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 Topic: Recurring reminder in Outlook |
mrutty
Replies: 12
Views: 10205
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 Forum: IT Matters Posted: Tue Jun 05, 07 7:56 am Subject: Recurring reminder in Outlook |
As long as you trust Google to secure your calender.
Most companies ban it's use. When RIM first came to market we had a devil of a job to sell it into the corp space. I guess thinks in IT never ch ... |
| Topic: can i recycle or compost cat litter |
mrutty
Replies: 15
Views: 26320
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Forum: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Posted: Tue Jun 05, 07 7:53 am Subject: can i recycle or compost cat litter |
| You can place it through a worm bin or a digestion system, but I won't want it on my garden, I have enough trouble stopping the cat having a poo there anyway. Really must train it to go next door more ... |
| Topic: Can you do anything with shop carnations? |
mrutty
Replies: 13
Views: 11692
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Forum: Make Your Own/DIY Posted: Sun Jun 03, 07 12:15 pm Subject: Can you do anything with shop carnations? |
| I vaguely remember Geoff Hamilton taking cuttings from them to grow his own - worth doing that for a free plant or two? - can't really remember how he did it, stems in some water until roots showed an ... |
| Topic: Good news on spam? |
mrutty
Replies: 2
Views: 4611
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Forum: IT Matters Posted: Sun Jun 03, 07 6:52 am Subject: Good news on spam? |
Remember he's being nicked for fraud not spamming.
As for tracing, pinpoint where the 'crime' took place, then you have to use that countries legal process. It's a pain in the arse but that's how t ... |
| Topic: Manual imprint credit card swipe machines |
mrutty
Replies: 14
Views: 28603
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Forum: Small Business Questions, Ideas and Advice Posted: Fri Apr 13, 07 10:21 pm Subject: Manual imprint credit card swipe machines |
| Hmmm - not any different to giving all the details over the phone either though. I had my card manually swiped at wyevale yesterday - their computers must've been down - they didn't take the security ... |
| Topic: Broadband/dial-up question... |
mrutty
Replies: 13
Views: 10106
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Forum: IT Matters Posted: Fri Apr 13, 07 7:43 am Subject: Broadband/dial-up question... |
| http://www.two3five.com/adsl-test.htm |
| Topic: laptop buying advice |
mrutty
Replies: 30
Views: 22522
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Forum: IT Matters Posted: Wed Apr 11, 07 9:48 pm Subject: laptop buying advice |
I've got a Toshiba Satellite Pro laptop.... its about 18 months old but has only had any real use for this last 2-3 months since we had wireless broadband...  (now I use it all the time!!).
Had ... |
| Topic: Asparagus! |
mrutty
Replies: 25
Views: 35745
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Forum: Seasonal and Frugal Shopping Posted: Wed Apr 11, 07 7:22 pm Subject: Asparagus! |
Nope, it was on the cards this year but ran out of time and money
I have some of that for sell now that I've finally moved and yes I'm packing your fruit bushes at last and they will go out on Mond ... |
| Topic: Wireless network (in)security |
mrutty
Replies: 13
Views: 13675
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Forum: IT Matters Posted: Wed Apr 11, 07 1:26 pm Subject: Wireless network (in)security |
| Draytek or per CISCO here, having said that I'm testing a linksys access point for someone at the moment which I'm tempted to keep as it's doing a grand job, but then I have IPSEC running and it's fir ... |
| Topic: Wireless network (in)security |
mrutty
Replies: 13
Views: 13675
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Forum: IT Matters Posted: Tue Apr 10, 07 9:07 pm Subject: Wireless network (in)security |
| General note here but if you buy cheap routers or access points then you'll get crap services. Always limit your IP scope and run wireless on a different VLAN (yes VLANs can be hopped so make sure you ... |
| Topic: Wireless network (in)security |
mrutty
Replies: 13
Views: 13675
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Forum: IT Matters Posted: Tue Apr 10, 07 8:50 pm Subject: Wireless network (in)security |
We had a very interesting course last week which covered, amongst other things, wireless security.
I came out of the session resolving never, ever to put truly confidential data on a Wireless LAN. ... |
| Topic: Three Caravans Going, going, gone. |
mrutty
Replies: 4
Views: 4932
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Forum: Trading Post Posted: Tue Apr 10, 07 8:06 pm Subject: Three Caravans Going, going, gone. |
| No 1 van gone, make an offer to Alison for vans 2 or 3 and move it and it's likely to be accepted (space on the farm is getting very tight). |
| Topic: Spam Filter |
mrutty
Replies: 5
Views: 5666
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Forum: IT Matters Posted: Tue Apr 10, 07 10:54 am Subject: Spam Filter |
| Norton may wel be turned off to allow you to use your PC. A few versions ago they had stuffed up a cab file and it killed PCs and I believe McAfee had the same issue not so long ago. |
| Topic: Offsite data backups |
mrutty
Replies: 23
Views: 20936
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Forum: IT Matters Posted: Mon Apr 09, 07 3:39 pm Subject: Offsite data backups |
| Yes i prefer RAID 5 but most desktops now come with SATA options which only have 0 or 1 |
| Topic: Offsite data backups |
mrutty
Replies: 23
Views: 20936
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Forum: IT Matters Posted: Mon Apr 09, 07 10:29 am Subject: Offsite data backups |
Oh and if specing a machine remember RAID and set to RAID 1 not the RAID 0 that is default on most systems.
http://www.two3five.com/raidsets.htm |
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