Kitkatninja

Congrats on the pass -Ken

We're already running a couple of 2k8 member servers, we'll be implementing a couple 2k8 DC's over this summer as 2 of our DC's will be retired. Why are we running 2k8? Increased security, Hyper-V, to a lesser extend power consumption (2k8 over 2k3), terminal services & remote apps, and of course lets not forget experience (just in case...) -Ken

Congrats on your new job -ken

I use Halcyon as they came cheaper than Dabs and Civica (when we renewed last year). -Ken

The bloke is a nice guy, hope he'll feel at home there -Ken

I just replaced mine and my senior tech's laptop (Toshiba SP A100 - C2D 2GHz, 2gb of Ram, x1600gc) with the Acer 6920g. Nice laptop (we got it cheaper from our suppliers), the only gripe I have with it is the keyboard, it isn't as nice as the Tosh's. Had to wipe the OS to put Vista Enterprise 64-bit edition on so that I can use all 4gb of ram. It runs VM's sweetly... -Ken

We use EMBC for our main school line, however we also have a NTL business line coming in as a backup line, online exams, etc. You can get the NTL business line for about £500 a year (for a 10mg line) then buy something line Bloxx for your filtering. You could also get the NTL dedicated line for about £15k pa and that 8mb up & down. -Ken

How about self-studying for the Comptia Network+? You could use this book, one benefit the Comptia Network+ has is that you don't need to renewing or recertify every 3 years. Then when your ready to take the exam, just book yourself to do the exam at any Vue or Prometric testing centre. -Ken

Congrats mate on the pass -Ken

You may want to check out this Certiport page. It has "pre-tests" for the whole MCAS range. It does state that it's only valid in the US, but it also states: If you're unsure whether or not to try the pre-test from Certiport's website, you may want to contact your local Certiport testing centre (the MCAS can only be taken at Certiport centres and not Prometric like other MS exams). Hope this helps -ken

Will be doing it this weekend, as I didn't want anyting to go wrong for our exams/admin ladies who are doing reports at the mo -Ken

lol, I didn't link Edugeek and CF together, D'oh... -Ken

Cool, is there a get together on Saturday? -Ken

It makes no odds to me (like I said I'm neither for or against it) whether or not my school does go down the BSF route. I'm not trying to sound heartless, but I'm trying to get out of the education sector anyway - this was more out of curiousity -ken

Hi Guy's, Just doing a little looking and found that my area: Wellingborough, Northants is in group E (wave 13-15), and is one of the last schools that will be "BSF"-ed. See here (the excel spreadsheet). It looks like waves 7-15 is still in management consultation until the 4th of July. Just rang up Northants County Council and left a message for more info. Currently, I'm neither "for" or "against" as I don't have enough infomation. I been thru alot of the post and alot are negative about BSF, but does anyone actually have anything good to say about the BSF? -Ken

We've moved to MS SQL 2k5 and we have to do the above patch. -Ken

Same here mate, I actually wrote to the BCS on the 8th of June... just waiting for a reply. -ken

Just an update of the initial organisations that will involved with the ICTTech mark (as of the 12/June/2008 ): 1. IET 2. RAeS 3. IMarEST 4. SOE -Ken

Well, got a call from them yesterday and was offered an interview on Monday. Anyone else applied for it? -Ken

Happy Birthday mate? Hope that you have a good one -Ken

All I can say is shop around, there are card protection policies out there that start from as little as £15 per year, First Direct are offering it from £20 pa and some banks like HSBC are offering 3 years for £50. Have a word with your bank, they may have a similar offer for you. -Ken

lol, don't even think my German would get me an "E" grade at GCSE level -Ken

Yep, just north of Bayern (Bavaria area). However as I've lived in English speaking countries for most of my life (US & UK), my German is very limited -ken

Of course I can, it's in with my skills set of flying a space shuttle & making sure that the whole internet is up all of the time (both at the same time) -Ken

Hi all, Came across this job while I was looking and it looks very interesting, until I saw the "Knowledge of relational database technology as a software developer" part Anyway the post is: Information Systems Manager Employer is: The University of Northampton Salary is: £29,138 - £32,795 per annum Place/Area is: Northampton Closing date is: 19 June 2008 For the full advert, see here: The University of Northampton - Professional/support posts -Ken