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jedmondson

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  1. wooo. thats good news! I like watching Red Dwarf .
  2. whats worse is when you install antivirus and they still get something. the one with the virus removal tools in it.
  3. I have the same problem as well. Need to get a cheep monthly deal but with the mobile Internet bolt on package. Tough choices ahead.
  4. dont know if these will be any help Bristol Wireless News Blog Archive The Mk. II cabinet arrives might make the place look less untidy.
  5. we currentley have. A p3 running smoothwall3. would get rid of this if i could get my hands on something that could run tomato or the like. A p3 unknown machine that i use to take backups of important stuff then turn off. A HP Compac D5355FF that i use for windows stuff. A self built pc thats my main desktop PROSAFE 8-PORT 10/100 DESKTOP SWITCH FS108 in the bunker. Linksys SR224 Netgear wgr614 v8 Erm i might need to cut down on that list. Though it dosent account for my perants machines - 4 more.
  6. my old laptop did that sometimes, tuned out it was the nipple being dirty. Try taking nipple out and blasting the surface that it rests on with air duster.
  7. for w32 codex's theres a few realy good howto's if you serch in google. Try pidgin for your chat client needs. Also the new version of sun virtual box is nice and easy to setup if you want to use stuff like photoshop and the like.
  8. We had a smiler problem with network being flooded out. tunes out it was a dodgy network printer adapter causing the problem.
  9. I got one off Ebay a while ago. I can dig out the link if you like.
  10. yep. i blame lack of caffeine.
  11. most of my mates have had in there years in uni either there laptop stolen or damaged. A notebook might be better.
  12. least it will be clean and free of viruses.
  13. Theres a problem with 2 - we found that even when each year-group had there own earphones they where never put back properly whatever happened . Only when it came to cat tests did they get more. Least you don't have proper speakers in the rooms as well.
  14. I seam to remember that happening at my last place of work as well. I did the whole delete off active directory, put randem wrok group in , rename , add onto domain worked well.
  15. Should look nice. Need any help? Website design is getting boring.
  16. i see you have tried ubuntu live cd or something in the laptop. Have you tried knoppix [knoppix.net] in another computer and then attached the laptops hdd to the other computer? sounds odd but it worked for me a while back.
  17. I had the same as JJonas the other week. Fixed someones laptop after there broadband didn't work. So i go round to make shore it works at there house (which it dosent) after staying there a hour or so it decided that it would work. He was surprised at how little i charged as the supplier wanted something like £80 to come round and fix it. Repeat customers are worth it !
  18. sent - but after the 4:30pm time, due to dentist apointment and shopping for sisters birthday present.
  19. I had a situation in my last job where they wanted to use the machines off the network but still have a networked printer installed. I was going to share a printer and do dhcp off a ubuntu server and do it that way, just never managed to get ubuntu working on the spare machines I had. I think I still had a working DC though, but dont know if it actually worked.
  20. i had to get 20 new mice in the other mounth because we have had a few with pulled cables .
  21. Just keep on asking to go up to the next level support. If not ask to speek to there manager. That always works !!! (edit - well it normally gets you to someone that either understands more or just dosent care and then they send out the engineer .
  22. got a new bosh lawnmower today - and have tidied up our "coms" cupboard (under the stares and top shelf only) need to update 4 computers and try and work out what to do with 2 old and working g3 imacs. wondering about fish tank route.
  23. I have in the past used WheresJames Webcam Publisher - Publish images to your web site using FTP or use the built in server. webcam software to allow this to happen if you upload the streams as different names then set a refresh on the page. The software also has a page builder that dose this for you.
  24. Is it something to do with the proxy settings on her laptop? also try the old plug it in via cable trick.
  25. Seeing people at BETT was nice, mabey we could just do a meetup when someone else is doing a conference somewhere? One of the icthub ones?
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