Mr N

http://analogduck.com/main/explorer_hangsSwitch off "Advanced Text Services" (ctfmon.exe)This can cause Windows Explorer to hang (particulary when used with IE7) [Serves you right for not using Firefox!]Open the control panel Control Panel (in "c… more »

VirtualBox allows you to take snapshots and restore them. It works some of the time and to be fair this has got a lot better in recent versions. The process for restoring a snapshot is unusually awkward to the point that I'm blogging it so it must be difficult more »

There are always problems with upgrading server appliance software because of the amount of different configurations there are. more »

I've been in I.T. for all of my working life. I'm a geekie type but I have a personality underneath with friends to prove it. I've met a lot of techie people who are, quite frankly, really dull so I can see where the stereotype comes from. We are like policeman and lawyers - handy to have in your arsenal of friends but you probably won't invite them out for a beer unless you need something. more »

There is a really handy utility for Un*x called: redir (redir.c). It is a user level program that does port redirection. It's really handy if you want a quick and dirty way of making traffic on one port on your machine point to another port on another machine. I've used this technique to by-pass firewalls and bounce traffic through places it's not supposed to go. more »