Comments for Cullen IT Consultancy http://www.cullen-it.com Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Windows Home Server For Small Businesses by Rob http://www.cullen-it.com/blog/windows-home-server-for-small-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-112 Rob Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:55:00 +0000 http://www.cullen-it.com/?p=171#comment-112 It is true, many small businesses (Under 10 computer users), rely on a PC as a glorified server. The reality is that this solution is more expensive and consumes more time and energy than the Microsoft Windows Home Server software which runs on an extremely low-end system. I highly recommend Home Server to small businesses who can't afford a "real" server. 'http://deltecsystems.com/computer-systems/windows-home-server' It is true, many small businesses (Under 10 computer users), rely on a PC as a glorified server. The reality is that this solution is more expensive and consumes more time and energy than the Microsoft Windows Home Server software which runs on an extremely low-end system.

I highly recommend Home Server to small businesses who can’t afford a “real” server.

‘http://deltecsystems.com/computer-systems/windows-home-server’

]]> Comment on CloudBerry Backup for Windows Home Server by Bush Mackel http://www.cullen-it.com/blog/cloudberry-backup-for-windows-home-server/comment-page-1/#comment-102 Bush Mackel Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:58:08 +0000 http://www.cullen-it.com/?p=183#comment-102 Even though I'm not rockin' a WHS, this post does make me think that I need to do A LOT MORE as far as backup goes. Thanks for the reminder Petey! Even though I’m not rockin’ a WHS, this post does make me think that I need to do A LOT MORE as far as backup goes. Thanks for the reminder Petey!

]]> Comment on CloudBerry Backup for Windows Home Server by Mil http://www.cullen-it.com/blog/cloudberry-backup-for-windows-home-server/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Mil Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:06:44 +0000 http://www.cullen-it.com/?p=183#comment-92 Great mini review. I've just started using CloudBerry Backup for WHS and am very impressed with it also. My favourite feature is the ability to backup a configurable number of versions of a file which is great if a file gets corrupted or you need to revert to a previous edit of the file. It also has a great user friendly interface. Great mini review. I’ve just started using CloudBerry Backup for WHS and am very impressed with it also. My favourite feature is the ability to backup a configurable number of versions of a file which is great if a file gets corrupted or you need to revert to a previous edit of the file. It also has a great user friendly interface.

]]> Comment on Happening In Threes by Steve http://www.cullen-it.com/blog/happening-in-threes/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Steve Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:58:28 +0000 http://www.cullen-it.com/?p=181#comment-80 Nice work fellow Cullen IT professional! We need a third somewhere around Australia or thereabouts to complete our circle of world IT domination. Nice work fellow Cullen IT professional!

We need a third somewhere around Australia or thereabouts to complete our circle of world IT domination.

]]> Comment on Painless Application Deployment by Bush Mackel http://www.cullen-it.com/blog/painless-application-deployment/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Bush Mackel Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:11:18 +0000 http://www.cullen-it.com/?p=175#comment-75 This IS a good find Pete! I just went ahead and reformatted my family friend's computer because it was virused to hell. And of course I had to take the time to download everything, install everything, and be sitting at the computer ready to push "next" every time prompted. I owe you one buddy! This IS a good find Pete! I just went ahead and reformatted my family friend’s computer because it was virused to hell. And of course I had to take the time to download everything, install everything, and be sitting at the computer ready to push “next” every time prompted. I owe you one buddy!

]]> Comment on Painless Application Deployment by Pete Cullen http://www.cullen-it.com/blog/painless-application-deployment/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Pete Cullen Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:40:03 +0000 http://www.cullen-it.com/?p=175#comment-74 No sir, you get the default parameters minus all the junk stuff. It's all pre-configured for you. I can foresee being some kind of corporate version where you can add in your own applications which would be very help and time saving for sure. No sir, you get the default parameters minus all the junk stuff. It’s all pre-configured for you.

I can foresee being some kind of corporate version where you can add in your own applications which would be very help and time saving for sure.

]]> Comment on Painless Application Deployment by DXEndar http://www.cullen-it.com/blog/painless-application-deployment/comment-page-1/#comment-73 DXEndar Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:37:56 +0000 http://www.cullen-it.com/?p=175#comment-73 Wow, that’s pretty nifty ! Can you set any custom parameters for the installs (other then the default ones) before it creates the installer package ? That would save a lot of time, and I do have a flash drive with all the installs on it. I wonder if they would let you upload your own drivers / software and make one super humongous ‘new computer’ install . . . THAT would be awesome ! I’m so weary of installing our database / printer software over and over and over . . . Wow, that’s pretty nifty !

