Category Archives: General
Installing Windows XP onto a SATA drive
So you come to install Windows XP on a new’ish laptop and you find that Windows XP can’t install because it doesn’t ship with any SATA drivers. The laptop has no floopy disc and you can’t use a USB drive … Continue reading
Speed Difference
In the office we have 8Mb broadband and at home I have 4Mb. Here’s the really difference, same file, same time of the day… All be it different providers and areas. 8Mb Download 4Mb Download
Blog Move
This blog started life being hosted on the Word Press servers for ease. I’m now getting to a stage that I want to do move stuff and their restrictions are stopping me. So last night I found a host namely … Continue reading
iPad
I’m not impressed with the iPad. I think I’m going to wait for the HP Slate to be released and then compare. At the moment thou, I think I would prefer the HP.
Windows Updates
This server has been updating now for about an hour and still going and the updates have failed. Is this acceptable for a server?
Blackberry Simulator
This is for developers really however having access to a blackberry device on the desktop can be useful if you are supporting a blackberry device and don’t have one. We are looking at a Blackberry device running simulated/emulated/virtualised the window … Continue reading
Why Windows Activation Needs to go
Virtualization is the reason why. I booted a image created inside Windows Virtual PC using Sun’s Virtual Box and this is what you get when you boot up. Will Microsoft allow multiply activations of an OS? It’s just silly and … Continue reading
Exchange ActiveSync Error
A customers Windows Mobile Phone stopped syncing e-mails, etc, looking at the server we could see this error within the logs. Event Type: Error Event Source: Server ActiveSync Event Category: None Event ID: 3005 Description: Unexpected Exchange mailbox Server error: … Continue reading
iPhone Screen shoot
Have you every seen an screen shot from an iPhone and thought how is that done? It’s really easy, press the home button and the power button at the same time and a screen shoot is taken and the … Continue reading
Windows 7 Resizing of Partitions
You can now dynamically resize windows partitions in windows 7. Expand and Shrink, I was amazed that creating and removing a partition didn’t require a system reboot! Fantastic stuff, all this is in Windows Server 2008 to.
