Everything goes in circles: Cash Dye Bombs
DaleBack when I was a spotty faced bank teller, banks in Australia had stopped using cash dye bombs. “Spoil the prize, and you spoil the crime.” was the theory with…
It’s the ErgoDudes to the rescue!
ErgoMinder, from a support perspective, had it's problems. ErgoMinder described itself as: ErgoMinder is a program with three cartoon characters - called Ergo-Dudes - who remind you in a light-hearted…
There was no TIFF viewer in Windows XP
Which we found out when we were piloting a Windows XP SOE release. It was a serious “show stopper” for the rollout of Windows XP at this customer. We’re talking…
World’s fasting eating dog slowed down by new dog food bowl
Weimaraners can suffer from bloat. Bloat occurs because Weimaraners like Nikki try to stuff as much food down their throats, as quickly as possible. And their stomachs swell up with…
VBscript to uninstall a Microsoft security patch
This is a small script I wrote many years ago to uninstall security patches. I customise it when I need it. In this example, I’ve customised it for MS09-032, but…
The case of the broken Microsoft Word VBA application
It was a Microsoft Word (VBA) application written back in 2001. Essentially what it does is: user selects a letter type. the user then enters some customer reference numbers. the…
“Windows Update: Network policy settings prevent you
… from using this website to get updates for your computer. If you believe you have received this message in error, please contact your system administrator." This often happens on…
Funny O’ Meter
Seen over at Drew Heffron's site. So darn clever (and true).
APIs new to Windows 7, and other Microsoft operating systems
The list of APIs new to Windows 7, and all the other (previously released) API functions can be found right here: Functions by Release (MSDN Library) The PowerSetRequest / PowerRequestAwayModeRequired…
“The Operating System Image file you have selected is not supported or has an invalid format”
SMS 2003 produces this error when you have decided to create a new Operating System Package. The frustrating thing is that it may work on one PC, and not another.…