I was working yesterday on a clients SBS 2008 server that we had inherited. The clients SBS 2008 install had been messed with by at least 2 IT companies before we got to them. One of the issues I was trying to resolve was that Companyweb was not working. I went through the normal things on the SBS blog that affect companyweb, but in the end it was still not … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2012
WD Sentinel DX 4000 – Initializing
Yesterday, my WD Sentinel DX 4000 appeared to have locked up – it had stopped responding to the front panel buttons. I wondered why it had done this and then I found I had inadvertently taken it off the UPS when I re-cabled some things the other day and I suspect we had a power fluctuation which caused it to glitch. Anyway – the only way to resolve this was to hard power it. … [Read more...]
MYOB Cover – do you need it?
I had an interesting discussion with my bookkeeper yesterday when she was doing the books for me. You see I use MYOB AccountRight Plus in my business to handle all the things I need. I’ve used it now for 6 years and in that time it’s worked well. In the early days I had need of support and I found the MYOB support was quite good. I got a renewal notice … [Read more...]
SBSfaq.com is changing
Since this site started in November 2000, I’ve focused pretty much on SBS as it’s been the core product that I’ve built solutions around. It’s been that way now for many many years. However over the last few years, you’ve seen that I’ve expanded the scope of the site a little more and I’ve covered other topics including things such as Cloud Services, Essential … [Read more...]
Windows 8 Release Preview is out of the oven
Come and get it… Microsoft today released the final public preview of Windows 8. You can get yours here. Windows 8 has the following minimum system requirements, which basically means any PC sold over the last 3-4 years can run it. Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit) Hard disk space: 16 GB (32-bit) or 20 GB … [Read more...]