The Click to Run software manages the streaming of the installation of some Office products and a virtualised environment to enable different versions to run side by side on a Windows computer. If this software gets its ‘knickers in a knot’ (technical term), you might come across some issues with your next Office software installation.…
Drink Bottle Wrangling
Yes, in the land of parenting it’s that time of the year when all of the back to school stuff is being procured. Blogs are aplenty on where to keep the school bags & which lunchbox to buy. So if you’re one of my tech followers, this post might not be for you .. unless…
Review: Tile (bluetooth tag)
Tile was the first crowd funding campaign that I supported. My money would actually result in the finished physical product being shipped to my door and this seemed like a gadget I would use. I had to be patient though – still being in the design stage, it would be over 12 months before I’d…
So you have a new Windows 8 PC … now what?
A salesperson has guided you through the purchase of a new PC (desktop or laptop) and it’s now sitting in a box in your home. Assuming you can see the little symbols showing where to plug in the keyboard and mouse (which in reality are usually all just USB these days anyway), you should be…
How SMB IT service providers view the Cloud
It’s not news that IT is an ever-changing industry. The skills that I learnt when I first started are now mostly irrelevant. I say ‘mostly’ because some of the fundamentals of disks, files, networks etc still hold true (once we’d migrated off token ring anyway). And I still use the command prompt to search for…
A looong weekend
Monday in Queensland is a public holiday to observe labour day, which is quite apt because yes, I’m working. Now before you pity me that I don’t get three whole days off (in a row!), I’m not that concerned actually. Long weekends are the perfect structure for me. I’ve had time to spend with friends and family, time…