Thoughts On The Book “The End Of Mr. Y”
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I bought the book “The End Of Mr. Y”, by Scarlett Thomas, as a Christmas gift but for a number of reasons I ended up reading it and I am glad I did, in fact …

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Verify your backups regularly
Friday, 10 Aug, 2007 | 4 Comments

Don’t leave it to chance and Don’t assume all will be well. After running a back-up verify that it is readable and if you encounter problems with backup media replace it as soon as …

Getting MOSS 2007 to send emails to Exchange 2007
Friday, 10 Aug, 2007 | No Comment

This is a lot harder than it should be. It seems that out of the box Exchange 2007 and MOSS don’t recognise each other. My MOSS Server outgoing email was reporting in the logs:
08/10/2007 16:55:34.40 …

Configuring incoming mail on MOSS 2007 and Exchange 2007
Friday, 10 Aug, 2007 | 2 Comments

Configuring incoming mail on MOSS 2007 and Exchange 2007 took a little bit of fiddling about with and quite a bit of standing back going um and ah. I configured the MOSS screen easy enough. …

Just gimme the Fax
Friday, 10 Aug, 2007 | One Comment

After more than five years of solid service it’s time to face the fact that its about time I put our two fax machines out to rest. The machines in question are HP 3200M Multifunction …

Backup Methods
Thursday, 9 Aug, 2007 | One Comment

I was going to put together an article on this very subject but why re-invent the wheel when the guys over at Terinea have produced a great document already. Head over there and check it …

MRI Scan
Wednesday, 8 Aug, 2007 | 3 Comments

I’ve just come back to work from an MRI scan and I can report that it was a thoroughly unpleasant experience. The unit was a mobile unit so, I imagine was smaller than a typical …

You just gotta visit these Blogs
Tuesday, 7 Aug, 2007 | 2 Comments

The following are some interesting and varied Blogs that have both intrigued me, interested me, and captivated me - try them - you may find something you like!
In alphabetical order (more or less):

Blah!Blah!TechnologyWayne Smallmans thoughts, …

Virtually Serving SQL Server
Tuesday, 7 Aug, 2007 | No Comment

I’ve spent most of the day working on the Sharepoint Server. One of the main tasks was to build a SQL instance ready for the Sharepoint installation. I was in two minds whether to install …

Virtual Server 2005 Cannot move snapshot image
Monday, 6 Aug, 2007 | One Comment

Further to my earlier post (Virtual Server 2005)about problems moving virtual images with saved states onto a rebuilt server (and also onto a new server) through some experimentation I found that if I rename the …

Virtual Server 2005
Monday, 6 Aug, 2007 | 5 Comments

Now the Sharepoint/Virtual Server machine is built I copied back the vhd/vmc files from the previous virtual installations. It took quite a long time to copy but when it did I felt a sense of …