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  1. darkmanx

    PC/Laptop imaging

    Hi guys Looking at installing some kind of OS deployment at my current workplace as they are predominantly thin client based so have not needed to deploy windows on a large scale. More and more laptops and PC's are now starting to be used so we need to get something implemented to make the...
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    2008 server revision/labs

    hi a little bit off topic but for those people studying for the server 2008 exams are you doing it self study with microsoft books? If so what books would you recommend as the best? Cheers
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    vmware server problem

    Hi All Built up a clean server at home last night with server 2003 and installed vmware onto it to start to do some playing. I installed vmware ok and then created a VM but when clicking on the console to begin booting the machine up to install an OS I get an unknown error and it does not...
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    test server setup

    cool is it just standard vmware server to use? Is it replication over 2 DC's your talking about or setting up separate sites with multiple domains that i'll be able to do with 2 servers?
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    test server setup

    Hi I have got my hands on a HP ML370 G4 server, and want to use it to start to learn more about the server side of things. Would it be best to set it up as a 2003 server and connect up to a switch and add a client into the equation, basically I want to get to grips with setting up a...
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    Proliant ML370 G4 problem!

    popped home at lunch and swapped cd drive in the server and now boots up straight away.
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    Proliant ML370 G4 problem!

    Hi all Having a bit of a problem with a ml370 g4, I cannot get an OS onto it. I have deleted and recreated the raid array as someone gave me the server. He had win2000 on it but I wanted 2003 to have a play around. I cannot get the server to boot from a CD, I've done the obvious like set...
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    Thin Client uses

    cheers for the ideas guys, edugeek looks like a great website cheers Leblanc. And yeah teachers are holier than us, crap on the bottom of your shoe is regarded a higher class citezen than us in IT! lol
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    Free/Open Source asset tracking

    got to admit that does look like a great piece of software, we currently use a homebrew database someone knocked up years ago for our hardware/software inventory and its all manual but this looks great
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    Thin Client uses

    I wish it was that simple for us, working in education it seems what the teachers/students want they get! No matter how much hassle it causes us or how many hoops we have to jump through. We had someone ripping copyrighted material to show in class and we deleted it off our file servers and...
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    Thin Client uses

    Just wondered what kind of instances any of you guys use thin clients for. We had a load in for testing but as its education they were deemed not to fit in with the strategy. (mainly because they cant watch you tube/streaming media very well on them). Its the same situation in offices to we...
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    Power management software

    Just wondering how many of you use power management software to stand-by/hibernate your machines at night and WOL them in the morning etc? We currently use a piece of software called RSHUT but its pretty unreliable we have found. Anyone use anything that seems to work well and is fairly...
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    Network software/Tools to help me learn networks better?

    i'm looking into the same kind of thing, what version of vmware would be best to set up a virtual test network, will just the free vmware server be ok? Also whats the best way of installing it, would you install it onto a 2003box? sorry for the "basic" questions but not really played around with...
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    Helpdesk Software

    Hi have a look at this website http://www.kayako.com/ we use it at our place and its pretty good and also pretty cheap. We have the support suite which includes live chat so people can chat directly with your helpdesk people, log their own jobs via web front end and it also has a...
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    Will You Buy Windows 7???

    i will probably buy it if its reasonable cost, been using it on a laptop and cant fault it at all so far. never bothered with vista at all but really like 7. When i build my next rig i'll definately want 7 on it.
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    *** Desk and Room Gallery***

    cool cheers matt i think it is to, gonna get me one of those today. then all i need is a decent PC to go with it lol
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    *** Desk and Room Gallery***

    the craig is that ^^ the mikael desk?
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    What are your 'must have' pieces of software?

    for me its Antivirus firefox spotify ripit4me dvd decrypter dvd shrink live messenger bitcomet office mpc
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    career advancment/moves

    yeah ill have to get some money put aside and get the books bought and start learning, hopefully be decorating the small office/spare box bedroom soon to so will put in a decent sized desk to set some kit up. I think it might be a good excuse for an upgrade to so I can get a bit better...
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    career advancment/moves

    it looks like an mcse may be the way forward by the sounds of everyones comments, are there any time restraints on when you have to compete the exams by? I mean can I study for one exam then take it then begin to study the second one etc cheers
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