My windows XP Pro based machine has been powered off for the last hour or so, as I've more or less moved entirely across to my new iMac.One of the advantages of being in my line of business is that most of what you need is web based and is OS agnostic :)It will probably take me a few days to get used to the finer points of working with OSX in an office setup ie. connected to MS … [Read more...] about Windows Desktop Gone – iMac Live
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Restarting Windows XP Remotely Using DOS
This is more of a reminder for myself than anything else ....If you need to reboot a Windows XP machine from DOS prompt the command is:shutdown -rIf you just use the command:shutdownwithout passing any other parameters to it you'll get the help screen with a variety of options.Kind of useful if your PC (located remotely) is acting up and a reboot is required :) … [Read more...] about Restarting Windows XP Remotely Using DOS
No More Internet Explorer!
AIB finally upgraded our company account to use their new system which supports "real" Java and my choice of browser (Firefox).It seems they have been migrating companies across to the new system over the last few months.We now all have a little calculator sized "doda" called a "digipass" which basically generates a lot of random numbers.DownsidesI had to change my password's … [Read more...] about No More Internet Explorer!
Monster Spammer Tries To Remove Evidence
The Monster employee who spammed a large number of Irish companies yesterday is now attempting to remove evidence of his crime.I've just received a "recall" email from him.Of course "recall" emails only work on Microsoft Exchange and even then have limitations. We don't use Exchange, so he can send recalls all day and all night. It won't make any difference … [Read more...] about Monster Spammer Tries To Remove Evidence
New OS Releases Coming Soon
Both Apple and Microsoft are working on releases of their operating systems.Apple's release is scheduled for the end of October, while Microsoft's server 2008 has been delayed several times. I hope to be playing with a release candidate of Server 2008 over the next couple of weeks. I'll probably put it on a virtual machine of some kind... or maybe even on a spare server in the … [Read more...] about New OS Releases Coming Soon