2000 upgrade

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Got an upgrade job on 25 PC's today and tommorow from windows 98 to 2000. Should keep me busy

Whats your plans?

 

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Documenting my network from A to Z.

 

Planning for roll out of DFS, getting ready for shiny new SAN, restoring an exchange Mailbox and setting up Trusts between us and parent company between all that.

 

I plan to nail some long-standing cases that have been building up on my database - mostly End User connection problems, but a few others too.

Interestingly, I was first to encounter a bizarre issue today - End User calls to say they can get connected, but can't view Web pages. On further examination, I found that they can ping, say Google, by IP but not name. So drop the IP into Internet Explorer -VIOLA - Google comes up :?:

So I reconfigure the DNS on EU's router - nada - same prob. I report this to our wholesale ADSL provider - turns out they have somehow assigned the same IP more than once. A quick reset by them - and TADA :P

This happened twice more over the course of the day - guess who got the credit for knowing the fix

 

Took a 6 hour long entrance exam to qualify for a DSL help desk tech at Qwest yesterday. Don't anticipate leaving my current jobs but they're part-time and the bank account is looking a little thin. Hedging my bets.

At work (HP) today catching up on loose ends. We start a round of tests next week so need to get stuff ready.

 

Spring break is next week...for school kids, not us working stiffs.

 

4 weeks, damn. I only get 2 ½ weeks off for easter

 

No holidays for me I'm afraid, I've had long enough off, but I wouldn't call it a holiday.I could do with one of those lol

I went for an interview yesterday, and I got a call today.I start on Thursday.
It's basic production work at certificate services.Basically producing birth, death, marriage certificates.I'm on contract for 3 months, then possibility of further employment depending on the amount of work they have.
It's repetitive work really, and not my kind of thing, but it helps not having to worry about money so much now.

My Dad worked there for a while not long back, in the evenings, doing what I'll be doing.Anyway he told me that a fella he worked alongside applied for an IT job as he was studying computers, and he got a position.
I'm hopeful that I'll go the same way.
The place is full of computers (700 staff) so there's bound to be a fair few IT staff working there.

Anyway, we'll see.

Thanks

 

Brilliant news, Flex - well done

Why not drop a note in the Employment and Jobs Forum - you deserve too ....

 

I think it's ebst to leave that Jobs and employment at IT jobs personally.Just thought I'd mention that I ahve a job now.
Once I sort an IT job out, I'll psot in there.

Thanks

 

Not at work but...... going for long haul study today as my CCNA exam is on Thursday 2pm.

The "lets find the dents in the armour" and work on those type study.....

So i'll probably be reading here once in a while to stimulate my brain back into action

 

Flex, thats excellent news. Well done

Japes, Good luck with the exam. Let us know how you go on.

 

Good luck for Thursday Japes. Let us know how you get on.