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77 days ago
(UPDATE: please see update at the end of this post.) Yawn. It's late and I shouldn't be doing this. But I've just spent several late nights trying to track down this file copying error on Windows XP SP3. So I am recording it here for others. It's taken me 3 days to figure this out, on and off. Recently a Windows XP SP3 machine started to report "Delayed Write Failed" messages when writing files to a Windows 2008 Server. I was copying photos from the desktop to a UNC path like this \\server\share\path\path\... When the error happens, the network connection becomes unresponsive - I can't see the server nor the internet. I have to disable and re-enable the network connection to restore connectivity. In the event log (eventvwr) I saw these messages among others. The 4226 wasn't that frequent but the 50 & 26 occur whenever the error happened. ID 50: MRXSMB {Delayed Write Failed} Windows was unable to save all the data for the file ...
392 days ago
Now this is a very funny blog! Worth checking out: http://elevens.es "Corporate disruption through the medium of tea and cake"!!
685 days ago
In his autobiographical book, "Tis", Frank McCourt says something about how advertising affects the minds of the young. Strange how things come back into your head. We didn't watch as much TV when we were children as they do today. Even so, every ad made its imprint. So there I am in the aisles of the supermarket, thousands of miles from where I lived as a child, and I can still recall those jingles for ads about: McVitie's Ginger Nuts (I'm a Jamaican ginger grower and I'm really proud to say I grow the finest ginger in the world today ...) the wonderful world of Martini (Any time, any place, any where, there's a wonderful world you can share - it's Martini) Jacob's Club biscuits (if you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit, join our club!) Melita has the means to turn the finest coffee beans into a proper cup of coffee right away Cadbury's chocolate (All because the Lady loves ... Milk Tray) Chanel #19 ...and of course I ...
694 days ago
761 days ago
Australia has the highest incidence of bowel cancer in the world. Each year, the national road toll claims about 1500 lives while bowel cancer claims about 4000 lives. Apparently, drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45%, according to an urban legend that floats around the internet, unproven. Then again, you could always try All Bran.
