NT4 is still out there.
Dale… or there are still people running Windows NT4 systems. My last experience with building NT4 systems was trying to fit an existing NT4 SOE image onto a Compaq laptop. …
Too much choice.
Choice, as anyone will tell you, is a good thing. Unless you need to fix a leaking tap. Travel to the local hardware store to buy a x-size tap washer.…
“Insert your new desktop image here.”
One of the cleverest hardware integration guys I know came up with this picture. It was created for a test Standard Operating Environment test release. And demonstrates what we do…
Extend your laptop battery time, while keeping your lap cool as well
Want to increase your laptop's battery life by at least a 1/4?* Go and download a copy of Notebook Hardware Control (NHC). So what's it do for you? Well: it…
“ntuser.pol.tmp”
... Or another reason roaming profiles can be problematic ... In the case pictured right, customer was logging onto a Windows XP computer and a Windows NT4 computer. It took…
“Windows Vista SP1 availability for technical customers” – with a bug or two FREE!
From the Vista Team Blog ... In my blog post on the subject, I noted that we were going to make SP1 available to customers in stages to make sure…
‘Plan now to eliminate “power users”; from your domains’ – or face the consequences.
Saw this today over at Steve Riley's blog Plan now to eliminate "power users" from your domains ... That group had rights install software and drivers. And if you can…
On bad (computer generated) advice.
Lemmings, a popular PC game released in 1991. It involved you (the player) guiding lemmings to safely over gorges, broken bridges & cliffs (see screen shot right). Lemmings were essentially…
Making your laptop battery run for longer
I'm not a Macbook Pro user, so I don't suffer from a hot lap. But if I did, I'd zoom right along to here and download smcFanControl, right now. It…
Advertising Windows Errors
I tolerate Microsoft Windows. I would probably like it if I wasn't involved in supporting it. On occasion, systems running Windows do something REALLY stupid. (see left). Yes, that's right.…