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OS Pirates

As regular readers will know, I support my local Church’s IT infrastructure. I freely admit I don’t know everything, buy then Google is only a web connection away and most of what they require...
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2010 A Partial Review

Let me round up this year by reminding myself (and you dear reader) what I set out to achieve in 2010. My end of 2009 resolution was: To put my Church onto a more professional footing in their dealings...
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Support Frustrations

Sometimes friends can be obtuse to the point of frustration. Take a recent technical support request of: “any suggestions for a decent broadband provider with free phone calls and line rental package?”...
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Lessons In Observation.

Those of you who follow me on Twitter may have spotted that I’ve recently become disheartened by Mozy. Until very recently they’ve been a service I’ve been happy to recommend to anyone...
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You Can’t Win Every Time!

So here’s a weird one. I get a call to say that the users web browsing is ultra slow and could I have a look. Being the distrusting soul that I am, I don’t take the problem description at...
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Security 101

Jim’s post about over at Church Tech Matters about the bogus security software Antivirus XP 2008 has set me to thinking – again. I remain amazed that some people consider it still ok to surf...
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