Which makes sysadmin jobs much less tedious. Huzzah! Now, if only I knew what I was doing ... [grin]
VNC, however, I do use - even just for overseeing the install process from a desk away. Yes, I am that lazy.
A quick check of the default settings on the HP Security Tools BIOS monitor revealed that these laptops have the network boot disabled by default. Nice of them.
You would want Network Boot disabled by default, otherwise it'd be doing it every time you turned it on with a network cable plugged in. So you enable it, do the install, then disable it again. Or it's often there on a 'boot from' menu, like where you'd choose to boot from CD or USB (or floppy if your PCs still have them!).
You would want Network Boot disabled by default, otherwise it'd be doing it every time you turned it on with a network cable plugged in. So you enable it, do the install, then disable it again. D'oh. I am a muppet. Of course.
a 'tech talk' icon Mine's the inside of one of my PCs, with some blur and softglow effects, the "Ball-tongue" font and then some glow effects applied to the font too ...
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Huzzah! Now, if only I knew what I was doing ... [grin]
VNC, however, I do use - even just for overseeing the install process from a desk away. Yes, I am that lazy.
A quick check of the default settings on the HP Security Tools BIOS monitor revealed that these laptops have the network boot disabled by default. Nice of them.
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(I really must make a 'tech talk' icon)
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D'oh. I am a muppet. Of course.
Mine's the inside of one of my PCs, with some blur and softglow effects, the "Ball-tongue" font and then some glow effects applied to the font too ...
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(and not in any way an artefact of the 'how do you take a photo of your camera's viewfinder' situation)
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With a second camera? On macro mode? [grin]
Looks a bit like an old space invaders game, actually. [grin]
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I'll probably do a better one next time I can take a photo with someone else's camera (eg the one at work).
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Ah! That would do it.