Folks may remember the support gap when Microsoft dropped support for Windows NT4 Workstation, but still supported NT4 Server.
The difference between NT4 Workstation and Server was minimal, a couple of files and registry keys was all the difference was.
Because Microsoft still supported NT4 Server, we thought,
Ah Ha! We just use the [...]
And some are so pig-ignorant that even a photo doesn’t help.
Had to write up training material for a SMS 2003 support session I was presenting. You can see the amount of material I had to review in the photo.
And the pointy-haired female manager still wondered why it would take a while [...]
A service call came though, with an end-user rant,
Obviously you’re changed something with your latest software update. I can’t use Office Live even though I have Internet Explorer 6.
Our on-site support passed it along with “What gives, doesn’t work with Firefox either.”
Now I have better things to do than intentionally [...]
It’s a funny thing. Hunter’s probably one of the best writers that we’ll ever get, but I didn’t care about that. The Rolling Stones are probably the best best rock & roll singers left, but they’re total fucking jerks in my world. I met them at Altamont. I didn’t like them before they came [...]
I devised a method to prevent Spyware (and Webshots) from loading, using the Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit Shim Application Database (sdbinst.db)
It worked well: most people didn’t ring IT Security.
Why block Webshots? There were two reasons:
it would cause Windows to crash and/or Blue Screen bandwidth. it gobbled bandwidth.
1. is [...]
A good, and at times, very funny video on dog friendly dog training, by Ian Dunbar.
The above video was from the TED Entertainment Gathering 2007 conference.
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One company I was at, had an on-site server team from Compaq.
This was in the days before HP merged with Compaq, and stuffed both companies.
Even though it was an on-site team, you can see that there’s no Compaq server guys to be found.
It was POETS day.
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I’m careful with how I communicate with customers. Not for them, terms like ProcMon, least user privilege, DLL Hell and PEBKAC. Though for some of our support people, it’s an issue as well.
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Before we ship a customised Microsoft Windows installation to our customers, we test.
And test.
And test some more.
The picture, though a little old, shows a failed build test. It’s a Compaq Deskpro EN PC with the Windows NT4 Workstation Blue Screen Of Death.
The cause of this particular build failure?
Computer [...]
Being cheap bastards conscious of the support costs of maintaining device-specific printer drivers, HP has come up with the HP Universal Print Driver (UPD).
Works great on Microsoft Windows based print servers.
Absolute rubbish with Novell iPrint.
When you install a Windows based UPD, the UPD says to the printer
What features do you [...]
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