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The things people leave behind
I’m on the way back to Melbourne now from my trip to Sydney. Waiting at the Qantas Club waiting for my flight, I’m using a public computer to logon and check my email. (Laptop battery flat because I surrendered my power pack to a staff member who forgot theirs) it’s interesting (but not surprising) to…
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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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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…
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change, not for the sake of change.
Well, it’s become clear that my current IT setup away from the office is no longer fulfilling the requirements. At present I have a SBS2008 which handles my mail (although not receiving with an MX record), some file storage, torrents and remote access. My Windows mobile device syncs to Exchange over the air. I also…