Archive for the ‘Technical’ Category
Tuesday, March 20th, 2007
Sometimes getting SIMS.net to run smoothly seems like an impossible task. It's something like painting the Forth Bridge only when you get to the end, you not only have to start again, but also you realise they've replaced the damn bridge with 6 different bridges. Paint-resistant bridges. And it's raining... H2SO4.
Take ...
Posted in SIMS.net, Software, Technical, Troubleshooting | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
Let me start by saying, "Aaaaaargh!". Now, on with the esoteric technorant!
I've spent nearly a day's effort trying to get offline files to encrypt as they are supposed to in Windows XP. The advantage of doing this is that any data which has synchronised to a laptop from your network ...
Posted in Software, Technical, Troubleshooting | No Comments »
Friday, July 21st, 2006
These instructions are step-by-step, but fairly long and (as yet) without any screenshots. Hopefully they will be of use to someone! Good luck!
Requirements:
Server: Windows Server 2003 Standard / Enterprise (I used standard) DC
Clients: Windows XP Pro SP2, wireless NIC supporting WPA
Access point: Most new wireless APs / routers will do. ...
Posted in Hardware, Software, Technical, Troubleshooting, WiFi | Comments Off
Monday, June 19th, 2006
I recently had one of those moments which I guess all techies have from time to time, where a once small irritation reaches the level where you have to completely obliterate it from existence. In this case, it was accidentally clicking on a mailto: link on a web page. For ...
Posted in Exchange, Technical, Troubleshooting | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, June 13th, 2006
This may not be new to some, but WinDirStat is an excellent free tool for visualizing the space taken up by files on your hard disks or network drives and cleaning out clutter. I first used it a few months ago, but when one of my servers recently got worryingly ...
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Monday, May 22nd, 2006
Just a quick post this one, but hopefully useful to your Maths departments.
Take a look at these screenshots of GeoGebra. Now visit the GeoGebra WebStart page and click on the button (proper Java required). Amazingly this amazing piece of dynamic geometry software is not only free, but also runs without ...
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Thursday, April 27th, 2006
We recently received a try-before-you buy Onfinity Portable IWB System to have a play with. It looks a bit like this:
Yes, the picture is tiny. That's because I'm too lazy to take one myself.
The basic idea is that you can have interactive whiteboard features without having to use a touch-sensitive ...
Posted in Hardware, Interactive Whiteboards, Technical | 6 Comments »
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005
I'd be interested to know about how secondary schools use Sharepoint for their intranets. We are currently licensed for SPS, but I'm finding it hard to see compelling reasons for using it over plain WSS in a secondary school environment. I don't particularly want to implement personal ...
Posted in Class Server, Sharepoint, Software, Technical | 7 Comments »
Monday, November 7th, 2005
Today saw a smidgen more progress with our Class Server 4 installation. I managed to get all the classes into the database and all the teacher-class relationships too, as well as entering a few straggler teachers that didn't have accounts on the network (until today that is). Not perfect, but ...
Posted in Class Server, SIMS.net, Software, Technical, VLEs | 2 Comments »
Monday, October 31st, 2005
A few quick notes comparing Sharepoint to a plain ol' fileserver when used as the main storage location for shared (non-personal) files in school: ...
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