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Whilst trying to update firmware on a Dell EqualLogic PS6500 I received the errorFTP: Permission denied: recv failed. It turns out that this was down to a Java problem on my Windows 7 workstation, rather than the EqualLogic.
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Microsoft DreamSpark is a great resource for staff and students in Higher Education- it gives you access to many Microsoft packages for free, so if you haven’t already got access then I’d recommend looking into it.
One request that I often face is from students who have downloaded Windows 7 from DreamSpark via the …
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Held at the De Vere New Place near Southampton this was a very different experience to the other Microsoft events I have been to in the past. Firstly the audience was much smaller, more like 60 than 600 attendees. Also, this wasn’t in a lecture room or a darkened cinema, but the room was arranged with us sat at …
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A Microsoft Sculpt Touch Mouse turned up on my desk on Friday morning, this is my experience so far.
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Not an everyday task this (once you’ve checked it you can usually remember what the level is!), but here’s how to find the Domain Functional Level of your Active Directory domain and whilst there check for any trust relationships with other domains.
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There’s a new client out for Microsoft SkyDrive. I take advantage of the free cloud storage services on a number of providers but don’t always want to sync everything to my local hard disk. Thankfully Microsoft have added this feature to their desktop app.
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A previous article showed how to convert a UNIX Timestamp to an Excel Date. It’s also possible to do the reverse- convert an Excel Date value to a UNIX formatted Timestamp.
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