KB929729 Windows Update Failure on Vista

I meant to blog about this at the time but forgot until i was just reminded about it I was over at my parents house and my dad had been trying to run Windows Update. He had one update that just wouldn’t install – KB929729 Security Update for .NET 1.1 I found a very helpful post

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Error when clicking an email link

Got a call from a client today He was making some changes to the contact details on his website and when clicked on one of the email addresses in the page he got the following error message “Could not perform this operation because the default mail client is not properly installed” Bit odd. He is

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It took how long?

Yet another customer service rant..i hate posting about it to be honest but if no-one complains then it’ll never get sorted! I decided to treat myself to a new gadget this week. I wanted to get the HD-DVD add-on for the XBox. Having a quick look around and PC World have a “web only offer” thats

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Finally got my TV sorted

On Saturday i finally got my TV repaired. (i’ve blogged it the bad experience i had here) I say “repaired”, the company who were repairing it on behalf of the “catalogue store” i got it from decided they couldn’t fix it so i was given a new one The last seven weeks have been one giant customer

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Happy Blogiversary

I’ve been blogging for exactly one year. October 21st marks the date of my very first blog post There have been one two posts recently around the “why do i blog theme” from Susanne Danesy, Darren Strange and Steve Clayton Reading these was very timely as I’ve been reflecting about the previous years blogging It originally

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Microsoft Roadshow Event – Nottingham 17th Oct

Vijay beat me to it when blogging on this event (he lives closer to Nottingham than me :-p ) but just thought i’d add my thoughts (focusing on the SBSC pre-event) So it all started at lunch with Vijay Riyat, James Harbidge, Richard Tubb and Susanne Dansey. It was great to spend a little time catching up

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If the experts are giving this sort of advice what chance do we stand?

Wireless security is something pretty important to us all. Most people understand that we need to make sure we’ve covered to stop other people jumping on the network (which your paying for!) However most end users / business owners don’t understand what to do to make them the most secure Why should they understand the

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Hosting Opinions Please

Could i have your opinion please? You can do all the research you like but nothing beats hearing real world experiences  This season i agreed to create (and maintain!) a web site for the football team i play for. So far the reception has been pretty good but lots of people are used to sites like myspace,

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Small Business Forum – November 29th

Susanne just posted to say that the registration site for the Westcoast Small Business forum is now open (as also reported by Richard) Spaces are limited so if your planning on going don’t waste any time! Here is a list of some the people who are presenting / attending Microsoft Jackie Elleker, Chris Parkes, Emma

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