Can you set any custom parameters for the installs (other then the default ones) before it creates the installer package ?

That would save a lot of time, and I do have a flash drive with all the installs on it.

I wonder if they would let you upload your own drivers / software and make one super humongous ‘new computer’ install . . . THAT would be awesome ! I’m so weary of installing our database / printer software over and over and over . . .

]]> Comment on Windows Home Server For Small Businesses by Nadya http://www.cullen-it.com/blog/windows-home-server-for-small-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Nadya Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:54:55 +0000 http://www.cullen-it.com/?p=171#comment-69 Windows Home Server is a great way to protect your data. However you are still vulnerable to physical disk failures and inadvertent deletions. CloudBerry Backup for Windows Home Server provides you with another level of protection by copying your data to secure online storage powered by Amazon S3. You can download your copy at http://www.cloudberrylab.com/default.aspx?page=backup-whs Windows Home Server is a great way to protect your data. However you are still vulnerable to physical disk failures and inadvertent deletions. CloudBerry Backup for Windows Home Server provides you with another level of protection by copying your data to secure online storage powered by Amazon S3. You can download your copy at http://www.cloudberrylab.com/default.aspx?page=backup-whs

]]> Comment on Get Patching! by Pete Cullen http://www.cullen-it.com/blog/get-patching/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Pete Cullen Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:02:50 +0000 http://www.cullen-it.com/?p=168#comment-56 Lawks, some things never change do they? DCS more like, I'm sure you can work out what the S stands for! Lawks, some things never change do they? DCS more like, I’m sure you can work out what the S stands for!

]]> Comment on Get Patching! by Collin http://www.cullen-it.com/blog/get-patching/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Collin Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:29:48 +0000 http://www.cullen-it.com/?p=168#comment-55 Patched my Vista and 7 machines at home last night. Waiting for DCE boss to return to work to approve business WSUS updates as I am still not allowed to! Patched my Vista and 7 machines at home last night. Waiting for DCE boss to return to work to approve business WSUS updates as I am still not allowed to!

]]> Comment on Abuse vs Rewards by Pete http://www.cullen-it.com/blog/abuse-vs-rewards/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Pete Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:00:22 +0000 http://www.cullen-it.com/?p=155#comment-31 One thing I could never do is go back to working for "The Man", whether it be a government organisation or a large corporation. Well apart from Microsoft but that's a different matter. I find working with multiple folks far more rewarding than being overworked and unappreciated. One thing I could never do is go back to working for “The Man”, whether it be a government organisation or a large corporation. Well apart from Microsoft but that’s a different matter.

I find working with multiple folks far more rewarding than being overworked and unappreciated.

]]> Comment on Abuse vs Rewards by DXEndar http://www.cullen-it.com/blog/abuse-vs-rewards/comment-page-1/#comment-30 DXEndar Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:45:37 +0000 http://www.cullen-it.com/?p=155#comment-30 Working for a church (a nonprofit incorporated entity, legally speaking) I don’t get paid overly large amounts of money. I mean I cover all my bills and have a little bit left over at the end of the month (usually spent on video games), but my budget is very. I could be making twice as much doing the same job (even with my mediocre skill set) if I worked for a larger corporation. But as you said, money isn’t everything. At D.F.A. (my church) I work with a group of people that I consider my friends, most of whom I spend time with outside of work. Most of us have ‘Refrigerator Rights’ in each others houses . . . meaning I could show up at a coworkers house and just grab something out of the fridge with out asking (it’s a high level of friendship when you can treat someone else’s home as your own). We respect each other, we like each other, and while the work isn’t easy I actually enjoy coming to work 99% of the time. Not just that, but what I do impacts peoples lives for the better. I could be a cog in the corporate machine and be making a lot more money, but here I feel fulfilled as a person doing what I’m doing. The bills get paid and I’m happy. Will I ever live in a huge house or drive a super nice car . . . probably not. But if you need those things to bring you happiness, something’s wrong in the first place. But that’s just my opinion. Working for a church (a nonprofit incorporated entity, legally speaking) I don’t get paid overly large amounts of money. I mean I cover all my bills and have a little bit left over at the end of the month (usually spent on video games), but my budget is very. I could be making twice as much doing the same job (even with my mediocre skill set) if I worked for a larger corporation. But as you said, money isn’t everything.

