Tag Archives: Windows

When it rains, it pours

Probably not the best start to the new year. Turns out my Mac Mini is having some serious memory issues, looks like I have a problem dimm socket. Opened it up to see if things had been seated correctly, appears … Continue reading

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New mouse purchased

I bought myself a Razer DeathAdder gaming mouse a while back and was waiting on it arriving. It arrived while I was on holidays. Just plugged it in today and must say I am quite impressed. The tracking is so … Continue reading

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New machine – Intel i5 2400

Purchased new bits to build an Intel i5 2400, as I wanted to get a reasonable good machine put together that will allow me to purchase and play battlefield3 when available in October. Not only that it will allow me … Continue reading

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Mildly annoyed

I was attempting to setup Confluence to use a mysql database on both Windows and MacOS X. Neither of them would work, same error produced on both. It seems to be fairly common error too. Tried to fix it, but … Continue reading

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Microsoft 70-693 Completed

I completed my 70-693 exam yesterday. This concludes all the exams required to obtain my MCITP: Virtualization Administrator 2008 R2 certification. That brings an end to this years achievements; MCITP x 3, MCTS x 6 and ITILv3 Foundation. Not a … Continue reading

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Window Server 2008 Resources

Just a reference page to a link I came over during my reading, and wanted to keep it in a safe place. Windows Server 2008 Step-by-Step guides

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Windows 7 early adopters say virtualization key to rollouts

Found the following article here in my travels. It’s information on 2 large companies who have recently rolled out Windows 7 and they share what they obtained by doing it.

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FileZilla – cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client

FileZilla Client is a fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with lots of useful features and an intuitive graphical user interface. Features: Easy to use Supports FTP, FTP over SSL/TLS (FTPS) and SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) … Continue reading

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ImgBurn

ImgBurn is a lightweight CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application that everyone should have in their toolkit! It has several ‘Modes’, each one for performing a different task: Read – Read a disc to an image … Continue reading

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McAfee Labs Stinger

Stinger is a stand-alone utility used to detect and remove specific viruses. It is not a substitute for full anti-virus protection, but rather a tool to assist administrators and users when dealing with an infected system. Stinger utilizes next generation … Continue reading

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