Tech

The Unified RFID Theory

By GrumpyTechie on October 16, 2010 • ( 0 )

Yesterday, while sitting on the bus late for school, I had an epiphany. It came to me as I was watching people use the RFID bus card system that’s in place on all public transport in the greater Helsinki area…. Read More ›

Professional Rack Installation = 8 Hours of Labeling

By GrumpyTechie on February 24, 2010 • ( 0 )

DELL Server im Rack Originally uploaded by BlaM4c Last week I spent close to 8 hours printing and applying labels to different cables in a packed and live rack. And it didn’t help that the rack runs our virtual servers,… Read More ›

More Bloody Printers

By GrumpyTechie on December 3, 2009 • ( 0 )

Today I got into another argument with a network printer. I installed a new computer at a remote location, and they had their own Samsung network printer that I had to connect manually. Most people that aren’t familiar with Samsungs… Read More ›

The Magical “No HTTP-traffic” CAT5 Cable

By GrumpyTechie on December 2, 2009 • ( 0 )

Now I’m really starting to doubt myself. For 2 weeks have I been troubleshooting a Vista machine that just got connected to the network. I’ll start to from the beginning; 2 weeks ago we had a contractor add a double… Read More ›

Computer Names

By GrumpyTechie on June 29, 2009 • ( 0 )

Recently I started thinking about computer names, and more so how you name them, and how my naming conventions have evolved over the years I’ve been involved in the industry. When I started doing home computing on such a level… Read More ›

How to install Windows XP from a USB-stick

By GrumpyTechie on June 10, 2009 • ( 0 )

I’ve recently tried very hard to install Windows XP on my Media Center/File Server, which little/no success until today. This was mostly due to the following factors; My server has a RAID controller (SI3114) that Windows doesn’t recognize from stock… Read More ›

Peculiar Network Problem

By GrumpyTechie on May 27, 2009 • ( 0 )

This Monday I was called out to fix a computer that couldn’t get on-line. I quickly discovered that the problem wasn’t with the computer itself, but with it’s wired connection. The computer was wired as follows; Control Room: Computer <->… Read More ›

Printers

By GrumpyTechie on May 12, 2009 • ( 0 )

I don’t know about most IT-guys, but I at least have a profound hate for printers. I just hate them with the very core of my being. And the weird thing is that I’m not sure why I hate them… Read More ›

Frustration

By GrumpyTechie on May 5, 2009 • ( 0 )

Today I’ve done the “school-run” since 10 AM, and it’s always frustrating. Basically, my co-worker is responsible for all the work that needs to be done to the different schools’ computers, and therefore this is mostly his problem. Unfortunately he’s… Read More ›

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