Windows Service Pack 1 is due for release February 22nd. So thought I would cover a few ground rules for when service packing a computer.
Service packs often fix a considerable amount of bugs and introduce new feature sets to ensure compatibility with the rest of the Microsoft Windows family. However, service packs can also go wrong on install, if precautions are not taken. Thankfully many of the recent service packs make changes to windows on reboot, when it has no third party applications or services running.
So, the easy wins. Close all other programs and windows while updating and make sure the computer will not be interrupted during the update processes, such as low battery or someone working on the electrics in the building. If using any real time scanners, such as anti-spam, anti-spyware, parental controls, disable them momentarily. Also make sure you are logged in as an administrative users. To test your are elevated to administrator account, see if you can change the time on the clock. (Quick way of checking).
If given the option during the later stages of the update, make sure you opt to save the ability to roll back to non-service pack state. Not sure if this update will include that, but always worth the little bit of hard drive space it consumes, to have the ability to remove an update
Windows Service Pack 1 is due for release February 22nd. So thought I would cover a few ground rules for when service packing a computer.Service packs often fix a considerable amount of bugs and introduce new feature sets to ensure compatibility with the rest of the Microsoft Windows family. However, service packs can also go wrong on install, if precautions are not taken.
Thankfully many of the recent service packs make changes to windows on reboot, when it has no third party applications or services running.
So, the easy wins. Close all other programs and windows while updating and make sure the computer will not be interrupted during the update processes, such as low battery or someone working on the electrics in the building. If using any real time scanners, such as anti-spam, anti-spyware, parental controls, disable them momentarily. Also make sure you are logged in as an administrative users. To test your are elevated to administrator account, see if you can change the time on the clock. (Quick way of checking).If given the option during the later stages of the update, make sure you opt to save the ability to roll back to non-service pack state. Not sure if this update will include that, but always worth the little bit of hard drive space it consumes, to have the ability to remove an update
Sadly no interesting new features in this update, nor any negative things imposed. So all is fair.
At present, all our sites are facing the internet on a public IP address. This IP address is much like a phone number, registered at a directory. IPv4 addresses have a maximum number of combinations possible, and accross the whole interent, we are almost out.
IPv6 which there is already support for on Windows server 2008 & Windows Vista onwards, includes a great deal of changes for us in the business. More from BBC Technology news below.
“The event that triggers their distribution is widely expected to take place in the next few days.
When that happens each of the five regional agencies that hand out net addresses will get one of the remaining blocks of 16 million addresses.The addresses in those last five blocks are expected to be completely exhausted by September 2011”.
T-Mobile today was forced into a humiliating climbdown as it reversed its plans to cut data allowances for all its users from a maximum of 3GB to 500MB a month. But it warned that the revised plans would apply to any new customers and those upgrading their phones, though not to existing customers.
The reverse came after protests, threats of legal and regulatory action and a day of dithering by the company, which had initially put out the statement announcing the unilateral change in a posting on its company website on Monday.
Extract from Engadget, at the Samsung booth at CES 2011: “Although the company still has some manufacturing challenges to overcome, commercial interest seems to be strong and they’ll eventually be on the market (though not in 2011, sadly). The picture for the transparent displays is a little murkier — both physically and from a business perspective. Though they’re not as clear as regular glass or as crisp and bright as a traditional AMOLED display, you’ve got to marvel at what they’re doing here: full see-through color at effectively small television sizes”
Just browsing around Youtube and found this. At first I was very sceptical and thought it was fake, but looking in to it more, it really does what it claims. This would be game changing for any of us going abroad. My only concern is hundreds of tourists pointing expensive smartphones at every label in a shop, could get a little much. Check out the video.
With the assistance of Julia and Richard, I am happy to introduce a few new sections to this website. FAQ, Videos (Media), and Areas we cover.
Working hard this December to introduce more ‘how to’ videos, Testimonials, Links (please ask if you wish for your site or service to be promoted) and if I can find the time, a few useful applications reviewed and made available here. Not sure what that section will be called yet, toying with Apps.
What an amazing teaser for the new Virgin Media TV solution. Julia is part of the VM customer feedback forum, which non disclosures, so can’t tell you much more than you can already find on the interwebz. Suffice to say, the prices they are discussing on the forum are fantastic, makes existing solutions look expensive and you get so much more!
I had high hopes for Google TV, even contenplated AppleTV as the UK is limited on options, but now I am delighted to have waited and being an existing customer of VM.
Does make you wonder why they are showing such rubbish Speedy-Gonzales adverts when they clearly have a talented marketing team like this one available.
