EMC Navisphere 6 – CX4-120 SAN – Setup NTP

To setup the NTP settings for the storage domain, you need to open Navisphere, then click on “file”, then click on “Set up Domain…” Then from this menu, select “NTP”, within this dialog, configure your organisation’s NTP server(s). I set a sync time of 1 hour. Once this is done, apply the settings and wait. … Read more

Internet Explorer Trusted Sites Not Applying via Group Policy to Windows XP Computers

Settings this normally through the User Configuration => Policies => Windows Settings => Internet Exploirer Maintenance => Security => Security Zones and Content Rating “Applying the trusted sites through these settings, can give the error “You have chosen to import settings that are compatible with computers that don’t have the Internet Explorer Enchanced Security Configuration … Read more

Problems Installing Dell OpenManage Administrator on Dell PowerEdge 2950 running Windows 2008 R2 (64-bit.)

Error 1935: An Error occourred during the installation of assembly ‘Microsoft.VC80.CRT,type=”win32″,version”8.0.50727.42″,publickeyToken=”1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b”,processorArchitecture=”x86″. Please refer to help and support for more infor……. This appears to be caused by a failure of the .net framework not being installed or is corrupted. Only things I could find say to reinstall or install it. So started with .net 2.0. Download … Read more

Dell Latitude E5420 and the ST Microelectronics Accelerometer Driver Issue

Had this rather annoying issue with a Dell Latitude E5420 and trying to image it with Microsoft Windows XP SP3 Professional using Microsoft WDS and MDT 2010 Update 1. Basically using the Dell driver pack the machine would image okay, but then on the mini-setup the computer would freeze saying “please wait…”, even leaving it … Read more

My FTTC Broadband Setup Experience

I’ve been with plus.net for my ADSL broadband for a few years, I was working at home more and was finding my current broadband speeds were giving me problems with some of the work I was trying to do. I was getting about 6.5Mbps download and a 0.3Mbps upload. Not too bad but I really … Read more

Silent Install Switches

If you are lucky enough to get a software manufacturer to use MSIs for their software your life should be easier when it comes to packaging and installing software, however sometimes you end up with just an .exe installer here’s some switches i’ve found for silent or quiet installers. setup.exe /s setup.exe /silent setup.exe /sms … Read more

Copying from PST into Outlook 2010 creates items with “Copy:” prefixed on them

What a pain to have this happen, however once you’ve imported from PST you can run the following script from within Outlook 2010. In this example it changes the items in the “Calendar” folder under Outlook. From the Outlook 2010 client do this: Press Alt+F11 which will open the VBA window.  In the left pane, … Read more