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Fortunately in the real world people are not as bright or perfect as the good folk in here :) Quickquid don't really want people like you. They want lots of people who borrow a little money then have trouble paying it off quickly - and pay masses of interest. Bit like a credit card supplier...

Just a thought. Well six really. 1) Are you sure that the data didn't copy across? How do you know the clown in question didn't accidentally delete the stuff himself? Also, Either before or after the migration he would probably have "tidied" up his PC. In my experience end users "tidying up"...

What's wrong with you young lads these days. You should all be out chasing women as a hobby.

Thanks for the replies people :)

Are the tests for this qualification like professional exams where they can only be taken once or twice per year on fixed dates, or like the Microsoft Certications (used to be?) where they can be taken pretty much whenever? Thanks in advance.

I'm a bit out of touch on this stuff. I'll look into those things, and proxy server services while I'm at it.

Not sure if this would have worked with the Smootwall box in the way of the VM hardware. Probably should have tried though :) Trouble is I only mess with this stuff every couple of years and I forget the little tricks. I used to have an old PC to plug straight into the cable modem for just the...

The VM cable modem feeds into a "Dirty" network card on a PC with Smoothwall runing off it. My LAN runs off a "Clean" network card on the smootwall box. This was set up years ago, and a major rethink is long overdue - for one thing there is a new version of smoothwall out, and the PC I'm...

Hi all, I have had Virgin Media DNS server IP addresses hard coded into my PCs' IP properties for years since I don't use their DHCP for various reasons. This morning my home's computers were all failing to find web addresses, though things like Norton's LiveUpdate were fine. It took me...

Reading this thread reminds me of something an IT colleague once told me. "When we make a mistake a lot of people get inconvenienced for a few minutes, or some compoany somewhere might lose a few million pounds. When my wife makes a bad mistake (as a midwife) someone dies. Most of us are...

I just remembered a recent series of ads that I found incomprehensible - the microsoft Windows 7 ones.

I absolutely double dare you to say that to my wife. (Bring a first aid kit)

As has been said several times... All of them. The absolute worst offenders have been highlighted already - but I would like to underline the awesomely awful irritating "go compare" thing. I usually manage to turn to another channel within 0.3 sec of seeing the moustache :) I would like...

"Units" have been a hate subject for me since they were introduced. What a patronising, inaccurate, pointless, artificial, unhelpful nonsensical idea it is. It is bad enough being told how much we are allowed to drink, worse that we are expected to count alcohol intake like calories...

There is an assumption running throughout this thread that national service and military service are the same thing. We no longer have an Empire so don't don't need to find loads of unwilling conscripts to wave the flag abroad. National Service may well mean (probably would mean) something...

Women as well as men? In any case Nay. My father and family friends old enough to have enjoyed a stint of national service have spoken of it from time to time and all gave the same overview - a miserable, life disrupting, pointless, utter waste of time.

Walk, cycle or hitch hike?

OP.... Seems to me the really important thing about your argument over the soapy suds is this. It is not about washing up! She is angry with you about something else. Sjhe has probably been seething for hours or even days or longer. She isn't going to make it easy by telling you what she...

This thread is missing the point. Get your incandescent electric lights swapped to low energy ones. Turn the heating down and wear a jumper. Turn off lights when you are not in the room. Don't leave outside lights on. Walk instead of using the car for short journeys. Evaluate the cost of...

The power saving brigade are rapidly turning into a new mafia to stand up there against us all along with the Elven Safety Brigade. My PC costs about £120 per year to run and it is on 12 or 14 hours per day, 7 days per week, 52 weeks per year. I wouldn't bother to save £3 per year turning...