Network Troubleshooting
When I was a fledgling in the area of network support I was told many a time to base my troubleshooting on the OSI 7 layer model. Whilst I knew what the 7 layers were and had a rudimentary grasp of them...
To Partition or Not
There are lots of arguments over why you should or shouldn’t partition your hard drive.
I’ll give you the one argument I like …. in one word.ManageabilityForget the old arguments...
Firefox4 Missing New Tab
It seems opinion is divided.
If you’ve upgraded your firefox install from a 3.x to 4.x version then you may (or may not) be missing the “+” from the end of any open tab(s).The division...
MS Word Bits
I have no idea how many people use Microsoft Word – personally I use an open source alternative called OpenOffice.
But to those that do (and that includes my Church) here are two sets of resources...
Church IT Need to Know
Our church secretary / personal assistant / odd job lady / etc has retired. She has obviously been replaced and the new incumbent has already realised the haphazard way that church IT support works (or...
Safer Social Networking
My 10yr old daughter has been hassling me for an IM account of some form.
She even asked her elder brother to intervene on her behalf. His reply was “forget it, dad will find out and anyway you won’t...
