I have a nice clean install of windows XP Sp2 with all the latest updates.

I installed the latest version of Symantec Partition Magic 8

Did my Partitioning (so I can dual boot Windows Vista)

Installed Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2005 on the XP Partition

Everything runs fine for a month.

However I decided to uninstall Symantec’s Partition Magic (as I don’t need it, installed) I uninstall from add/remove programmes, then reboot.

Now My Norton AntiVirus 2005 is corrupt with multiple missing files.

One saving grace Symantec now has a web browser based uninstaller for damaged installs that cleanly removed the damaged AntiVirus.

Or the Files to manually uninstall are here

Now here is what annoys me.

I can get free AntiVirus Software.
I can get a Free Partitioning Software

But no I have to pay good money for this kind of grief.

Cheers Symantec.

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Install a Wordpress Plugin to automate an iTunes Feed
http://www.mightyseek.com/podpress/

Add podcast feed iTunes
You do this from within iTunes.

Wait to be accepted and indexed by iTunes.

I just did this for a client.

I have been using the Dell XPS M1210 for two weeks as my everyday computer.

So from early morning to late night it’s on and working.

To date there is only one issue and that is heat. In the UK we have had a very hot week. The M1210 also kicks out a fair bit of heat.

It’s almost to the point you can’t use it on your lap (due to heat). I have written this off as being the price you pay for performance.

Outside of that issue, it’s the best laptop I’ve ever had. I joke about waiting for winter so the heat thing will be welcome thing.

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I should have started using a widescreen monitor years ago.

It was nearly 3 years ago I evaluated my own monitor requirements.

I decided then that twin 17” performance TFT monitors with Dual DVI and VGA would be the way to go. It was a great way to go but tied me to a desktop PC.

About a year or so in I swapped to a laptop as my main PC and split the twin monitors, so I ended up working for a couple of years on a single 17” TFT.

I have recently been through a “Technical Refresh” and re-evaluated what I need to keep me productive.

I chose a reasonably priced (£285) 20.1” Single Widescreen Monitor. Within mere moments of connecting up my new monitor I could year a gentle slapping sound. That was my hand against my forehead for not going widescreen year ago.

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Storage is a problem for everyone, so is backing up to multiple DAT tape backups.

So for clients with large data requirements I am moving from DAT backups to Hard Disk based backups.

I chose the Buffalo Terrastation Pro 1TB model. I purchased two of them.

The client who these were for had two physical sites so I put one in each site; the sites are connected using a fast fibre optic connection.

So now we have a live file system backup at two physical locations. The Terrastations mirror each other, so in the event of a failure (even though each device is running raid5).
I can just turn to Terrastation 2.

The 1tb of storage on each device means we can keep 5 full days of backed up data online at anyone time.

We still backup on to DAT tape but if we ever need to restore from it, something really bad would have had to happen.

Link: http://www.buffalo-technology.com/