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April 24, 2012 Tech

How to fix SQL Server when you have changed your computer name

Sure every SQL Server wants to feel special.. But before you take it out on the town and give it

December 21, 2011 Tech

VMWare & NFS for Windows (with a little iSCSI thrown in) for free(ish)

Working in an environment where we have 100 or so Virtual Machines running across for a multitude of ESX Servers

September 13, 2011 Tech

Running Media Player Classic with Microsoft Media Center

As an avid Media Center User I have many many nice things to say about it.. Though I have always

June 2, 2011 Tech

Ubuntu 11 Natty Narwhal – Can’t roll up windows anymore!

Oh the humanity! One of my favourite features, which I use constantly in Ubuntu 10, is the ability to rollup

May 27, 2011 Tech

“Compositing not enabled” message in Ubuntu 11 Natty Narwhal when using Unity-2D or Classic Desktop

A quick one: If anyone is expericning ‘compositing not enabled’ issues with their applications on Ubuntu 11 – even though

May 20, 2011 Tech

Windows 2008 Server shares – the specified network name is no longer available

Windows 2008 Server (and Windows 7 for that matter) has had a bit of a facelift when it comes to

March 31, 2011 Tech

The Apple iPad2 and Trains, Planes & Meeting Notes

So being one of the first people in Queensland, Australia to get an iPad2 made me feel kind of special..

March 10, 2011 Tech

Microsoft Threat Management Gateway (TMG) – Intermittent connection issues and timeouts

TMG implements a new set of functionality to help to prevent denial of service (DOS) attacks and other types of flooding which could bring down your network while additionally trying to prevent internal machines from flooding external\internal networks should they be originator of these style of attacks.

October 26, 2010 Tech

iPhone & OpenSSH – session dropouts

I was having a problem with my Jailbroken iPhone where every time I tried to SSH into my phone with

October 14, 2010 Tech

Telstra NextG USB Devices, VPN’s and the evil therein..

Telstra’s Sierra based NextG USB Dongles, surprise surprise, have massive problems with VPN connections in Windows7 – this is mainly