We had to reboot a client’s server this lunchtime as part of a planned routine maintenance programme. Jokingly the engineer I sent asked “what happens if it does not restart?” Well we found out. The machine is new, having only been onsite since late spring this year, it has been rebooted a number of times […]
Over the last few days I have been installing a network from scratch in a building with 2 floors. The main challenge of all this was the trunking which was pre installed for the power sockets. To make the network sockets go in we had to source special boxes that would compliment the decor of
Today whilst Martin has been out at a client building a network for them from scratch, including installing the cables, sockets and switches, then adding the PCs, a NAS box and sharing the resources – so we can get a Disaster Recovery backup for them – I have been trying to get a GPRS modem
The first job today is sorting out a client’s Blackberry software, she had upgraded the desktop software and since then the calendar sync had not worked. This client is dependent on the calendar to schedule her work force to time sensitive jobs – by having her calendar on her smartphone, saves her from having to
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I first want to say “I like my iPhone” – and then I need to say I score Apple a B+, could try harder. I have tried to update my iPhone today to iOS 5 – and although Apple said my phone was backed up, it wasn’t. At the moment I am looking at a total
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For two days we have been supporting clients who have lost their internet in and around Lincoln. It looks like BT is working on the infrastructure (I have seen BT Openreach vans in Bardney, Heighington, Washingborough and Braston with manhole covers up and cable trailers) and I think this is the problem. It is a
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BBC News – TalkTalk tops UK complaints list | Clive’s Blog. I saw this on the BBC News site. We have dealt with many problems that have resulted from getting an ADSL connection which does not cost much!
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When lightweight backpacking in Scotland, this summer I was talking with a hiker about reading when backpacking. She had a real paper book with her, I had my iPhone and was reading two books on it.
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Like the rest of the world I have had to listen to how perfect iPhones (insert Mac, iPod, iPad etc as required) are. We have watched Steve Jobs preach and perform hardware miracles on the stage at the launch of the next product. There are Apple Stores, bright, shiny, modern, complete with “Geniuses”. We all
