Windows Server 2003

November 5, 2007 — Joeb454

So my University is part of the MSDN Academic Alliance, which basically means that I get Microsoft software for free!!

So the point of this post as I’m sure you can tell is that I’m downloading Windows Server 2003 to try out on an old PC, which only just meets the minimum system specs, but nevertheless, it’s a PC that doesn’t need to be in perfect working order all the time.

If it works it should be quite good and I’ll look at converting another PC into a server (one that has a bit more Spec’s) possibly even using Windows Home Server instead.

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Xbox Repair

November 5, 2007 — Joeb454

As I mentioned in an earlier blog post, my Xbox 360 died on me the other day.

I emailed Microsoft support, and they then emailed me a UPS label to print, but based on the fact it’s not my fault it’s broken, I figured "why should I print the label?!" So I instead phoned Xbox customer support.

They told me that I would get the label sent to my home address, however that was around 3-5 days ago, and UPS are infinitely better than the Royal Mail, so I knew there was something up there.

I’ve just got off the phone with Xbox support again, and told them to send me the label via email, because I don’t seem to get post anymore, so I’ll print the label at Uni, and then phone UPS.

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