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		<title>BT Test User Account</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Test your ADSL line using the BT test user account  Broadband test
If you are unable to connect to ADSL using the login details provided by your ISP, then try the alternatives below to test your connection.
Here are the login settings to use for your router or modem to connect to the BT test domain.
User: [...]


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		<title>TrueCrypt Autorun Script for USB</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can easily create an Autorun file on a USB pen drive to mount and dismount the encrypted file systems. This is very useful for carry portable TrueCrypt USB drives.
The only downside is that using TrueCrypt on the move means that you need administrator rights to access the disk.
Once you plug in the USB stick, [...]


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		<title>Stop Windows Server 2003 Hanging When Installing Updates</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of the servers that I manage in locations have a nasty habit of hanging on the final stage of rebooting when trying to apply Windows Updates automatically.
In most locations, I use WSUS to deploy updates around the site which is OK, but when it comes to servers problems arise.
After roaming around on the internet, [...]


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		<title>New Phone</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My new phone has finally been transferred. After living with the agonisingly difficult Nokia N80 for 2 years &#8211; I&#8217;ve arranged to try out the BlackBerry Pearl. Orange managed to cock up the transfer to the new SIM card, so I&#8217;ve been humping a spare phone around with me for 10 days because I wouldn&#8217;t [...]


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		<title>Get Those Passwords</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hacking]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Oki]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I had to setup an Oki C5650 on a network, and find out how many pages had passed through it due to an surprisingly quick turnaround in toner. I was struggling to find the default admin password for the web interface as it wasn&#8217;t in the online manual.
Knowling that searching the internet is much [...]


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		<title>Vista, Why You Eat my Computer?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, Vista&#8217;s been out for a while now - some people think it&#8217;s great (usually they are selling it), some think that it&#8217;s pants.
Now, I&#8217;m not far from the front of the queue when it comes to raving about Linux. Ubuntu was the second Linux distro that I have tried, and I&#8217;ve stuck with it quite [...]


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		<title>The Case of the Disappearing CD Drives</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2007 09:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a bit of a problem with a restored computer where the CD drives would not appear in My Computer in Windows XP.
After a little bit of grief, I found that the problem was a simple registry setting: http://www.siliconguide.com/qa/forum/messages/71.shtml
To resolve the issue

Open up the registry editor (Start > Run > regedit and click &#8216;OK&#8217;)
Navigate [...]


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		<title>In-place motherboard change for Windows 2000-based systems</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2005 17:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A neat trick I picked up while browsing t&#8217;internet is how to carry out a quick motherboard replacement on 2000 or XP Windows systems:
Before you swap out the current motherboard go to device manager and select the IDE ATA/ATAPI Controller and select your current storage controller. Right click, select update driver and select install from [...]


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