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BBC iPlayer launches Wii channel

ell it finally happened. It was hinted at long ago when the Beeb first made the iPlayer available for the Wii via its internet browser, but now it seems that there will be a dedicated channel on the Wii.
I’m glad that it finally came along. After the recent Internet Channel update, the iPlayer hasn’t been [...]

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Remove Network Printers from Users Before they Log On

I had a little trouble with an HP Printer driver that was causing the Vista PCs to hang at logon.
Without going into the specifics of the problem (which comes down to poor HP drivers), I needed a way to ensure that the driver wouldn’t be active the next time that a user logged onto a [...]

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Install a Ranger Package Without Ranger

Following on from my remove ranger script, here is a VBScript that will automatically install Ranger packages without the need for the Ranger software on the network.

It’s a little rough around the edges but it gets the job done. Just drag a package folder onto the script to install onto your PC.

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Uninstall Ranger from a Computer without the RangerRemove User

Sometimes it might be necessary to remove Sentinel’s Ranger software from a computer with the minimum of fuss. Even though there is a removal user account. For instance, this may not work.
So here’s a handy script to automitcally disable Ranger on a workstation. This returns some Windows settings back to normal and backs up the [...]

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Mount a Webdav folder in Ubuntu Linux

Webdav is a very handy protocol for writing files back and forth across the internet.
I’ve never really had much call for it – but I’m all for it lately as I’m trying out Alfresco and would really love to see a better way to upload files than the basic web-bsaed uploader that is provided.
As Firefox [...]

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Tunnelling on the fly

I’ve just been tweaking with SSH. One of the common things that I have to do is reconfigure my SSH tunnels while I’m working remotely to gain access to desktops and the like.
In this situation, the cumbersome but easiest way always seemed to be to disconnect and change the command line. However, having used Putty [...]

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