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Forcibly Removing Public Folders From Exchange 2003
PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK! I TAKE ABSOLUTELY NO RESPONSIBILITY IF YOU ATTEMPT TO FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS AND DESTROY YOUR EXCHANGE SERVER!
Posted in Computers at 17:25 |
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Lost Episode Guide
This is mainly for my own records but I guess it might be useful for other people.
PS: Lost is possibly the best show on TV. With the exception of CSI, 24, Prison Break, and Top Gear.
Posted in Movies/TV at 12:15 |
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Your BBFC Rating
I just saw Neil post his BBFC rating on his blog so I took the quiz too.
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What does this mean?
Suitable for 12 years or older, but under 18s must be with an adult. This is virtually identical to the 12 certificate, in that we'll have some adult-themed storylines, but no real meat or detail. No scary bits, but some language and maybe a bit of skin.
Examples: Die Another Day, Lord Of The Rings
Same as Neil!
Posted in Humour at 17:09 |
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Banned Xbox 360 Advert
After having the fantastic "life to death" advert for the first Xbox banned, Microsoft have done it again; this time for the Xbox 360. It reminds me of an episode of Spaced, the fantastic Channel 4 series.
It really is brilliant though, and a real shame that it'll never be shown on TV. You can view the video here:
You can also download an WMV of the advert via bittorrent. If you need a bittorrent client, I highly recommend µTorrent.
Posted in Humour at 09:46 |
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Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
My new favourite album, just released today. A week earlier than originally planned, probably brought forward because it leaked onto the internet.
The 2 singles are probably my favourites, but the rest of the album rocks.
Highly recommended, and only £8.99 from play.com.
PS: The Monkeys were on Jo Wiley's show on Radio 1 a few days ago and they did a cover of Love Machine, that's right! The Girls Aloud song... and it's f-ing brilliant. You can download that here: Arctic Monkeys - Love Machine.
Also, you should get your mits on Arctic Monkeys - When The Sun Goes Down [FakeID's Scummy Mix].
PPS: I've put it onto my new MP3 player so I can keep listening to it wherever I happen to be. :)
Posted in Music at 20:57 |
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Creative Zen Vision:M
So here it is, a little review of my new Zen Vision:M.
First let's take a look at the packaging... here's the outer box. It's black... like the player inside.
If we slide the inner box out and open it up we see the earphones (why did they have to be white?) and the Zen itself in a little protective plastic sleeve.
If we remove the top layer of foam then we see the charger underneath, also encased in foam, which supports 100 to 240 volts so you can travel with it. Very handy!
Also in the box are 2 connectors for the charger with a UK 3-pin and a European 2-pin plug; there's also a USB cable which is a good length if you have to plug it into your PC at the back. In the little bit of bubble wrap is the "mini dock". This is for connecting your Zen to the charger, USB cable and has an AV output so you can connect it to a TV - but the wire for that is sold separately.
Of course no product like this is complete without the manual and software CD. The manual looks pretty big but that's because it's got 5 other languages after the English instructions. The yellow piece of paper with "READ ME FIRST" on it is a warning that if you have QuickTime 7.0.2 or below you need to upgrade to 7.0.3 or later otherwise the installer on the CD will crash. This is definitely required as it crashed on me as I only had QuickTime 7.0.2 installed. Also included in this pack is a little suede bag to keep your Zen in to stop it getting scratched.
You need to install the software to be able to use Explorer to transfer data to and from your Zen, otherwise you'd be stuck using Windows Media Player 10 only. It doesn't appear as a drive letter like a USB flash drive, but as a separate "device".
Posted in Music at 12:28 |
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Updating My Firefox Extensions
Just updated my Firefox Extensions list with the latest ones that I'm using at home and work.
I have finally replaced TabBrowser Extensions with Tab Mix Plus as it now does pretty much everything TBE did but so much better. It's quicker and crashes less often... AND the most important thing - Bloglines works with it in Single Window Mode unlike TBE, which really was the turning point.
I had complained time and time again about Bloglines not working with TBE's Popup Controller Module enabled but under Firefox 1.5 it was impossible to disable it, making Bloglines totally useless. I got fed up with having to keep changing TBE's options to allow one site to work then changing them back again... so I uninstalled it and installed TMP instead. What a refreshing change that was. Doubt I'll ever go back to TBE now.
The latest version of TMP (0.3 at time of writing) has added a Session Manager, so if Firefox crashes it should be able to restore the tabs you had open. About time! Very useful feature indeed. Firefox 2 now includes its own Session Manager, so you don't need to use TMP's version any more.
Posted in Firefox at 10:35 |
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My New MP3 Player
I've finally stepped into the 21st century and bought myself an MP3 player. I've grown tired of lugging around a CD player and a pile of CDs when I go on holiday and being without music any other time I'm not at home/in my car/on holiday.
So last night I purchased one of these:
The Creative Zen Vision:M
Once it arrives and I've worked out how all the controls work, I'll post a mini-review or something.
UPDATE: I received it today (Tues 17th). It's currently charging, before I start playing with it for the first time. Pics n stuff coming soon!
Posted in Music at 23:24 |
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Bandwidth Thieves
After reading Neil Turner's post about myspace users stealing his bandwidth, I decided to look into how much bandwidth was being stolen from my various websites.
I discovered that the URL to the Christmas Lights video I'd posted on my planetquack site had been passed around to way more people than I had expected and the bandwidth it was using was increasing rapidly. I took that video offline immediately! I could've had my site shut down permanently if I hadn't.
I also discovered that a few of the images stored on my gallery were being hotlinked by 1) a myspace user 2) a livejournal user 3) a forum user as their avatar.
Posted in Rant at 16:42 |
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Connecting To The Console
If you're a Windows Server administrator you may have come across this message when logging onto Terminal Services: "Terminal server has exceeded maximum number of allowed connections". This occurs when you have 2 sessions running already and attempt to log into a third.
When the machine is in a remote location you may think you're in trouble, as you can't easily connect via the TS Manager MMC and disconnect those 2 dead sessions... but with Windows Server 2003 you have nothing to fear. You can use the Console session!
What is the console session? Basically, with XP and 2003 you don't just log into your desktop as you'd expect, you connect using Terminal Services to it (which is why you can't disable the Terminal Services service, you'd remove all access to the machine!). This local login is the Console.
When you use Remote Assistance or the Remote Desktop Client with XP, you're using the Console session, which is why any current users get logged out (or you use a shadow of it).
To connect to the Console session it is as easy as typing the following command (where 0.0.0.0 is the IP address you want to connect to):
mstsc /v:0.0.0.0 /console
Once you're connected you can use the Terminal Services Manager and disconnect those pesky sessions that stopped you connecting normally.
Posted in Computers at 15:38 |
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