dancefloorlandmine: (TechTalk)
dancefloorlandmine ([personal profile] dancefloorlandmine) wrote2007-05-30 01:02 pm
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[identity profile] d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com 2007-05-30 02:02 pm (UTC)(link)
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.

[identity profile] rich-r.livejournal.com 2007-05-30 02:05 pm (UTC)(link)
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!).

(I really must make a 'tech talk' icon)

[identity profile] d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com 2007-05-30 02:07 pm (UTC)(link)
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 ...

[identity profile] rich-r.livejournal.com 2007-05-30 02:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I did make a 'camera' icon last night though, for photo related posts. The blur is intentional by them way...

(and not in any way an artefact of the 'how do you take a photo of your camera's viewfinder' situation)

[identity profile] d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com 2007-05-30 02:11 pm (UTC)(link)
how do you take a photo of your camera's viewfinder
With a second camera? On macro mode? [grin]

Looks a bit like an old space invaders game, actually. [grin]

[identity profile] rich-r.livejournal.com 2007-05-30 02:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Second camera being my mobile phone, which has no macro mode - hence it's out of focus.

I'll probably do a better one next time I can take a photo with someone else's camera (eg the one at work).

[identity profile] d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com 2007-05-30 02:17 pm (UTC)(link)
which has no macro mode
Ah! That would do it.