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Troubleshooting with Dell
So, all year, I’ve been dealing with Dell; their computers, their Pro Support, their technicians. And from my experience, I’ve learnt many things, so I’m going to share with you as many of the tips...
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My year with an iPad (and how I’m letting go)
So, for most of this year, I’ve had an iPad on loan from the House, so that I could share in the iPad experience, and better support them. Now that the year, and my traineeship, is nearly over, I have...
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Achievement Unlocked! Traineeship Complete!
A friendly pair of machines Next year, like many other people my age, I’m going to uni. However, unlike many of them, I’ve got a full year of work in my interest area under my belt. And from that I’ve...
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You shouldn’t use technology that you don’t understand
Street traffic light control panel by trolleway, on Flickr ⇈This is not mine. Click on the picture to go to the source.⇈ Because you end up with all sorts of problems if you don’t know what you’re...
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Restriction Vs Freedom: The Battle of User Control
Because users are often unpredictable, admins like to restrict how much control and access they have on their devices. However, when deploying a new set of devices, the significant question of “How...
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Raspberry Pi: A tiny, naked computer
Click to view slideshow. Because I’ve had my Raspberry Pi for about six months now, I feel it is time that I told you a bit about what I think of it. However, on some levels, I still don’t feel ready...
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A Disconnect in the Internet
Because one of my site(s) is currently down, and I don’t really know why, I’ve been inspired to give you a bit of a lesson in how web serving works, and give you a (hopefully) brief insight into the...
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MessagePop
Because I couldn’t find a little piece of software to do what I wanted, I went and made one, and I thought there might be a few other people out there who might want to use it too. All it does is...
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Crammer’s Guide – Y01S01: Java Programming 1
Because I’ve been spending all my time studying lately, the only thing I’ve had time to write is study notes. So I thought that I’d make the most of them, share a bit of my new knowledge with you, and...
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Crammer’s Guide – Y01S01: Computer System Fundamentals
Because I don’t feel right posting this semester’s Crammer’s Guides without having posted all of last semesters, I’ve got this for you. Note that it’s a bit incomplete, because I have neither the time...
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House Update: Switch Stack Down
Juniper EX Switch Stack By drkfiber on Flickr ⇈This is not mine. Click on the picture to go to the source.⇈ So, not so long ago, we were have big trouble with our network when one of the switches that...
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Weebly Vs WordPress
So, if you’re a loyal reader of my blog, you probably realise by now that I’m actually running two blogs. Well, not technically two blogs, but the same blog mirrored in two places: one on Weebly and...
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No Network Access – Avast To Blame
So, a little while ago, I had a big networking problem with my computer. And then, the other day, my dad had the same thing happen. At first, I had no idea what the cause was, and how to fix it, and I...
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House Update: How To Crash An iPad
I actually created a fake iPad BSOD screen, as seen above. You can download it from deviantART and use it as a iPad background. So, the title of this post isn’t exactly accurate, but it does tell some...
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House Update: The Audit
So, a few weeks ago now, the House’s IT department was audited to make sure that it’s up to scratch. But before the auditor stepped a foot in the building, for week and weeks before, we had been...
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NAS-tastic:The steps to prepare for setting up a NAS
So, my household recently bought a new NAS (Network Attached Storage) drive to replace the one we currently have, as it has been playing up. I’m pretty excited about it because the new one is a more...
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RT#M: I’d Read The Manual (if I could)
So, my dad bought a computer the other day for the household. A new desktop from Aldi. And I know what you’re thinking, “Can’t be any good if it came from Aldi,” but that’s not true, and it’s also not...
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House Update: Back Up, or Lose!
So, we had a woman come in this week with a company laptop, in which the hard drive had died. For us, it was a simple case of checking it, and getting a new one sent out. But for her, it was a lot...
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House Update: It Ain’t Over Til Your Data’s Back
So, a few weeks ago I told you about the plight of Jo, an employee at the House (where I work), whose hard drive in her laptop died. Her data was unrecoverable, and she decided to go to a data...
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House Update: How to get Apple Push Notifications to work behind multiple...
So, the week before last Apple released its new iPhone, along with an update to its IOS operating system. On the same day, Mr Chief finally, after months of trial and error, worked out how to get...
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House Update: Odd Jobs
So, you haven’t heard anything about what’s been going on at the house in a while, so I’ve got a few short tales to tell you. Case Comparison Over the course of the year, we’ve had quite a few broken...
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What’s in a Name??
So, a while back, an employee came into IT Support with two external hard drives because they needed help copying some data across. She started telling us that she wanted this and that “copied onto...
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Upgrading to Windows 8 – Part 2: Windows 7 to Windows 8 –“Tips & Lists”
As the last post was pretty long, and full on, here’s a bit of a lighter look at the steps I took moving from Win7 to Win8. All information below is roughly in the order I did it, just in case you...
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Upgrading to Windows 8 – Part 3: Windows 8 to 8.1 –“Baby Steps”
As a Win8 user, I updated to Win8.1 months ago and since 8.1.1 is suppose to come out in a few weeks, I ought to tell you what I think of plain ol' Win8.1 before then. Upgrading to Windows 8 – Part 3:...
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Upgrading to Windows 8 – Part 4: Windows 8.1 to 8.1.1 – “Finger Clickin’ Good”
As I’ve already done a review of every other Windows Upgrade/Update that’s happened recently, it only makes sense that I’d do the same of Windows 8.1 Update, also known as Windows 8.1 Spring Update,...
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