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02 Ireland will not have an iPhone Business Package....

Dear LORD! I am completely shocked by this, how can a company be so stupid! Over the past 15 years, I have been a Vodafone Ireland customer (previously Eircell). I had, this morning, finally made the decision to move our entire companies set of Mobile...

Published Thu, Jun 06 2008 5:12 PM by NickWhittome

Filed under: Apple / IMac, Rants, 02 Ireland, iPhone
I needed that post.... :)

For the past few days, my house has been having power problems…. Lights turning off and on, power tripping out in the office and the like. I called the Irish power providers (the E.S.B.) on Sunday night to complain with a couple of beers in tow…...

Published Mon, Apr 04 2008 8:12 PM by NickWhittome

Filed under: Flight Simulator, General, Rants
Do not buy an iPhone from 02 Ireland. They are ripping you off!

It turns out that our friends in 02 Ireland are having a PR disaster when it comes to todays release of the iPhone here in Ireland. Bloggers and consumers are up in arms over the horrific data plans that 02 are trying to force on their customers. Nice...

Published Fri, Mar 03 2008 10:05 AM by NickWhittome

Filed under: Apple / IMac, Rants, iPhone
iDontthinkso

You know, I was so close to being convinced I should buy an iPhone when they are released next week here in Ireland. Even though: During the life of the iPhone and signing up with 02 Ireland, I would have to spend at least €1669.00. With that money...

Published Thu, Mar 03 2008 4:43 PM by NickWhittome

Filed under: Apple / IMac, Netstreams, Rants, iPhone
Vista SP1 RTM has destroyed my inner child

Yes, you heard that right. For the last 72 hours I have been trying to figure out why my Creative Labs X-Fi card was crackling on my Dell XPS 720H2C. The Dell technical support tried everything with me! Removed drivers, reinstalled drivers, checked for...

Published Sat, Feb 02 2008 11:58 AM by NickWhittome

Filed under: General, Windows Home Server, Rants
Domain Registry of America Scam

I hate people that trick other people out of money and the Domain Registry of America is one of those companies. If you get a letter from these assholes, throw it in the bin. I am not going to repeat that which is already said right here. Tags: Domain...

Published Fri, Feb 02 2008 12:59 PM by NickWhittome

Filed under: Rants
Britney Spears pisses me off

Yes, this is a rant, feel free to pass this blogpost. I watched in amazement last night as, lets face it, an average singer whom had great marketing get treated like something special. I mean COME ON! I get that she is having a bad time, but can’t...

Published Fri, Feb 02 2008 9:56 AM by NickWhittome

Filed under: Rants
Select licencing should look after the smaller companies too...

No, it’s not Microsoft bashing week…. but another annoyance today. We are being punished for being a small company, selling to a global small company, and Microsoft don’t seem to care. We have a client that is essentially 5 small offices...

Published Fri, Dec 12 2007 12:01 PM by NickWhittome

Filed under: Rants
Fine Gael and Irelands Broadband

Damien, as usual, hits the nail on the head . On a side note, last night Damien was on The Last Word and it is worth a listen to the interviews via the pod-cast .

Published Tue, May 05 2007 12:19 PM by NickWhittome

Filed under: Rants, Politics
Microsofts testing.... something has obviously gone very wrong....

Today, I have been remotely connected to a server. This server just stopped functioning after Windows 2003 SP2 was applied. Basic networking functions kind of “half work”, ISA fails, DNS fails…… You guessed it… this is...

Published Sat, Apr 04 2007 8:08 PM by NickWhittome

Filed under: Rants
SVCHOST issue, KB927891 and WSUS 3.0 Client

The new WSUS 3.0 server is due for release next week, which is good news for administrators everywhere. The better news is that, a few weeks later, the WSUS 3 client will also be released which will help further with the CPU spiking and high memory use...

Published Sat, Apr 04 2007 10:23 AM by NickWhittome

Filed under: Small Business Server, Windows Server Update Services, Rants
Previewers..... Anyone?

One day, I am going to click that link in outlook, and the page it takes me to will not say Check back soon for updates!

Published Wed, Apr 04 2007 4:08 PM by NickWhittome

Filed under: Microsoft Office, Rants
Outlook 2003 Client disconnectivity after Windows 2003 SP2 on SBS2003

I forgot to post this, but I had the issue again today so I was reminded! I posted on this thread back in January about how the Broadcom issue on SBS with ISA was driving me crazy. Well, since then I simply avoid Broadcom cards and still will. However...

Published Wed, Apr 04 2007 3:09 PM by NickWhittome

Filed under: Small Business Server, Windows Server Update Services, Dell, Rants
Whilst I was sleeping....

Jon Patch (why is this bloke not a MVP yet) pointed out that Phil’s and Paul’s useful FSX posts. Owen Hewitt is announcing more Eaglesoft goodness and seems to be worried about what his readers think . Arno has been working on the Wiki Steve Lacey has...

Published Thu, Apr 04 2007 9:18 PM by NickWhittome

Filed under: Flight Simulator, Windows Server Update Services, Rants
Twitter me ***....

OK, can I be one of the first to point out that twitter is a load of balls. I mean reading a blog is one thing, but putting up pointless one liners is another… How can this thing be useful to anyone?!

Published Thu, Apr 04 2007 9:02 PM by NickWhittome

Filed under: Rants, Twitter
Windows 2003 SP2 and IE7

OK, this is just crazy stuff. Not only do they side swipe us with this release of Service Pack 2 for Windows 2003 Server, but on this page they say: “If you installed Internet Explorer 7 after installing Windows Server 2003 SP1, you must un-install...

Published Wed, Mar 03 2007 10:54 AM by NickWhittome

Filed under: Small Business Server, MS KB Articles, Windows Server Update Services, Rants
Broadcom TOE, Dell, ISA 2004 and my headache....

A while back I posted about how Broadcom and it’s TOE system in the Dell PowerEdge 2900 stops ISA from functioning on Small Business Server 2003. Well, since then I have installed a few more Dell servers, all with Intel cards and have had no problems...

Published Mon, Mar 03 2007 6:46 PM by NickWhittome

Filed under: Small Business Server, Dell, Rants, Broadcom
Damien Mulley for President!

Well, no. But, Damien Mulley for Manager of Broadband Strategy at ComReg! As you can read on Damien’s blog , he applied for the position at ComReg and I can think of no better man for the job. It is about time we had someone who, frankly, gives...

Published Fri, Mar 03 2007 12:42 AM by NickWhittome

Filed under: Rants
SVCHOST Patch is now publicly available without the call in.....

As per my previous rants here , here , here and here .... The patch is now released without the call in requirement. Go get them! XP version 2003 version Some people will still have the 100% CPU spikes, especially when Update Services "Checks in"...

Published Wed, Feb 02 2007 12:50 PM by NickWhittome

Filed under: Small Business Server, Windows Server Update Services, Microsoft Office, Rants, Vista
dellideastorm.com

Thanks to Susan for the heads up here. I am one of those that have posted a comment on the Dell Idea Storm website. I too cannot stand preinstalled shite on Dell Machines, especially the business ones. Have your say on the site here .

Published Mon, Feb 02 2007 10:59 AM by NickWhittome

Filed under: Dell, Rants

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