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My new look.

Well, it's happened. As I've been getting older I've noticed certain things have been changing in me. It started when I'd have to go into the server room to look to see what version of firmare was installed on a piece of hardware (why some manufacturers don't include this info on the webmin I don't know!), V1, V2 etc. I'd leave after several fruitless minuites blaming 'bad lighting' in their, sans the information I required. When reading instructions in low light or with small font sizes I'd ha

Dos_Box

Dos_Box

Error in AD Provisioning - Connection settings file does not exist...

Can anyone help with this. I cannot run adp service because of it. Capita say it is because the "ConnectionSettings.xml" is missing from "C:\Program Files\SIMS\ADPClient\ChangeTracking" but the file is there. I'm not sure what it should contain maybe someone could paste the contents of theirs for a comparison (see contents below). This has only happened since the summer 2010 update. Thanks in advance. - <EncryptedData Type="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#Element" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/

Lipjam

Lipjam

somebody please help!!!!!!!!!!!!

right iv created my folder on the desktop iv named it a1 i need to create hundreds of these folders but i need so when i copy and paste the pasted folder will be called a2, a3, a4 etc etc as i have little time to do it in i cant go renaming hundreds and hundreds of folders

pringle_lad

pringle_lad

A Useful WSUS Script

All my computers on WSUS are currently sitting in Unassigned apart from the Servers which has worked quite well - until now.   I want to control the Roll Out of XP SP3 to computers so that I can make my way arround them using WSUS without cause people any major problems because someone shuts the computer down, it starts to install and then the computer is needed for the next lesson.   The Answer I thought - create a sub group of computers!   One snag - Unassigned Computers can't contain a sub

Cache

Cache

Temporary Post - Belgium Cycle

As I'll shortly be setting up my own blog/news site for this sort of thing this is somewhat temporary, but I need somewhere to write rather than forgetting what I plan to put down.   A few people are probably already aware that in September I'm planning to carry out a sponsored cycle ride from De Panne to Sluis and back again, with a total distance of 100 miles (the most direct route is a little short, but we'll be going North of Bruges on the way out and South on the way back to bring it up).

jamesb

jamesb

Peace

This weekend there shall be no:   banging dripping draining sawing cutting drilling There shall be no plumbers, builders, electricians, joiners, labourers, architects nor foremen.   Why? Because I shall be at home and not at school where there are no working computers, no data cables connected to any patch panels or switches. There are no servers on line, no routers whirring and no telephones ringing. In the ICT suite and my recently demoted server room there is only polythene e

leco

leco

Windows 7 - First Live Test

Today we did a real world test on our Windows 7 system.   We've built a ICT Suite that is due to come on-line this September and invited 5 students to come in and try it out. I moved their accounts temporarily into the OUs we have setup for Windows 7 and moved them to the appropriate Security Groups and got them to log in. Sophos was installed and running, along with Impero V3.0.38 and we're still using CSE but not using their Workspace, purely using the CSE System to build and administer the

FragglePete

FragglePete

Kyocera 420i auto switching

Kyocera TASKalfa 420i   4 x 250 trays Staple finish 7 mail bin sorter Driver: KX_5.1.1405   Problem   Auto switching between cassettes can not be switched off.   We have found that by setting the source to cassette 1 this stops the printer function printing on next available tray when tray of choice is empty however this does not work when the job is in progress. Location: Print preferences under the basic options.   Solutions suggested Option1. We have set the trays up with different

HarveySmith

HarveySmith

Sandwiches

To my local newsagent, please correctly label your sandwiches. When I buy a tuna and sweetcorn sandwich I expect tuna and sweetcorn as a filling, not for half the tuna to be replaced with shredded cabbage. If the sandwich was labelled "Tuna and Cabbage with Occasional Flecks of Sweetcorn" I would have left it on the shelf.   And thus, a rants category is born on the blog.

CAM

CAM in Work

holy smokes

just downloaded the ubuntu 10.04 install cd for the work experience student we have in 1.5mins! that was 8mb/sec!   Our new fibre internet connection is freakin awesome!   If only it wasn't so heavily filtered, for one thing I could download those ffxiv beta patches..every few days it's a 3.5gb download. Like a temporary whole new install of the game. :-S

browolf

browolf

Using the DigiBlue camera in Linux

I've just posted a new article about how to get the DigiBlue camera to work for stop motion animation in Ubuntu Linux.   As the DigiBlue cameras are very Windows oriented, I decided to try and get one to work in a similar fashion in Ubuntu. Sadly, the process isn't quite as fluid but it is a lot more flexible as there are a plethora of software packages available for stop motion editing and video editing, some being ultra-simple (Luciole), others being more complex (Cinelerra).   So, if you ar

localzuk

localzuk

And you are calling me....why?

I got a phone call from a PR agency this morning. We usually get a few of these a week, often via email. Apparently he was looking fro Russ as he'd spoken to him at BETT, so I let him know that Russ was not here, and I was. He then began giving me the 'sell', askign who represented us etc. After a few mins I had to pop the question.   'Do you know who we are?'   'No'   Do you know what we do?'   'No'   'Do you know why we don't need any PR people'   'No'   'Try Google' I suggested.

Dos_Box

Dos_Box

Cursed Tick Grids

A while ago, I recall Angry Technician discussing how he had a chronic case of "The Ear," an ability to walk past any machine, stop and instinctively know something is wrong and require fixing.   I had such an episode today dealing with tick grids for the end of year process in SIMS. I believe they call it curriculum assignment but after a while, hours of ticking boxes against a list causes the brain to melt slightly and simplify the entire system down to "Tick Grids." And I had a feeling that

CAM

CAM in Work

The Boring Git has returned...

... and is no longer pursuing a career in IT. I've now been self employed for nearly a year now. Going freelance which involves writing, blogging and selling on ebay.   I still have a passing interest in IT to keep my eye in. I enjoy reading the tales of IT support whether it be educational or business support.   Even dabbled in the world of static security guarding for a while.

wizzard

wizzard

KMS - Another Hoop Jumped Through.....

Following on from a blog way back: http://www.edugeek.net/blogs/fragglepete/129-licensing-why-do-i-have-jump-through-hoops.html   I've finally got round to getting the KMS Server setup ready for when we start our Windows Deployment in a few weeks. It's a bit odd that you can setup a KMS on a Windows 2003 Server and a Windows 2008R2 server but not a Windows 2008 Server! Not if you want to activate Windows 7 Clients!!! My domain consists of a number of 2008 Servers and a 2003 SP2 Domain Contro

FragglePete

FragglePete

Wait I Recognise Those Biscuits...

Nothing makes your mouth water quite like two large boxes of biscuits appearing on your desk. We are talking nearly 100 per box of various delicacies from jammy dodgers to shortbread. Tasty!   But wait, these biscuits, I recognise that box. We had those for supervised study...a couple of...years...back...   Librarian: "Oh those are for the bin. I found them in the store cupboard and they went off September 2008."   Surprisingly, they still look like biscuits. Even more surprisingly, someone d

CAM

CAM in Amusement

Newspapers; From Bad to Worse

This blog post breaks from the site's tech theme. I know, it's a tech site and this is probably a tech-based blog system but it's also my only blog at the moment. It gets a little political, think of it as a personal post.   As some are aware, I've been taking an interest in the surroundings of the Hackney fox attacks and particularly the diabolical news coverage of it. One particular paper has been it's usual shameful self and I find it pretty sad I have to see it's front page when I go to buy

CAM

CAM in Rants




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