Updated 28 Feb 2015 – Added bit on static addresses

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When using a DD-WRT virtual router, I have realised it is worth setting static a MAC …

I posted in the past on my experience with DD-WRT router running in Hyper-V to allow my VMs internet access. A couple of months on I am still using it and I think have got around the worst of the issues.

The big problem is not with the DD-WRT router, but the way Hyper-V virtual switches use WiFi for some operating …

Whenever I tried to load an Office 2013 document from our SharePoint 2010 instance I kept ending up in the Office Web Application, the Office application was not being launched.

If I tried the use the ‘Open in Word’ context menu I got the following error (and before you ask yes I was in IE, IE11 in fact, and Office …

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I’m excited to be speaking at the Techorama conference in Belgium this May. Richard …

I am really pleased to be speaking at Techorama again this year. This is a great friendly conference that covers a wide range of subjects.

Like last year the conference is in Mechelen, Belgium on the 12 and 13th of May. Hope to see some of you there

The Windows 10 update has just been made available,

Make sure you have all updates before Installing. The Windows team have especially highlighted

KB302380 https://support.microsoft.com/kb/3025380

as a patch to have installed before you update, i.e. if you don't the install will not work as expected.

if you want the …

It’s January, which can only mean one thing. It’s time for the annual Black Marble Tech Update. If you’re an IT or development manager, come along to hear the stuff you need to know about Microsoft’s releases and updates last year and what we know so far about what is coming this year.

Tech Updates are hard work to …

I’ve posted before about helping out at the IT Camps run by the Microsoft DX team. I’m a fervent supporter of them – they are hands-on days of technical content run by great people who know their stuff and, importantly, they are run around the country.

Next week will see me in Manchester with Ed Baker for the latest …