involved with (see here and here) with UNIX Timestamps threw up another challenge today- getting the timestamp for midnight on January 1st of the current year. This is what I came up with: