Backups with the 3-2-1 rule
DaleA simple rule I’ve learnt over time, with backups. 3 Backup copies of anything you want to keep. 2 different storage media. 1 offsite storage site. 3 There have been…
Excel: how do I calculate the date 24 weeks from today?
The question was: Need to create series with dates in intervals of 6 weeks 24 weeks and 52 weeks. want it to be set to do it automatically. Can anyone…
“Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do,
but nobody calls her disabled." From TED: Athlete, actor and activist Aimee Mullins talks about her prosthetic legs -- she's got a dozen amazing pairs -- and the superpowers they…
Standing at the gate
I said to the man at the gate of the year, “Give me a light that I may go forth into the unknown.” And the man replied, “Put your hand…
How to fix the “Cannot attach the virtual hard disk …”
... to the virtual machine. Check the values provided and try again.” error It sucks as an error message. Would it take too much programming effort to make it more…
Tape backup, reliable? Never ever!
Or how tape backups have failed my customers over the years, and wasted our collective time, because of customer stupidity. Melted tapes The school which stored their entire backup…
USB to ISA adapter board
Got an old PC which you cannot replace because it’s got a specialised ISA Adapter board in it? ISA, dear reader, was introduced in 1981, with the original IBM PC. …
“… concerned about the heating of external drives …”
“I'm concerned about the heating of external drives because many of these little enclosures provide no active air flow across the drive.”, opines Steve Gibson. And in the field of…
Computer Hardware Poster
Everyone I’ve shared this poster: with, has said, “Where did you get it?” Right here: sonic84.com and sonic84 @ deviantart.com
“… No Terminal Server License Servers available …”
Strangely enough, I see this error occasionally when I connect to our corporate Citrix server farm. Googling for the answer, I found Microsoft’s answer, which was less than helpful. As…