The Resume of Waine Hanks

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Welcome to my personal site and blogs. Built for those who ask me all those wonderful questions...

Some e-mail habits that waste time and cause problems

Few communications tools give you as much exposure as e-mail. Unfortunately, mistakes in your e-mail will receive that same exposure as well. Depending on who sees your e-mail, your job, reputation, or career could suffer. Fortunately, avoiding these mistakes is easy.

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How to create an energy report in Windows 7

logo-windowsThere is a definate current need to assess our energy use, from EU initiatives and global warming, right down to the pennies (pounds more like) spent on the electric bill. You may think that this is a small matter, but I have personally implemented energy saving tactics into large and small sized businesses and seen a massive effect.

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Taking control of your pagefile in Windows XP

logo-windowsThe Microsoft Windows XP pagefile is used in addition to any existing physical ram, and windows uses it in a very similar way. It is needed because applications and services cannot function properly when limited to the amount you have installed, so Microsoft developed the Pagefile as a way of covering itself from falling over. So it makes sense that anything that can be done to optimise the Pagefile will greatly benefit your system.

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Windows 7 Wonders - The Problem Steps Recorder

logo-windowsLife on a Help Desk is never an easy one. You can become extremely frustrated when trying to coax a user into accurately portraying the problem they are hitting. If this sounds familiar then you will absolutely love the new Windows 7 Problem Steps Recorder.

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Some cool tools in Windows 7

logo-windowsWindows 7 has some pretty cool stuff that has been overlooked by all the caffuffle in the press. Too much has been paid to how different the UI is etc. that the really cool stuff has gone un-noticed.

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Welcome back!!

Hello there, if your a new visitor "Hello!" and if your a returner "I'm back!".

The refurb took a bit longer than I thought it would but I took the opportunity to clean out all the old articles and start afresh. Drop me a line if you want them back (or one in particular) and I'll whack it up. I may even upload them all to an archive section when I have a bit of time.

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What's being asked for...

  • Disaster Recovery
    Isn't this backing up? No!!!
  • Backup Plans
  • Server Updates
  • Documentation Systems
    Are there any free/open source options?
  • Client/Server Machine Imaging
  • Change Management

I will add these as soon as possible guys!!