Author Archives: James

PowerShell

Just installed a new WSUS server and obviously got a little heavy handed on the auto-approve settings. Logged onto one of the student PCs today and found a big PowerShell folder in the start menu. Mind you, I would be suprised if they actually managed to do anything interesting with it.
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Server 2008 Web Edition & Sharepoint Foundation 2010

I presumed it was a given that Sharepoint would be able to run on Server 2008 Web Edition, however I was mistaken, and found out the hard way when the prerequisite installer wouldn’t work on a shiny new VM. The prerequisite installer was failing immediately when trying to setup the IIS role, giving the message ‘Configuration [...]
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Summer IT Projects

My last exam is all done and dusted, marking the completion of my B.Sc in Computer Science! No time to pat myself on the back for that just yet however. Here is a list of IT projects I’ll be likely working on for the next couple of months. Hopefully I’ll be able to cross most of [...]
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Atcom IP0X IP Phone System Mini-review

Back in 2008 I posted an article about Affordable IP Phone Systems. This was all very well but I hadn’t actually ever touched the Atcom IP04 / IP08 phone system. A couple of months ago I was able to get my hands on a demo unit thanks very much to Hadley at Nicegear. I regret being very [...]
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Making Age of Mythology work in Parallels

Now I’m not a gamer, but I do like to have the occasional multiplayer game of Age of Mythology or Age of Empires. When I purchased the upgrade to Parallels 4 earlier in the year I was disappointed to find Age of Mythology wouldn’t run on it. You wil get the error message “This graphics card [...]
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