the Irony of Saudi Arabia
zulfikar IT really does boggle the mind. This Sunday 19th October/25th Dhul Hijjah is a working day in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), it is also a significant day for…
Bye bye to Server 2003 (and R2)
Take a long hard look... 2003 R2 Server Logon Depending on when you are reading this Windows 2003 is either still in your environment or it's already gone. However you…
Co-op Bank’s Lost & Stolen card debacle
Hmmm, this is tragic by Co-operative Bank. My card stopped working "bad card" says Mr Chip & Pin, seems retailers are used to this and try cleaning the 'chip' sim…
Using SubInACL to dump permissions and re-apply
As usual during a data centre migration at some point you need to move a huge chunk of data. I've come across several of these challenges in my years of…
Windows 10 and the moving goalposts (or Start Menu)
Microsoft have decided to create a new Operating System designed for users! Yup, plain old folk like you and me. Now that is cause for celeberation. Windows 8 was a…
Eid and the Day of Arafat
OK, I've had plenty of banging my head on the wall time this week merely attempting to explain to people in Birmingham and the wider UK as to why Eid-al-Adha…
QNAPs and Virtualization Station(!)
While looking for some app packages for my TS-469 I was curious to read the 'virtualization station' blurb on the newly styled QNAP website. It seems to be selling QNAPs…
Phone security and tracking
Here in the good old UK we have a web service for registering our 'goods', so in the event they are lost/stolen and subsequently retreived by Law Enfocrement then they…
Protected PDFs
An annoyance of mine, PDFs that you cannot print. OR ones that are locked to a timeframe, usually by embedded Javascript. I had a time restricted one, I wasn't able…
Magic a Fujitsu Celvin Q802 into a QNAP TS-469 Pro
Welcome fellow NAS enthusiasts. A Fujitsu Celvin Q802 (much like previous Celvin models) is simply a rebranded QNAP model with a firmware modification. In this instance the Fujitsu firmware limits…
LIFe 2014
I don't usually use the phrase 'never again' but LIFe 2014 was nothing like LI 2003, 05, 07, 09 or 2011! As many have said it felt more like Leaving…
The Prancing Horse plot – NHS Takedown
Dear Colleagues in another British City, Operation Prancing Horse IT is with great jubilation that we write to you of our success in taking over 3 of the key NHS…