Category Archives: Computers

Fun and games with PCs and Servers..

Fixing Invalid VM’s in VMWare vCenter & ESX

Posted on 16th February, 2012 by

  We’ve had a Virtual Machine showing up in vCenter Server as Invalid (and greyed out) for a few days now. Ordinarily, I would have had a go at fixing it straight away but is is an archive server that … Continue reading →

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WHS 2011 & Covecube StableBit Extender

Posted on 19th April, 2011 by

In this next part of my WHS 2011 testing, i have used Stablebit Extender v1.0.0.718 Beta by Covecube. This software aims to recreate the functionalities of DE that was removed in WHS2011. There is an article written on their blog … Continue reading →

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WHS 2011 – Upgrade or Not?

Posted on 12th April, 2011 by

This is a tough question and one I have wrestled with ever since THAT day, that fateful day that Microsoft announced that DE was no longer going to be a part of Windows Home Server 2011 (or Vail, as it … Continue reading →

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The Lazy Engineer Solution

Posted on 25th June, 2010 by

Never underestimate the lazy engineers to find the simplest solution I’ve been notified of some ECC RAM errors on some of my blades in the DataCenter…  here is the old way and the new way to deal with it Old … Continue reading →

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Live Essentials Wave 4 Beta Testing…

Posted on 25th June, 2010 by

So I have now installed Live Essentials 4 beta..and I am now checking it out.. Pre-installation One thing that did make me pause was the uninstallation of Live Mesh client. I have been using the Live Mesh to synchronise my … Continue reading →

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Windows Virtual PC and XP Mode RTM available for TechNet & MSDN Subscribers

Posted on 8th October, 2009 by

Of course if you are a serious IT Pro or Developer, you’ll have one of these subscriptions, right?… Right?? If not, I’d advise you do so quick-smart… Now that the RTM versions of Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Security Essentials.

Posted on 24th June, 2009 by

I have now joined the program and installed it here on my home machine. The first few times I attempted an install, I was getting a failure code of  80070643 when attempting to install… The install then bombs out Looking … Continue reading →

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Achievement Unlocked

Posted on 1st May, 2009 by

 

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Windows 7 Wallpapers

Posted on 25th March, 2009 by

As you know, Windows 7 features a whole new bunch of lovely wallpapers. Also there are a bunch of wallpapers that are available for the various regional themes that can be applied to your PC. Currently, there is Australia, Canada, … Continue reading →

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Going full-time with Windows 7

Posted on 25th March, 2009 by

So I have made the leap from Using Vista and testing Windows 7 to using Windows 7 all the time. The delay wasn’t because Windows 7 wasn’t ready, more that I just hadn’t added the extra software required for me … Continue reading →

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