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Hacking scorch active X installer
I don’t tend to put how-to stuff on my blog as it’s not really what I intended it for. As I will probably need this in the future and it may help out other IT support people I’ve made an exception. My...
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Rise of the salesmen
Recently I have been looking around for a new role, but I have yet to find one that interests me (with the exception of Apple, which is difficult to get an invite to a job interview let alone land the...
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Dreams of the future
Back in November of 2011 I posted “The future’s bright, the future is Apple” hinting at some ideas I had at the time. Well I had an interesting dream last night and I think the future could be even...
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Head in the cloud(s)
Recently I was approached by a cloud computing organisation in relation to a role they were looking to fill within their current structure. Now I’ve been an IT support guy for many years and, until...
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Altiris: Part 1
I thought I’d give my insights into what I believe to be best practice when it comes to creating deployment jobs. Looking back at my early days creating Altiris deployment jobs, most of them appear to...
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Altiris (intro)
Note: Despite Altiris Deployment Server version 6 being quite dated, I feel that the information provided in this section of my blog is useful, even for IT support staff that are using other deployment...
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Remote support of Windows without Altiris
I’ve recently posted some information about the work I do with Altiris, but I realise that there are loads of organisations out there that don’t have Altiris or similar deployment tools within their...
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My time studying with the OU in Scotland
On Saturday the 20th April 2013, I took part in the final stage of my six year journey with the Open University in Scotland when I attended my Graduation at the Usher Hall, Edinburgh with 100s of other...
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Altiris For Apple Mac systems
I’ve mentioned in other posts that I have previously managed to get Apple systems (most Windows people call them Macs) on Deployment server and I have been asked how I did it… Firstly look over the...
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break ups
I recently went for an interview for my dream job. Now to put this in context I have applied for the organisation and role on two previous occasions (over the past 10 years) and have become more...
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Think Different
Many people know the phrase ‘think different’ from Apple’s successful advertising campaign. It’s still something that I associate Apple with today, from their continuous strive to push technology and...
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Stick to the script
My first taste of real IT was as part of a one weeks high school “works experience” at Strathclyde University’s IT department back in the 90′s (it probably was called data processing or something back...
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3 steps to avoiding a Pink Elephant
A few years ago my wife told me about a course that was sweeping through her work. As usual this printed booklet of business guidance was not some marvellous new discovery by someone within the...
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When selling is not an option
Anyone that knows anything about Apple Stores know that they are different and they have always been different from the very first store. Many people say that they are not about making sales, but is...
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What I’d like in a future iOS release
later this year iOS 7 will be released. So I was thinking, what would I like to see in the next release? What improvements would I include? Siri expansion. I use Siri occasionally whilst driving and...
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Demise of IT Support
When I began playing with computers, back in the late 80s and early 90s computing was exciting, (Basic by today’s standards I agree, but exciting non the less). In order to do anything with a computer...
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Demise of IT Support (part 2)
In my original posting on the Demise of IT Support, I mentioned how IT had become dull, grey and boring. So what’s the future for IT support? Well, I presently work for a Scottish council, based within...
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Watch is going on?
There have been a lot of rumours going around about Apple’s iWatch. One rumour I have read is that Apple were talking to the Swiss pop watch maker Swatch. As a fan of Swatch, back in the mid 90′s, I...
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iPhone ideas
Firther to my posting on what I would like to see in the next iOS release, I have spotted rumours about Apple allegedly approaching their Apple store staff for “out of this world” ideas for the next...
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Cisco / Linksys E4200 router (Update)
For those of you who read my original posting on My home network setup and my upgrade to the Cisco Linksys E4200 may be wondering what has happened to my further testing? Well I’m glad to say that I...
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