Tony writes, asking about how I got to be a one-man IT Department. Since many of you may be looking for the same type of position, here’s my answer to him: Actually I sorta got into this postion by accident. I used to work in accounting, but spent alot of my free time working with…
So I checked the switch that conference room was connected to and the port is fine and dandy. I can plug my laptop into the port directly and it has no problem connecting to the network. This is not good. This may mean there’s trouble in the wiring in the walls of that room. I’m…
If you’re a Linux zealot you probably don’t want to read this. Keep in mind that I would love for there to be a Linux desktop flavor that competes with Windows. In fact, I think in some ways they already do, but this is going to be about the one area where they just don’t…
So you’re working in a nice little corporate environment. You have your own office, nice PC sitting on top of your desk and maybe even a little free time. We’ve all been there, we’ve all taken our turn firing up the solitaire games that come with Windows. Some of us have even been brazen enough…
Bits of news to bookmark for myself: Messenger Plus bundling spyware in it’s install. Microsoft introducing security certifications. -Like there aren’t enough certs to choose from? 🙂 MS looking to simplify patch management. Dell drops prices on Axims -The Axim is a really good PocketPC for the price and the price keeps getting better. Looks…
Microsoft has released details on the Office 2003 lineup. Which components are included in which version, etc. Sounds like the Professional Enterprise edition is going to be the most “improved” over earlier versions of Office, what with rights management and XML stuff built in, but the lineup will be changed from the way XP is…