At D.F.A. (my church) I work with a group of people that I consider my friends, most of whom I spend time with outside of work. Most of us have ‘Refrigerator Rights’ in each others houses . . . meaning I could show up at a coworkers house and just grab something out of the fridge with out asking (it’s a high level of friendship when you can treat someone else’s home as your own). We respect each other, we like each other, and while the work isn’t easy I actually enjoy coming to work 99% of the time.

Not just that, but what I do impacts peoples lives for the better. I could be a cog in the corporate machine and be making a lot more money, but here I feel fulfilled as a person doing what I’m doing. The bills get paid and I’m happy. Will I ever live in a huge house or drive a super nice car . . . probably not. But if you need those things to bring you happiness, something’s wrong in the first place. But that’s just my opinion.

]]> Comment on Common Sense Prevails! Windows 7 E is Gone by Pete http://www.cullen-it.com/blog/common-sense-prevails-windows-7-e-is-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Pete Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:21:50 +0000 http://www.cullen-it.com/?p=145#comment-18 Just to make things perfectly clear, we have always had the same version of Windows over here. It's just the whole EU browser nonsense that has caused this little "blip" on Planet Windows :) Just to make things perfectly clear, we have always had the same version of Windows over here. It’s just the whole EU browser nonsense that has caused this little “blip” on Planet Windows :)

]]> Comment on Common Sense Prevails! Windows 7 E is Gone by DXEndar http://www.cullen-it.com/blog/common-sense-prevails-windows-7-e-is-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-17 DXEndar Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:46:36 +0000 http://www.cullen-it.com/?p=145#comment-17 It’s nice that you guys across the pond can now use the same OS that we here in the mother country of all things Microsoft use ! Plus, I hear that there may be a nice ‘Browser Election Ballot’ to give the peeps in the EU a choice ! Which is kind of silly when I think about it. This ballot is geared toward people who probably don’t know how to install a new browser in the first place, so they will most likely continue to choose IE because they don’t know what else to do. But at least they will have the choice ! It’s nice that you guys across the pond can now use the same OS that we here in the mother country of all things Microsoft use !

Plus, I hear that there may be a nice ‘Browser Election Ballot’ to give the peeps in the EU a choice !

Which is kind of silly when I think about it.

This ballot is geared toward people who probably don’t know how to install a new browser in the first place, so they will most likely continue to choose IE because they don’t know what else to do. But at least they will have the choice !

]]> Comment on Common Sense Prevails! Windows 7 E is Gone by Pete Cullen http://www.cullen-it.com/blog/common-sense-prevails-windows-7-e-is-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Pete Cullen Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:36:27 +0000 http://www.cullen-it.com/?p=145#comment-16 See my previous posts on why we were supposed to get it here :) See my previous posts on why we were supposed to get it here :)

]]> Comment on Common Sense Prevails! Windows 7 E is Gone by Steve http://www.cullen-it.com/blog/common-sense-prevails-windows-7-e-is-gone/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Steve Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:43:40 +0000 http://www.cullen-it.com/?p=145#comment-15 Ridiculous! Why should Europe need a less functional version? Good job Microsoft came to their senses. Although it is a bit confusing as to how they got there in the first place. Ridiculous! Why should Europe need a less functional version? Good job Microsoft came to their senses. Although it is a bit confusing as to how they got there in the first place.

]]> Comment on Teacup Storm Continues by Pete Cullen http://www.cullen-it.com/blog/teacup-storm-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Pete Cullen Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:53:09 +0000 http://www.cullen-it.com/?p=125#comment-11 Precisely. There are just too many people with too much time on their hands on the internet. Ourselves excluded, of course. Precisely. There are just too many people with too much time on their hands on the internet.
Ourselves excluded, of course.

]]> Comment on Teacup Storm Continues by DXEndar http://www.cullen-it.com/blog/teacup-storm-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-10 DXEndar Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:16:25 +0000 http://www.cullen-it.com/?p=125#comment-10 While I’m very much looking forward to seeing how W7 operates in the wild, I’m not so interested that I want to argue about the exact day that Microsoft will be releasing it to manufacturing. I mean come on, why is it important if it’s this week or next week ? Thanks for not being caught up in arguing about the unimportant details. While I’m very much looking forward to seeing how W7 operates in the wild, I’m not so interested that I want to argue about the exact day that Microsoft will be releasing it to manufacturing. I mean come on, why is it important if it’s this week or next week ?

Thanks for not being caught up in arguing about the unimportant details.

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