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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Guess What … SPAM is on the increase
Thursday, 6 Sep, 2007 | 4 Comments

According to an article in IT Pro by Rene Millman, a recent study by SoftScan shows that SPAM is on the increase peaking at almost 97% in August 2007- and seems set to rise in …

Who said the IPAQ was dead
Thursday, 6 Sep, 2007 | No Comment

James Sherwood reports on RegHardware of ‘The Register’ about a new range of IPAQs to be launched by HP though details of a European release are sketchy. The machine that catches my eye most is …

Monk and his IT Junk
Thursday, 6 Sep, 2007 | No Comment

The MRI Results are in
Wednesday, 5 Sep, 2007 | One Comment

I recently got my results from my MRI Scan and it’s confirmed that I need both an adenoidectomy and a tonsillectomy and as the Doctor put it “Sooner rather than later” whatever that was supposed …

0×8004010F error message when with Outlook and Exchange 2007 Server
Tuesday, 4 Sep, 2007 | No Comment

It seems to be a morning of odd little problems and this is no exception. A number of users have been reporting the following error when sending/receiving email from within Outlook.
0×8004010F An object could not …

Active Directory Issues with R2
Tuesday, 4 Sep, 2007 | No Comment

Trying to install R2 into the domain gave the following error:
“The Active Directory Installation Wizard cannot continue because the forest is not prepared for installing Windows Server 2003. Use the Adprep command-line tool to prepare …

Where is the furthest you have gone to get a decent signal
Tuesday, 4 Sep, 2007 | No Comment

Sometimes I just can’t get a decent signal, either on my mobile or on my wi-fi access point. My home access point is one of the worst culprits, I can be sitting next to it …

Patching up the Backbone
Monday, 3 Sep, 2007 | No Comment

Further to my last post (Still Shivering), I am happy to report the backbone now has a huge metaphorical sticky plaster on it and the node that was non-functional is at least crawling along at …

Forever Patching
Monday, 3 Sep, 2007 | No Comment

Not only am I constantly patching servers but with a dozen or so in operation I seem to be spending an awful lot of time doing it these days. I can only imagine the work …

David Aireys $4,000 blog anniversary prize draw
Monday, 3 Sep, 2007 | One Comment

Following a pointer from Terinea’s Blog I found a great Blog Anniversary Prize Draw being run by David Airey with a veritable host of prizes on offer. As David Puts it “David Airey, a …