habanero_joe If you have Adobe CS2 and plan to install to a Windows 7 machine, please note the following: The installation program will NOT recognize the Program Files (x86) folder and will not allow installation in the Program Files. Through browsing for the folder you may get the program to install. However, when you try to … Read more
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I have no data to back this statement up but here goes: every IT has heard of LogMeIn. I offer an alternative: GFI MAX. http://www.gfimax.com/remote-management On the advice of himuraken I have been using MAX to support two Windows servers, one Windows desktop and (now in beta) a Debian server. I still have a ton … Read more
Last week I ordered an EnGenius EAP300 access point from NewEgg (a vendor who deserves a review of it’s own) and it was waiting for me when I got home today. I have been having trouble with a NetGear WG103 and contact with support has been unsatisfactory. The product design is very functional. It pretty … Read more
In my household there are three MS Windows 7 desktop PCs, one MS Windows XP laptop, one Debian Squeeze laptop, one MS Windows 8 pen tablet, one MS Windows 8 slate, one Android smartphone, two iPhones and two iPads. Work provides another MS Windows XP (soon to be MS Windows 7) laptop. Strictly for media … Read more
It is my intention that this post will ruffle some feathers in the IT consulting community. Over the past (nearly) 20 years of working at IT in one capacity or another, I have been a customer purchasing services and on the other side of the fence as a vendor selling services B2C and B2B. A … Read more
Most of the news from Microsoft these days surrounds Windows 8 desktop OS which is anticipated to be released to the general public as early as October this year. In support of the new OS, Microsoft has updated many of its development tools including Visual Studio. This new version of VS allows development of the … Read more
I use server Virtualization to make money. With the new licensing model that VMware has announced with vSphere 5 it appears that a typical setup will now cost more. Times are tough! What is a sysadmin to do? vSphere 4 will clearly remain viable for at least the near future. I have not taken the … Read more