Archive for the “Technical” category

Useful OSX Utility: Cameras

alan9th Jul 2009Technical, by Alan

One small problem with OSX is that it does the same thing every time you plug in any camera — starting Aperture, for More »

Fix it – great idea!

alan6th Feb 2009Articles, Technical

If you’re having a problem with a Microsoft product, then the first stop for finding a solution pretty much needs to be the More »

UAC Flaw – MS listens, promises to fix.

alan6th Feb 2009Articles, Technical

Good news on the User Access Control flaw I wrote about a few days ago – the Windows 7 engineers have promised to More »

UAC flaw “by design” says Microsoft

alan1st Feb 2009FromElsewhere, Technical

Microsoft dismisses Windows 7 UAC security flaw, continues to insist it is “by design”: Just because it’s by design doesn’t mean to say More »

User Access Control security flaw in Windows 7 beta

alan30th Jan 2009FromElsewhere, Technical

Sacrificing security for usability: UAC security flaw in Windows 7 beta: By default, Windows 7’s UAC setting is set to “Notify me only More »

Windows 7 can be added to domains offline!

alan29th Jan 2009FromElsewhere, Technical

I have been waiting for this to happen for twelve years, ever since my first multiple-thousand-seat Windows desktop rollout – Windows 7 (and More »

Setting up mobile email with Exchange 2003 and 2007

alan28th Jan 2009Articles, Technical

I write occasional technical pieces for other places – as they are published I’ll link to them here. In the January 2009 issue More »

How to install Vista Upgrade editions in Parallels

alan18th Jan 2009Technical

Installing MS Windows Vista into Parallels is a bit of a chore if you’ve only got an upgrade editions of the software. This More »