Recently a few friends of mine have got their hands on Windows 7, and are loving it. One of the common things I am seeing these guys do is to setup Windows 7 PC’s in their living room, next to the PC, to play their movies and record live TV. Nothing new, and something I have avoided until now. The… Read more →
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Sage Line 50 2010 – "The Data Area Passed to a system call" part 2 – Amyuni Driver Update
Remember this post? Well, after working hard with the development team over at Sage, it seems that the issue is with the version of the Amyuni PDF driver that ships with Sage Line 50 2010. It does not like Windows 7 at all. The good news is that Sage now know about the problem, and the fix is to upgrade… Read more →
Thank you Jackson Technical…….. Offline Files Recovery
Oh Man! Today I disabled offline files by mistake on a laptop that was no longer the member of the network it was syncing with… major mistake as this, of course, kills the offline files on the PC. Thanks to finding this article, I downloaded the CSCCMD app and recovered the offline files! Phew! Read more →
Yes, there is going to be another version of SBS
Since the release of Windows Server 2008 R2, there have been a lot of questions surrounding SBS “Next” and if there will be another version. The good news is YES…. From – http://blogs.technet.com/windowsserver/archive/2009/10/01/remote-access-smbs-will-continue-to-get-enterprise-caliber-capabilities-with-sbs-and-ebs.aspx ”In fact, we are currently hard at work building the next versions of Windows SBS and Windows EBS. We’ll have more on that at a later date.” Read more →
iLinX "View" – A demo of iLinX
Further to my last post, showing iLinX in use, I have just found out that the guys over at www.ilinx.info have released “iLinX View”. Here is an explanation of it… “A number of dealers and end users have asked us for a demo version of iLinX so that they can try it out before shelling out $150. The problem has… Read more →
Logmein Sneaky Moves (again)
Well, I just blew a fuse. It seems to me that there is no route back with logmein, and they have no interest in listening to their users. The only answer I can see is to cancel any paid for services with them. My post may be deleted on their forum, so here is what I wrote: “I just lost… Read more →
iLinX controlling DigiLinX
For the people that follow me for the Netstreams DigiLinX updates, here is a YouTube video I have “thrown” together of the iLinX Application. It’s seriously impressive! I only touch on the features, there are more in there! [YouTube:GMidWOKWB9c] Tags: DigiLinX, Netstreams, iLinX Read more →
Sage Line 50 2010 – Out of Memory – "The Data Area Passed to a system call is too small"
OK, here is one for you….. If you have recently upgraded to Sage Line 50 Version 2010, and you are getting the two errors: “The Data Area Passed to a system call is too small” and “Out of Memory” ….when printing invoices or reports to email. The issue, for me anyway, was that the remnants of the older PDF driver… Read more →
Logmein.com are just about to lose a load of customers
and I am probably going to be one of them…. they are scamming users, even the ones like me who pay! http://community.logmein.com/logmein/board/message?board.id=29&thread.id=555 http://community.logmein.com/logmein/board/message?board.id=29&thread.id=411 Personally, am livid… cheeky bastards. I am looking at teamviewer right now, whom will now most likely get my companies money! Read more →
Windows SBS 2008 Active Directory Group Converter
Ooooh, I wish I had this tool a few months ago, I had been doing it manually. An essential for any SBS installer out there! http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/2009/09/02/why-are-some-of-my-groups-not-displaying-in-the-sbs-console-post-has-been-updated.aspx Read more →