Do you find yourself sat in front of your computer all day, barely moving apart from lifting your hands for the phone, drinking, eating? (We don't move from our desks for lunch, which in itself can be unhygienic but I'll give you all the disgusting facts at a later date).

You feel absolutely shattered at the end and when you finally make it home through the traffic, again sat on your proverbial backside in your car…..you get home, bung some rubbish in the microwave oven …..you veg in front of the TV, and that's where you stay until you muster enough energy to climb off the sofa and into bed?!

The average office jobs are 40 hours a week, we get lazy, even to the point that we start email colleagues that are sat opposite us. No matter how positive you feel, all the good intentions of actually getting home and doing some decent exercise just goes out of the window.

I also read tips like:

• Squeezing your buttocks together six times
• Rotate your ankles and wrists six times Sit there fidgeting. (Which if you ask me would just annoy everyone)
• Then there's an idea of sitting on an exercise ball instead of the normal office chair, good for posture. Very good for toning and losing weight - apparently!

And if you get everyone in the office to get one….well who knows, your imagination is your limit! After some serious searching on the net I found a website that may help (and hopefully not make you look like your too crazy?!) Back Health Excercises

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If you are involved, or at all interested, in computing then no doubt you have heard of Windows Vista. Microsoft’s latest Operating System has received nothing but criticism since its retail release back in January 2007. Users of Vista seem to constantly be complaining about slow performance, system crashes and most of all, incompatibility issues with various hardware and software. 

Huge companies such as Dell seem to be leaning more towards Windows XP still, as not so long back they decided to scrap the idea of selling their machines with Vista only and giving customers the optional choice to have Windows XP installed. Even with the cut off date for retail and OEM versions of Windows XP approaching fast (30th June 2008), Dell are still supplying XP with their machines in the form of a ‘Downgrade’ CD which will enable users to install XP past Microsoft’s sell by date. With reports of Vista SP1 (Service Pack 1) causing more problems than it resolved the future of Vista seems very bleak indeed!

So with all this in mind, is it time for you to bite the bullet and upgrade to Vista? If you’d have asked me this question a few weeks back I’d have just laughed in your face (and maybe slapped you with a wet fish). That was until I actually had time to play around with it fully and dig up a few articles on how to properly configure Vista so you receive a smooth, problem free experience. One article I found particularly interesting was this posted on ZDNet written by Ed Bott

Ok so you still need a good enough spec machine to run Vista. But if you have a ‘Vista Compatible’ machine (and if you’re unsure of this then you can download this from Microsoft’s Website. The Vista Upgrade Advisor) and you have Vista correctly configured as described in the provided article, then your Vista experience should be a good one.

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Some applications depend on running Firebird to load their databases (.fdb extension). This can cause problems if there are other applications also running Firebird.

I was migrating an application called Volume Version 2, which uses Firebird version 2, to a new server. However the database failed to load on the new server. It transpired that there was a conflict with Firebird version 1.5.3 which is used and is part of F-Secure's Policy Manager Web Reporting module. This module is optional and provides pre-defined graphical reports to identify and manage anti-virus security issues. It is an option that is usually selected by default during the installation of F-Secure Policy Manager. The module can be uninstalled by re-running the installation of Policy Manager and de-selecting the Web Reporting option. Alternatively you can try disabling the F-Secure Policy Manager Web Reporting service. Uninstallation of the module enabled the Volume database to load as expected.

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I can not wait to start testing the new Office communications server 2007 (OCS 2007), taking advantage of the new features that are included in new server release. Including web conferecing and audio & video capabilities for both local and remote users.

I deployed Live communication server 2005 over a year ago and I was amazed with what these technologies are capable of in providing businesses who require to stay in touch with thier brach offices, their employees, and clients. However, the project came to a hault when I started deploying the server for remote access and I started to lose some of these important features, such as audio and video communications.

The new OCS 2007 offers a solution to all these limitaitons. New Server roles are added to depoyment including, Edge server, Audio/Video Server and many more. Also one of the important features that OCS 2007 offers is an advanced VoIP technology which can be intergrated with exiting telephone system that a company uses.

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Thanks to the girls from Magnus http://www.magnusuk.com/ and Nelly from Gettings Hogben for taking Claire and myself on a magical mystery tour and around Bollington to see the bluebells, across a raging river but the best of all to the Indian at the end of our evening tour.

Magnus provides the complete range of commercial property service across Greater Manchester. Axon-IT supports Magnus and a number of their properties’ offering telephone, remote and on-site outsourced IT for the end users.

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