Lotus Notes and the Scroll Lock key

This new job I have taken has immersed me in the illustrious world of IBM technology.  Before this position, I have always been a strictly Microsoft guy (in terms of workplace software).  With IBM comes Lotus Notes - by far IBM’s most widespread Enterprise software.
Yesterday I was sent up to resolve a problem for the [...]

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Active Desktop Recovery mode

I solved an annoying issue that one of my users was having today at work, and thought I’d put the fix up here for ayone else who comes across this (or, in the event that I need to fix this again in a week, I know where to find it).
The issue:  The user’s desktop was [...]

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Perfect storm, my ass

I spent no less than five tedious, boring days without an Internet connection at home. Now, some may see this and bash me for feeling sorry for myself when more than 50,000 of my fellow Chicagoans spent almost as much time without power. But, in defense of my position, I feel that having power but [...]

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Home alone

Being an IT professional, I often find myself knee deep in a computer problem at 3:30 in the morning. While there are many negatives that accompany being at work at 3:30 in the morning, there are some pluses as well. For one thing, there isn’t a constant buzz of annoying users wanting an answer to [...]

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Up all night….up all day?


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