So today I just happened to notice that one of our DCs at work didn’t have the latest version of a GPO. I was creating a new policy using Group Policy Preferences (amazing bit of kit btw – have a look at Alan Burchill’s how to get rid of your logon scripts video here: http://www.grouppolicy.biz/2012/09/teched-2012-video-how-to-get-rid-of-your-logon-scripts-the-easy-and-free-way/), […]
Technical Stuff – Windows 8 Console Lock Timeout
Windows 8 has a fantastic lock screen that displays the time and a picture of your choosing. That is until 60 seconds are up, and Microsoft decided that this would be a great time to turn the screen off, especially when there’s already a setting that does something similar in power options.
The Internet Explained – Bandwidth
BT recently announced its plans to get rid of bandwidth caps and traffic management on all but their entry-level broadband packages.1 We ask the questions: ‘What is Bandwidth?’; ‘What is Traffic Management?’ and ‘What does it mean for me?’.
The Internet Explained – Java vs JavaScript
Welcome to a new series called ‘The Internet Explained’ – a series of articles about topics that have either been in the news, or people have asked us about. This week – Java vs JavaScript.
Technical Stuff – Deduplicated Data Backup with DPM
One of our backup technicians escalated an issue to me today after they noticed it in the Data Protection Manager console recently. Nothing out of the ordinary I thought – Replica is inconsistent. Usually happens when the server is switched off incorrectly or crashes.