We have been coming into a fairly critical issue with HP Procurve switches crashing resulting in ‘dead ports’. This seems to only affect the Procurve 1810 series – but does it for the 8, 24 and 48 port models alike. This often takes a little while to spot, since the switch doesn’t completely stop working. Anything that was currently connected… Read more →
Month: November 2015
Sage 50 Temporary Files
Recently we have come across a few issues with Sage, but perhaps the most annoying of them is it randomly storing Sage 50 temporary files in C:\Microsoft\Temp. These files are named: C:\Temp\Windows\YYYY-MM-DD HH-MM-SS They appear to be remains of a failed or incomplete Sage 50 Automatic Backups, which waste valuable storage and can cause major problems in any enviroment. By… Read more →
Sage 50 Automatic Backups
Using Sage 50 Accounts V21 or V22 and you have more than a few companies? Then Sage 50 automatic backups are a very bad thing… In both Sage 50 Accounts V21 and V22, Sage included an automatic backup, which is on by default. This means that every installation of Sage creates backups of the dataset directly to the C drive… Read more →
Installing VMware vSphere Client on a Domain Controller
Installing VMware vSphere Client on a Domain Controller is actually a very easy thing once you know how. vSphere Client requires Windows XP SP2 or later. vSphere Client cannot be installed on a Domain Controller. “Ugh why can’t I install this stupid thing on a domain controller?” – is a common thing to hear from some of the engineers where… Read more →
New website
I HAVE A NEW WEBSITE! I’ve finally got around to updating this. Now I know quite a bit more about WordPress it give me the opportunity to update the long-standing php junk that I previously had on here… Stay tuned for more updates and posts. Read more →