I've never been able to find a way to silently install the Fortinet SSLVPN client with Group Policy or otherwise. Today I had a bit of a break through. read more →

I needed a way of finding a list of machines where the JRE install had failed or not run because the user hasn't rebooted for a while. So basically I needed to check that the Java install directory was present on all PCs on the Windows domain. read more →

Yesterday I helped out at #CodeOff2015, an event that my employer Snowflake Software runs every year at the Electronics and Computer Science department at the University of Southampton. We give students the day to write software to solve a problem th ... read more →

I'm a Linux guy; I find it to be the most intuitive operating system for most tasks, even on a Laptop. At home I use Arch Linux and at work I've recently moved from the Windows 7 workstation I've been using for the last 10 months to Ubuntu GNOME on a ... read more →

The access points powering the guest and internal Wi-Fi networks at work were getting a bit old and senile, so around 6 months ago we decided to get some money to upgrade. At the time we only thought only one needed replacing, so we went out and boug ... read more →

A few months ago I was tasked with encrypting the laptops of a few of our consultants who travel a fair bit. I was going to go with Microsoft BitLocker, but as we use Windows 7 Professional we're out of luck. I also looked at using TrueCrypt, but the ... read more →

There is an DSL router at work which I'm sure is sentient. It's 100% reliable for months on end and then once in a while, always when I'm out of the office, it decides to crash and drop the Internet connection. The only solution is of course to turn ... read more →

I've had websites of my own in the past and they always start off great but then get left and eventually taken offline out of embarrassment. I suppose this is due to lack of time, inspiration, or just plain laziness. read more →