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A social media fairy tale: How a mayor got a new job
And now for something a little different. The true(-ish) story of how I got my new job as a SysAdmin … Continue reading »
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Addicted to Social Networking? I’m giving it up for Lent!
I’m sure a lot of us use social networking too much. By too much I mean using it, for procrastination, … Continue reading »
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The Return of Me: what I learned from my social fast
Last month I took on my wife’s challenge to abstain from any social networking over the six weeks of Lent. … Continue reading »
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Easily access all bookmarks in Google Chrome
I don’t know about you, but I don’t feel like any major browsers have got their bookmarks/favourites features quite right. … Continue reading »
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Why now is as good a time as any to upgrade to Windows 7
You may be wondering why you would bother upgrading your existing Windows XP and Vista machines to Windows 7, when … Continue reading »
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The End of Movember
Some people dress up in a silly outfit for a day Some people run a measly 26.2 miles I spent … Continue reading »
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My HeadSpace: 2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. They do this every year and it’s … Continue reading »
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PowerShell Export-CSV turns lovely tables in to garbage
Following on from my promise to do better blogging in 2013, here’s something that frustrated me in PowerShell. It stems … Continue reading »
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Resetting an HP LaserJet’s serial number – Send a PJL command over FTP in...
Users press buttons. If something stops working as expected, they will probably press every button they can see before reaching out to … Continue reading »
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Converting a folder of text files into a well formatted CSV spreadsheet with...
We are in the process of changing over our Print Server and the first step on the plan was to … Continue reading »
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My Toolbox – Quick and easy driver backup with Double Driver
Just a quick post because I wanted to give a worthy bit of software a shout-out. Double Driver from http://www.boozet.org/dd.htm This … Continue reading »
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Freeing up Disk Space on a Windows 8 tablet
I love my little Windows 8 HP ElitePad but if I had one major complaint its that I got the … Continue reading »
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The new way to configure Internet Explorer proxy settings with Group Policy
Internet Explorer 10 was released for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 machines back in February 2013. Nine months later and … Continue reading »
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Using Group Policy Preferences to deploy Favorites to Internet Explorer
My previous article, The new way to configure Internet Explorer proxy settings with Group Policy, spoke about how the Internet … Continue reading »
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2013 Blog Stats in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Despite only having 8 new posts I … Continue reading »
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Importing Trusted Certificates onto Legacy Wyse WinTerms
Overview Root Certificates are used by web browsers to identify a trust with web sites. When root certificates expire, Windows … Continue reading →
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Legacy: Silently Install Crystal Reports Viewer 2
File this one under PITA. As part of our #XPMustDie campaign we sometimes come across old software that simply cannot … Continue reading →
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The MDT and Office 2013 Click-to-Run Jigsaw Puzzle
If you are trying to deploy a click-to-run (C2R) version of Office 2013/365 then it’s time to forget everything you … Continue reading →
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Excel Tip: Apply Conditional Formatting to the whole row
One of the Microsoft Excel features I use quite a bit is Conditional Formatting. This is the feature (introduced in … Continue reading →
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Use Group Policy Preferences with WMI Targeting to Copy Files
How to use group policy to copy a file to domain PCs based on specific attributes
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