It’s been a bit brutal on the retail front in the UK of late. HMV, Blockbusters and Jessops all entered administration in January 2013. The list of big name retailers to run into problems grows at an alarming rate. In every report I’ve seen or heard about all of these retailers one of the main
Book Review: Deadline by Mira Grant
So as part of my new year post I said I wanted to get back into the reading habit. I also said that once I actually started I wasn’t expecting it to be problem to read a book a month as the old habits would return. Looks like I was right! As of the of
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Logging Onto A Local Account With Windows
This is one of those really small things I didn’t realise you could do that’s actually really helpful. It’s one of those things that isn’t really a secret but I’ve just never come across it. With a Windows XP or Windows 2003 machine that was domain joined if you needed to logon to a local
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2012–NOT the end the of the world
So 2012 is done and dusted. If i was trying to sum up 2012 in one word…..BUSY. An awful lot changed in 2012, personally and professionally. I haven’t quite gotten a handle on the whole thing and I’m still forming new habits and routines to make sure I can fit everything in! Our biggest piece
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Useful Tools: Exchange 2010 Installation Script
Just wanted to raise a bit of awareness for a rather excellent script put together by UK based SBS MVP Robert Pearman. It’s quite likely a lot of people may not fully digest his post at first glance as it talks about scripting and PowerShell. Not always the most interesting subject for people who work
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Play Expo 2012
After my trip to EuroGamer this was quickly followed by my annual trip to the north west for Replay Expo under the new branding of Play Expo. Replay Expo used to be one of the biggest retro gaming events in the country and myself and several friends have made the trip to Blackpool for the
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My First Trip To EuroGamer Expo
This is a little late as the expo was at the end of September! The EuroGamer Expo is one of those events that sneaks up on me each year and I never get around to booking tickets so after getting the heads up from a friend this year I made sure I’d got tickets booked
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Obvious Productivity Tip
Things have been a little quiet around here. I’ve had an awfully busy time professionally and personally and there are some things I’ve done less of to make sure I can do more of some other things. Blogging being one of them. Anyway…I thought I’d share a massively obvious productivity tip. It’s helped me write
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Partner Area Lead – 2012
Last week there was a blog post on the official Microsoft UK SBSC blog announcing the SMB Partner Area Leads for 2012. They are Robert Gibbons of Think4 IT Solutions Guy Gregory from The Final Step me! So the first question most people ask is…”What is a PAL”? There is a really good description on
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Book Review: Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard, Configuring (70-169) Certification Guide
The very nice people at Packt asked me to take a look at this book Co-authored by Drew Hills who is an active contributor to the SMB IT Professional community in Australia and Robert Crane of the excellent CIAOPS blog and “Need to Know Podcast”. Having read the book I think it’s a title that’s