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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

My new phone has finally been transferred. After living with the agonisingly difficult Nokia N80 for 2 years – I’ve arranged to try out the BlackBerry Pearl. Orange managed to cock up the transfer to the new SIM card, so I’ve been humping a spare phone around with me for 10 days because I wouldn’t [...]

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’t in the online manual. Knowling that searching the internet is [...]

So, Vista’s been out for a while now - some people think it’s great (usually they are selling it), some think that it’s pants. Now, I’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’ve stuck with it [...]