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Graduation

On this twenty-third day of April 2010, I was duly admitted to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Computer Science. No storm troopers like at my fiancee’s graduation,  however there was someone in chainmail a few rows in front of me. Thanks UC, great feeling to finally be a graduate! Look forward to doing [...]
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UC520 Dialing Plans

We sometimes use an extension for testing out modems, so rather than having to add a ‘9′ to the start of the ISP phone number, it would be nice to be able to dial straight out. Here the ISP numbers start with 0867, so I thought why not create an outgoing dialing rule which doesn’t require [...]
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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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