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When you are a system administrator, pretty much an important thing is to work out how to streamline setup and installation of computers using various kinds of mass duplication techniques. Historically one of the best known systems for doing this has been Binary Brothers’ Ghost software, now known as Symantec Ghost Solution Suite. Microsoft has…

Since Windows XP SP2, Microsoft has implemented a range of protection mechanisms to Windows to guard against malware. These include Data Execution Prevention, which is a hardware functionality in a CPU that is also implemented at a software level. Another lesser known technology is a pair of function calls in Kernel32.DLL of the Windows API,…

So, now I’ve been using VOIP services over the Internet for four months, and it hasn’t been a straightforward experience. I think that it is quite fair to say that you get what you pay for. The level of service on VOIP providers falls well below what you get for an ordinary phone line from…

Earlier in the year I wrote about my experiences in switching from Telecom internet and phone, to Slingshot. Those posts made it clear that Slingshot didn’t live up to my expectations. Now, four months later, I just decided to cut out Slingshot altogether. In my estimation, it is hard to see how Slingshot today can…

Now that Windows Vista is a mature product I believe the compulsory education sector needs to get up to speed on the process of upgrading to it, as Windows XP support is soon to be phased out by Microsoft. Windows 7 is due to be released in about three months’ time, and I’ve taken the…

Last year, Google updated the Picasa software to version 3. At the time, I tried it, but was very unhappy with a few things. Principally, these were the forced automated update from 2.7 (it downloads the update without asking you and then installs it behind your back), and the way it interfered with my scanner…

Canon Powershot S1 IS: 9496 images, 47 months (202/mth). May 2005 – April 2009, display circuitry failed. Canon Powershot A400: 5960 images, 21 months (283/mth). June 2005 – March 2007, sold. Canon Powershot A450: 3265 images, 10 months (326/mth). March 2007 – January 2008, dust entered lens. Canon Powershot A460: 4512 images, 16 months (282/mth).…

OK, I now have the top off the camera so let’s see what is revealed, starting with the top panel itself. At top left you can see a sliding switch that is moved by the rotating zoom controller to zoom the lens in or out. Below it is some shiny metal holding the power switch…

Technorati Tags: Canon Powershot S1 The first digital camera that I owned was a Canon Powershot S1 IS. It’s an ultrazoom camera with a 10x lens, and takes photos at up to 3.2 megapixels. The Powershot S1 IS was the first of the Powershot S IS series cameras which ended with the Powershot S5 IS…

I was talking to one of our software vendors about application compatibility, and they said that not many of their customers had asked about Vista. I guess there is nothing new in this. Not everyone will go to the latest and greatest. Not every school will have the ability to re image lots of computers…