Category Archives: work
I made the news
A few weeks back I did an Interactive Fiction “thing” at work. And for some reason, it was reported in the local press! (I’ve removed the picture because it had kids in it).
Restricting who an Exchange 2010 user gets email from
At work, we have an IT Helpdesk (as part of Spiceworks). Staff can email the helpdesk, and the helpdesk creates a work ticket and the IT staff get notified. It works well. However, the system is locked so that only … Continue reading
Interactive Fiction: Two room puzzle
I’m going to be showing some students how to create interactive fiction with Inform 7. The first task for them will be to replicate this two room puzzle:
Managed network install of Google Chrome Frame
If you’re locked into using Internet Explorer on your network, for whatever reason, you’ll probably find that there are some websites that simply don’t work properly, and ask you to install a “modern browser” like Firefox or Chrome. Thing is, … Continue reading
Songs in the key of SEN software
I just had to test some software we have for SEN kids called InPrint. You type, and pictures appear over words. Like magic. So this happened. Disappointingly, no “trigger” image. Boo! Then, of course, came:
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Powershell preventing Server 2003 to 2008 upgrade
I came to upgrade one of our servers from Windows Server 2003 to 2008 today. Unfortunately, the upgrade failed in the first stages because the compatibility checker declared Windows Powershell 1.0 incompatible with Server 2008, and told me to uninstall … Continue reading
April Fools’ Day 2011
I have a bit of a reputation at work when it comes to April Fools’ Day. Each year I inform the staff of some controversial policy change or a new way to make life hell for them, and each year … Continue reading
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Fixing Windows Update error 8000ffff
One of our Windows 2008 servers threw a wobbly (technical term) after a power cut a few weeks ago, and although I got it working again, it wouldn’t install updates, giving error code 8000ffff each time. The usual searches of … Continue reading
Network dropping out on VMWare guest
One of our virtual servers, which runs Apache and serves up a booking database, had been having intermittent network issues. It would be working fine for a few hours, or days, and then would “drop off” the network. Rebooting the … Continue reading
Sometimes there are things that just need to escape my head.
